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SUMMARY:Our Energy Future - part two of a two-part event from RSNSW:
DESCRIPTION:Our Energy Future: \nThe Unrecognised Opportunity in Glasgow — In Two Acts \nPart 2: Crushed Rocks \nDr Saul Griffith FRSN\nincluding a conversation with\nDr Adi Paterson FRSN \nSee here for webinar registration and further details. \nThis year\, from 1–12 November 2021\, Glasgow\, Scotland will host the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. “Glasgow” is the current shorthand for this meeting — which may etch it into our consciousness for a generation as Rio de Janiero did in 1992 with the Rio 21 Principles. \nPart 1: Context and Castles — 25 August 2021\nPart 1 was presented on 25 August and in the event that you missed the presentation it is now available on our YouTube channel. \nPart 2: Crushed Rocks — 15 September 2021\nThe second session will start with responses to questions and comments from the first session\, and will allow people who did not see session 1 to get the background that will give context to the second talk. \nSaul Griffith presents a future for our energy system and economy in the context of Glasgow. For Australia\, understanding what we know (and why) about our energy economy allows us to think deeply about reimagining an energy economy without carbon dioxide and other emissions. The two sessions explore the Australian energy economy: domestic — “Our Castles” and global — “Our Crushed Rocks”. Using a new analysis of our emissions data and a cross-sectoral analysis\, he will contextualise our machines (hardware in the economy) and climate targets (1.5 degrees\, with and without negative emissions) to show why we now need nearly perfect execution of new solutions. \nDr Adi Paterson \nDr Adi Paterson has wide-ranging experience in energy policy\, systems\, technology\, and innovation. He has had policy and management experience related to nuclear energy\, hydrogen as an energy vector\, energy in development settings\, and battery innovation and industry potential. His current focus: energy sovereignty\, security and low carbon energy options for established economies and the developing world\, based on environmental sustainability to 2121. During his tenure as CEO of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)\, Australia joined the Generation-IV International Forum — a treaty-level nuclear organisation developing nuclear reactor designs to be available from 2035. Prior to joining ANSTO he was Chief Operating Officer of the Pebble-Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) Company in South Africa\, including responsibility for international outreach (primarily in the USA and Canada). \nSaul and Adi will explore the export economy and the technologies that we don’t yet have\, but which are predictably going to exist\, to decarbonise the “hard to decarbonise” sectors such as steel\, aluminium\, cement\, agriculture\, forestry\, paper\, and pulp.
URL:https://www.scienceaustralia.org.au/event/our-energy-future-part-two-of-a-two-part-event-from-rsnsw/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:New South Wales
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210901T183000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210901T193000
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SUMMARY:1297th OGM and Open Lecture: Taking humour and laughter seriously
DESCRIPTION:Taking humour and laughter seriously: Exploring the multi-disciplinary field of humour studies\nDr Jessica Milner Davis FRSN\nHonorary Associate\, University of Sydney\nFor registration and details…read more.  \nFrom the time of Aristotle and Plato\, philosophers have speculated about humour and laughter\, proposing that ridere est humanum. But we now know that chimpanzees and rats also laugh. Sociologist Norbert Elias believed that laughter evolved as an antidote to aggression; but humour can also be damaging. This lecture explores the question of whether humour unites or divides the human race. Studies in neuroscience\, psychology\, linguistics\, literature\, performance\, history\, sociology\, religion\, health\, and the emotions all now contribute to our understanding of the functions and consequences of humour. We honour its creators and practitioners\, but we still can‘t define it. \nJessica Milner Davis PhD FRSN is a research associate at the University of Sydney and at Brunel University London’s Centre for Comedy Studies Research. A life member of Clare Hall\, Cambridge\, she has held fellowships and lectured at the Universities of Cambridge\, Bologna\, Bristol\, and NSW\, as well as Stanford\, Hofstra\, and the Jagellonian University. . A past president of the International Society for Humor Studies (ISHS)\, she founded and continues to co-ordinate the Australasian Humour Studies Network (AHSN: https://ahsnhumourstudies.org/). In 2018 she received the ISHS Lifetime Achievement Award for her interdisciplinary research and publications on humour\, comedy\, and laughter.
