Raising the Bar Christchurch

20 Talks. 10 Bars. 1 Night.
Join University of Canterbury academics and embark on fascinating explorations on various topics while sipping on your favourite beverage.**

*Pegasus Arms, 14 Oxford Tce, Central - "What's the Use of History" by Geoffrey Rice @6pm | "Transport in NZ: Are We Travelling on a Road to Nowhere" by Simon Kingham @7.30pm

*Craft Embassy, 126 Oxford Tce, Central - "Saving the Kea From Tourists" by Girish Prayag & Richard Aquino @6pm| "On Thinning Ice: A Story of Dwindling Glaciers" by Heather Purdie @7.30pm

*12 Bar, 342 St Asaph St, Central - "Fakes and Fakers: Are We Real?" by Steven Ratuva @6pm| "'I'm Not Racist, but...' Understanding Racism & Anti-racism" by Mahdis Azarmandi @7.30pm

*Cascade Bar, 219 High Street – “Is Breast Cancer Screening ‘Fair’? Can it be? Should it be?” by Geoff Street @6pm | “Is Our Toxic Food Environment Contributing to the Mental Health Crisis” by Julia Rucklidge @7.30pm

*Eruption Brewery, 26 London St, Lyttelton – “The Doomsday You’ve Never Heard of May Be Closer Than You Think” by Jack Heinemann @6pm |“’But I didn’t do it’: It is Possible to Rehabilitate Those Who Deny” by Jayson Ware @7.30pm

*Blue Smoke, 13 Garlands Road, Woolston – “ChatGPT, Now What? Pitfalls and Opportunities of Embedding AI in Business” by Elsamari Botha @6pm | “What Can We Learn From Trolling Behaviour?” by Ekant Veer @7.30pm

*Two Thumb, 380 Colombo St, Sydenham – “Heat and Hooch – Why Thermodynamics is Not Boring” by Aaron Marshall @6pm | “How to Stop Hating Exercise” by Susannah Stevens @7.30pm

*Dux Central, 144 Lichfield St, Central – “Illegitimate! The Adoption Act 1955” by Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll @6pm | “How to Change the World” by Sacha McMeeking (Kāi Tahu) @7.30pm

*Botanic, 126 Oxford Tce, Central – “Stop Telling Bad Stories” by Chelsea Rapp @6pm | “Virtual Reality & You: Getting Comfortable with the Metaverse” by Rob Lindeman @7.30pm

*The Laboratory, 17 West Belt, Lincoln – “Plugged In & Logged On – Growing Up in the Digital Age” by Cheryl Brown and Kathryn MacCallum @6pm | “Why Inflation is Like Toothpaste” by Stephen Hickson @7.30pm

**Drinks are available for purchase at the bar.