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2022
RSNSW Poggendorff Lecture 2021 — 30 November 2022 “A plant breeder’s perspective on food security and climate change” Professor Richard Trethowan Director, The Plant Breeding Institute University of Sydney
1308th OGM and Open Lecture — 23 November 2022 “Most of our universe is missing! Adventures in the dark side of the cosmos” Professor Geraint Lewis FRSN FLSW Professor of Astrophysics University of Sydney
1307th OGM and Open Lecture — 5 October 2022 “The Global Economy and Australia’s Outlook: Geoff Harcourt’s contribution to the theory of productivity growth” (1) Dr Don Russell (2) Ms Jane Drake-Brockman (3) Emeritus Professor Robert Marks FRSN (1) Chair, AustralianSuper, (2) Industry Professor, University of Adelaide, and (3) Editor, RSNSW Journal and Proceedings
1306th OGM and Open Lecture — 7 September 2022 “Is Fairweather an Australian artist? And does it matter?” (1) Associate Professor Claire Roberts FAHA and (2) Emeritus Professor Nicholas Jose (1) Associate Professor of Art History, University of Melbourne, and (2) Emeritus Professor of English, University of Adelaide
Ideas@theHouse: August 2022 — 4 August 2022 “Manufacturing at the Atomic Scale” Michelle Simmons AO FRS DistFRSN FAA FTSE Scientia Professor, UNSW Sydney Director, ARC Centre of Excellence (CQC2T) Founder, Silicon Quantum Computing
1305th OGM and Open Lecture — 3 August 2022 “Marsupials: Their secrets are all in their genes!” (1) Professor Kathy Belov AO FRSN FAA and (2) Dr Elizabeth Deane FRSN (1) Professor of Comparative Genomics, University of Sydney, and (2) Education Consultant
1304th OGM and Open Lecture — 6 July 2022 “This is going to be different: Learning to live with Chinese Power” Professor Hugh White AO FASSA Emeritus Professor of Strategic Studies Australian National University
RSNSW Clarke Memorial Lecture 2021 — 10 June 2022 “The changing tide of human populations: an infertility trap” Professor John Aitken FRSE FRSN FAA FAHMS Distinguished Emeritus Laureate Professor FRSE FRSN FAA FAHMS School of Environmental and Life Sciences University of Newcastle
1303rd OGM and Open Lecture — 1 June 2022 “Federalism, borders, and National Cabinet — What has the pandemic taught us?” Professor Anne Twomey AO Professor of Constitutional Law University of Sydney
Western NSW Branch Meeting 2022-2 — 18 May 2022 “Making a living on the plains — Stone tools and archaeology of Aboriginal societies” Dr Colin Pardoe FRSN Biological Anthropologist and Archaeologist
RSNSW Poggendorff Lecture 2020 — 11 May 2022 “Are our weeds becoming new native species?” Professor Angela Moles FRSN Director, Evolution and Ecology Research Centre UNSW Sydney
1302nd OGM and Open Lecture — 6 April 2022 “New frontiers in smart sensor technology for a healthier, safer and sustainable future” Professor Ben Eggleton FRSN FAA FTSE Director, University of Sydney Nano Institute and Co-Director, NSW Smart Sensing Network
RSNSW Clarke Memorial Lecture 2020 — 17 March 2022 “From bulldozers, pests, and pathogens to climate change and urban futures: the tough life of plants” Distinguished Professor Michelle Leishman Macquarie University
Western NSW Branch Meeting 2022-1 — 15 March “Public Trust and Science in Times of Coronavirus” A public panel with: Robert Clancy AM FRSN, Michelle Grattan AO FASSA, Jane Quinn facilitated by Mark Evans, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Charles Sturt University
1301th OGM and Open Lecture — 2 March 2022 “Royal Society of NSW 2021 Student Award Presentations” Zain Mehdi (1), Sajad Abolpour Moshizi (2), Harry Marquis (3), Kevin Chau (2) PhD and MSc Candidates (1) Australian National University (2) Macquarie University (3) University of Sydney