“Charting a Course: a 500-year story of discovery and the development of Sydney” Emeritus Professor Robert Clancy AM FRSNRoyal Society of NSW Dates: Wednesday, 14 October 2020, 3.00-4.30pm AEDT Venue: Manly Art Gallery and Museum, West Esplanade Reserve, Manly NSW 2095 Entry: There is a limit of 20 attendees on each occasion due to COVID...
“Where now for the study of time?” Professor Huw PriceBertrand Russell Professor of PhilosophyUniversity of Cambridge Date: Wednesday, 7 October 2020, 6.30pm AEDTVenue: Zoom webinar Video presentation: YouTube video Zoom webinar. Click here for help in getting started with Zoom Enquiries: By email All are welcome.--> Summary: The sc...
“Philosophical Ethics in Schools: Plan and Paradox” Adjunct Professor Sandra Lynch Institute for Ethics and SocietyUniversity of Notre Dame Australia Date: Thursday, 17 September 2020 at 6.30pm AESTVenue: Zoom webinar Video presentation: YouTube video Venue: Zoom webinar. Click here for help in getting started with Zoom Enquiries: By email All...
“The Dawn of Molecular Medicine—Gene Therapy: past, present and future” Professor John Rasko AORoyal Prince Alfred Hospital and Centenary Institute, University of Sydney Date: Wednesday, 2 September 2020, 6.30pm AEST Venue: Zoom webinar Video recording: YouTube Video Venue: Zoom webinar Video recording: YouTube video Venue: Zoom webinar.&...
“The Periodic Table: ‘.. a medley of haphazard facts falling into line and order’ (C. P. Snow)” Emeritus Professor Brynn Hibbert AM FRSNRoyal Society of NSW and UNSW Sydney Date: Thursday, 20 August 2020, 6.00pm Venue: Zoom webinar Video Presentation: YouTube video Entry: No charge Enquiries: via email All are welcome.--> The ancients had iso...
“2062—The year that Artificial Intelligence (AI) made” Professor Toby WalshScientia Professor of Artificial IntelligenceUNSW Sydney and CSIRO Data61 Date: Thursday, 20 August 2020 Venue: Via email circulation While pandemic restrictions on group activities prevail, the South Highlands Branch continues to send members information and sum...
“The COVID Curve in Context: or Back to the Future—something old and something new” Emeritus Professor Robert Clancy AM FRSNRoyal Society of NSW and the University of Newcastle Date: Tuesday, 18 August 2020, 6.00pm Venue: Zoom webinar Video presentation: YouTube video Zoom webinar. Click here for help in getting started with Zoom Entry: ...
“Growing Black Tall Poppies” Professor Peter RadollPro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous)University of Canberra Date: Wednesday, 5 August 2020, 6.30pm Venue: Zoom webinar Video recording: YouTube video How do the contradictions of success intersect with race, higher education and Indigenous cultural values? We are at a time that doing the right thing now...
“Architecture and the Cultivation of Vitality” Professor Pia Ednie-BrownSchool of Architecture & Built EnvironmentUniversity of Newcastle Date: Wednesday, 29 July 2020, 6.00pm Venue: Zoom webinar Video recording: YouTube video Zoom webinar. Click here for help in getting started with Zoom Entry: No charge Enquiries: via email All are welco...
“Why Art Matters in Times of Crisis” Elizabeth Ann Macgregor OBE FRSNDirector, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney Date: Wednesday, 8 July 2020, 6.30pm Venue: Zoom webinar Video recording: YouTube video Venue: Zoom Webinar. Click here for help in getting started with Zoom. Entry: No charge Enquiries: via email All are welcome.--> The Royal Soc...
YouTube video of the Event. Join us, online, for the Royal Society of NSW’s black-tie Annual Dinner and to celebrate our 199th Birthday, looking forward to our third century. Our Patron, Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC QC, Governor of New South Wales, will deliver her annual message to the Society. Easing of COVID-19 Restri...
