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SUMMARY:Foodprint Melbourne: Building the Resilience of Melbourne’s Food System
DESCRIPTION:We tend to think of Melbourne and other cities in Australia as places that are food secure; nationally\, we produce enough food to support 60\,000\,000 people\, more than twice our population\, in service of our role as a major exporter of primary goods and food products. Supermarket shelves are usually filled with food\, all year around. But in the last 18 months we’ve seen images of sparsely-occupied shelves\, crops being dug back into their fields and students queueing for food vouchers. The compounding crises of bushfire and pandemic have revealed some of the cracks in our food supply system\, flaws that make our population vulnerable to scarcity. \nJoin Dr Rachel Carey\, who will be exploring what we need to do to strengthen the resilience of Melbourne’s food system to future shocks and stresses\, particularly those related to climate change and pandemic\, seeking a more nuanced conversation about matching up available resources with the healthy\, sustainable diets we want our population to be maintaining. \nWe can leverage the lessons from the pandemic to transform the way we manage our food system\, through strengthening local and regional food supply chains; sustaining the productivity of fertile land on the urban fringe; building efficient\, circular food economies to minimise waste; promoting resilient\, sustainable production systems adapted to a changing climate\, such as regenerative or agri-ecological approaches; building livelihoods through addressing insecure employment\, low wages and poor working conditions in the food industry; and redesigning systems of food relief to ensure equitable\, dignified access to healthy\, sustainable\, culturally-appropriate food during times of system stress. \nTickets are available below to participate in the webinar via Zoom and/or Eventbrite. RSV Members are prompted to enter their promotional code to access a member’s ticket. Alternatively\, you can watch along via Facebook Live at the appointed time without buying a ticket. \nStreamed online as part of the Inspiring Victoria initiative in 2021. \nFor webinar details and further information…read more. 
URL:https://www.scienceaustralia.org.au/event/foodprint-melbourne-building-the-resilience-of-melbournes-food-system/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Victoria
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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
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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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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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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210825T133000
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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/Melbourne:20210819T183000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210819T213000
DTSTAMP:20260627T025205
CREATED:20210712T053744Z
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SUMMARY:Young Scientist Research Prizes Competition: Presentations\, Judging and Prize Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:To foster and recognise excellence in Victoria’s early career scientists\, the Royal Society of Victoria has established four prestigious competitive prizes open to Victorian students in their final year of doctoral candidature\, in all areas of the Biomedical & Health Sciences\, Biological Sciences (Non-human)\, Earth Sciences and Physical Sciences. \nFollowing assessment of applications across the four categories\, we will select eight PhD finalists to present their work to us during National Science Week\, on the evening of Thursday\, 19 August\, 2021. Join us to hear about the latest science from our emerging scientists\, and to support and celebrate the achievements of Victoria’s upcoming high achievers. \nIn light of enduring COVID-19 uncertainties\, this year’s competition will be either conducted entirely online\, with presentations professionally filmed and finalists answering questions from RSV members and guests in a Zoom conference\, or offered as a “hybrid” event combining in-person presentations with a livestream broadcast (invitations to register are sent via email and the Society’s membership page). The presentations will be live streamed via the Society’s Facebook Live site – please tune in at the allotted time to follow the proceedings and add your questions and comments. \nFor details…read more.  \n 
URL:https://www.scienceaustralia.org.au/event/young-scientist-research-prizes-competition-presentations-judging-and-prize-ceremony/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:National Science Week,Victoria
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20210818T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20210818T200000
DTSTAMP:20260627T025205
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SUMMARY:Royal Society Show Case Science
DESCRIPTION:The Royal Society Show Case Science aims to celebrate and promote to the public the diverse research members undertake to advance knowledge in SA. The event will: \n\nShow examples of cutting-edge and impactful research\,\nMake a Case for science in our society\, and\nHave a dialogue on the future of Science in SA.\n\nThe format will be a combination of live\, high-energy 3-minute lightning talks presenting research\, arguments for why we need science\, followed by question time and a panel debate\, and opportunities for informal exchanges between scientists and the public. \nThe lightning talks will be on a variety of natural science disciplines. \nThe event will be led by an MC and will be live-tweeted. There will also be prizes awarded for Best Talk and the Best Argument\, with attendees to vote for their favourites\, to further encourage engagement. \nAttendance can be in-person (with a cap depending on COVID-19 limits) and also live-streamed online to reach a broader audience. Booking links will be provided here shortly. \nCOVID-19 safety requirements will be strictly adhered with ticketed in-person \nattendance to a safe capacity (using Eventbrite booking)\, QR-code scanning\, having hand-washing facilities and hand-sanitiser available\, and adhering to 1.5m social distancing. \nFor tickets\, livestreaming information and further details…read more. 
