Sydney Opera House & St James Ethics Centre is presenting The Festival of Dangerous Ideas on October 2-3 2010 which will feature key local and international thought leaders (Geoffrey Robertson QC, Famed American criminal lawyer, Alan Dershowitz, SMH Foreign Correspondent Paul McGeough, BBC Broadcaster Tariq Ali, and many more) who will present their dangerous ideas on art, climate change, economics, justice and more big issues along with things that matter in everyday life, with an edge.

As part of the Festival of Dangerous Ideas, Peter W. Singer in "Wired for War: How Human Soldiers are Being Replaced by Machines" explores the increasing use of autonomous robotics in warfare and the ethical, political and legal implications of this revolution. For more information, visit http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/whatson/pw_singer.aspx.

Singer is Director of the 21st Century Defense Initiative at Washingtons Brookings Institution and served as coordinator of the Obama-2008 campaigns defense policy task force. To watch Singer on The Daily Show, please visit - http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-january-29-2009/p-w--singer

Would you be able to include some information on the event in an email/newsletter to your fellow staff or students? I can organise an e-card to be sent out to you that can be forwarded if this makes things easier. We also have programs on the Festival that I can send out to you (boxes of 100 or so).

To find out more on the Festival, please visit http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/ideas