Calendar of Meetings 2023

Wednesday,
1 February

6.30 pm AEDT

1310th OGM and Open Lecture

Venue: Gallery Room, State Library of NSW, Shakespeare Place, Sydney

Drones, Smart Munitions, and Cyberspace: the 21st Century Defence of Ukraine and its implications for Australia
Major General (Retd) Fergus (Gus) McLachlan AO

Thursday,
2 March

6.30 pm AEDT

[email protected]: March 2022

Venue: Government House, Sydney (by formal invitation) and Live Streaming

Aristotle on life and thought in the sub-lunary sphere
Dr John Vallance FRSN FAHA
State Librarian of NSW

Wednesday,
15 March

6.30 pm AEDT

1311th OGM and Open Lecture
2022 Jak Kelly Award and RSNSW Scholarship Award Presentations

Venue: Zoom Webinar

Presenters: Shankar Dutt (ANU), Clara Chung Ming Liu (UTS), Thomas Mesaglio (UNSW Sydney), Amyang Zhao (ANU)

Wednesday,
5 April

6.30 pm AEST

156th Annual General Meeting
1312th OGM and 2019 Clarke Memorial Lecture

Venue: Gallery Room, State Library of NSW, Shakespeare Place, Sydney

Reconstructing ancient oceans, sea-level fluctuations,
the deep carbon cycle, and biodiversity
Professor Dietmar Müller FAA FAGU
School of Geosciences
University of Sydney

Wednesday,
3 May

6.30 pm AEST

RSNSW Open Lecture 2023-1

Venue: Zoom Webinar

Artificial Intelligence myths debunked — how AI is transforming humanity for the global good
Professor Michael Blumenstein
Acting Dean, Faculty of Engineering and IT
University of Technology, Sydney

Wednesday,
7 June

6.30 pm AEST

1313th OGM and Open Lecture

Venue: Gallery Room, State Library of NSW, Shakespeare Place, Sydney

Making Rights a Reality — the need for a Human Rights Act for Australia
Emeritus Professor Ros Croucher AM FAAL
President, Australian Human Rights Commission

Wednesday,
14 June

6.30 pm AEST

[email protected]: June 2023

Venue: Government House Sydney (by formal invitation) and Live Streaming (TBC)

Importance of scientific ideas and discovery to Australia's future
Dr Cathy Foley AO PSM DistFRSN FAA FTSE
Australia's Chief Scientist

Wednesday,
5 July

6.30 pm AEST

RSNSW Online Presentation 2023-2

Venue: Zoom Webinar

Thoughts on the 'Voice'
Emeritus Professor Peter Baume AC DistFRSN, Professor Megan Davis FRSN, Christopher Puplick AM, and Dean Ashenden

Wednesday,
2 August

6.30 pm AEST

1314th OGM and Open Lecture

Venue: Gallery Room, State Library of NSW, Shakespeare Place, Sydney

Topic: TBA
Dr Catherine Ball and Maria MacNamara

Thursday,
10 August

6.30 pm AEST

[email protected]: August 2023

Venue: Government House Sydney (by formal invitation) and Live Streaming

Ideas for marine stewardship and sustainability in a time of acceleration
Professor Emma Johnston AO FRSN FAA FTSE
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)
University of Sydney

Wednesday,
6 September

6.30 pm AEST

RSNSW Open Lecture 2023-3

Venue: Zoom Webinar

Challenges for Open Enquiry and Scholarship in a Divided Age
Professor Alan Davison
Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
University of Technology, Sydney

Wednesday,
4 October

6.30 pm AEDT

1315th OGM and Open Lecture

Venue: Gallery Room, State Library of NSW, Shakespeare Place, Sydney

Topic: TBA
Speaker: TBA

Thursday,
2 November

9.00 pm AEDT

Royal Society of NSW and Learned Societies Annual Forum 2023

Venue: Government House, Sydney (by formal invitation) and Live Streaming

Topic: TBA
Presenters: TBA 

Wednesday,
8 November

6.30 pm AEDT

1316th OGM and 2022 Clarke Memorial Lecture

Venue: Gallery Room, State Library of NSW, Shakespeare Place, Sydney

Caves as observatories of groundwater recharge
Professor Andy Baker FAGU
School of Biological, Earth, and Environmental Sciences
UNSW (Sydney)