URL:https://www.scienceaustralia.org.au/event/royal-society-show-case-science/
LOCATION:Pacific Cultures Gallery\, South Australian Museum\, North Terrace\, Adelaide\, South Australia\, 5000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:National Science Week
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Royal Society of South Australia":MAILTO:roysocsa@gmail.com
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210823
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SUMMARY:Acclimatise
DESCRIPTION:We acknowledge the Traditional Owners from all First Nations communities across Victoria.  \nTo you we convey our deep respect. \nACCLIMATISE is a series of live audience and broadcast events presented in collaboration with Museums Victoria\, Royal Botanical Gardens Victoria\, Zoos Victoria\, Public Libraries Victoria\, Parliament of Victoria\, State Library of Victoria\, Philip Island Nature Reserve\, Neighbourhood Houses Victoria and Royal Society of Victoria. \nFollow us on all social media channels via #ACCLIMATISE \nEarth’s climate is incredibly complex and essential to sustaining all life on our planet. In just a few short centuries\, the global land use and energy consumption practices of the human species have disrupted the balances in a system that had remained stable and conducive to human activities for thousands of years. Confronted with the existential threat of a warming\, drying climate system that could even prove inhospitable to life on Earth if left unchecked\, our global civilization has embarked on a search for creative solutions through multidisciplinary fields of science. \nJoin us as we explore the science at the centre of this critical physical\, intellectual\, social and economic frontier; the physics of weather\, our First Nations peoples knowledge of Country\, the citizen scientists measuring and managing local impacts\, the foundation of the sustainability movement\, the Victorian researchers assessing and working to slow the threat of plant and animal extinction\, and the scientists charting the impacts of bushfire\, drought and sea level rise in our state and beyond. \nFeaturing scientists from Victoria’s major public scientific and cultural institutions with a strong broadcast focus for our regional audience engagement\, alongside local Victorian communities working towards solutions\, ACCLIMATISE seeks to delve into the Sciences of Sustainability and Adaptation and the pathways they offer towards our future. \n ACCLIMATISE is presented to Victoria for National Science Week 2021  \nClick here to view the program!
URL:https://www.scienceaustralia.org.au/event/acclimatise/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:National Science Week
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210813T183000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210813T200000
DTSTAMP:20260627T025205
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SUMMARY:Indigenous Food and Agriculture
DESCRIPTION:A Joint Presentation with the ACT National Science Week Coordinating Committee\nJoin the Royal Society of Victoria for a special webinar on Indigenous agriculture\, where we’ll yarn about native foods and Indigenous farmers — everything from practising agriculture as a traditional custodian\, growing bush foods and making sure they’re safe to eat\, preparing amazing meals and getting Australian native foods to market! \nAbout the Speakers\nLuke Williams is a proud Gumbaynggirr descendent who grew up in rural NSW. Luke is currently completing his PhD in the School of Health and Biomedical Sciences at RMIT University. In collaboration with the national food regulatory body\, Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ)\, and working alongside Aboriginal businesses and organisations\, his research provides insight into how newly formed regulatory frameworks for assessing the dietary safety of traditional food items can better consider the unique history\, knowledge and culture held by First Nations people. \n  \nKerrie Saunders is a Kamillaroi/Gomeroi woman from the northwest of NSW. What started out as a hobby for gardening and bush walks has turned into a passion for highlighting bush tucker in the local and surrounding areas of Moree. Kerrie now conducts regular bush tucker tours through her business\, Yinarr-ma\, where she identifies bush tucker and cooks yummy meals for guests. \nKerrie also works with the University of Sydney on the Indigenous Grasslands for Grain project in Narrabri\, making flour and bread with native grains. \n@gilbertjoshuam\nJoshua Gilbert is a Worimi man\, farmer and academic\, who shares the narration of Indigenous identity through agricultural truths in light of modern contexts. \nHe is undertaking higher degree research at Charles Sturt University\, is the Indigenous Co-Chair of Reconciliation NSW and was recently recognised within the world’s top 50 young gastronomers. \n  \n@karlie_moon_\n\nOur MC: Gamilaraay astrophysicist Karlie Noon is passionate about Indigenous astronomical knowledge and was the first Indigenous woman to obtain a double degree in science and mathematics. Karlie recently commenced a PhD in astronomy at the Australian National University and is Sydney Observatory’s first Astronomy Ambassador \n  \n \nPresented in partnership with the ACT National Science Week Coordinating Committee \nFor registration details and more information…read more.
