Past Events

2025

Transforming the Housing Sector: Building for a Better Future - Cath Evans & Dr Jonathan Spear

Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bergman

The Promise of Fusion Energy - Dr Edward C Morse

Connections

Dangerous Dinner - The 4B Movement: Challenging Traditional Gender Norms

POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying To Keep Him Alive

Growing The Conversation: How our evidence-based journalism is read by the world - Lisa Watts & Misha Ketchell

Sustaining one of Australia's Great Newspapers - Patrick Elligett

Planes, trains & automobiles - the intersection of transport, competition & investment incentives - Peter Harris AO

An Evening with the ABC Chair - Kim Williams AM

Surviving & Prospering in the (Cyber) World: An Update on Geopolitics & the Cyber Threat Environment - Dr Derek Bopping

The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science by Dava Sobel

2025 Federal Election - What Can We Expect? - Emeritus Professor Paul Strangio

Dangerous Dinner - Ministers Stegall, Spender, Ryan and Daniel?

Where next for health care in Victoria? - Dr Stephen Duckett AM & Michael Gorton

D'Lan Contemporary - Private Viewing of SIGNIFICANT with D'Lan Davidson

Australia’s National Science Agency - Dr Doug Hilton AO

Australia's First Lunar Rover Space Mission to the Moon - The Roo-ver Mission - Ben Sorensen & Prof Adrian Neild

Great Game On: The Contest For Central Asia and Global Supremacy by Geoff Raby

43 Years Answering Melburnians' Legal Questions - David Whiting

Dr Geoff Raby AO in Conversation - Great Game On: The Contest for Central Asia & Global Supremacy

Dangerous Dinner - Labor in power: Ambition or predictability?

What is Driving Trump's Turn to Putin? And What Does it Mean for the World? - Associate Professor William Partlett

Dangerous Dinner - The Elusive Perfect Goodbye - Death, Dying, and What We Control

Seeking a better Melbourne - John Denton & The Hon Ted Baillieu AO

Mapping Social Cohesion in a World in Turmoil - Anthea Hancocks

Customer-First AI: Beyond the Tech Hype - Pearl Tang

The Bracks Timor-Leste Governance Project - The Hon Steve Bracks AC

Dangerous Dinner - Strategic Drift or Strategic Choice? Australia at the Crossroads.

Unsettled: A Journey Through Time and Place by Kate Grenville

How do we improve Australia’s productivity? - Danielle Wood

Human Rights in a Time of Outrage and Overwhelm - Marlo Baragwanath

Forging a brave new world: How universities are transforming Australia's economic and social future - Professor Theo Farrell

Separating the Signal from the Noise: US Foreign Policy & Implications for Australia

Martin Grant: Melbourne to Paris, and Back

We Should be So Lucky: Why the Australian Way Works - Andrew Low

The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed The World by William Dalrymple

Keeping the Lights on in the Energy Transition - Paula Conboy & Alistair Parker

Signature Dinner with The Honourable Linda Dessau AC CVO

Connections

Celestial Conversations: Stargazing with Dr Rebecca Allen

Dangerous Dinner - Climate Action: How Far Are You Willing to Go?

Generational Welfare: How we can learn from progressive Indigenous Australians - Anthony Cavanagh

Our National Crisis: Violence against Women and Children - Prof Kate Fitz-Gibbon

Dangerous Dinner - Are Our Universities Built for Australia’s Future?

Melbourne at the Crossroads: Harnessing Urban Planning to Relieve Housing Stress & Inequality - Dr Marcus Spiller & Peter Seamer AM

65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art - Private tour with Senior Curator Judith Ryan AM & Associate Curator Shanysa McConville

How can Australia position itself to thrive amid profound economic and social structural shifts? - Luci Ellis

The Art of being Responsibly Fashionable - Lisa Barron OAM & Todd Anthony

An Evening with Hon Jacinta Allan MP, Premier of Victoria

AI in Medicine: Benefits and Challenges - Prof Meng Law

The Longevity Imperative: Building a Better Society for Healthier, Longer Lives by economist Andrew J. Scott

Social Cohesion vs. Artistic Freedom - Dr Leslie Cannold

2025 Annual General Meeting & Closing Event