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Raising the Bar Adelaide

Aug4

Tuesday, 4 August 2026
6:30pm — 9:30pm
City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters

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20 TALKS. 10 BARS. 1 NIGHT.

Raising the Bar Adelaide is back!

The award-winning event returns to the City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters, bringing bold ideas and brilliant minds into your favourite local bars and pubs.

For one night only, ten venues will be transformed into pop-up lecture spaces as 20 speakers deliver thought-provoking talks on a wide range of fascinating topics.

Tickets are free and bookings are recommended!

To view the full program and book your free tickets, visit the Raising the Bar website: 

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Venue Time Speaker Lecture Title
The Rising Sun Inn 6.30pm Ben McCann Where Have All the Movie Stars Gone?
8.00pm Kate Burr How to Read the Room to Get Better Results Without Adding More Pressure
The Maylands Hotel 6.30pm Albert Rajkumar How Do You Build a City on the Moon?
8.00pm Souktik Bhattacherjee When the Nearest Hospital is 384,000 Kilometers Away
Ferg's Stepney 6.30pm James McLoughlin Brain Health - Can you prevent dementia?
8.00pm Louise Mathwin The Midlife Shift: Menopause, Energy, & Identity
Reform Distilling 6.30pm Rick Sarre

What Causes Crime?

8.00pm Teresa G Janowski Opposites Attract: The Science and Fun of Staying Together While Different
The Robin Hood Hotel 6.30pm John Boland Extreme Weather Events
8.00pm Dr Victoria Fielding The post-truth war on climate action
Britannia Hotel 6.30pm Kylie Linke Shut up (I'm) AI's talking!
8.00pm Beheshteh Gharaei

Living Locally, Aging Well: Developing a Bottom-Up Living Locally Framework

The Maid Hotel 6.30pm Cindy Koehler You are the Handbrake
8.00pm Dr. Scott Adrian Zarcina Freedom Before Circumstance: The belief that keeps us waiting for life next
The Kensington Hotel 6.30pm Drew Napthen Strength for Life: Why Strength Matters at Every Age
8.00pm Andrew Reilly The Kick-Off. How Soccer started in SA!
Little Bang Brewing 6.30pm Fallon Roocke We’re more connected than ever… So why are we so lonely?
8.00pm Sean Fewster & Daniel Panozzo Through the Legal Looking Glass
The Suburban Brew 6.30pm Evangeline Mantzioris Supplements, Superfoods and Scams: Are We Forgetting Real Food?
8.00pm Professor Gemma Sharp Can Body Positivity Survive Ozempic?

Contact 

Council's Events Unit
T: 08 8366 4555
E: events@npsp.sa.gov.au