URL:https://www.scienceaustralia.org.au/event/indigenous-food-and-agriculture/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:National Science Week,Victoria
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210804T183000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210804T193000
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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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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210801T180000
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SUMMARY:RST Doctoral Award Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Dr Abersteiner is the 2020 Royal Society of Tasmania’s Doctoral Award winner. His PhD focused on kimberlite\, an igneous rock that originates deep within the Earth and is the primary source of diamonds. He will deliver an online webinar and speak about how his work greatly improves our understanding of the Earth’s deep interior. \nFor details…read more. 
URL:https://www.scienceaustralia.org.au/event/rst-doctoral-award-webinar/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:National Science Week
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210722T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210722T200000
DTSTAMP:20260627T025205
CREATED:20210622T024826Z
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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/Melbourne:20210714T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210714T190000
DTSTAMP:20260627T025205
CREATED:20210601T054811Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210601T054811Z
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SUMMARY:STEM and Society: A Hard-Won Theory - Tectonic Plates in Victoria
DESCRIPTION:In a ‘post-truth’ society\, fuelled by soundbites and status updates\, opinions and personal theories are often presented with unwavering certainty but remain untested. \nIn this climate\, it can be confusing when we hear from scientists reluctant to deal in absolutes\, who instead engage in conversations about ‘degrees of certainty’. In the world of science\, a ‘theory’ is the closest something may ever come to being ‘the truth’. \nTo understand what modern scientists can go through to arrive at an accepted theory\, we’re taking a look at one of the major revelations of the past century: the theory of tectonic plates. This theory describes how the enormous fragments of our planet’s shell move against\, over and under one another at their boundaries to slowly change the shape and location of our continents and oceans. \nIn this special online discussion\, you’ll meet four eminent Victorian geologists who\, not so long ago\, started out as university students to find themselves amid a global battle of contesting ideas. Hear about their experience as a fiercely held status-quo gave way to a hard-won new theory within the international scientific community. \nOur panel of experts will be joined by teacher Jerome Holleman and his students from Northcote High School\, who have been taking part in the Big History learning program that aims to connect knowledge across disciplines and challenge students to embrace science\, think critically\, solve problems and drive innovation. \nStreaming online via Facebook Live and the Victorian Parliament’s website. \nThis special series of online presentations explores the science and stories behind the game-changing work undertaken by Victoria’s scientific community. Our leading experts will talk about the work they’re doing to engage the community and affect meaningful change in their field of study and in our everyday lives. Presented by the Victorian Parliament\, with the Royal Society of Victoria and Victorian Parliamentarians for STEM. A part of the Inspiring Victoria program. \nFor details and further information…read more. 
URL:https://www.scienceaustralia.org.au/event/stem-and-society-a-hard-won-theory-tectonic-plates-in-victoria/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Victoria
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210708T063000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210708T200000
DTSTAMP:20260627T025205
CREATED:20210622T022339Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210622T022339Z
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SUMMARY:Decarbonising Energy: At the Tipping Point
DESCRIPTION:Australia installed more renewable generation in the last three years than in the thirty years prior. It seems that every week a new renewable energy record is smashed. Yet despite this\, Australia has the highest per-capita greenhouse emissions of any advanced economy\, we’re on track to miss our Paris Agreement commitments and we’re nowhere near achieving net zero. \nHow did we get here\, and how can we turn it around? \nAbout the Speaker\nSimon Holmes à Court is one of Australia’s leading energy commentators and analysts. Based at the University of Melbourne\, he is a senior adviser to the Climate and Energy College at the Energy Transition Hub and has developed the openNEM\, an Open Platform for National Electricity Market Data. \nHe has been a pioneering force in the Australian community power movement\, both as the founding chair of Hepburn Wind\, the country’s first community-owned wind farm\, and founder of Embark Australia\, a non-profit coalition helping communities share in the benefits of local renewable energy. \nTickets are available below to participate in the webinar via Zoom and/or Eventbrite. RSV and ATSE Members are prompted to enter their promotional code to access a member’s ticket. Alternatively\, you can watch along via Facebook Live at the appointed time without buying a ticket. \n\nA joint presentation with the Victorian Chapter of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering. \nStreamed online as part of the Inspiring Victoria initiative in 2021.
