The Great Debate: Greatest Discovery Ever Made

Events will be held on the following dates and cities:

11 August - Melbourne

Doing battle in Melbourne is: reproductive biologist, science communicator and prospective Ig Nobel laureate, Dr Kiri Beilby; contortionist, acrobat, fire spinner and astrophysicist, Dr Jess Bloom; theoretical physicist and jazz pianist manqué, Prof Jared Cole; animal physiologist, neuroscientist and backyard orchardist, Dr Angelina Fong; biomedical engineer who believes diamonds really are a girl’s best friend, Dr Kate Fox; science educator, boardgame designer and comedian, Tom Lang; physicist and future Martian, Josh Richards; and physicist, science communicator and Science Nation founder, Dr Andrew Stephenson.

• Time: 3:30-5pm (doors open at 3pm), 11 August 2018.
• Venue: Royal Society of Victoria, Melbourne.
• Tickets: $10 online, $15 at the door (cash only).
• Calendar: Add Melbourne’s event to your Facebook calendar.

16 August – Brisbane

• Time: 7:30-9pm (doors open at 7pm), 16 August 2018.
• Venue: Queensland Museum, South Brisbane.
• Tickets: $10 online, $15 at the door (cash only).
• Calendar: Add Brisbane’s event to your Facebook calendar.

18 August – Adelaide

Doing battle in Adelaide is: science communicator, former biochemist and maker of a Guinness Book of Records World’s Largest Whoopee Cushion, Dr Lisa Bailey; food nerd and professional talker, Dr Heather Bray; bioinformatician, data scientist and beer connoisseur, Dr Jimmy Breen; anthropologist and evolutionary scientist, Prof Alan Cooper; evolutionary biologist and manatee enthusiast, Jenna Crowe-Riddell; chemist and the former face of Adelaide, Dr Noby Leong; paleomicrobiologist and s’more enthusiast, Dr Laura Weyrich; and wine chemist, wine educator and aspiring llama farmer, A/Prof Kerry Wilkinson.

• Time: 4:30-6pm (doors and bar open at 4pm), 18 August 2018.
• Venue: RiAus, The Science Exchange, Adelaide.
• Tickets: $10 online, $15 at the door*.
• Calendar: Add Adelaide's event to your Facebook calendar.

19 August - Sydney 

Doing battle in Sydney is: shantyman, cycle-tourist and theoretical physicist, Dr Sam Bladwell; oceanographer, cat paparazzi and keep cup user, Prof Martina Doblin; marine biologist, fish sex researcher and underwater explorer, Prof William Gladstone; Maritime archaeologist, out of breath runner and an even worse soccer player, Kieran Hosty; biologist, maritime archaeologist and weekend Viking, Renee Malliaros; neuroscientist, AI enthusiast and believer that pharmacological gastronomy is a thing, Dr William Redmond; physicist, freediver and mountaineer, Dr Peter Rohde; and psychology PhD student, dementia researcher and tea connoisseur Nikki-Anne Wilson.

• Time: 3-4:30pm (doors open at 2:30pm), 19 August 2018.
• Venue: Maritime Museum, Sydney.
• Tickets: $10 online, $15 at the door (cash only).
• Calendar: Add Sydney's event to your Facebook calendar.