Name: Calendar of Meetings 2026
Start: 2026-12-31T18:00:00+11:00
End: 2026-12-31T20:00:00+11:00
Location: Various face-to-face and online venues

Events Calendar for 2026

Please check this page regularly, as the Society’s event program is continually under development.

Most recently updated: 9 December 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, 11 February, 6.30–8.00 pm AEDT	1338th OGM and Open Lecture Venue: Michael Crouch Room, Mitchell Building, State Library of NSW, Shakespeare Place, Sydney How many Australians should there be? Dr Abul Rizvi PSM FRSN (1) and Scientia Professor Richard Holden FRSN FASSA (1) Former Deputy Secretary, Department of Immigration (2) Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney Business School
Friday, 27 February, 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 Tony Haymet FTSE Australia’s Chief Scientist
Monday, 9 March, 6.00–8.30 pm AEDT	RSNSW Student Award and Early Career Citation Presentations 2025 Venue: University of Sydney (Camperdown Campus), Michael Crouch Building (TBA) Ms Eilish McMaster (Sydney), Ms Isabelle Nicolas (Macquarie), Mr Amir Tourani (Western Sydney), Mr Christopher Whyte (Sydney), Mr Yunlong Qiang (Sydney) Dr Adrian Lee (Westmead Institute of Medical Research, Sydney), Dr Jiayan Liao (UTS), Dr Brandon Munnn (Sydney)
Thursday, 12 March, 6.30–8.00 pm AEDT	Ideas@theHouse: March 2026 Venue: Government House, Sydney (by formal invitation) and live-streaming Topic: TBA Lieutenant General Susan Coyle AM CSC DSM Chief of Joint Capabilities Australian Defence Force
Wednesday, 8 April, 6.00 – 7.30 pm AEST	1339th OGM and Open Lecture Venue: Michael Crouch Room, Mitchell Building, State Library of NSW, Shakespeare Place, Sydney Topic: TBA Associate Professor Catherine Ball (1) and Simon Masters (2) (1) Scientific Futurist (2) Deputy Challenge Director (Future Flight), Innovate UK
Thursday, 9 April, Time: TBA	RSNSW Visits Program 2026-1 Venue: Sydney Observatory Sydney Observatory (incl. Carte du Ciel exhibition)
Wednesday, 6 May, 6.00 – 7.30 pm AEST	1340th OGM and Open Lecture Venue: Zoom Webinar Household Electricity Use and Investment Professor Jeffrey Reimers FRSN FAA FRACI Director, International Centre for Quantum and Molecular Structures, Shanghai University Honorary Associate, School of Mathematical and Physical Science, University of Technology Sydney
Wednesday, 3 June, 6.00 – 7.30 pm AEST	1341st OGM and Open Lecture Venue: Michael Crouch Room, Mitchell Building, State Library of NSW, Shakespeare Place, Sydney The Circular Economy: A pathway to environmental sustainability Professor Sami Kara FRSN FFCIRP FACATECH (1) and Professor Michael Hauschild (2) (1) School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, UNSW Sydney (2) Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering, Technical University of Denmark
Wednesday, 1 July, 6.00 – 7.30 pm AEST	1342nd OGM and Open Lecture Venue: Zoom Webinar Topic: TBA Professor Herbert Huppert FRS FRSN Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Geophysics University of Cambridge
Wednesday, 5 August, 6.00 – 7.30 pm AEST	1343rd OGM and Open Lecture Venue: Michael Crouch Room, Mitchell Building, State Library of NSW, Shakespeare Place, Sydney Topic: TBA Professor Bradley Moggridge FTSE Associate Dean (Indigenous Leadership and Engagement) Faculty of Science University of Technology Sydney
Wednesday, 2 September, 6.00 – 7.30 pm AEST	1344th OGM and Open Lecture Venue: Zoom Webinar Topic: TBA Speaker: TBA
Wednesday, 7 October, 6.00 – 7.30 pm AEST	1345th OGM and Open Lecture Venue: Michael Crouch Room, Mitchell Building, State Library of NSW, Shakespeare Place, Sydney Topic: TBA Scientia Professor Dennis Del Favero FAHA Professor of Digital Innovation Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture UNSW Sydney
Thursday, 5 November, 9.00 am – 5.00 pm AEDT	Royal Society of NSW and Learned Societies Annual Forum 2026 Venue: Government House, Sydney (by formal invitation) and Live Streaming Topic: TBA
Wednesday, 12 November, 6.00 – 7.30 pm AEDT	1336th OGM and Open Lecture Venue: Zoom webinar Topic: TBA Speaker: TBA
Wednesday, 2 December, 6.00 – 7.30 pm AEDT	1347th OGM and Open Lecture Venue: Michael Crouch Room, Mitchell Building, State Library of NSW, Shakespeare Place, Sydney Topic: TBA Professor Michelle Haber AM FAA FAHMS Director, Children’s Cancer Institute UNSW Sydney