URL:https://www.scienceaustralia.org.au/event/decarbonising-energy-at-the-tipping-point/
CATEGORIES:Victoria
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210707T063000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210707T193000
DTSTAMP:20260627T025205
CREATED:20210601T060039Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210601T060039Z
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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
DTSTAMP:20260627T025205
CREATED:20210526T071109Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210628T230902Z
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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/Melbourne:20210624T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210624T203000
DTSTAMP:20260627T025205
CREATED:20210505T035930Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210526T064143Z
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SUMMARY:Coastal Resilience: How Landforms Cope with Changing Waves and Rising Seas
DESCRIPTION:The 2021 Howitt Lecture \nPresented in partnership with the Geological Society of Australia (Victoria Division). \nAssociate Professor David Kennedy is a coastal geomorphologist who specialises on the impacts of climate change\, storms\, tsunami and sea level rise on coastal landforms\, particularly coral reefs and islands\, rocky shorelines (cliffs and shore platforms) and estuaries. Surveying using total stations and remote sensing (eg. LiDAR) technologies are central to his research\, which is combined with sedimentological and geochronological methodologies as well as real time measurement of wave and tidal processes. David’s research is based in the Pacific Islands and Australasia as well as in the Caribbean. He currently holds several elected positions chairing research working groups for the International Association of Geomorphologists and the International Quaternary Association. He co-leads the Victorian Coastal Monitoring Project\, a multi-agency group commissioning citizen scientists to produce 3D models that precisely measure shoreline change\, which was the recipient of the 2020 Eureka Prize for Innovation in Citizen Science. \nDetails to come!
URL:https://www.scienceaustralia.org.au/event/coastal-resilience-how-landforms-cope-with-changing-waves-and-rising-seas/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Victoria
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210616T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210616T190000
DTSTAMP:20260627T025205
CREATED:20210601T054217Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210601T055149Z
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SUMMARY:Stem and Society: The Anthropocene
DESCRIPTION:Human pressures on the planet as a whole – the ‘Earth System’ – have now become so great that scientists have proposed that we have now left the Holocene\, the geologic epoch that has been humanity’s accommodating home for the last 11\,700 years. It’s proposed we’ve entered a new geologic epoch\, the Anthropocene\, characterised by extremely rapid changes to the climate system and the biosphere\, driven primarily by a range of direct and indirect human pressures. \nTo understand what these changes mean for nature\, ecosystems\, and the future of humanity\, and what we can do about it\, join Professor Will Steffen\, an Earth System scientist and researcher at the Australian National University\, and Professor Brendan Wintle\, Director of the Threatened Species Recovery Hub based at the University of Melbourne. \nProfessor Steffen’s research focuses on the incorporation of human processes in Earth System modelling and analysis; and on sustainability and climate change. Professor Wintle specialises in decision support for threatened species conservation\, ecological modelling and monitoring\, and measuring the cost-effectiveness of conservation programs. \nWill and Brendan will describe how we must become stewards of the Earth System to secure our prosperity and conserve our natural and cultural heritage\, based on transformed societies\, with a greater level of equity and a focus on the maintenance of a well-functioning biosphere. \nStreaming online via Facebook Live and the Victorian Parliament’s website. \nThis special series of online presentations explores the science and stories behind the game-changing work undertaken by Victoria’s scientific community. Our leading experts will talk about the work they’re doing to engage the community and affect meaningful change in their field of study and in our everyday lives. Presented by the Victorian Parliament\, with the Royal Society of Victoria and Victorian Parliamentarians for STEM. A part of the Inspiring Victoria program. \nFor details and further information…read more. 
URL:https://www.scienceaustralia.org.au/event/stem-and-society-the-anthropocene/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Victoria
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210610T070000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210610T201500
DTSTAMP:20260627T025205
CREATED:20210526T065438Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210526T065438Z
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SUMMARY:Liveable cities for all: are we there yet?
