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 recently updated: 20 March 2025

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: University of Technology Sydney, UTS Central (Building 2), Foyer, Cnr Jones St and Broadway, Ultimo NSW Mr Muyang Li (Sydney), Mr Joel Sved (Sydney), Ms Linqing Tian (UNSW) Dr Fei Deng (UNSW), Dr Jennifer Matthews (UTS), Dr Cynthia Turnbull (ANU)
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: Assoc. Prof. Benjamin Pope (Macquarie), Emeritus Prof. Liz Harry (UTS), Assoc. Prof. Helen Georgiou (UoW), Dr Vipul Agarwal (UNSW Sydney)
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
Tuesday, 15 April, 12.30 – 2.00 pm AEST	Lunchtime series: Provocations and Inspirations (April 2025) Venue: Union, University and Schools Club, 25 Bent Street Sydney Extreme Earth: Antarctica’s climate warning for the future and what we can all do about it Professor Christian Turney Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research) University of Technology Sydney
Wednesday, 7 May, 6.00 – 7.30 pm AEST	1331st OGM and Open Lecture Venue: Zoom Webinar Rethinking Mobility in a Changing Climate Scientia Professor Jane McAdam AO FASSA FAAL School of Law and Justice UNSW Sydney
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: Generative AI—the good and the bad Professor Michael Blumenstein (1) and Professor Nicholas Davis (2) (1) Pro Vice-Chancellor (Business Creation and Major Facilities) (2) Co-Director, Human Technology Institute University of Technology Sydney
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	RSNSW Poggendorff Lecture 2024 University of Sydney (location to be advised) Topic: TBA Professor Alex McBratney FAA Professor of Digital Agriculture and Soil Science; ARC Laureate Fellow University of Sydney
Wednesday, 6 August, 6.00 – 7.30 pm AEST	1333th 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	1334th OGM and Open Lecture Venue: Zoom Webinar Topic: TBA Speaker: TBA
Wednesday, 1 October, 6.00 – 7.30 pm AEST	1335th 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	1336th OGM and Open Lecture Venue: Zoom webinar Topic: TBA Speaker: TBA
Wednesday, 3 December, 6.00 – 7.30 pm AEDT	1337th OGM and Open Lecture Venue: Metcalfe Theatre, State Library of NSW Topic: TBA Speaker: TBA

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Hunter Branch Meetings

Thursday, 20 March, 6.00 – 7.30 pm AEDT

Hunter Branch Meeting 2025-1

Venue: NEX, Newcastle Exhibition and Conference Centre, 309 King Street, Newcastle West

Our Magnetic Sun
Dr Hannah Schunker
ARC Future Fellow
School of Information and Physical Sciences
University of Newcastle

Thursday, 15 May, 6.00 – 7.30 pm AEST

Hunter Branch Meeting 2025-2

Venue: NEX, Newcastle Exhibition and Conference Centre, 309 King Street, Newcastle West

From Test Tubes to Megawatts: How research sparked a battery business
Professor Thomas Nann
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer
Allegro Energy

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New England North West Branch Meetings

TBA	TBA Venue: TBA Title: TBA Speaker: TBA

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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: The Curious Story of Professor James Stewart and the Archaeology of Ancient Cyprus in Australia 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 Rare or Everywhere—Life in a Hostile Universe Professor Geraint Lewis FRSN FLSW Sydney Institute of Astronomy School of Physics University of Sydney
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: Live-streaming — POSTPONED 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: 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: 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: 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: Live-streaming Topic: TBA Dr Juliette Tobias-Webb Translation Science and Behavioural Design Architect Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Futures Institute Charles Sturt University