Live @ Melbourne

Professor Gilles Kepel is Chair of Middle East and Mediterranean Studies at the Institute of Political Studies, Paris.

Date:  13 April 2010
Location: Prince Phillip Theatre, The University of Melbourne
Time: 6.30pm   

Mr Fraser will be joined by Margaret Simons, freelance journalist and collaborator on the recently released memoir/biography Malcolm Fraser: Enduring Liberal.

Date:  31st March 2010
Location: Elisabeth Murdoch Theatre, The University of Melbourne
Time: 6.30pm 

Bionic Vision Australia (BVA) have unveiled their wide-view neurostimulator concept – a bionic eye that will be implanted into Australia’s first recipient of the technology.

Bionic Vision Australia (BVA) has unveiled their wide-view
neurostimulator concept – a bionic eye that will be implanted into
Australia’s first recipient of the technology.

President of the Royal Society and Astronomer Royal, Lord Rees, will discuss current ideas on cosmology and how the universe evolved from a simple Big Bang to its present complexity.

Climate change presents nations worldwide with complex and challenging policy dilemmas.

World-renowned Sitar player Ravi Shankar is awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws.

Date:  19th March 2010
Location: Yasuko Hiraoka Myer Room, Sidney Myer Asia Centre, The University of Melbourne
Time: 2.30pm  

Nobel Prize winning scientist, Professor Elizabeth Blackburn, will speak on her research into chromosome ends - a key switch in cellular ageing - the groundbreaking research that saw her become the first Australian woman to claim the prestigious international award.

Date:  2nd March 2010
Location:Copeland Theatre, The University of Melbourne
Time: 6.00pm 

NOT SEEING THE WOOD FOR THE TREES: IS THE PATENT SYSTEM STILL FIT FOR PURPOSE?

Presented in conjunction with the Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia

Date:  1 March 2010
Location:Gm-15, Melbourne Law School
Time: 6.00pm 

Official Opening of the Faculty of Business & Economics Building by Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce, AC Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia

Date:  22 February 2010
Location:Basement Theatre, The Spot
Time: 6.00pm