URL:https://www.scienceaustralia.org.au/event/1297th-ogm-and-open-lecture-taking-humour-and-laughter-seriously/
CATEGORIES:New South Wales
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210825T180000
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SUMMARY:Hunter Branch Meeting 2021-3: Did the Aged Care Royal Commission provide a blueprint to fix Australia's aged care system?
DESCRIPTION:Did the Aged Care Royal Commission provide a blueprint to fix Australia’s aged care system? If not\, what else needs to happen?\nProfessor Kathy Eagar\nDirector\, Australian Health Services Research Institute\nUniversity of Wollongong \nSummary:  We all are aware of the deficiencies that have been exposed by the Royal Commission into Aged Care. Since 1997\, aged care has been managed by the Department of Health and it could be argued that it has allowed such failures to develop. Since the Royal Commission\, the Department of Health has further failed\, as evidenced by its poor management of aged care during the COVID-19 crisis\, accounting for most of the deaths occurring from COVID-19 in Australia during 2020. In 2021\, the Department of Health has offered only poor oversight of the vaccination program for aged care workers. So\, what needs to be done? \nAbout the speaker: Professor Kathy Eagar is Professor of Health Sciences Research and Director of the Australian Health Services Research Institute (AHSRI) at the University of Wollongong. \nOur speaker\, Professor Eagar will be accompanied by a panel of two: Dr Max Thorpe\, a clinician\, and Ms Marie Coleman AO\, an Australian feminist\, social activist\, public servant and journalist.  Dr Thorpe is very aware of inadequacies in the Aged Care System through his involvement in the management of community-based aged care\, and both he and Ms Coleman are strong advocates for the better management of aged care. \nFor webinar details and further information…read more. 
URL:https://www.scienceaustralia.org.au/event/hunter-branch-meeting-2021-3-did-the-aged-care-royal-commission-provide-a-blueprint-to-fix-australias-aged-care-system/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:New South Wales
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SUMMARY:Our Energy Future: Part one of a two-part event from RSNSW:
DESCRIPTION:Our Energy Future:\nThe Unrecognised Opportunity in Glasgow — In Two Acts\nPart 1: Context and Castles\nPart 2: Crushed Rocks\nDr Saul Griffith FRSN\nincluding a conversation with\nDr Adi Paterson FRSN\nThis year\, from 1–12 November 2021\, Glasgow\, Scotland will host the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. “Glasgow” is the current shorthand for this meeting — which may etch it into our consciousness for a generation as Rio de Janiero did in 1992 with the Rio 21 Principles. \nSaul Griffith presents a future for our energy system and economy in the context of Glasgow. For Australia\, understanding what we know (and why) about our energy economy allows us to think deeply about reimagining an energy economy without carbon dioxide and other emissions. The two sessions explore the Australian energy economy: domestic — “Our Castles” and global — “Our Crushed Rocks”. Using a new analysis of our emissions data and a cross-sectoral analysis\, he will contextualise our machines (hardware in the economy) and climate targets (1.5 degrees\, with and without negative emissions) to show why we now need nearly perfect execution of new solutions. \nSaul and Adi will explore the export economy and the technologies that we don’t yet have\, but which are predictably going to exist\, to decarbonise the “hard to decarbonise” sectors such as steel\, aluminium\, cement\, agriculture\, forestry\, paper\, and pulp. \nFor webinar details and further information…read more. 
