2011 Distinguished Speaker-Science meets art: investigating pigments in art and archaeology
Professor Robin Clark CNZM FRS Hon FRSNZ
2010 Distinguished Speaker: The Challenge of the Human Brain
Professor Richard Faull FRSNZ
2009: Distinguished Speaker: Einstein’s Blunder Undone
Professor Robert Kirshner
2008 Distinguished Speaker: Rutherford in the 21st Century
Professor C Mary Rutherford Fowler, Earth Sciences Department, Royal Holloway, University London
2007 Distinguished Speaker: Beyond the farm and the theme park
Professor Paul Callaghan FRS FRSNZ
2006 Distinguished Speaker: Small Brains, Smart Minds
Professor Mandyam Srinivasan
2004 Distinguished Speaker: The Human Mind and The Human Body
Professor Robert Lord Winston
Royal Society of New Zealand Distinguished Speaker
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