Record

Performance TitleThe Festival of the Mind
Performance Date21 April 1995
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time09:00
Main PerformersTony Buzan,
Rikki Hunt,
Richard Israel,
Raymond Keene,
Barry Buzan,
Lana Israel,
James Lee,
Michael J Gelb,
Jeanette Voss,
Gordon Dryden,
Peter Thompson
Orchestra or BandRoyal College of Music Orchestra
ConductorsBenjamin Zander
Set ListElgar Room
09:00 Presentation to Burmah Petroleum Fuels Ltd.,
15:05 Rikki Hunt, Burmah Petroleum Fuels Ltd. - 'The Thinking Organisation',
16:05 Lana Israel and James Lee - 'The Learning Revolution'

Prince of Wales Room
12:00 Start of 'Student Memory Matchplay'
15:10 Richard Israel - 'Brain Sell',
16:05 Barry Buzan - 'Looking Backwards, Looking Forwards',
17:10 Peter Thompson, Pinnacle Training, presentation

Henry Cole Room
10:30 Start of the 'World's Memory Matchplay',
15:00 Sue Knights Associates,
17:30 London Cell of the Use Your Head Club Meeting

Stage and Arena
14:00 Official Opening (Tony Buzan),
Presentation (Tony Buzan),
14:50 'The Thinking Organisation' (Rikki Hunt),
14:55 'Brain Sell' (Richard Israel),
15:00 Start of the 'World's Largest Mind Map'
Introduction to the day's competitions,
15:30 'Looking Backwards, Looking Forwards' (Barry Buzan),
15:50 'Learning with Lana' (Lana Israel, James Lee),
16:00 'Lessons from the Art of Juggling' (Michael J Gelb),
16:20 'The Learning Revolution' (Jeanette Voss, Gordon Dryden),
Round Up (Tony Buzan),
16:55 Pinnacle Training (Peter Thompson)
17:25 World Memory Matchplay Final
Round up of Grandmaster Simultaneous Chess Challenge,
18:00 Presentation of competition prizes,
18:15 Juggling,
19:30 Announcement of Chess Awards and the Brain of the Year Award followed by Inside Music (Royal College of Music)

All Day Events:
Arena - Grandmaster Simultaneous Chess Challenge,
Grand Tier Box 33 - Use Your Head Tales,
Grand Tier Level Bar (East) - More Balls Than Most - Juggling Workshops,
Ground Floor Amphi Corridor - Mind Map Gallery
Performance NotesThe inaugural Festival of the Mind, organised by Tony Buzan, Raymond Keene OBE and Michael Gelb, was a showcase for the learning mind sports of memory, speed reading, IQ, creativity and mind mapping.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1995/21)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/eAerZedf6iv
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1995/21The Festival of the Mind21 April 1995
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
UbepobowkowmoolThe Festival of the Mind1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/13279Royal College of Music Orchestra; 1880s-; British orchestra
DS/UK/19773Buzan; Anthony Peter "Tony" (1942-); English author, educational consultant
DS/UK/19777Buzan; Barry Gordon (1946-); British-Canadian academic
DS/UK/19778Israel; Lana (fl 1990s-); British educational consultant
DS/UK/19775Israel; Richard (fl 1980s-); British author, consultant, trainer
DS/UK/19774Hunt; Rikki (fl 1990s-); British entrepreneur, author
DS/UK/19776Keene; Raymond (1948-); OBE; English chess grandmaster, arbiter, organiser, journalist, author
DS/UK/19779Gelb; Michael J (1952-); American author, public speaker
DS/UK/19781Zander; Benjamin (9 March 1939); English conductor
DS/UK/19780Dryden; Gordon (fl 1980s-); New Zealand author, researcher, publisher, broadcaster
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