Return to the top of page

Hunter Branch Meetings

TBA	Hunter Branch Meeting 2026-1 Venue: NEX, Newcastle Exhibition and Conference Centre, 309 King Street, Newcastle West Topic: TBA Speaker: TBA

Return to the top of page

New England North West Branch Meetings

TBA	New England North West Branch Meeting 2026-1 Venue: TBA Topic: TBA Speaker: TBA

Return to the top of page

Southern Highlands Branch Meetings

Thursday, 19 February, 6.30 – 7.30 pm AEDT	Southern Highlands Branch Meeting 2026-1 Venue: RSL Mittagong, Carrington Room Topic: TBA Professor Pall Thordarson FRSN Director, UNSW RNA Institute UNSW Sydney
Thursday, 19 March, 6.30 – 7.30 pm AEDT	Southern Highlands Branch Meeting 2026-2 Venue: RSL Mittagong, Carrington Room Topic: TBA Associate Professor Ian Wright School of Science Western Sydney University
Thursday, 16 April, 6.30 – 7.30 pm AEST	Southern Highlands Branch Meeting 2026-3 Venue: RSL Mittagong, Carrington Room Topic: TBA Dr Paul Donnelly Deputy Director Chau Chak Wing Museum University of Sydney
Thursday, 21 May, 6.30 – 7.30 pm AEST	Southern Highlands Branch Meeting 2026-4 Venue: RSL Mittagong, Carrington Room Topic: TBA Susannah Fullerton OAM FRSN Literary Historian
Thursday, 19 June, 6.30 – 7.30 pm AEST	Southern Highlands Branch Meeting 2026-5 Venue: RSL Mittagong, Carrington Room Topic: TBA Dr Michael Stein Research Affiliate UNSW Sydney
Thursday, 16 July, 6.30 — 7.30 pm AEST	Southern Highlands Branch Meeting 2026-6 Venue: RSL Mittagong, Carrington Room Topic: TBA: Professor Steven Hill AM FRSN FTSE Emeritus Professor University of Wollongong
Thursday, 20 August, 6.30 – 7.30 pm AEST	Southern Highlands Branch Meeting 2026-7 Venue: RSL Mittagong, Carrington Room Topic: TBA Associate Professor Shane Keating School of Mathematics and Statistics UNSW Sydney
Thursday, 17 September, 6.30 – 7.30 pm AEST	Southern Highlands Branch Meeting 2025-8 Venue: RSL Mittagong, Carrington Topic: TBA Professor Geraint Lewis FRSN FLSW Sydney Institute of Astrophysics School of Physics University of Sydney
Thursday, 15 October, 6.30 – 7.30 pm AEDT	Southern Highlands Branch Meeting 2026-9 Venue: RSL Mittagong, Carrington Room What colonial history can tell us about contemporary justice Dr Meg Foster FRHistS Chancellor’s Research Fellow School of Social and Political Sciences University of Technology Sydney
Thursday, 19 November, 6.30 – 7.30 pm AEDT	Southern Highlands Branch Meeting 2026-10 Venue: RSL Mittagong, Carrington Room Topic: TBA Dr Joseph Bevitt Instrument Group Manager (Neutron Imaging) ANSTO

Return to the top of page

Western NSW Branch Meetings

Wednesday, 25 March, 12.30 – 1.30 pm AEDT	Western NSW Branch Meeting 2026-1 Venue: Live-streaming Topic: TBA Professor Zahid Islam FRSN Associate Dean (Research) Faculty of Business, Justice, and Behavioural Sciences Charles Sturt University
Wednesday, 27 May, 12.30 – 1.30 pm AEST	Western NSW Branch Meeting 2026-2 Venue: Live-streaming Topic: TBA Professor Jade Forwood Professor of Biochemistry Gulbali Institute Charles Sturt University
Wednesday, 29 July, 12.30 – 1.30 pm AEST	Western NSW Branch Meeting 2026-3 Venue: Live-streaming Topic: TBA Matthew Muller Director, Cool Soil Initiative Charles Sturt University
Wednesday, 30 September, 12.30 – 1.30 pm AEST	Western NSW Branch Meeting 2026-4 Venue: Live-streaming Topic: TBA Professor Julian Grant Executive Director Rural Health Research Institute Charles Sturt University
Wednesday, 25 November, 12.30 – 1.30 pm AEDT	Western NSW Branch Meeting 2026-4 Venue: Live-streaming Topic: TBA Professor Matthew Winslade Associate Dean (Research) Faculty of Arts and Education Charles Sturt University