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.
About
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?
Expressions of Interest have closed for 2024, however if you'd like to be a speaker at the next Raising the Bar event, register your interest below.
Speaker Expression of Interest
Watch Sean Fewster and Daniel Panozzo speak about Raising the Bar:
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
2023 speakers and image gallery
| Speaker Name | Venue Name | Lecture Title | Time |
| Sean Fewster and Daniel Panozzo | Alma Tavern | The four-way intersection: Bias, journalism, true crime and empathy | 6.30pm |
| Lyn Barrington & Sarah Moulds | Alma Tavern | A Conversation with a Survivor. | 8.30pm |
| Daniel Kirk | Bath Hotel | Adapting to Thrive | 6.30pm |
| Benjemen Elengovan | Britannia | How working on 19 odd gigs made me start MyGigsters | 6.30pm |
| William Swale | Britannia | The roller-coaster of a fashion start up | 8.30pm |
| Michelle Holland | KHOU by Signature Wines | Myths at Work: Business Culture Could Be Holding You Back | 6.30pm |
| Simon Dawson | KHOU by Signature Wines | Body Language - what it means and how to read it | 8.30pm |
| Rick Sarre | Lambrook Wines | 10 things we can do tomorrow to curb crime | 6.30pm |
| Marie Shaw KC | Lambrook Wines | Miscarriages of justice and how are they exposed | 8.30pm |
| Helen Smith | Maylands Hotel | 45 faces of positive ageing | 6.30pm |
| Rebecca Perry | Maylands Hotel | Early detection of cardiac abnormalities that can lead to sudden cardiac death | 8.30pm |
| Wala Truscott | Reform Distilling | Why do intimate relationships either deepen or dwindle? | 6.30pm |
| Dr Evangeline Mantzioris | Reform Distilling | When it comes to diet, can we really eat everythig in moderation? | 8.30pm |
| Monique Bareham | The Colonist | 10 Years of Cancer survivorship advocacy | 6.30pm |
| Nicholas Lee | The Rising Sun Inn | Preventing bowel cancer and the test that might save your life | 6.30pm |
| Dominic McAfee | The Rising Sun Inn | How oysters made human history | 8.30pm |
| John Boland | The Suburaban Brew | The Goldilocks House - How to make your home comfortable without skyrocketing power bills | 6.30pm |
| Brett Aylen | The Suburaban Brew | What is a Healthy House? | 8.30pm |
Image gallery: Raising the Bar 2023
Contact
Economic Development Unit
T: 8366 4555
E: economicdevelopment@npsp.sa.gov.au
