Friday 28th February |
"A tale of two infrastructures: the future of water and energy use in our cities" The Four Societies Lecture Professor Stuart White, Director of the Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology, Sydney. |
Friday 9th March |
The Royal Society of New South Wales Annual Dinner Forum Restaurant, Darlington Centre, Sydney University |
Wednesday 2nd May | "World Heritage inscription of caves and karst" A/Prof. Julia James, University of Sydney |
Wednesday 6th June | "Embryonic stem cell research in Australia: insights from the Lockhart review" Prof. Peter Schofield, Director, Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute |
Tuesday 26th June | "Electro-mechanics of living cells and cell membranes in intense electric fields" Prof. Hans Coster, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Sydney A joint event with the Australian Institute of Physics, at the Slade Lecture Theatre, School of Physics, University of Sydney. |
Wednesday 1st August | "From the crime scene to the courtroom: removing the Hollywood hype, what is forensics all about?" Prof. Claude Roux, Director, Centre for Forensic Science, University of Technology Sydney |
Wednesday 5th September | "Recent progress in quantum electronics: control of small electronic circuits by quantum rather than classical physics" Prof. Alex Hamilton, School of Physics, University of New South Wales |
Wednesday 3rd October | "The life science revolution: how engineering, cell biology and IT intersect" Prof. Keith Williams, co-founder of Proteome Systems, formerly Professor of Biology at Macquarie University |
Wednesday 7th November | "New earths, dark energy and giant telescopes: the future of Australian astronomy" Prof. Matthew Colless, Director, Anglo-Australian Observatory |
Details of events scheduled for the remainder of the current year by the Southern Highlands branch can be found on its website, while details of events of previous years can be found here.
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