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2018 Proceedings Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. 151, part 2, 2018, pp. 240–253. ISSN 0035-9173/18/020240-14 Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales The 2018 programme of events – Sydney Held at the Union, Universities and Schools Club, 25 Bent St, Sydney; the State Library of NSW (SLNSW), Shakespeare Place, Sydney; Sydney Mechanic’s School of Art (SMSA), 280 Pitt Street, Sydney or otherwise stated. Thu 1 SMSA/RSNSW Kim McKay, AO, Director of On learning, adaption and the Feb Enlightenment the Australian Museum enlightenment: the museum Series, lecture 3 at SMSA Wed 7 1260th Ordinary Grace Causer, University of Novel and artificial nanomaterials Feb Meeting Wollongong 2017 RSNSW You-wei Lin, University of Pharmacological information with Scholarship Sydney regards to life-threatening respiratory winners tract infections ‘ superbugs’ at UUSC Cara van dear Waal, Evolutionary history and diversity of University of Sydney - mantis shrimps Australian Museum Thu 1 SMSA/RSNSW Paul Brunton OAM, State On learning, adaption and the March Enlightenment Library of NSW enlightenment: the library Series, lecture 4 at SMSA Wed 7 1261st OGM and Leslie Burnett FRSN, Garvan Precision healthcare – the coming March open lecture Institute revolution in medicine at UUSC Wed The Four Societies Robin Grimes, Imperial Exciting materials for energy 14 Lecture College London applications in 2050 March 240 Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales Proceedings — 2018 Held in conjunction with the Nuclear Engineering Panel of the Sydney Branch of Engineers Australia, the Australian Nuclear Association and the Australian Institute of Energy. Held at University of NSW, Colombo theatre Wed 4 1262nd Ordinary Paul Fennell, Imperial College The decarbonisation of industry April Meeting and London 151st Annual General Meeting at UUSC Thu 5 SMSA/RSNSW George Paxinos AO FRSN, Global deflation: the enlightenment April Enlightenment UNSW has failed Series, lecture 5 at SMSA Wed 2 Pollock lecture Andrea Morello FRSN, UNSW Engineering for understanding: how May building quantum devices unveils the meaning of quantum mechanics Held at Club Bar, Roundhouse, UNSW Sydney, Kensington 2052 Fr 18 Annual Dinner: Guests of honour: The Mungo Man imagined: writing the May Distinguished Society's Vice-Regal Patron, ultimate historical novel Fellow's Lecture His Excellency General The and presentation Honourable David Hurley AC of the Society's DSC (Ret'd), Governor of New 2017 awards South Wales and at SLNSW Tom Keneally AO DistFRSN Wed 6 1263rd Ordinary Ben Oldroyd FRSN, University No sex please. We’re Cape bees. June Meeting of Sydney at SLNSW Fr 22 RSNSW/SMSA Thomas Keneally AO DistFRSN A Tasmanian convict who went June Series ‘Great from an Irish rebel to become Australians you Governor have never heard of’, lecture 1 at SMSA Tu 26 ANSTO, AIP, Richard Garrett, ANSTO Big science - exploring the future June RACI, RSNSW of the world’s most exciting STEM challenges and development 241 Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales Proceedings — 2018 Held in conjunction with the Australian Institute of Physics, the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, the Royal Australian Chemical Institute and RSNSW Held at the Discovery Centre, ANSTO, Lucas Heights Wed 4 1264th Ordinary Joanna Mendelssohn FRSN, Can art really make a difference? July Meeting UNSW at SLNSW Mo 23 RSNSW/SMSA Peter Baume AC DistFRSN A scientist who chaired the group that July Series ‘Great eliminated a disease from the world Australians you have never heard of’, lecture 2 at SMSA Wed 1 Poggendorff Brent Kaiser, University of Establishing a sustainable nitrogen August lecture at Sydney diet to agricultural intensive cropping University of industries Sydney Wed 8 1265th Ordinary Muireann Irish FRSN, The final frontier - on the complexity Aug Meeting University of Sydney and frailty of human memory at SLNSW Sydney Science Festival science talks held at SMSA Mo 13 Sydney Science Ann Williamson FRSN, UNSW Will self-driving cars make us safer? Aug Festival 12.30- 1.30 Tu 14 Sydney Science Rosie Hicks, AustralianNational Nanotechnology: what is special Aug Festival Fabrication Facility about small stuff? 12.30- 1.30 Tu 14 Sydney Science Simeon Simoff FRSN, Wstern Ethics, emotions and elegance in Aug Festival Sydney University artificial intelligence? 