Calendar of Meetings 2025

Name: Calendar of Meetings 2025
Start: 2025-12-31T18:00:00+11:00
End: 2025-12-31T20:00:00+11:00
Location: Various face-to-face and online venues

Events Calendar for 2025

Please check this page regularly as the Society’s event program is under ongoing development.

Most recent update: 19 December 2024

Follow the links below for meetings held by the Society in Sydney, in Newcastle by the Hunter Branch, in Armidale by the New England North West Branch, in Mittagong by the Southern Highlands Branch, and in western NSW by the Western NSW Branch.

Sydney Meetings
Hunter Branch Meetings
New England and North West Branch Meetings
Southern Highlands Branch Meetings
Western NSW Branch Meetings

Sydney Meetings

Wednesday, 5 February, 6.30–8.00 pm AEDT	1329th OGM and Open Lecture Venue: Metcalfe Theatre, State Library of NSW Inspired by Nature, Designed by Science Distinguished Professor Ian Paulsen FRSN FAA FASM Director, ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology Macquarie University
Thursday, 20 February, 6.30–8.00 pm AEDT	Ideass@theHouse: February 2025 Venue: Government House Sydney (by formal invitation) and live-streaming Where worlds collide: exploring the wide/domestic animal-human interface in One Health Dr Sarah Britton Director, One Health Unit Australian Centre for Disease Control Department of Health and Aged Care
Wednesday, 5 March, 6.30–8.00 pm AEDT	RSNSW Student Award and Early Career Citation Presentations 2025 Venue: TBA My Muyang Li, Mr Joel Sved, Ms Linqing Tian Dr Fei Deng, Dr Jennifer Matthews, Dr Cynthia Turnbull
Friday, 7 March, 5.30–10.00 pm AEDT	RSNSW Annual Dinner and Presentation of Awards Venue: Strangers’ Room, Parliament House, 6 Macquarie Street, Sydney After Dinner Speaker Professor Georgina Long AO FAHMS FAA
Friday, 28 March, 6.00–9.00 pm AEDT	Frontiers of Science Forum 2025 Venue: Concord Golf Club, 190 Majors Bay Road, Concord Exploring major discoveries and theories in physics, mathematics, biology, and chemistry A joint presentation of the Australian Institute of Physics, the Teachers’s Guild of NSW, the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, and the Royal Society of New South Wales Speakers: To be advised
Wednesday, 2 April, 6.00–7.30 pm AEDT	158th AGM & 1330th OGM and Open Lecture Venue: Michael Crouch Room, Level 1, Mitchell Building, State Library of NSW, Shakespeare Place, Sydney Engineering for the Future Professor Hugh Durrant-Whyte FRS FREng FAA NSW Chief Scientist and Engineer
Wednesday, 7 May, 6.00 – 7.30 pm AEST	1331st OGM and Open Lecture Venue: Zoom Webinar Topic: TBA Speaker: TBA
Wednesday, 4 June, 6.30 – 8.00 pm AEST	1332nd OGM and Open Lecture Venue: Michael Crouch Room, Mitchell Building, State Library of NSW, Shakespeare Place, Sydney Topic: TBA Speaker: TBA
Thursday, 26 June, 6.30 – 8.00 pm AEST	Ideas@theHouse: June 2025 Venue: Government House, Sydney (by formal invitation) and live-streaming Topic: TBA Speaker: TBA
Wednesday, 2 July, 6.00 – 7.30 pm AEST	1333rd OGM and Open Lecture Venue: Zoom Webinar Topic: TBA Speaker: TBA
Wednesday, 6 August, 6.00 – 7.30 pm AEST	1334th OGM and Open Lecture Venue: Michael Crouch Room, Mitchell Building, State Library of NSW, Shakespeare Place, Sydney Topic: TBA Speaker: TBA
Thursday, 28 August 6.30 — 8.00 pm AEST	Ideas@theHouse: August 2025 Venue: Government House Sydney (by formal invitation) and Live Streaming Topic: TBA Speaker: TBA
Wednesday, 3 September, 6.00 – 7.30 pm AEST	1335th OGM and Open Lecture Venue: Zoom Webinar Topic: TBA Speaker: TBA
Wednesday, 1 October, 6.00 – 7.30 pm AEST	1336th OGM and Open Lecture Venue: Michael Crouch Room, Mitchell Building, State Library of NSW, Shakespeare Place, Sydney Topic: TBA Speaker: TBA
Thursday, 6 November, 9.00 am – 5.00 pm AEDT	Royal Society of NSW and Learned Societies Annual Forum 2025 Venue: Government House, Sydney (by formal invitation) and Live Streaming Theme: TBA
Wednesday, 12 November, 6.00 – 7.30 pm AEDT	1337th OGM and Open Lecture Venue: Zoom webinar Topic: TBA Speaker: TBA
Wednesday, 3 December, 6.30 pm AEDT	1338th OGM and Open Lecture Venue: Metcalfe Theatre, State Library of NSW Social media and smartphones for youth: What’s the story? Scientia Professor Helen Christensen AO FASSA FAHMS The Black Dog Institute, UNSW Sydney

