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Entertainment
Celebrity Speakers Forum
The Celebrity Speakers Forum, officially
adjoining the 'World Expo on Stage' program, gave the
Exposition a venue for the world's leading scientists,
heroes, explorers, academics, journalists and
authors to discuss matters vitally important to 1988 -
and future - Earth.
Over seven evenings spaced throughout the Expo at the
nearby Concert Hall of the Queensland Performing
Arts Complex, students and adults could enjoy these
eminent panel forums for the mere cost of $5.00 and
$10.00 per ticket, as well as ask questions at the
end.
Organised by UniQuest Conference Systems, it is hoped
that the official transcript of these fora shall be
made a part of the Foundation Expo '88 web-site in the
near future - keep tuned!
The Fora were:
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June 1988 Modern-Day Adventure and Exploration
Chairman: Simon Balderstone, Journalist
and Scientific Author
Speakers: Dr Arlene Blum - American Adventurer
Tim Macartney-Snape - Adventurer
Robert Swan - British Antarctic
Explorer
- 26
June 1988 Technology and Sport
Chairman: Dr Ian Jobling, Chairman of The
Oceania Olympic Authority
Speakers: Professor John Lucas - Associate
Director of the U.S. Olympic Academy
John Landy - Australian Athlete
Dr Frank Pyke - President of the Australian
Sport Association
Diane Jones-Konihowski
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20 July 1988 Technology and its effect on
the Social Fabric of Society
Chairman: Sir James Killen, Barrister and
former Liberal Minister
Speakers: The Honourable Gough Whitlam -
former Prime Minister of Australia
Mr S K Jain - International Labour Office
(Geneva)
Mr K E Ejiri - President - Mitsui
Sir Ronald Trotter - Chairman - Fletcher
Challenge (New Zealand)
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15 August 1988 The Role of Technology in
the Exploration of Earth and Space
Chairman: Professor Brian Wilson, Australian
Physicist and Vice-Chancellor of the University of
Queensland
Speakers: Sir Edmund Hillary - Mountaineer,
Explorer, and Author
Mr James Irwin - American Astronaut
Dr Patrick Moore - British Astronomer
and Author
- 28
August 1988 The Marine Environment, Marine
Archaeology, Technology and Leisure
Chairman: Mr Graeme Kelleher, Chairman of the
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Speakers: Dr Margaret Rule - British Marine
Archaeologist
Jean-Michel Cousteau - Producer of
Adeventure and Marine Films
Dr Kenton Miller - World President -
International Union for the Conservation of Nature
and Natural Resources
- 19
September 1988 Michelangelo's Return to Glory :
The Restoration of the Vatican
Speaker: Dr Walter Persagati - Secretary
and Treasurer of the Vatican Museums
- 3
October 1988 Advances in Technology and their
influence on Longevity, Post-Retirement, and
Leisure
Chaiman: The Honourable Sir Walter Campbell,
Governor of Queensland
Speakers: The Right Honourable Sir Zelman Cowen -
former Governor General of Australia
Dr Percival McCormack
Professor Michel Philibert - President of
the French Society of Gerontology
One of the
official Souvenir Programs of the Celebrity Speakers
Forum, World Expo '88
Photo courtesy of Foundation Expo '88
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