URL:https://www.scienceaustralia.org.au/event/our-energy-future-part-one-of-a-two-part-event-from-rsnsw/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:New South Wales
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210804T183000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210804T193000
DTSTAMP:20210719T020200Z
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SUMMARY:1296th OGM and Open Lecture: The Intimate History of Evolution: The Huxleys 1825–1975
DESCRIPTION:The Intimate History of Evolution: The Huxleys 1825–1975\nProfessor Alison Bashford FRSN FAHA FRHistS FBA\nLaureate Professor of History\nUNSW (Sydney) \nFor webinar registration and details…read more.  \nAt Life Magazine’s 1947 photoshoot\, Julian Huxley self-consciously arranged himself in front of a portrait of his grandfather\, Thomas Henry Huxley. In the foreground\, a well-known mid-twentieth century science writer\, zoologist\, conservationist—that generation’s David Attenborough. In the background\, a mid-nineteenth century natural scientist – Darwin’s most outspoken spokesman. \nBetween them\, Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895) and Julian Huxley (1887–1975) communicated to the world the great modern story of the theory of evolution by natural selection. Together\, they were ‘trustees of evolution’\, a phrase that Julian Huxley often used to describe all of humankind\, but which I use to describe the Huxleys themselves. \nWhat is yielded by considering these two particular Huxleys together? They were driven by the same momentous questions\, but in different eras. What is the nature of time and how old is the Earth itself? What is the connection and distinction between human history and natural history? How are humans animals and how are we not? What is the deep past and the distant future of humankind? Can and should we actively seek to improve future generations? What might the planet look like 10\,000 years hence? Through and with these high-powered Huxleys\, I can track the problems and wonders of the modern world that they themselves raised\, postured\, and pondered over lives that spanned 1825-1975. \nAlison Bashford is Laureate Professor of History at UNSW\, and Director of the Laureate Centre for History & Population\, and Honorary Fellow\, Jesus College\, Cambridge. Previously she was Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History at the University of Cambridge and Professor of Australian Studies at Harvard University. Bashford is best known for her work on the modern history of population and human ecology\, in two books\, Global Population: History\, Geopolitics and Life on Earth (Columbia 2014) and The New Worlds of Thomas Robert Malthus (Princeton\, 2016) with Joyce E. Chaplin. She is currently completing An Intimate History of Evolution: From Genesis to Genetics with a Scientific Dynasty\, the Huxleys\, 1825–1975 (Penguin RandomHouse). Alison Bashford is a fellow of the British Academy and the Australian Academy of the Humanities. She was awarded the Royal Society of New South Wales History and Philosophy of Science Medal and the Dan David Laureate Prize in 202
URL:https://www.scienceaustralia.org.au/event/1296th-ogm-and-open-lecture-the-intimate-history-of-evolution-the-huxleys-1825-1975/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:New South Wales
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210722T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210722T200000
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SUMMARY:Ideas@theHouse: Music as a Superfood
DESCRIPTION:Ideas@theHouse: July 2021  \nPresented by\nHer Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC QC\, Governor of NSW \n“Music as a Superfood: How music can help us live longer\, sleep better\, calm down\, find flow\, and feel happier”\nGreta J. Bradman\nWriter\, broadcaster and psychologist \nAbout the talk: Greta Bradman will discuss how music can help us live longer\, sleep better\, calm down\, find flow\, and feel happier. The talk will include explorations of the evidence base\, plus some personal anecdotes. \nAbout the speaker: Greta Bradman consults with public and private organisations across technology and creative industries on culture\, works in private practice as a psychologist\, presents Weekend Brunch and is the creator of “Music for Wellbeing” offerings on ABC Classic. She hosts concerts and conversations\, and provides workshops around wellbeing\, human values\, and decision-making. She is the founder of pre-launch\, values-based tech startup\, Eiris Inc. She still sings from time-to-time. help you grow beyond the expectations you and others have previously put on you\, into your own personal version of a fulfilling\, brilliant life well-lived. \nFormerly an artist for Universal Music (Decca Classics)\, she had four No.1 solo albums and has featured on others. She has sung with opera companies\, symphony orchestras and ensembles around Australia and the Asia Pacific\, through Europe\, the UK\, and US. She has produced her own tours\, and has toured alongside colleagues from around the world. \nAlongside fundraising strategy and implementation\, Greta advises and actively participated in the key development of evidence-based initiatives and programs that have demonstratively supported wellbeing-related outcomes. \nGreta is a Trustee of Arts Centre Melbourne and holds advisory board positions with: Arts Wellbeing Collective; Arts Centre Melbourne Foundation; The Alfred Foundation; and\, the Australian Mental Health Prize. Greta is a member of the Federal Government’s Creative Industry Taskforce. She is currently completing her Senior Executive MBA at Melbourne Business School. \nAbout Ideas@theHouse: In late 2019\, Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC QC\, Governor of New South Wales and Patron of the Royal Society of NSW\, invited representatives of the Society to discuss how the Governor might open Government House to a series of public events based on important and/or influential ideas. Her Excellency’s proposal was that the Royal Society of NSW and other organisations might devise a series of lectures\, to be held at Government House\, and known as Ideas@theHouse on topics of our choice for an invited audience of our Members and Fellows\, together with others to be invited by Her Excellency. This is the third in the Ideas@theHouse series\, the first being held in May 2020\, and the second in April 2021. \nFor webinar details and further information…read more.
