01. BEN GOLDACRE: CLINICAL TRIALS, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH?

Date: Wednesday 15th May 2013
Time: 12:30 p.m. - 01:30 p.m.
Venue: ROOM: 505-011 - LECTURE THEATRE ONE, THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND
Category: SCIENCE AND REASON
Price: $20 EARLYBIRD $25 STANDARD

In a lecture for medical specialists, Ben Goldacre will address how health professionals, doctors and regulators should respond to those pharmaceutical companies driven by marketing rather than best practice... More

02. WEDNESDAY DEBATE: THE RULE OF THE WEST IS OVER

Date: Wednesday 15th May 2013
Time: 08:00 p.m. - 09:30 p.m.
Venue: ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE
Category: POLITICS AND ECONOMICS, SPECIAL EVENTS, WORLD AT WAR
Price: $35 EARLYBIRD $40 STANDARD

Sharpen the grey cells.  A heavyweight foursome assess the current shift in global power and debate the extent to which the East’s ascension spells the West’s death knell.  The jousters are:... More