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• GALAs 2015: In Five. A Gala Debate on 2020 Transcribed from the program: As part of our fifth birthday celebrations, we presented a unique headline debate with two sides, just one team – and nothing less than our future at stake. The central question: where will we be as a society in five years’ time? Should we feel hopeful, or should we feel despair? In four minute bursts, our panel of five prominent thinkers each make an informed, impassioned case for optimism – and counter with an equally persuasive case against it. It's a public debate of a kind that bucks binaries, marginalises myopia and penalises pigheadedness. And it’s a conversation with room for complexity, nuance and the grey areas in your grey matter. Speakers include feminist author Eva Cox, Robogals founder and former Young Australian of the Year Marita Cheng, political journalist and author George Megalogenis, Tasmanian Department of Justice secretary Simon Overland and medical anthropologist Gregory Phillips. Our host is writer and broadcaster Annabel Crabb. WHO? Portrait of Eva Cox Eva Cox has been an academic, political adviser, public servant, and runs a small research and policy consultancy. A sociologist by trade, she promotes ideas widely and eclectically in books, on line, in journals and other media. Portrait of Gregory Phillips Gregory Phillips is from the Waanyi and Jaru peoples, and comes from Cloncurry and Mount Isa. He is a medical anthropologist, has a research Master’s degree in medical science, and his thesis, Addictions and Healing in Aboriginal Country, was published as a book in 2003. Portrait of Annabel Crab Annabel Crabb is a writer and broadcaster for the ABC, and host of Australia’s only political cooking show, Kitchen Cabinet. Portrait of Marita Cheng Marita Cheng founded Robogals Global in 2008 as a response to the traditionally low levels of participation by women in engineering and technology. In 2012, she was named Young Australian of the Year. Portrait of George Megalogenis George Megalogenis is an author, commentator and journalist. He has 27 years' experience in the media, including over a decade in the Federal Parliamentary press gallery. Portrait of Simon Overland Simon started his current position as secretary for the Department of Justice in Tasmanian in July 2012. He was chief commissioner of Victoria Police from March 2009 until mid-2011.