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Forthcoming Events in 2010

2010 MONTHLY LECTURE PROGRAM

The Royal Society of Victoria holds monthly meetings on the second Thursday of the month which are free and open to all.

Note all Lectures commence at 7.00 p.m. after the Society business meeting at the Royal Society.

Venue: The Royal Society of Victoria, 9 Victoria Street, Melbourne 3000. (Tel 9663 5259)

Date Topic Speaker

17 August

at 6.30pm

 The Royal Society of Victoria Postgraduate Prize Award Presentation (Contemporary and cutting edge science from post-graduate students - presentations from each of the biological and physical sciences)

 

Presenters to compete for the Prize have been chosen and will each present for 15-20 minutes

18 August

at 7.30pm

The JE Cummins OBE Oration

Enhancing food security in a changing world:Protecting crops against disease

Prof. Marilyn Anderson

Professor of Biochemistry,

La Trobe University
9 September at 7pm
 Developments in Understanding Stroke

Prof. Geoffrey Donnan

Professor of Neurology, University of Melbourne

11 September

9am to 5pm

Symposium:

Psychiatry for the non-Psychiatrist health practitioner

 Visit the meetings website at www.rsvmeetings.org

15 September

9am to 5pm

Phillip Law Symposium:

Going South - Antarctica and its influence on earth systems and the Australian climate - commemorating the life of Phillip Law an extraordinary Australian

Symposium at the Melbourne Convention Centre organised jointly with ATSE

Registrations by the ATSE website
23 September at 7pm

Joint lecture with the Royal Historical Society of Victoria

The Great Melbourne Telescope: Restoring our Astronomical Heritage

Dr Richard Gillespie

Museum Victoria
14 October at 7pm
 Cities and sick streams:
a new class of environmental flow problems

Dr. Christopher J. Walsh

Senior Research Fellow, University of Melbourne
11 November at 7pm
 Evo Devo in the 21st Century:
How Palaeontology and Embryology Help Us Understand Evolution

Dr. Catherine Boisvert

Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute

9 December

at 7pm

The Royal Society of Victoria 2010 Medal Lecture

Human Health or Medical Sciences (Human)

 To be decided

Other Activities 2010

Symposium: Psychiatry for the non-psychiatrist health practitioner - an update

NOTE: POSTPONED TO 11 SEPTEMBER 2010

Saturday 11 September at the Royal Society of Victoria, 8 La Trobe Street Melbourne

The program for the one day symposium “Psychiatry for the non-psychiatrist health practitioner - an update” focuses on our current understanding of the major psychiatric conditions and current best practice for treatment of these in a clinical setting.

The current approaches to the treatment of clinical depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and the psychiatric disorders of adolescents and children will be considered, along with the role of general practitioners and changes in our diagnostic understanding.

Registration is online at: www.rsvmeetings.org

Burke and Wills Expedition 150th Anniversary (2010 - 2011)

The Council of the Royal Society established a Burke and Wills Advisory Committee to advise it on the manner in which the 150th anniversary of the Burke and Wills Expedition of 1860-61 should be commemorated. The Committee, assisted by project officer David Dodd and a group of volunteers, has organised an extensive program of commemorative events and activities designed to capture the imagination of the public of Australia.

Details of the program can be found at http://www.burkeandwills150.info