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2009 Lecture series

Here are this year's Gift of Knowledge lectures in the order they will be presented. To find out more on each, or to register to attend, click on the lecture title link below.

Janet Dibb-Leigh

What is a sustainable community?

Chair: Janet Dibb-Leigh
Wednesday 15 July

Lecture Podcast/vodcasts

Associate Professor Rachel Kennedy

Marketing in a recession

Associate Professor Rachel Kennedy,
Tuesday 21 July

Lecture Podcast/vodcasts

Bruce Thomas

Augmented reality as a tool for improving the utility of information

Professor Bruce Thomas,
Wednesday 29 July

Lecture Podcast/vodcasts

Wendy Lacey

Beyond the Legalese and Rhetoric: improving human rights protection in Australia

Associate Professor Wendy Lacey,
Tuesday 11 August

Lecture Podcast/vodcasts

Linda Zou

A Diversified Approach to Water Security: desalination and water reuse

Associate Professor Linda Zou,
Wednesday 12 August

Lecture Podcast/vodcasts

Kerin O'Dea

Do low fat foods make you fat?

Professor Kerin O'Dea,
Wednesday 19 August

Lecture Podcast/vodcast

 

Janek Ratnatunga

Carbonomics: the emerging economic paradigms of the greenhouse effect

Professor Janek Ratnatunga,
Tuesday 15 September

Lecture Podcast/vodcast

 

Jon Kellett

Climate proofing Australian cities

Associate Professor Jon Kellett,
Wednesday 23 September

Lecture Podcast/vodcast

Elspeth Probyn

In the interests of taste and place

Professor Elspeth Probyn,
Thursday 24 September

Lecture Podcast/vodcast

 

Michael Roberts

Therapeutic Strategies to make a difference

Professor Michael Roberts,
Tuesday 29 September

 

Desmond Lun

From Natural to Synthetic Life: how genomic technologies will change life as we know it

Associate Professor Desmond Lun,
Wednesday 21 October

Lecture Podcast/vodcast

 

Ian Harper

The Anne Hawke Memorial Lecture

Setting Australia's minimum wage: Reflections on the role and actions of the Australian Fair Pay Commission

Professor Ian Harper,
Tuesday 27 October

Lecture Podcast/vodcast

Barbara Pocock

The Uses and Misuses of Economics: reflections of a recovering economist

Professor Barbara Pocock,
Tuesday 3 November
This lecture is full. A vodcast of the lecture will be available.

 

Wendy Lacey - Panel Chair

Developing a resilient Australia in an age of uncertainty

Chair: Associate Professor Wendy Lacey,
Tuesday 10 November

 

 

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