External Events

Short Courses, Conferences and Workshops

• 19-24 September 2010
  ICAS 2010 : 27th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences – Nice, France
• 29 September - 1 October 2010
  Climate Change 2010 : Practical Responses to Climate Change – Melbourne, Australia
• 5-9 December 2010
  EPSM-ABEC 2010 : Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine & the Australian Biomedical Engineering Conference – Melbourne, Australia
• 19-22 July 2011
  34th Biennial Congress of the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research : Incorporating the 33rd Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium & 10th Hydraulics in Water Engineering – Brisbane, Australia
• 4-9 September 2011
  The 2011 World Engineers' Convention : Engineers power the world - Facing the global energy challenge – Geneva, Switzerland.

Public Lectures

Australian Academy of Science

Readers contemplating a visit to the national capital might like to peruse the programme of public lectures scheduled for presentation at the Australian Academy of Science.  For details of the current programme of public lectures, please click here.

Astronomy Lectures

Following the success of its lecture series for the International Year of Astronomy, the Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing at Swinburne University of Technology is to hold further free public lectures in 2010 on the astonomical research currently being undertaken at the Centre.  For information regarding the programme of lectures and for booking details, please visit http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/outreach.

University of Melbourne

	For a listing of selected public lectures, workshops, forums and seminars scheduled for presentation at the University of Melbourne, please visit  www.events.unimelb.edu.au.

French Cultural and Other Events

Alliance Française

For details of French cultural events and leisure activities being organised by the Alliance Française de Melbourne, please click here.

Melbourne French Theatre

The Melbourne French Theatre produces a number of plays each year in French, generally with English surtitles.   For details of the current and forthcoming productions, please visit  www.mftinc.org.

Rencontres Amicales

On the last Tuesday of each month, a group of Francophiles in Melbourne is organising a  Rencontre Amicale entre Français et Amis de la France  at the Precinct Hotel, 60 Swan Street Richmond, well known for its menu and atmosphere.  Each meeting is scheduled to commence at 8:00pm, with a rythm and blues band providing background music.  For more details, please click here.