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Friday 20 June 2014, Ron Cooke Hub, University of York
The York Festival of Ideas in association with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation bring together a range of world-class economists, business leaders, policymakers and commentators to explore how to create fair and inclusive economic growth.
10.15am to 11.30am
11.45am to 1pm
1pm - 1.30pm
The cafe will be open for refreshments.
1.30pm to 3pm
3.15pm to 4.45pm
5.15pm to 5.45pm
6.30pm to 7.45pm
Festival themes
- Structures of the Mind: Architecture and Innovation
- Arts and Society: Order, Chaos and Culture
- Revealing the Ancient World
- Creative Writing
- Empire and Trade
- Eoforwic: A celebration of Anglian York
- Economic growth for the many, not the few
- An Appetite for Food
- Interventions in Healthcare
- Maps and Exploration
- Murder They Wrote
- Performance
- Religion and Science
- Science: Out of the lab
- Shadows of War
- Sparks
- Our brain: The unknown frontier
- Transport and Tribulations: Going the extra mile
- The war that changed our world
Festival focus days
- Future of Food
Saturday 14 June- Economic Growth for the Many, not the Few
Friday 20 June- Murder They Wrote
Saturday 21 June