2026 Festival

Speaker Profile

Professor Peter Doherty

Peter Doherty shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology for discovering the nature of the cellular immune defence. Based at the University of Melbourne, he continues to be involved in research directed at understanding and preventing the severe consequences of influenza virus infection. He has published six books for general readers, including the bestselling The Beginner's Guide to Winning the Nobel Prize. 
 

The Assault On Science: Are we in a post-truth world?

Thursday April 23
The Ballroom, The Continental
12.00pm / 60 mins

Peter Doherty, Elizabeth Finkel and Corey Tutt with Libbi Gorr

What has caused some communities to doubt science’s research, findings and facts? And how much of this new scepticism is fuelled by politics? 

This session is supported by DeadlyScience  

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Special Event

The Barry Jones Oration by Professor Peter Doherty

Thursday April 23
Halcyon Hall, The Continental
4.30pm / 60 mins

This year's oration will be presented by Professor Peter Doherty.

Dr Helen Sykes will present the Sorrento Creative Writing Prize.

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