Calendar of Meetings 2021

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RSNSW Seal This page lists the Calandar of Meetings for the Royal Society of NSW in 2021.

Please check this page regularly since the program is under ongoing development.

Last update: 26 February 2021

Follow the links below for meetings held by the Society in Sydney, in Newcastle by the Hunter Branch, and in Mittagong by the Southern Highlands Branch.

Sydney Meetings 2021

Please note that the program in the table below lists events that are scheduled as monthly Ordinary General Meetings and the Annual Forum of the Royal Society and Four Academies. In addition to these events, there are three named lectures, associated with the Society’s 2020 Awards, that remain to be scheduled:

Clarke Lecture — Distinguished Professor Michelle Leishman (Macquarie University)
Liversidge Lecture — Professor Richard Payne FRSN (University of Sydney)
Poggendorf Lecture — Professor Angela Moles FRSN (UNSW Sydney)

together with another lecture in the [email protected] series, and the Society’s contributions to Science Week 2021 in the latter half of the year.

Date	Event
Wednesday, 3 February 6.30pm AEDT	1290^th Ordinary General Meeting and Open Lecture: 2020 Jak Kelly Award and RSNSW Scholarship Winner Presentations Venue: Zoom Webinar Controlling how electrons move in silicon at the atomic scale Mr Matthew Donnelly — Jak Kelly Award Winner PhD Student, Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology, UNSW (Sydney) 3D Printing for Microfluidics (TBC) Mr Sajad Razavi Bazaz — RSNSW Scholarship Winner PhD Student, School of Biomedical Engineering, University of Technology Sydney Molecular mechanisms of inflammasome activation by enterotoxins of the foodborne pathogen Bacillus cereus Mr Daniel Fox — RSNSW Scholarship Winner PhD Student, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University Improving the treatment of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in refugees: The important role of emotion regulation Ms Phillipa Specker — RSNSW Scholarship Winner PhD Student, School of Psychology, UNSW (Sydney)
Wednesday, 3 March 6.30pm AEDT	1291^st Ordinary General Meeting and Open Lecture Venue: Zoom Webinar What are the best options for growing Australia’s mental health through the COVID-19 recovery? Professor Ian Hickie AM FRSN FASSA FAHMS Co-Director (Health and Policy), Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney
Wednesday, 7 April 6.00pm AEST	154^th Annual General Meeting (6.00pm) 1292^nd Ordinary General Meeting and Open Lecture (immediately following) Venue: Zoom Webinar Antarctica, this ain’t no mirage: The value of art in disseminating scientific information Lea Kannar-Lichtenberger Artist, exploring connections between science and art practice
Thursday, 15 April 6.00pm AEST	[email protected]: April 2021 Venue: Zoom Webinar Australia and the Dickens Boys Thomas Keneally AO DistFRSN
Wednesday, 5 May 6.30pm AEST	1293^rd Ordinary General Meeting and Open Lecture Venue: Zoom Webinar (TBC) Big, bad fires in NSW Emerita Professor Mary O’Kane AC FRSN FTSE HonFIEAust Chair, Independent Planning Commission of NSW and former Chief Scientist and Engineer of NSW
Wednesday, 2 June 6.30pm AEST	1294^th Ordinary General Meeting and Open Lecture Venue: Zoom Webinar (TBC) Murray-Darling Basin turmoil: past, present and future Professor Richard Kingsford FRSN Director, Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW (Sydney)
Wednesday, 7 July 6.30pm AEST	1295^th Ordinary General Meeting and Open Lecture Venue: To be advised Society as an information-processing system, and the influence of the media Dr Erik Aslaksen FRSN Director, Systems Engineer, and Author
Thursday, 22 July 6.30pm AEST	[email protected]: July 2021 Venue: Zoom Webinar Music as a Superfood: How music can help us live longer, sleep better, calm down, find flow, and feel happier Greta J, Bradman Writer, broadcaster and psychologist
Wednesday 4 August 6.30pm AEST	1296^th Ordinary General Meeeting and Open Lecture Venue: To be advised Towards a modern history of Gondwanaland Professor Alison Bashford FRSN FAHA FBA FRHistS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, UNSW (Sydney)
Wednesday, 1 September 6.30pm AEST	1297^th Ordinary General Meeeting and Open Lecture Venue: To be advised Taking humour and laughter seriously: Exploring the multi-disciplinary field of humour studies Dr Jessica Milner Davis FRSN Honorary Associate, School of Literature, Art and Media, University of Sydney
Wednesday, 6 October 6.30pm AEDT	1298^th Ordinary General Meeeting and Open Lecture Venue: To be advised Topic: To be advised Ms Sarah Court (1) and Scientia Professor Toby Walsh (2) (1) Commissioner, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (2) School of Computer Science and Engineering, UNSW (Sydney)
Date Thursday, 4 November 9.00am - 4.30pm AEDT	Royal Society of NSW and Learned Academies Annual Forum Venue: Government House, Sydney, Live Streaming and subsequent availability on YouTube Topic: Power and Peril of the Digital Age
Wednesday 10 November 6.30pm AEDT	1299^th Ordinary General Meeting and Open Lecture Venue: To be advised Topic: To be announced Speaker: To be announced
Wednesday 1 December 6.30pm AEDT	1300^th Ordinary General Meeting and Open Lecture Venue: Zoom Webinar Managing psychological distress in times of stress: handling the stress of COVID-19 and all that Scientia Professor Richard Bryant AC FASSA FAA FAHMS — James Cook Medal Winner 2020 School of Psychology, UNSW (Sydney)