URL:https://www.scienceaustralia.org.au/event/ideasthehouse-music-as-a-superfood/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:New South Wales
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210707T063000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210707T193000
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SUMMARY:1295th OGM and Open Lecture: Society as an information processing system\, and the influence of the media
DESCRIPTION:Society as an information processing system\, and the influence of the media\nDr Erik Aslaksen FRSN\nPhysicist\, Engineer\, and Author \nWe are concerned about our environment\, and rightfully so: the air we breathe\, the water we drink\, the food we eat\, and threats to this environment from global warming\, loss of biological diversity\, and many other concerns. These are all concerns about our physical environment\, much as an ice bear is concerned about the melting of the ice\, or as the koala is concerned about the reduction of its habitat due to deforestation. We are also concerned about many aspects of our society\, such as overpopulation\, economic growth\, inequality\, poverty\, healthcare\, and pandemics; again\, concerns about physical features. \nIn this talk Dr Erik Aslaksen will present a complementary view of our society — one peculiar to our species; a view of society as an information-processing system in which the physical aspects of society are both the results and the enablers of our mental processes. \nFor details\, registration and further information…read more. 
URL:https://www.scienceaustralia.org.au/event/1295th-ogm-and-open-lecture-society-as-an-information-processing-system-and-the-influence-of-the-media/
CATEGORIES:New South Wales
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210630T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210630T180000
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SUMMARY:Hunter Branch Meeting 2021-2: Extreme bushfires and the age of violent pyroconvection
DESCRIPTION:Extreme bushfires and the age of violent pyroconvection\nProfessor Jason Sharples\nSchool of Physical\, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences\nUNSW (Canberra) \nOver the last few decades\, Australia and other fire prone parts of the world have seen an apparent increase in the occurrence of large destructive bushfires\, such as those experienced during the 2019/20 Black Summer. These fires defy suppression\, consistently result in the loss of life and property\, and further impact the cultural\, economic\, social and political stability of communities. They also produce significant environmental damage with ongoing implications for the ecology and biodiversity of many species. The types of behaviours exhibited by these fires are often at odds with traditional approaches to understanding bushfire\, which have primarily relied on information gathered during smaller experimental fires in particular types of vegetation. In contrast\, these fires tend to manifest as violent pyroconvective events\, which often share more in common with an atmospheric storm than a surface fire. In this talk I will present an overview of recent insights into the occurrence and behaviour of these extreme bushfires and discuss some of the challenges they pose for bushfire risk management. \nFor registration\, tickets and information…read more. 
URL:https://www.scienceaustralia.org.au/event/hunter-branch-meeting-2021-2-extreme-bushfires-and-the-age-of-violent-pyroconvection/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:New South Wales
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210602T183000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210602T193000
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SUMMARY:1294th OGM and Open Lecture: Murray-Darling Basin turmoil: past\, present\, and future
DESCRIPTION:Murray-Darling Basin turmoil:\npast\, present\, and future\nProfessor Richard Kingsford FRSN\nProfessor of Environmental Science\nDirector\, Centre for Ecosystem Science\, UNSW (Sydney) \nThe Murray-Darling Basin is Australia’s most developed river system\, supporting extensive irrigation industries\, pastoralists\, traditional owner communities\, fishers\, tourism and ecosystems. More than a century of river development through the building of dams\, development of floodplains\, and diversion of water has had devastating impacts on ecosystem services and ecosystems. The Millennium Drought was a catalyst for change. The Australian Government took over control of the Basin with the Water Act 2007\, implemented by the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. The Commonwealth Government’s external powers\, particularly in relation to wetlands of international importance under the Ramsar Convention and migratory shorebirds were the primary driver for this\, but States still remained in control of their rivers under the Federal Constitution\, through their planning. A principal objective was to restore the health of the Murray-Darling Basin River system. \nMore than $13 billion dollars later\, there are many challenges and questions about what has been achieved and at what cost. The number of inquiries continues to rise. The NSW Government is planning to build three large dams and smaller weirs on the rivers. Unfortunately\, the ecological state of the Murray-Darling Basin continues to decline\, albeit potentially at a slower rate than would have occurred otherwise. In this talk\, I will present my research on wetlands and waterbirds within the context of these major changes\, past and present\, as well as identify some of the major challenges for the future. \nFor registration information and further details…read more. 