DESCRIPTION:For many years\, Melbourne has dined out on being recognised by The Economist as “the most liveable city in the world;” and is now second to Vienna. While this global recognition is a source of great pride and an excellent marketing tool – is this measure of “liveable” fit for purpose\, when considering the residents of Melbourne? \nDrawing on almost a decade of research\, Professor Billie Giles-Corti will consider: \n\nWhat is a liveable city?\nHow are we measuring liveability?\nAre we creating liveable cities in Australia for all?\nIf not\, why not?\n\nAnd perhaps most importantly\, why our definition of and support for “liveability” is important if we are concerned about creating cities that facilitate healthy and sustainable lifestyles that support both individual and planetary health. \nTickets are available below to participate in the webinar via Zoom and/or Eventbrite. RSV Members are prompted to enter their promotional code to access a member’s ticket. Alternatively\, you can watch along via Facebook Live at the appointed time without buying a ticket. This event will be streamed online as part of the Inspiring Victoria initiative in 2021. \nFor details…read more. 
URL:https://www.scienceaustralia.org.au/event/liveable-cities-for-all-are-we-there-yet/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Victoria
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210602T183000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210602T193000
DTSTAMP:20260627T025205
CREATED:20210526T070224Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210526T070415Z
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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=UTC:20210527T070000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210527T203000
DTSTAMP:20260627T025205
CREATED:20210505T035352Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210505T035352Z
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SUMMARY:Location\, Location\, Location: Immune Protection by Tissue-Resident T-Cells
DESCRIPTION:T cells are specialised immune cells that are central to the complex\, adaptive immune response to infection and disease. T cells are “trained” to recognise specific fragments or components of viruses\, bacteria\, and other pathogens (e.g. a component of the influenza virus or tuberculosis bacterium). \nDuring an infection\, those T cells that recognise the infectious agent will be activated to respond – either killing infected cells or coordinating the attack. Following infection\, a pool of memory T cells remains in the body to provide better and faster responses upon re-encountering the same pathogen because they are already trained to recognise it. Some memory T cells permanently reside in the site of infection where they are poised to mediate local immune responses should the pathogen come back. They are hence regarded as “tissue-resident memory T cells” and reside in tissues that are common sites of infection\, including the skin\, intestine and liver\, where they elicit site-specific responses. \nJoin Professor Laura Mackay from the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity\, whose work has been instrumental in the discovery of these cells and their role\, to learn about recent advances in understanding the biological functions of these cells and their critical role in providing protection against infection and cancer. Laura’s work offers new insights to treatment and opportunities for the development of novel immunotherapies. \nTickets are available below to participate in the webinar via Zoom and/or Eventbrite. RSV Members are prompted to enter their promotional code to access a member’s ticket. Alternatively\, you can watch along via Facebook Live at the appointed time without buying a ticket….read more. 
URL:https://www.scienceaustralia.org.au/event/location-location-location-immune-protection-by-tissue-resident-t-cells/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Victoria
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210526T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210526T183000
DTSTAMP:20260627T025205
CREATED:20210505T041639Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210505T043534Z
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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:20260627T025205
CREATED:20210505T041159Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210513T070000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210513T203000
DTSTAMP:20260627T025205
CREATED:20210505T034632Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210505T034632Z
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SUMMARY:Why the world needs ecologists
DESCRIPTION:We are drowning in bad news. Two pages into the (1000pg) United Nations Global Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services and you’ll be pleading for Tolstoy. Even David Attenborough is depressing these days. \nEcosystems collapse and species loss is being documented across the planet\, with profound existential ramifications. Habitat degradation and loss remains the key driver of biodiversity loss\, but climate change and invasive species promise to compound the damages we have wrought. \nTo save you days of morbid reading\, Professor Brendan Wintle will provide a short and cheerful summary of the global extinction crisis\, including Australia’s prominent and expanding role in species’ extirpation. \n“To live without hope is to cease to live” (Dostoyevsky). So Brendan will celebrate the hopeful and crucial role that ecologists can play (and are playing) in co-designing and implementing solutions to the extinction crisis in partnership with private land conservation organisations\, Indigenous land managers\, developers\, and governments. Science\, civil society\, business and policy makers can work constructively to bring the transformative change needed to ‘bend the curve’. \nBrendan will give positive examples of some great collaborations that seek to keep our unique species\, ecosystems and cultures intact\, and will finish with a suite of practical measures that society and individuals can pursue to bring benefits to nature and people. \nTickets are available below to participate in the webinar via Zoom and/or Eventbrite. RSV Members are prompted to enter their promotional code to access a member’s ticket. Alternatively\, you can watch along via Facebook Live at the appointed time without buying a ticket….read more.
URL:https://www.scienceaustralia.org.au/event/why-the-world-needs-ecologists/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Victoria
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