Date

Event

Wednesday,
3 February

6.30pm AEDT

1290^th Ordinary General Meeting and Open Lecture:
2020 Jak Kelly Award and RSNSW Scholarship Winner Presentations

Venue: Zoom Webinar

Controlling how electrons move in silicon at the atomic scale
Mr Matthew Donnelly — Jak Kelly Award Winner
PhD Student, Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology, UNSW (Sydney)

3D Printing for Microfluidics (TBC)
Mr Sajad Razavi Bazaz — RSNSW Scholarship Winner
PhD Student, School of Biomedical Engineering, University of Technology Sydney

Molecular mechanisms of inflammasome activation by enterotoxins of the foodborne pathogen Bacillus cereus
Mr Daniel Fox — RSNSW Scholarship Winner
PhD Student, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University

Improving the treatment of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in refugees: The important role of emotion regulation
Ms Phillipa Specker — RSNSW Scholarship Winner
PhD Student, School of Psychology, UNSW (Sydney)

Wednesday,
3 March

6.30pm AEDT

1291^st Ordinary General Meeting and Open Lecture

Venue: Zoom Webinar

What are the best options for growing Australia’s mental health through the COVID-19 recovery?
Professor Ian Hickie AM FRSN FASSA FAHMS
Co-Director (Health and Policy), Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney

Wednesday,
7 April

6.00pm AEST

154^th Annual General Meeting (6.00pm)
1292^nd Ordinary General Meeting and Open Lecture (immediately following)

Venue: Zoom Webinar

Antarctica, this ain’t no mirage: The value of art in disseminating scientific information
Lea Kannar-Lichtenberger
Artist, exploring connections between science and art practice

Thursday,
15 April

6.00pm AEST

[email protected]: April 2021

Venue: Zoom Webinar

Australia and the Dickens Boys
Thomas Keneally AO DistFRSN

Wednesday,
5 May

6.30pm AEST

1293^rd Ordinary General Meeting and Open Lecture

Venue: Zoom Webinar (TBC)

Big, bad fires in NSW
Emerita Professor Mary O’Kane AC FRSN FTSE HonFIEAust
Chair, Independent Planning Commission of NSW and former Chief Scientist and Engineer of NSW

