Events calendar

50th Anniversary Public Lecture Series
Faculty of Business and Economics

"Insurance against catastrophic climate change: How much will an Emissions Trading Scheme cost Australia?"
Speaker: Professor Philip Adams

An Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is the basis for the Rudd government's commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Economic modelling by the Centre of Policy Studies has been a key input to the ETS policy debate. Philip Adams has been directing this modelling, and his presentation will explore the likely costs and benefits of an ETS for Australian industries and regions.

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50th Anniversary Public Lecture Series
Faculty of Law, Costello Lecture: an annual address devoted to issues of ethics and social justice.
Speaker: Professor, the Honourable, John Thwaites, former Victorian Deputy Premier and Minister for Environment, Water and Climate Change and Chairman of the Monash Sustainability Institute.
'Social Justice and Climate Change'.
Hosted by: Mr Tim Costello, AO. CEO, World Vision Australia.

Gathering of Monash University Australian Rules Football "legends" from approx 1965 to 1970

Lunch at 12 noon then watch the main game (Monash vs. Ormond) 2 pm until 4.45pm. Drinks with players and supporters after the game.

Enquiries to: John North: Phone 03 9882 0206 or 0408 306 832 or northjs@westnet.com.au.

Meet at the Frearson Oval, Monash University (Melways 70 G11)

Presented by Monash University's 50th Anniversary Lecture Series, in association with the Melbourne Art Fair Foundation and the City of Melbourne's Melbourne Conversations program.
Doors open 5.30pm. Free entry.
The lecture will be presented by the soon to be announced Artistic Director of the 2010 Sydney Biennale.

50th Anniversary Celebration Morning Tea

Opening and welcome by Professor Rob Willis, Director Monash Open Day and Academic Director, Clayton and Caulfield.

Guest speakers:
Professor John Thwaites - Chairman, Monash Institute of Sustainability
Mr Paul Barton - Director, Environmental Sustainability, Officer of Environmental Sustainability.

Public Lecture Series
Monash Research Month

Fighting Fat: Tackling Childhood Obesity

Australia is one of the fattest nations in the world. Up to 25% of Australian children are obese or overweight compared with 5% in the 1960s.

Panel members:

• Professor Michael Cowley, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University
• Dr Justen O'Connor, Faculty of Education, Monash University
• Ms Judith Paphazy, Consulting Psychologist
• Dr Michelle Haby, Department of Human Services

Panel facilitator: Ms Sigrid Thornton

50th Anniversary Public Lecture Series

"A Vision for Australian Sustainability"

Sometime this century, after 4 billion years, some of Earth’s regulatory systems will pass from control through evolution by natural selection, to control by human intelligence. Will humanity rise to the challenge?

Join Professor Tim Flannery, writer, scientist and explorer, to discuss his essay, Now or Never, detailing three potential solutions to the most pressing of the current sustainability challenges: climate change. He will argue that Australia has a special responsibility when it comes to climate change, and that our prime minister could be a critical player on the global stage in Copenhagen in December 2009 -- but only if we take swift and effective action and make sharp cuts in emissions. Brilliant and terrifying, Now or Never, is a call to arms by Australia's leading thinker and writer on the natural world.

Presented by and in conjunction with the Faculty of Science.

Due to the overwhelming response registrations for this lecture are now closed. We apologise for any inconvenience. Please note this event will be recorded and will be available from Monday 29 September on the Monash University 50th Anniversary past public lectures web page.

Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences

Cardiovascular Science and Medicine: A Global Perspective

Due to the sudden illness of Professor Magdi Yacoub FRS we regret to inform you that the 50th Anniversary Public Lecture on Tuesday 28 October has been cancelled. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.