“Drinking for three: Mother, baby and society” Distinguished Professor Elizabeth Elliott AM FRSN FAHMSThe University of Sydney andSydney Children’s Hospital (Westmead) Date: Wednesday, 3 June 2020, 6.30pm Venue: Zoom Webinar Video recording: YouTube video Venue: Click here to access the Zoom webinar. Click here for help in getting started...
“COVID-19 and confusion: the story of a nasty but nice viral receptor” Emeritus Professor Eugenie Lumbers AM FAA DistFRSNHunter Medical Research Institute andUniversity of Newcastle Date: Wednesday, 27 May 2020, 5.30pm Venue: Zoom webinar Click here to access the Zoom webinar. Click here for help in getting started with Zoom. Entry: No ch...
[email protected] byHer Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC QC, Governor of NSW “Ten: the Mapping of Colonial Australia”Emeritus Professor Robert Clancy AM FRSNThe University of Newcastle Date: Thursday, 21 May 2020, 7.00pm Venue: Zoom webinarVideo recording: YouTube video Zoom webinar, which will be open from 6.30pm. Click her...
153rd Annual General Meeting 1282nd Ordinary General Meeting Date: Wednesday, 22 April 2020, 6.00pm Venue: Zoom Webinar (Connection link to be provided by email) Special Note: In line with evolving advice from Commonwealth and State health authorities regarding COVID-19, the Society has suspended face-to-face meetings for the indefinite futur...
Presidential Reflections—science stuff and the President’s random path Emeritus Professor Ian Sloan AO FRSN FAA School of Mathematics and Statistics UNSW SydneyPresident, Royal Society of NSW Date: Wednesday, 22 April 2020, 6.00pm Venue: Zoom webinarVideo presentation: YouTube video Zoom Webinar. Click here for help in getting started with Zoom. En...
POSTPONED: Please contact SMSA on 02 9262 7300 regarding bookings On the Shoulders of Giants: Creation of Learned Societies in NSW Henry Carmichael — Educational Progressive, Social Reformer, Secularist, Winegrower Dr Lesley Scanlon Vice-President, Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts Date: Postponed Venue: Tom Keneally Centre, Sydney Mechanics’ ...
“The Murray-Darling Basin Scheme: a challenge in complexity in balancing social, economic and environmental perspectives” Professor John WIlliams FTSE Adjunct Professor Australian National University and Charles Sturt University Date: Thursday, 19 March 2020 Venue: Via email circulation Summary The Murray–Darling Basin is the...
Challenges for the Future: Energy Storage and Waste Plastic — Two Australian Solutions Going Global’ Professor Thomas Maschmeyer FAA FTSE FMAE FRSN School of Chemistry, University of Sydney A joint meeting of the Australian Institute of Energy, the Australian Nuclear Association, the Sydney Division of Engineers Australia, and the Royal Society of ...
“ Exploring major discoveries and theories in physics, mathematics, biology and chemistry ” Professor Ben Eggleton, University of Sydney Professor Mary Myerscough, University of Sydney Julianna Kadar, Macquarie University Professor Richard Payne, University of Sydney A joint meeting the Australian Institute of Physics, the AIP, RACI, RSNSW Royal Au...
The Royal Society of NSW organizes events in Sydney and in its Branches throughout the year.
In Sydney, these include Ordinary General Meetings (OGMs) held normally at 6.00 for 6.30 pm on the first Wednesday of the month (there is no meeting in January), in the Gallery Room at the State Library of NSW. At the OGMs, society business is conducted, new Fellows and Members are inducted, and reports from Council are given. This is followed by a public lecture presented by an eminent expert and an optional dinner. Drinks are served before the meeting. There is a small charge to attend the meeting and lecture, and to cover refreshments. The dinner is a separate charge, and must be booked in advance. All OGMs are open to members of the public.
Since April 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, face-to-face meetings have been replaced by virtual meetings, conducted as Zoom webinars, allowing the events program to continue uninterrupted. It is hoped that face-to-face meetings can be resumed in 2022.
Other events are held in collaboration with other groups, including:
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.
