The Ideas Festival, four days of ideas, innovation and invention will be held from 29 March to 2 April 2006 at Brisbane’s South Bank.

The Festival program includes:
o 100 national, international and local speakers
o 73 speaker sessions
o 23 sessions for secondary students in the new Ideas for Schools program
o a free four day program of Kids Ideas activities and workshops for 4-8 year olds
o free exhibitions and demonstrations
o the opening night event – the Ideas Debate- on Wednesday 29 March

Speakers include Cory Doctorow, Julian Burnside, Tristram Carfrae, Frank Furedi, Giselle Gass, Pat Kane, Elspeth Probyn, and Ingrid Van Beek.