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Hunter Branch Meetings

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New England North West Branch Meetings

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Southern Highlands Branch Meetings

Thursday, 20 February, 6.30 – 7.30 pm AEDT	Southern Highlands Branch Meeting 2025-1 Venue: RSL Mittagong, Carrington Room Dr Johnson’s Dictionary Susannah Fullerton OAM FRSN Author, Literary Lecturer, and Tour Leader
Thursday, 20 March, 6.30 – 7.30 pm AEDT	Southern Highlands Branch Meeting 2025-2 Venue: RSL Mittagong, Carrington Room The Curator and the Cats Dr Craig Barker Head, Public Engagement Chau Chak Wing Museum University of Sydney
Thursday, 17 April, 6.30 – 7.30 pm AEST	Southern Highlands Branch Meeting 2025-3 Venue: RSL Mittagong, Carrington Room Using Precision Medicine to Eradicate Childhood Cancer Associate Professor Mark Cowley Deputy Director, Enabling Platforms Children’s Cancer Institute
Thursday, 15 May, 6.30 – 7.30 pm AEST	Southern Highlands Branch Meeting 2025-4 Venue: RSL Mittagong, Carrington Room Space Race 2.0 Dr Brad Tucker Research School of Astrophysics Australian National University
Thursday, 19 June, 6.30 – 7.30 pm AEST	Southern Highlands Branch Meeting 2025-5 Venue: RSL Mittagong, Carrington Room The Way We Are Dr Hugh Mackay AO FRSN FAPS Psychologist and Social Researcher
Thursday, 17 July, 6.30 — 7.30 pm AEST	Southern Highlands Branch Meeting 2025-6 Venue: RSL Mittagong, Carrington Room Bhutan: Lessons in Tough Love Dr Michael de Percy FRSA FCILT MRSN Senior Lecturer School of Politics, Economics, and Society University of Canberra
Thursday, 21 August, 6.30 – 7.30 pm AEST	Southern Highlands Branch Meeting 2023-7 Venue: RSL Mittagong, Carrington Room Mining Water on the Moon Professor Andrew Dempster School of Electrical Engineering and Communications UNSW Sydney
Thursday, 18 September, 6.30 – 7.30 pm AEST	Southern Highlands Branch Meeting 2025-8 Venue: RSL Mittagong, Carrington Topic: TBA Professor Fred Watson AM Australia’s Astronomer-at-Large
Thursday, 16 October, 6.30 – 7.30 pm AEDT	Southern Highlands Branch Meeting 2025-9 Venue: RSL Mittagong, Carrington Room Drones and AI in Conservation Studies Dr Roxane Francis Research Fellow School of Biological, Earth, and Environmental Science UNSW Sydney
Thursday, 20 November, 6.30 – 7.30 pm AEDT	Southern Highlands Branch Meeting 2025-10 Venue: RSL Mittagong, Carrington Room Topic: TBA Dr Jessica Milner Davis FRSN Formerly Honorary Research Associate Department of English University of Sydney

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Western NSW Branch Meetings

Wednesday, 5 February, 6.00 – 7.00 pm AEDT	Western NSW Branch Meeting 2025-1 Venue: Wagga Wagga campus (Riverina Playhouse), Charles Sturt University and live-streaming Topic: TBA Professor Jane Quinn Professor of Veterinary Physiology Gulbali Institute for Land, Water, and the Environment Charles Sturt University
Wednesday, 16 April, 6.00 – 7.00 pm AEST	Western NSW Branch Meeting 2025-2 Venue: Albury-Wodonga Campus, Charles Sturt University and live-streaming Topic: TBA Professor Christopher Blanchard Professor of Food Science School of Dentistry and Medical Sciences Charles Sturt University
Wednesday, 25 June, 6.00 – 7.00 pm AEST	Western NSW Branch Meeting 2025-3 Venue: Bathurst campus, Charles Sturt University and live-streaming Topic: TBA Distinguished Professor Jing Sun Chair of Biostatistics Rural Health Research Institute Charles Sturt University
Wednesday, 20 August, 6.00 – 7.00 pm AEST	Western NSW Branch Meeting 2025-4 Venue: Dubbo Campus, Charles Sturt University and live-streaming Topic: TBA Professor Geoffrey Gurr FRSN Professor of Applied Ecology School of Agricultural, Environmental and Veterinary Sciences Charles Sturt University
Wednesday, 29 October, 6.00 – 7.00 pm AEDT	Western NSW Branch Meeting 2024-5 Venue: Orange campus, Charles Sturt University and live-streaming Topic: TBA Dr Juliette Tobias-Webb Translation Science and Behavioural Design Architect Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Futures Institute Charles Sturt University