Wednesday, 5 March 2014"Big data knowledge discovery: machine learning meets natural science"Professor Hugh Durrant-Whyte FRS, CEO, National ICT Australia Hugh Durrant-Whyte is an internationally-recognised expert on the analysis of "big data" – the mass of information that is being generated around current information and communication technologie...
Wednesday, 2 April 2014"The Jameson cell"Laureate Professor Graeme Jameson AO At the 1220th ordinary general meeting of the Society, Laureate Professor Graeme Jameson described the development of the Jameson cell, one of the most important technological contributions to the Australian economy in the last 50 years. The Jameson cell is a flotation ce...
"Schizophrenia: from neuropathology to new treatments"Professor Cyndi Shannon Weickert, Macquarie Group Foundation Chair of Schizophrenia Research, Neuroscience Research Australia and UNSW, and Professor, School of Psychiatry, UNSWWednesday 3 August 2011 at 6.30 pmSeminar Room 102, New Law Building, University of Sydney Is schizophrenia caused by g...
Wednesday, 4 June 2014"What lessons have we learnt from the Global Financial Crisis?"Professor Robert Marks In 2008, the world suffered "the equivalent of cardiac arrest", according to the Financial Times. It became virtually impossible for any institution to finance itself, (that is, borrow in the markets) longer than overnight. With the collapse ...
"What causes MS? The impact of the genetic revolution"Professor Graeme Stewart AMWednesday, 2 July 2014 Professor Graeme Stewart AM, director of clinical immunology at Westmead Hospital, has researched the genetic influences on disease, in particular on multiple sclerosis (MS). MS is the commonest chronic neurological disorder of young at all. It u...
"Stem cells and regenerative medicine: prospects for realising the Prometheus myth"Professor John Rasko, Centenary InstituteWednesday 6 July 2011, 6.30 for 7 pmLecture Theatre 106, New Law Building, University of Sydney Professor John Rasko was appointed to the first clinical gene therapy position in Australia. Currently, he is head of the gene and...
"Saving Australia through science education"Emeritus Scientia Professor Eugenie Lumbers AM DistFRSNWednesday, 6 August 2014 The world is experiencing an exponential rate of technological progress. Change was relatively gradual from the time and the domestication of the horse until the 17th century. Indeed, in the early stages the Industrial Revolut...
"Variation of fundamental constants: from the Big Bang to atomic clocks"Professor Victor Flambaum, School of Physics, University of New South WalesWednesday 1 June 2011 at 6.30 pmLecture Theatre 106, New Law Building, University of Sydney Modern unification theories suggest the fundamental constants (like the speed of light) may change in an expand...
"Heading towards the world's largest telescope: the Square Kilometre Array"Professor Michael Burton, School of Physics, University of NSWWednesday 4 May 2011 at 6.30 pmEastern Avenue Auditorium, University of Sydney Meeting report by Donald Hector What do the kinetic energy of a falling snow-flake and radio telescopes have in common? Well, as...
"The fourth dimension and beyond - the paradox of working in unimaginable worlds"Emeritus Scientia Professor Ian Sloan AO FRSNDate: Wednesday 3 September 2014 Professor Ian Sloan is not content to work in an environment of four dimensions – he is quite at home in space with many more dimensions than most of us are accustomed to. Many mathemati...
"Beauty and truth: their intersection in mathematics and science"Robert, Lord May of Oxford, AC FRSNFriday 29 April 2011 at 6.30 pmScientia Building, University of NSW Meeting report by Donald Hector On 29 April 2011, Robert Lord May of Oxford, arguably the greatest mathematician that Australia has produced, was invested as a Fellow of the Ro...
"Australia's most spectacular environmental rehabilitation project: Phillip Island, Pacific Ocean"Dr Peter CoynDate: Wednesday, 1 October 2014 Perched atop a submerged seamount, in turn atop a submarine ridge, Phillip Island and its close neighbour Norfolk Island are tiny specks, the only land in a vast expanse (2.5 million square kilometres) ...
"A drop of optics"Dr Steve Lee and Dr Tri Phan, joint winners of the 2014 ANSTO Eureka Prize for Innovative Use of TechnologyDate: Wednesday 5 November 2014 The talk at the 1227th AGM was presented by Dr Steve Lee and Dr Tri Phan, joint winners of the 2014 ANSTO Eureka Prize for Innovative Use of Technology. They received the award for develop...
Lecture delivered for the Two Societies Meeting:"Searching for nanosecond laser pulses from outer space"Dr Ragbir Bhathal, University of Western SydneyTuesday 22 March 2011 at 6 pmSchool of Physics, University of Sydney Meeting report by Dr Frederick Osman On Tuesday 22 March 2011, the Australian Institute of Physics and the Royal Society of ...
Lecture delivered for the Four Societies Meeting:"Geothermal energy - current state of play and developments"Dr Stuart McDonnell, Geodynamics LtdMr Stephen de Belle, Granite Power LtdThursday 24 February 2011 at 6 pmHamilton Room, Trade & Investment Centre, Industry & Investment NSW, Level 47, MLC Centre, 19 Martin Place, Sydney Meeting rep...
The Society was very pleased to have the remaining two Fellows of the Society for 2010 invested with their Awards by our Patron, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir, Governor of NSW, at a private function at Government House on 9 November 2011. Professor Kurt Lambeck and Professor Elizabeth Blackburn were overseas when Her Excellency presented ou...
The Society's President was honoured with the opportunity to address new graduates and their families and friends at a graduation ceremony held at the University of Sydney on Friday 20 May 2011. The ceremony was for the Faculty of Science and for the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies, and was presided over by the university's Chan...
The Liversidge Lecture 2012 - Professor Thomas Maschmeyer Low carbon technologies: from brown coal and biomass to solar hydrogen Monday, 19 November 2012 The 2012 Liversidge Lecture was presented by Professor Thomas Maschmeyer FAA FTSE of the University of Sydney. About 180 people heard Thomas describe his work on catalysis, particularly its applic...
The Poggendorf Lecture "Biodiversity and the future of agriculture" - Professor Geoff Gurr After a hiatus of 20 years, the Poggendorf Lecture was delivered in conjunction with Charles Sturt University, Orange, on Tuesday, 13 August 2013. The lecture was delivered by Professor Geoff Gurr, a biologist and entomologist and Professor of Applied Ecology...
On Friday 19 April, the annual awards evening and annual dinner was held at the Union University and Schools Club in Sydney. The dinner was extremely well attended and the address by Judith Wheeldon AM was very topical and stimulated a lot of discussion. Ms Wheeldon presented the Clarke Medal to distinguished zoologist Marilyn Renfree, the Edgewort...
