FRIDAY
PROGRAMME & DINNER
SATURDAY REGISTRATION
Contestants with gold wristbands only
Contestants with gold wristbands only: Essay finalists who have been given a gold wristband on Friday should wear their wristband again on Saturday. These candidates should enter via the “Great Room Entrance” on Park Lane, opposite Hyde Park, between 9am and 9.30am. The first session is due to start promptly at 9.45am in the Great Room.
Contestants with no wristbands
Essay finalists who didn’t register on Friday, and who therefore were not yet issued with a wristband, should enter via the “Ballroom Entrance” on Park Lane, opposite Hyde Park, between 8.30am and 9.15am in order to register in time to attend the first session in the Great Room.
Hotel staff and John Locke representatives will be on hand to direct you to the registration table.
Parents & Guardians
Parents and guardians: To avoid congestion in the busy registration process, we would be grateful if you would say goodbye to your son or daughter as soon as they have entered the hotel, rather than accompanying them to the event space.
Dress Code
We suggest that you wear ‘business casual’ on Saturday day-time. If you are joining us for the Gala Dinner & Awards Ceremony in the evening, the dress code for that is ‘black tie’.
SATURDAY
ACADEMIC PROGRAMME
Johnny Yi, BASIS International School “What’s the Difference between a Psychiatric Illness and a Character Flaw?” 14:20 - 14:30
Max Collison, Winchester College “Why was economic growth once so rare and now so common?”
14:20 - 14:30
HISTORY Dr Stephen Davies History Fellow John Locke Institute
14:45 - 15:15
Maximus Sherwood, BHASVIC
“Is Our Civilisation in Danger of Collapse?” 15:20 - 15:30
Doria Chen, Tanglin Trust School, Singapore
“Will the Bots Steal Your Job?” 15:45 - 15:55
ECONOMICS Kenneth Cukier
Deputy Executive Editor, The Economist
“Economics & Generative AI: How to Stop the Bots from Stealing Your Job”
16:00 - 16:30
Prof Alexander Bird
Bertrand Russell Professor of Philosophy University of Cambridge 13:45 - 14:15
Olivia Kang, Davidson Academy “Should We Trust Our Moral Intuition?” 14:20 - 14:30
PHILOSOPHY
Prof Alexander Bird Bertrand Russell Professor of Philosophy University of Cambridge
14:45 - 15:15
Mihyeon Lee, North Raleigh Christian Academy
“Should We Trust Our Moral Intuition?” 15:20 - 15:30
EVENT FOR JUNIORS ONLY
Dr Jamie Whyte & Ihsan Iftikar, The Greenwich Country Day School
“How to Win Next Year!”
16:00 - 16:30
Brooks Newmark Politician, Investor, Philanthropist 13:45 - 14:15
Audrey Kuk, St Hilda’s School “What is the Optimal Global Population?” 14:20 - 14:30
POLITICS Brooks Newmark Politician, Investor, Philanthropist
14:45 - 15:15
Philip Taxiarchis, Westminster School
“Does the Government Have a ‘Mandate’?” 15:20 - 15:30
Prof Pavlos Eleftheriadis Barrister & Professor of Public Law University of Oxford “Legal Judgment as Self Mastery” 13:45 - 14:30
Jiankai Zhao, Raffles Institution, Singapore “Should Taxpayers Fund the Media?” 14:20 - 14:30
THEOLOGY
Dr Jamie Whyte Academic Director, John Locke Institute “The Problem of Minor Irritations” 14:45 - 15:15
Jiankai Zhao, Raffles Institution, Singapore “Should Taxpayers Fund the Media?”
Ruoxiao Wang, Minhang Crosspoint Middle School
“What Does It Mean to Be ‘Spiritual’?” 15:20 - 15:30