Wednesday,
29 November

6.30 pm AEDT

1317th OGM and Open Lecture

Venue: Gallery Room, State Library of NSW, Shakespeare Place, Sydney

What do we really know about 20th and 21st-century sea-level change?
Emeritus Professor John Church AO FAA FTSE
Climate Change Research Centre
UNSW (Sydney)

Thursday, 16 March

5.15 pm AEDT

Hunter Branch Meeting 2023-1

Venue: 40 Newcomen Street, Newcastle

From floods to drought? What might this year bring and what is causing these extremes

Associate Professor Danielle Vernon-Kidd
School of Life and Environmental Sciences
University of Newcastle

Thursday, 11 May

5.15 pm AEST

Hunter Branch Meeting 2023-2

Venue: TBA

Invention, Innovation, and Impact. The 'I's have it

Laureate Professor Kevin Galvin FAA FTSE FIEAust CPEng
Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Enabling Eco-Efficient Beneficiation of Minerals and
Director, Centre for Advanced Particle Processing and Transport, Newcastle Institute for Energy and Resources
University of Newcastle

Thursday, 20 July

5.15 pm AEST

Hunter Branch Meeting 2023-3

Venue: TBA

Groundwater down under

Professor Craig Simmons FAA FTSE
Foundation Director, ARC National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training
Flinders University

Thursday, 7 September

5.15 pm AEST

Hunter Branch Meeting 2023-4

Venue: TAB

Personalised and Precision Medicine: panacea or pie-in-the-sky

Laureate Professor Clare Collins AO FRSN FAHMS FNSA
Director, Food and Nutrition Program
Hunter Institute of Medical Research

Thursday,
16 February

6.00 pm AEDT

Southern Highlands Branch Meeting 2023-1

RSL Mittagong

A comprehensive review of the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines 

Dr Phillip Altman

Thursday,
16 March

6.30 pm AEDT

Southern Highlands Branch Meeting 2023-2

RSL Mittagong

The Kindness Revolution 

Hugh Mackay AO FRSN

Thursday,
20 April

6.30 pm AEST

Southern Highlands Branch Meeting 2023-3

RSL Mittagong

Most of our universe is missing — Adventures in the dark side of the cosmos

Professor Geraint Lewis FRSN FLSW
Professor of Astrophysics
Sydney Institute of Astronomy
University of Sydney

Thursday,
18 May

6.30 pm AEST

Southern Highlands Branch Meeting 2023-4

RSL Mittagong

Brief encounters: literary travellers in Australia

Susannah Fullerton OAM FRSN
Author, Literary Lecturer, and Tour Leader

Thursday,
15 June

6.30 pm AEST

Southern Highlands Branch Meeting 2023-5

RSL Mittagong

Machines behaving badly: the morality of AI

Professor Toby Walsh FRSN FAA FACM FAAAS
Scientia Professor of Artificial Intelligence
UNSW (Sydney)

Thursday,
18 August

6.30 pm AEST

Southern Highlands Branch Meeting 2023-6

RSL Mittagong

Crop productivity in a stressed environment

Professor Richard Trethowan
Professor of Plant Breeding
University of Sydney

Thursday,
21 September

6.30 pm AEST

Southern Highlands Branch Meeting 2023-7

RSL Mittagong

Gender dysphoria: emerging teen challenges

Clare Rowe
Founder, Rowe & Associates Child and Family Psychology

Thursday,
20 April

6.30 pm AEST

Western NSW Branch Meeting 2023-1

Building 1305, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst and live streaming

Children should be seen AND heard:
the importance of communication so children can thrive

Professor Sharynne McLeod FRSN FASSA
Professor of Speech and Language Acquisition
School of Education
Charles Sturt University