Wednesday,
2 June

6.30pm AEST

1294^th Ordinary General Meeting and Open Lecture

Venue: Zoom Webinar (TBC)

Murray-Darling Basin turmoil: past, present and future
Professor Richard Kingsford FRSN
Director, Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW (Sydney)

Wednesday,
7 July

6.30pm AEST

1295^th Ordinary General Meeting and Open Lecture

Venue: To be advised

Society as an information-processing system, and the influence of the media
Dr Erik Aslaksen FRSN
Director, Systems Engineer, and Author

Thursday,
22 July

6.30pm AEST

[email protected]: July 2021

Venue: Zoom Webinar

Music as a Superfood: How music can help us live longer, sleep better, calm down, find flow, and feel happier
Greta J, Bradman
Writer, broadcaster and psychologist

Wednesday
4 August

6.30pm AEST

1296^th Ordinary General Meeeting and Open Lecture

Venue: To be advised

Towards a modern history of Gondwanaland
Professor Alison Bashford FRSN FAHA FBA FRHistS
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, UNSW (Sydney)

Wednesday,
1 September

6.30pm AEST

1297^th Ordinary General Meeeting and Open Lecture

Venue: To be advised

Taking humour and laughter seriously: Exploring the multi-disciplinary field of humour studies
Dr Jessica Milner Davis FRSN
Honorary Associate, School of Literature, Art and Media, University of Sydney

Wednesday,
6 October

6.30pm AEDT

1298^th Ordinary General Meeeting and Open Lecture

Venue: To be advised

Topic: To be advised
Ms Sarah Court (1) and Scientia Professor Toby Walsh (2)
(1) Commissioner, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
(2) School of Computer Science and Engineering, UNSW (Sydney)

Date Thursday, 4
November

9.00am - 4.30pm AEDT

Royal Society of NSW and Learned Academies Annual Forum

Venue: Government House, Sydney, Live Streaming and subsequent availability on YouTube

Topic: Power and Peril of the Digital Age

Wednesday
10 November

6.30pm AEDT

1299^th Ordinary General Meeting and Open Lecture

Venue: To be advised

Topic: To be announced
Speaker: To be announced

Wednesday
1 December

6.30pm AEDT

1300^th Ordinary General Meeting and Open Lecture

Venue: Zoom Webinar

Managing psychological distress in times of stress: handling the stress of COVID-19 and all that
Scientia Professor Richard Bryant AC FASSA FAA FAHMS — James Cook Medal Winner 2020
School of Psychology, UNSW (Sydney)

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Hunter Branch Meetings

The Hunter Branch Event Program for 2021 is still under development, with the table below being updated on a regular basis.

Tuesday,
23 March

Time: TBA

Hunter Branch Meeting 2021-1 and Lecture
Jointly with the University of Newcastle as part of the Looking Ahead — In Conversation Series

Venue: To be advised

Topic: On readying our region for low emissions technology
Dr Alan Finkel AO FAA FTSE
Former Chief Scientist of Australia

Wednesday
30 June

Time: TBA

Hunter Branch Meeting 2021-2 and Lecture

Venue: To be advised

Topic: To be advised
Professor Jason Sharples
Director, Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC
UNSW Canberra

Wednesday
25 August

Time: TBA

Hunter Branch Meeting 2021-3 and Lecture

Venue: To be advised

Royal Commission for Ageing and the care and welfare of the elderly
Professor Kathy Eagar
Director, Australian Health Services Research Institute
University of Wollongong

Wednesday
29 September

Time: TBA

Hunter Branch Meeting 2021-4 and Lecture

Venue: To be advised

Topic: To be advised
Mr Nathan Towney
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Strategy and Leadership)
University of Newcastle

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Sydney meetings

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Southern Highlands meetings

Details of events scheduled for the remainder of the current year by the Southern Highlands branch can be found on its website.

Details of past events held by the Southern Highlands branch can be found here.

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