Leading national and international experts discuss and propose the necessary shift in the way we think about building to meet the challenges of the 21st century. This event was held on Thursday 16 August at University of Sydney. https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/sydney-ideas/2018/the-future-of-building.html

Professor Frank Pasquale, an expert on the law of artificial intelligence, algorithms and machine learning, proposes solution to questions over some aspects of algorithmic ordering of information. A Sydney Ideas event held on Wednesday 15 August 2018. https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/sydney-ideas/2018/the-promise-and-threat-of-algorithms.html

Hear from a panel of experts responding to the question: How will cellular therapy, immunotherapy, personalised medicine, and the use of big data impact cancer treatments? A Sydney Ideas event held at Westmead Institute for Medical Research (WIMR) on Monday 13 August, as part of Sydney Science Festival. https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/sydney-ideas/2018/the-future-of-cancer-can-we-find-a-cure.html TIME STAMPS Professor Roger Reddel (introduction): 1:00 - 5:05 Professor Anna DeFazio: 5:25 - 16:20 Dr Matteo Carlino: 17:00 - 28:30 Dr Kenneth Micklethwaite: 42:50 - 52:20 Professor Roger Reddel (on big data and closing remarks): 42:50 - 52:20

Professor Taner Akcam reflects on the history of Armenian genocide and the refusal of other nations to accept responsibility for the atrocity, more than a century later. A Sydney Ideas event held at University of Sydney on Thursday 9 August 2018. https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/sydney-ideas/2018/the-shameful-history-of-armenian-genocide.html

Hear readings from the special issue of the magazine Transition on "Bla(c)kness in Australia". The collection brings together the voices and artwork of diverse Bla(c)k writers, artists, poets, and scholars in Australia. A Sydney Ideas event held on Tuesday 7 August 2018. https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/sydney-ideas/2018/blackness-in-australia.html TIME STAMPS Sujatha Fernandes (introduction): 00:19 - 05:24 Jeanine Leane: 05:25 - 10:50 Kaiya Aboagye: 11:20 - 24:30 Yadira Perez Hazel: 25:00 - 38:40 Omid Tofighian: 39:30 - 49:26 Q&A: 49:30 - 01:03:00

World-renowned Canadian historian Professor Margaret MacMillan examines some of the paradoxes of war, drawing on examples from history since the end of the Great War. A Sydney Ideas event held at University of Sydney on Monday 6 August 2018. https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/sydney-ideas/2018/war-and-the-modern-world.html

Are archaeologists missing out on a valuable discovery channel? In the 2018 Tom Austen Brown lecture, Dr Mark Collard, an evolutionary anthropologist, argues that comparative ethnology – comparing and contrasting the features of large samples of human societies – should be a key archaeological tool. An event held at the University of Sydney on Friday 3 August 2018. https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/sydney-ideas/2018/the-find-of-the-century-for-archaeology.html Time stamps: Peter Hiscock (introduction): 00:18 - 09:45 Mark Collard: 09:53 - 01:19:55

A Sydney Ideas event for Innovation Week 2018, bringing together medical researchers focusing around both ends of the demographic spectrum - youth mental health and dementia and art practitioners to consider these question and more. Featuring Associate Professor Elizabeth Scott, Professor Sharon Naismith, Gill Nicol, Samantha Meers AO, Bernadette Harvey and Fenella Kernebone (moderator). A Sydney Ideas event for Innovation Week held at the University of Sydney on Wednesday August 1 2018. https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/sydney-ideas/2018/art-and-neuroplasticity-are-they-linked.html TIMESTAMPS Introductions: 0:00 – 3:35 Liz Scott: 3:40 – 14:10 Sharon Naismith: 14:23 – 28:55 Gill Nicol: 29:15 – 39:30 Bernadette Harvey: 39:55 – 48:40 Samantha Meers: 49:05 – 56:04 Panel discussion: 56:20 – 1:12:30 Audience Q&A: 1:12:55 to end

A Sydney Ideas event for Innovation Week 2018, exploring the possibility that storytelling is exactly what science needs, with a view to answering the question: Is storytelling bad for science? Featuring Professor Nick Enfield, screen-writer John Collee, dramatist Alana Valentine, Professor Geraint Lewis and Professor Jennifer Byrne. A Sydney Ideas event for Innovation Week held at the University of Sydney on Tuesday 31 July 2018. https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/sydney-ideas/2018/is-storytelling-bad-for-science.html TIME STAMPS Introductions: 0:00 - 2:00 Professor Nick Enfield: 2:00 - 10:15 John Collee: 10:25 - 18:07 Professor Geraint Lewis: 18:14 - 26:18 Alana Valentine: 26:34 - 31:29 Professor Jennifer Byrne: 31:45 - 38:23 Discussion: 38:34 - 56:18 Audience Q&A: 56:51 - 1:22:50

This event brought together journalists, reporters and editors to discuss the power of investigative journalism, and how good journalism can change the world. This podcast is a collection of highlights and key takeaways from the talk. An event held at the University of Sydney on Monday 30 July 2018. https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/sydney-ideas/2018/how-can-investigative-journalism-projects-change-the-world.html Time stamps: Alison Sandy 3:20 - 6:55 Michael West 7:10 - 10:10 Gerard Ryle 11:10 - 13:20 Carrie Fellner 14:20 - 16:10 Mark Schoofs 16:30-21:30