Our weekly lunch meetings are held on Wednesday 12.30pm for 1.00pm at the...

Adelaide Oval, Cathedral Room, Level 3, Eastern Grandstand, King William Rd North Adelaide.

Guest Speaker: Dr Mark Inglis, Orthopaedic Surgeon

Joint replacements can still be a part of an active life style

Dr Mark Inglis is an orthopaedic surgeon with a particular interest in degenerative conditions of the hip and knee, including primary replacement, revision surgeries, robotic knee surgery and direct anterior approach hip replacements.  He performs general orthopaedic surgery, including knee reconstructions, shoulder arthroscopies and adult trauma surgery.

Upon completing his medical training at Flinders University and attaining the Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (Orthopaedic Surgery), Dr Inglis worked with national and international surgeons undertaking hip and knee arthroplasty, including the direct anterior approach.  In addition to clinical practice, he is a Lecturer in Orthopaedic Surgery at Flinders University and has research projects focused on outcomes of the direct anterior approach and enhanced care of arthroplasty patients.

International Women's Day Luncheon

Guest Speaker: Prof Tanya Monro, FAA, FTSE, FOSA, FAIP, GAICD

Australia’s Chief Defence Scientist

Our weekly lunch meetings are held on Wednesday 12.30pm for 1.00pm at the... Adelaide Oval, Cathedral Room, Level 3, Eastern Grandstand, King William Rd North Adelaide.

Professor Tanya Monro, recently appointed as Australia’s Chief Defence Scientist, will commence her role in March 2019.  Prior to this Professor Monro was Deputy Vice Chancellor: Research and Innovation and an ARC Georgina Sweet Laureate Fellow at the University of South Australia.   Her research is in the field of photonics, with a focus on sensing, lasers and new classes of optical fibres.

Professor Monroe is a tireless advocate for women in science and was a founding sponsor of the SAGE initiative, which is focussed on increasing the proportion of women in senior roles in Australian Universities. At UniSA she personally funded the scheme Research momentum during maternity leave to support new mums to stay research active.

Photo taken by Randy Larcombe

Note: Members and guests need to pre-book online or at the registration/ welcome desk by the COB Thursday February 28,2019, to ensure you get a spot!

Guest Speaker:

Steven Marshall, Premier of South Australia

One Year Anniversary in the Office

Please note the change of venue for this week only:

Ian McLachlan Room, Level 3, Western Stand, Adelaide Oval,  Memorial Drive, North Adelaide.

Note: Members and guests need to pre-book online or at the registration/ welcome desk by the COB Thursday March 7,2019, to ensure you get a spot!

More details to follow

Guest Speaker:

Major General the Honourable Michael Jefferey AC, AO (Mil.), CVO, MC (Retd)

The Answer lies in the soil!

Our weekly lunch meetings are held on Wednesday 12.30pm for 1.00pm at the... Cathedral Room, Level 3, Eastern Grandstand, Adelaide Oval, King William Rd, North Adelaide.

Major General Jeffery was born in Wiluna, Western Australia in 1937 and educated at Kent Street High School and the Royal Military College, Duntroon.  After a significant career in the army he retired in 1993 to assume the appointment of Governor of Western Australia, which he held for almost seven years.  On his retirement as Governor in 2000 he established a not for profit strategic research institute in Perth – Future Directions International (FDI). 

On 11 August 2003 he was sworn in as the twenty-fourth Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, serving in that capacity until 5 September 2008.  Upon his retirement as Governor-General, he served as Chairman of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, Outcomes Australia, the Global Foundation and the Diamond Jubilee Trust Australia.  He was appointed the National Advocate for Soil Health in 2013 and is (among many other things) presently the Chairman of FDI and Soils For Life.

Note: Members and guests need to pre-book online or at the registration/ welcome desk by the COB Thursday March 14,2019, to ensure you get a spot!

Our weekly lunch meetings are held on Wednesday 12.30pm for 1.00pm at the...

Adelaide Oval, Cathedral Room, Level 3, Eastern Grandstand, King William Rd North Adelaide.

Guest Speaker: Royce Rowe, Motor Cycle Racer

The International Isle of Man Tourist Trophy

Royce Rowe is a 24 year old motorcycle racer with a passion for road racing on the famous Isle of Man road circuit.  After competing there for three years he's experienced the thrills of breakneck speeds and the spills of the unforgiving course.  He has seen the highs and lows of the sport and all the effort the team puts in to make it all happen.  He will tell the story behind where his initial thirst for adrenaline came from and what his plans zre for future endeavours. His talk will finish off with a few minutes of on-board footage of his laps around the mountain course.

Our weekly lunch meetings are held on Wednesday 12.30pm for 1.00pm at the...

Adelaide Oval, Cathedral Room, Level 3, Eastern Grandstand, King William Rd North Adelaide.

Guest Speaker: John Bastian

Did Sir Thomas Playford get it right with industrial development in the `50s?

John Bastian was educated at Unley High School and what is now the University of South Australia.  After seven years with PA Management Consultants mainly working in capital intensive industries, he spent fifteen years with Sola Optical, firstly as International Marketing Manager and GM of the Sunglass Lens Division, then eleven years as CEO of Sola Optical Australia.  He has spent the last twenty years as a company director, mainly in agribusiness, and has done some work for the State Government including being Deputy Chair of the inaugural  Economic Development Board and chairing a task force on Regional Development.  He is currently a director of SA Water, chairs a farm machinery import/distribution company and chairs a syndicate of chief executives for the CEO Institute.  John’s passions are international business and economic development.

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