Oxford University (U.K.)
Blessed Are The Poor
January 18, 25-26, 2008
Schedule
Friday, January 18
Rich/Poor Dinner
7:30pm. St. Aldate's Church, 40 Pembroke Street, Oxford OX1 1BP
Leadership Team Member, Tearfund.
A taste of the distribution of wealth of the world and benefit concert featuring Dot's Funk Oddyssey, In The Pink and the Oxford Gargoyles (£2 suggested donation).
Reserve a ticket by emailing us or join the Veritas Forum at Oxford Facebook group and RSVP your attendance when you receive our event invitation.
Friday, January 25
Blessed Are The Poor
Keynote Event
7:00pm. Rhodes House/Milner Hall, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RG
Anglican minister, the Eden Project, Harpurhey, Manchester.
Director, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford. Research associate, Global Equity Initiative, Harvard University.
Principal, St Hugh's College, University of Oxford.
An interactive engagement with material poverty followed by drinks and a jazz band!
Due to unforeseen circumstances, Lord Brian Griffiths has had to pull out at the last minute. We are very pleased however, to be able say that Dr Andrew Dilnot, Principal of St Hugh's College and Pro-VC of Oxford University is able to step in. He is an economist and broadcaster, and the former director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Come along and enjoy rigorous discussion about the problem of poverty and what we can do to make a difference.
Saturday, January 26
Blessed Are The Poor
A Young Development Practitioners' Forum
11:00am. Rhodes House/Milner Hall, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RG
Canon Chancellor, St Paul's Cathedral; Director, St Paul's Institute.
Come and hear what students at Oxford are doing now to alleviate poverty in Oxford and beyond.
Reserve a ticket by emailing us or join the Veritas Forum at Oxford Facebook group and RSVP your attendance when you receive our event invitation.
Science: Are We Machines?
6:00pm. Oxford University Museum of Natural History - Lecture Theatre, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PW
Professor of Historical Theology, University of Oxford. Senior Research Fellow at Harris Manchester College, Oxford. President of the Oxford Center for Christian Apologetics.
Chair in Electrical Engineering, University of Oxford.
Professor of Nanomaterials, University of Oxford.
Can we manufacture consciousness? Are we nothing more than gene replication machines? Prof. Andrew Briggs chairs a discussion with Prof. Lionel Tarassenko and Prof. Alister McGrath on the nature of our very being.
Come and enjoy refreshments amongst the dinosaurs from 6PM!