6.30- 7.30 Fri 17 Sydney Science Phillip Norrie, FRSN Wine and medicine: an Australian Aug Festival perspective 6.30- 7.30 Wed 5 1266th Ordinary Richard Kemp, University of Eyewitness evidence Sep Meeting NSW at SLNSW 242 Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales Proceedings — 2018 Thu 6 RSNSW/SMSA Brynn Hibbert AM FRSN, Three for the price of one: a day at Sep Series ‘Great UNSW the races Australians you have never heard of’, lecture 3 at SMSA Wed 3 1267th Ordinary Gordon Wallace AO FRSN, 3D printing of body parts Oct Meeting University of Wollongong at SLNSW Wed 7 1268th Ordinary Tara Murphy, University of Breakthrough! The detection of Nov Meeting Sydney gravitational waves from a neutron at SLNSW star merger Mo 12 RSNSW/SMSA Alison Bashford FRSN, UNSW A geologist, geographer and Nov Series ‘Great anthropologist Australians you have never heard of’, lecture 4 at SMSA Tu 13 2018 Tibor G Molnar, University of Alice and Bob in Wonderland Nov Postgraduate Sydney Awards Event Held in conjunction with the Australian Institute of Physics, RSNSW and the Royal Australian Chemical Institute. Held at University of NSW, School of Physics, Old Main Building, level G Thu 29 RSNSW and Government House, Sydney; Towards a prosperous and sustainable Nov Four Academies hosted by his Excellency General Australia: what now for the lucky Forum The Honourable David Hurley country? AC DSC (Ret’d) Governor of NSW and Patron of the Royal Society of NSW Held in cooperation with the Australian Academy of Science, the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, the Australian Academy of the Humanities and the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia. Held at Government House. Wed 5 1269th Ordinary Royal Society of NSW 2018 Jak Hydroxyl as a probe of the molecular Dec Meeting followed Kelly Award: interstellar medium by the Society’s Anita Petzler, Macquarie Christmas Party University at SLNSW 243 Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales Proceedings — 2018 The 2018 programme of events — Southern Highlands Held at the Mittagong RSL, 1st Floor, Joadja/Nattai Rooms. Thu 15 Dr Madeleine Beekman Are you smarter than a Slime Mould? Feb University of Sydney, Life and Environmental Sciences Thu 15 Dr Bradley Tucker Black Holes and the Milky Way Mar Australian National University, Astronomy and Astrophysics Thu Prof Anne Cutler Babies are working harder than we think 12 University of Western Sydney, Speech Apr and Language Thu Prof Gordon Parker An Overview of Depression in our Society 17 Scientia Professor of Psychiatry, May University of NSW Executive Director of the Black Dog Institute Thu 21 Dr David Suggett Future Reefs June University of Technology Sydney How climate change will impact coral reefs (UTS) Team leader, Future Reefs program Thu 19 Dr Ken McCracken Ice Ages, Big and Small July Solar physicist, foundation director of CSIRO Office of Space Science and of CSIRO Division of Mineral Physics Thu 16 Dr Philip Cam Philosophy in Schools Aug President, Philosophy in Schools Association, NSW Thu 20 Prof Bert Roberts When did Australia’s History Begin? Sep University of Wollongong, Archaeological Science Thu 18 Hugh Mackay The State of the Nation starts in your Street Oct Psychologist, Sociologist and Social Researcher Thu 15 Dr Dana Cordell Sydney Food Futures Nov Research Director (Food Systems), Competing priorities for Sydney’s fertile farmland. Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS (talk given by Dr Brent Jacobs, a colleague of Dr Dana Cordell). 244 Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales Proceedings — 2018 Awards 2018 1) James Cook Medal 2018 – Professor Elizabeth J. Elliott AM FAHMS The James Cook Medal is awarded from time to time for outstanding contributions to both science and human welfare in and for the Southern Hemisphere. Professor Elliott is an academic and a practising pediatrician who has dedicated her career to improving the health and quality of life, as well as human rights, of ill and disadvantaged children in Australia, the Asia-Pacific and beyond. Her translational research – laboratory, clinical and public health – has been at the forefront of advances in evidence-based pediatrics, rare diseases, gastroenterology, and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Professor Elizabeth Jane Elliott AM FAHMS MD, MBBS, MPhil, FRACP, FRCPCH, FRCP is a Distinguished Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney and NHMRC Practitioner Fellow, Children’s Hospital, Westmead. Prof Elliott received her MBBS (1980) and MD (1992) from the University of Sydney. From 1983 to 1991, she held appoint- ments at major hospitals in London and Leicester. Since 1991, she has been the University Sydney, where she was promoted to Professor in 2006. 2) Edgeworth David Medal 2018 – Associate Professor Elizabeth J. New The Edgeworth David Medal is awarded each year for distinguished research by a young scientist under the age of 35 years for work done mainly in Australia or for contributing to the advancement of Australian science. Associate Professor New is an inorganic chemist who has contributed to our understanding of the body’s internal environment by developing new fluorescent probes for sensing key cellular events, including oxidative stress, metabolism of anticancer agents, and intracellular metals. She has already built a productive group of researchers in her laboratory as well as developing collaborations with 40 other laboratories in Australia and around the world. Associate Professor Elizabeth J. New FRACI FRNS is a member of the School of Chemistry, the University of Sydney. She earned her BSC (Hons 1 and Medal, 2005) and a MSc (2007) from the University of Sydney.
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