Night of Ideas – Canberra 2022

Night of Ideas – (Re)building together: A fair(er) society 

Join us to discuss how we can build a truly fair world. Hear from more than 20 speakers – from athletes to social justice advocates, performers and academics –
as they consider some of the biggest challenges we face today and share their knowledge.
Presented in partnership with the Embassy of France and Alliance Française thanks to the Institut français
 
5.30 PM: Speeches & performance
 
5.40 PM: A Brief History of Inequalities
 
MC Katherine Daniell

Panel 1: Never ceded
John Paul Janke, Deputy Chair, Indigenous Reference Group, NMA
TBC
 
Panel 2: Social bias and invisible women
Deborah Hart, National Gallery of Australia, co-curator of Know My Name exhibition
Tanya Spisbah, Office for Women, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Emilie Dotte-Sarraut, The University of Western Australia, working on Finding the Women in the History of Pacific Archaeology
 
6.30 PM: One for All: Social and Environmental Fights
 
Panel 1: Accounting for social and economic inequalities
Alain Supiot, Professor Emeritus at the College de France, specialised in labour law and legal theory
Arnagretta Hunter, Physician and cardiologist
Emily C., from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Canberra
 
Panel 2: Planet of the Humans?
Rebecca Pearse, The Australian National University’s School of Sociology and the Fenner School of Environment and Society
Kirsten Wehner, fellow at National Museum of Australia
janet laurence, Sydney-based artist
Danielle Celermajer, Deputy Director, Sydney Environmental Institute

7.15 PM / 8 PM: Catering & drinks

Performance by opera singer Lily Ward.

8.00 PM: Rebuilding together a Fairer Society

Panel 1: Dismantling elite power
Kerry Gardner, documentary film maker, philanthropy and non-profit leadership
Joanna Lindner-Pradela, International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA)
Dennis Altman, Vice Chancellor’s Fellow at LaTrobe University in Melbourne, author of God Save the Queen: the strange persistence of monarchies

Panel 2: Making the invisible visible
Philippe Croizon, professional disabled athlete (swimming), motivational speaker, writer
Myles Russell-Cook, senior curator of Indigenous Art at the NGV
Christophe Benzitoun, sociolinguist and author of Qui veut la peau du français?
Bettina Baldeschi, CEO at IWDA
 
Conclusion – The Future Starts Now

Natalie Kyriacou OAM, environmental leader, CEO My Green World
Léuli Eshrāghi, of Sāmoan/Persian/Cantonese ancestry, artist, curator, researcher
Aurelie Jacquet, development of responsible artificial intelligence, chair of Standards Australia committee on AI

 Complimentary food and drinks served during the break, and opportunities to interact with speakers.