URL:https://www.scienceaustralia.org.au/event/1294th-ogm-and-open-lecture-murray-darling-basin-turmoil-past-present-and-future/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:New South Wales
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210526T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210526T183000
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SUMMARY:Hunter Branch Meeting 2021-1: On readying our region for low emissions technology
DESCRIPTION:On readying our region for low emissions technology\nDr Alan Finkel AO FTSE FAA\nFormer Chief Scientist of Australia \nThis presentation\, from the University of Newcastle and the Royal Society of NSW\, coincides with the visit by Dr Finkel to the University of Newcastle.  It includes a public address\, and an in-depth interview which will allow his audience to understand and explore the vast opportunities available through low emissions or carbon neutral technologies. \nIn particular he will share insights into the government and technology directions and how regional industries might respond\, particularly in the context of the Hunter in which the University of Newcastle is leading research in clean hydrogen energy\, the transition to zero emission mining of aluminum\, iron ore and steel\, renewable energy storage technology\, and bio-sequestration in regional farming practices. \nDr Alan Finkel AO is one of Australia’s most distinguished scientific\, engineering\, and academic advisers and advocates for innovation in technology. In 2021 he completed his tenure as Australia’s Chief Scientist and has since been appointed Special Adviser to the Commonwealth Government on the research\, development\, transition\, and application of low emissions technology. \nHe is noted for making the topics of science\, engineering\, technology\, accessible and exciting to young people through his advice and contributions to the development of the nation’s modern STEM curriculum. \nRegistration is required for either attendance in person or attendance online.
URL:https://www.scienceaustralia.org.au/event/hunter-branch-meeting-2021-1-on-readying-our-region-for-low-emissions-technology/
LOCATION:Newcastle Conservatorium of Music\, cnr Auckland and Laman Streets\, Newcastle\, New South Wales\, 2300\, Australia
CATEGORIES:New South Wales
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210520T063000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210520T193000
DTSTAMP:20210505T041159Z
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SUMMARY:Southern Highlands Branch Meeting 2020-4: Burnout — the hottest issue
DESCRIPTION:Burnout — the hottest issue\nProfessor Gordon Parker AO\nScientia Professor of Psychiatry\nUNSW (Sydney) \nSummary: The talk will cover key symptoms of burnout\, its history\, prevalence\, personal and financial impact\, causes and best management models. \nProfessor Gordon Parker AO is Scientia Professor of Psychiatry\, UNSW\, was Founder of the Black Dog Institute and its initial Executive Director\, Head of the School of Psychiatry at UNSW\, and Director of the Division of Psychiatry at Prince of Wales Hospital. His positions with the Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists include being Editor of its Journal. Positions with legal organisations include the NSW Guardianship Board and the NSW Administrative Appeals Tribunal. In 2004 he received a Citation Laureate as the Australian Scientist most highly cited in ‘Psychiatry/Psychology’. In 2018 he received the prestigious James Cook Medal from the Royal Society of New South Wales\, and was recipient of the 2020Australian Mental Health Prize. His research has focussed on the mood disorders. He has published 23 books and over 1\,000 scientific reports. His first of fiction was published in 1966 and his latest novel (“In Two Minds”) in 2017. In the 60’s\, he wrote for The Mavis Bramston Show and OZ Magazine\, was an ABC Science broadcaster\, a book reviewer for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Australian\, and in 2004 had a play (“Personality Games”) produced by La Mama in Melbourne. His autobiography “A Piece of My Mind: A Psychiatrist on the Couch” was published in 2012. His co-authored book on Burnout will be published on 1 July 2021. \nFor details read more. 
URL:https://www.scienceaustralia.org.au/event/southern-highlands-branch-meeting-2020-4-burnout-the-hottest-issue/
LOCATION:Mittagong RSL Club\, Cnr Hume Hwy &\, Bessemer St\, Mittagong\, New South Wales\, 2575\, Australia
CATEGORIES:New South Wales
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