“Is it possible to predict the behaviour of closed physical systems? From the solar systems to a quantum computer” Professor Boris Altshuler Department of Physics Columbia University New York Monday 6 November 2017 Ritchie Theatre, John Niland Scientia Building, UNSW The Dirac Medal for the Advancement of Theoretical Physic...
"Multisensory music: listening by ear and eye?" Dr Helen Mitchell Sydney Conservatorium of Music University of Sydney Wednesday 6 September 2017 Union, University and Schools Club, 25 Bent Street, Sydney Listening is regarded as the most fundamental way to engage with music performance but this is c...
Four RSNSW Lunchtme Science Talks as part of Science Week University of Sydney Business School CBD campus, Level 17, Stockland Building, 133 Castlereagh St. Free admission Talk 1 “Smoking and lung cancer: How are we doing?” Professor John Murray School of Mathematics and Statistics University of NSW https://...
“Dark matter in the universe” The Dirac Lecture and award of the Dirac Medal Duffield Professor Kenneth Freeman FRS Australian National University Thursday 13 October 2016Tyree Room, John Niland Scientia Building, UNSW The Dirac Medal is based on rules established in 1990 by the then Vice Chancellor of t...
“A source of inspiration and delight: The Mitchell Library” Richard Neville Mitchell Librarian and Director, Education & Scholarship Wednesday 7 September 2016Union, University and Schools Club, 25 Bent Street, Sydney The State Library of New South Wales can trace its history back to 1826. In m...
Royal Society of New South Wales Sydney Science Festival lunchtime talks More details about the Festival are to be found at: https://sydneyscience.com.au/ Venue: The University of Sydney Business School CBD Campus, Level 17, Stockland Building, 133 Castlereagh St. Talk 1 “Complex Systems and Swarm Intelligence” Professor Mikhail Prokope...
“Celebrating the 200th birthday of Royal Botanic Gardens: a personal history of 57 years of science” Dr Barbara Briggs Honorary Research Associate Royal Botanic Gardens Wednesday 3 August 2016Union, University and Schools Club, 25 Bent Street, Sydney The Royal Society of New South ...
"From the Solar Nebula to the Deep Earth – a Geological Journey" Professor Bill Griffin Distinguished Professor of Geochemistry, Macquarie University Date: Thursday 6 August 2015 Venue: Building Y3A, Theatre 1, Macquarie University Bill will tell the story of the journey to the surface of the remarkable rocks ...
“Quantum entanglement and superconductivity” Professor Subir Sachdev Professor of Physics, Harvard University Held in conjunction with UNSW and the Australian Institute of Physics Tuesday 1 September 2015John B. Reid Theatre, AGSM Building, UNSW Einstein called it "spooky action at a distance". Entanglement is a counter-intu...
“Trait-based ecology” Professor Mark Westoby Department of Biological Sciences Macquarie University NSW Scientist of the Year 2014 Wednesday 2 September 2015Union University and Schools Club, 25 Bent Street, Sydney Ecological strategies summarize the variety of styles that different plant species have ...
“Big history” Professor David Christian Director, The Big History Institute Macquarie University Wednesday 4 November 2015Union, University and Schools Club, 25 Bent Street, Sydney Since the beginnings of human history, taking stories from the past and synthesising them has delivered far more than the sum of the pa...
Royal Society of NSW scholarship winners 2015 Wednesday 4 February 2015Union, University and Schools Club, 25 Bent Street, Sydney Melanie LairdSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney Melanie is a University Medallist in her second year of a PhD under the supervision of Professor Michael Thompson, studying reproduction in marsupials. Rut...
“Australian energy policy” Professor Robert Clark AO FAA DistFRSN Chair of Energy Strategy and Policy, UNSW Thursday 25 February 2016 Hamilton and Parkes Rooms, Level 47, MLC Centre, King and Castlereagh Streets, Sydney Professor Robert Clark has had a distinguished career, having headed a research group in experim...
Note: the OGM number 1239 is not used for administrative reasons. Royal Society of New South Wales Scholarship presentations The scholarship winners with the President of the Royal Society of NSW, Dr Donald HectorL-R: Yevgeny Stadnik, Adam Dudek, Don Hector, Charles Forster Wednesday 3 February 2016Union, University and Schools Club, 25 Bent Street...
“Royal Society of NSW – relevance in the 21st century” Dr Donald Hector FRSN President Wednesday 6 April 2016Union, University and Schools Club, 25 Bent Street, Sydney Donald Hector was President of the Royal Society of NSW for four years from 2012 to 2016. This is an excerpt from his ...
“How to win an IgNobel Prize and other adventures in communicating science” Dr Len Fisher Visiting Fellow in Physics, University of Bristol Wednesday 2 March 2016Union, University and Schools Club, 25 Bent Street, Sydney This talk in a fun and interesting way was about how scientists go about their work. In 1999, D...
"A cradle-to-grave concept for Australia's uranium" The February meeting of the Royal Society of NSW was the annual meeting of the four Societies: The Royal Society of New South Wales, The Australian Institute of Energy, Australian Nuclear Association and Engineers Australia (NUC Engineering Panel). Speaker: Dr Clarence Hardy, Secretary ANA, Vice-P...
"TB: controlling the old scourge" Professor Warwick Britton, Head, Mycobacterial Research GroupCentenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology, University of Sydney Wednesday 5 October 2005, 6 pm for 6.30 Conference Room 1, Darlington Centre, City Road ABSTRACT Nine million people contract tuberculosis every year and two million die. Over 9...
"The quickening: beginning of animal life on Earth" Professor Patricia Vickers-Rich, Monash University Wednesday 7 September 2005, 6 pm for 6.30 Conference Room 1, Darlington Centre, University of Sydney ABSTRACT Four places in the world have yielded a most spectacular record of animal life prior to the time when shells and skeletons appeared - all...
Thursday, 27 February 2014"Questions of power in NSW"Professor Mary O'Kane, NSW Chief Scientist and Engineer At the annual Four Societies Lecture, Professor Mary O'Kane considered the major questions that face NSW in the future of energy production and utilisation. Asking the right questions is key – it reduces the time taken to identify the best s...
The Royal Society of New South Wales organises events in Sydney and at its Branches throughout the year.
In Sydney, these include:
A range of events is held in collaboration with other learned societies and academies. These include the:
In addition, there are the named lectures that are associated with the Society's awards. In some cases, these lectures are conducted jointly with universities, normally the host institution of the winner of that award.
In all cases, these events are advertised on these pages and registration for events held face-to-face is required.
Each of the Branches runs a regular program of face-to-face events in their local areas. All branch events are included in the Events listed on these pages and individual Branch pages include just those events being organised by the local branch.
The bulk of the Society's event program is recorded and made available on our YouTube channel.
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.
