Date: Thursday, 25 February 2027, from 5.30 – 10.00 pm AEDT
Venue:  Strangers’ Room, Parliament House, 6 Macquarie Street, Sydney
Registration: Members: $225; Non-members: $225; Table of 10: $2,250. All prices are inclusive of GST. Registration will close at 5.00 pm on Monday, 15 February 2027
Dress: Black tie
Enquiries: By email to RSNSW Annual Dinner enquiries
All are welcome

The Society’s Annual Dinner and Award Presentations will be held at Parliament House, Sydney, on Thursday, 25 February 2027, in the Strangers’ Room, the building’s principal dining room with expansive views across the Domain to the Harbour.

We will honour the 2026 winners of the Society’s prestigious Career Excellence and Discipline Awards. 

Our after-dinner speaker is Dr Cathy Foley AO DistFRSN FTSE FAA, Australia’s former Chief Scientist, the current President of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, and a widely acknowledged leader in science, innovation and national policy.

The Society gratefully acknowledges our Gold Sponsors, UNSW Sydney and the University of Sydney.

Accessibility

The entrance to the building is via the security gatehouse on Macquarie Street, near the State Library. Security officers will direct you to the building entrance, and a staff member will meet you and escort you into the building.

For people who use wheelchairs or have mobility disabilities, there is a ramp and lift access from the Macquarie Street entrance to Reception on level 7.

General access car parking is not available at Parliament House. Nearby commercial car parks are located at:

• Cook and Phillip Park Pool (access via Cathedral St)
• The Domain Car Park (access via St Mary’s Road)
• Sydney Hospital, next door to Parliament House (access via Hospital Road).

For people with a current Mobility Parking Scheme Permit who are attending Parliament House, it may be possible to arrange accessible parking, subject to availability on the day. Please enquire through the RSNSW Dinner email account, and we will endeavour to arrange disability parking for you in Parliament House. 

How to register

Do join us to celebrate this occasion by clicking the registration button below. Members and non-members are equally welcome. We encourage you to register younger colleagues and colleagues from across New South Wales.

Options are available for individual and group registrations; a preference for who you wish to be seated with can be specified. There is an option to book a table for 10. This may be done by initiating a single registration and then changing the registration type to ‘Table for 10’. In all cases, the person undertaking the registration must make payment by credit card (either Visa or Mastercard) to confirm the booking, either for themselves or their group.

Dietary requirements can be catered for, provided we are informed in advance when you register.

All enquiries should be sent by email to RSNSW Annual Dinner enquiries.

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