This page provides access to content presented at meetings of the Royal Society of NSW in 2021, where permission to do so has been granted by the author. All content is made available under either a Creative Commons CC-BY (Attribution) licence or a YouTube standard licence, unless otherwise stated.
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2021
1299th OGM and Open Lecture — 1 December 2021 “Managing psychological distress in times of stress: the stress of COVID-19 and all that” Professor Richard Bryant AC FASSA FAA FAHMS Scientia Professor of Psychology and Director, Traumatic Stress Clinic UNSW (Sydney)
1298th OGM and Open Lecture — 6 October 2021 “Privacy and Identity in an AI world” Professor Toby Walsh FAA FACM FAAASN Scientia Professor of Artifial Intelligence School of Computer Science and Engineering, UNSW (Sydney)
Our Energy Future: Part 2 — 15 September 2021 “Crushed Rocks” Dr Saul Griffith FRSN (1) and Dr Adi Paterson FRSN FTSE (2) (1) Founder and Chief Scientist, Otherlab and (2) Principal, Siyeva Consulting and former CEO, ANSTO
1297th OGM and Open Lecture — 1 September 2021 “Taking humour and laughter seriously: Exploring the multi-disciplinary field of humour studies” Dr Jessica Milner Davis FRSN Honorary Associate, University of Sydney
Hunter Branch Meeting 2021-3 — 25 August “Did the Aged Care Royal Commission provide a blueprint to fix Australia’s aged care system? If not, what else needs to happen?” Professor Kathy Eagar Director, Australian Health Services Research Institute University of Wollongong
Our Energy Future: Part 1 — 25 August 2021 “Context and Castles” Dr Saul Griffith FRSN (1) and Dr Adi Paterson FRSN FTSE (2) (1) Founder and Chief Scientist, Otherlab and (2) Principal, Siyeva Consulting and former CEO, ANSTO
1296th OGM and Open Lecture — 8 August 2021 “The Intimate History of Evolution: The Huxleys 1825–1975” Professor Alison Bashford FRSN FAHA FRHistS FBA Laureate Professor of History, UNSW (Sydney)
1295th OGM and Open Lecture — 5 July 2021 “Society as an information processing system, and the influence of the media” Dr Erik Aslaksen FRSN Physicist, Engineer, and Writer
1294th OGM and Open Lecture — 2 June 2021 “Murray-Darling Basin turmoil: past, present, and future” Professor Richard Kingsford FRSN Director, Centre for Ecosystem Science, UNSW (Sydney)
Hunter Branch Meeting 2021-1 — 26 May 2021 “On readying our region for low emissions technology” Dr Alan Finkel AO FTSE FAA Former Chief Scientist of Australia, and Special Advisor to the Australian Government on Low Emissions Technology
1293rd OGM and Open Lecture — 5 May 2021 “Big, bad fires in New South Wales” Emerita Professor Mary O’Kane AC FRSN FTSE HonFIEAust Chair, NSW Independent Planning Commission
1292nd OGM and Open Lecture — 7 April 2021 “Antarctica, this ain’t no mirage: the value of art in disseminating scientific information” Lea Kannar-Lichtenberger Contemporary Artist
1291st OGM and Open Lecture — 3 March 2021 “What are the best options for growing Australia’s mental health through the COVID-19 recovery?” Professor Ian Hickie AM FRSN FASSA FAHMS FRANZCP Co-Director, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney
1290th OGM and Open Lecture — 3 February 2021 “Royal Society of NSW 2020 Student Award Presentations” Matthew Donnelly, UNSW (Sydney); Sajad Razavi Bazaz, UTS; Daniel Fox, ANU; and Philippa Specker, UNSW (Sydney)
March 30, 2023
