Raising the Bar Adelaide
Raising the Bar is a global initiative making education and innovation a part of our City’s popular culture.
20 TALKS. 10 BARS. 1 NIGHT.
Challenging and inspiring - Raising the Bar Adelaide!
The award-winning and thought-provoking event, Raising the Bar, has been held in the City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters since 2018.
Raising the Bar Adelaide has cemented its reputation as one of the state’s most thought-provoking and engaging local events – combining expert discussion in a casual pub setting.
Raising the Bar is a global event series which began in New York and aims to make education a part of popular culture in cities across the world, with Adelaide sitting alongside Hong Kong, London and Sydney.
Interested in speaking at Raising the Bar Adelaide?
Speaker Expression of Interest
Watch Sean Fewster and Daniel Panozzo speak about their participation in Raising the Bar 2022:
2024 speakers and image gallery
| Venue | Time | Speaker | Lecture Title |
| The Robin Hood Hotel | 6.30pm | Dominic McAfee | Reversing extinction; repairing the sea for a brighter future |
| 8.00pm | Abby Potter | Navigating fashion in a cost-of-living and global-warming crisis | |
| The Colonist |
6.30pm |
Mike Schwarzer | If You Want to Change the World, Think Less and Be a Ripple of Consciousness! |
| 8.00pm | Bel Ryan | Hey World – We Need to Chat | |
| Maylands Hotel | 6.30pm | Elizabeth Williamson | Resilience Re:Imagined |
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8.00pm |
Scott Zarcinas | The Flea Circus: How to Break Bad Habits and Live Effectively | |
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Ferg's Stepney
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6.30pm |
Evangeline Mantzioris | The Mediterranean Diet - much more than a dietary pattern |
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8.00pm |
John Boland | Electricity from Renewables – SA the World Leader | |
| Reform Distilling | 6.30pm | Benjemen Elengovan | How to earn extra income by starting a sidehustle? |
| 8.00pm | Kate Burr | Think Like a Comedian | |
| Britannia Hotel | 6.30pm | Rosemary Cadden | Warning: "To dabble in history means submitting yourself to chaos" |
| 8.00pm | Brad Irvine-Thomas |
Workplace Wisdom: Know Your Rights and Responsibilities |
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| The Suburban Brew | 6.30pm | Rick Sarre | "Let's get the lawyers out of sport!" Really? |
| 8.00pm | Kellie Finlayson and Sophie Edwards | Sh!t Talkers in Conversations | |
| Little Bang Brewing |
6.30pm |
Sean Fewster & Daniel Panozzo | Suppression versus silence: Separating the public interest from the interested public |
| 8.00pm | Wala Truscott | Intimate Relationships: More Sexy Eyes, Less Stink Eye | |
| Republic Norwood |
6.30pm |
Tania Savelli | You're The Voice! How Finding Your Voice Can Elevate Your Career (cancelled) |
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8.00pm |
Dr Shohreh Majd | Fixed or Growth Mindset? How Our Beliefs Shape Our Success | |
| The Rising Sun Inn |
6.30pm |
Simon Robert Dawson | Body Language Reading the Signals Successfully |
| 8.00pm | Adel Brewer | Have You Ever Felt Like You Didn't Have A Voice? |
Image gallery: Raising the Bar 2024
