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185th Session of the Society

Monday 17th November 2005
Dr Dave Tappin,
British Geological Survey
"Tsunamis - the catastrophic event"

Monday 5th December 2005
Professor Jim Fraser,
The Centre for Forensic Science,
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
"New solutions to old cases - advances in the forensic sciences"

Monday 23rd January 2006
Dr Alan MacDonald.
British Geological Survey
"African groundwater: the saviour of a continent?"

Monday 6th February 2006
Professor Sebastian Lucas,
Chair of Histopathology
Kings College School of Medicine, London
"HIV/AIDS - Problem Solved?"

Monday 6th March 2006
Dr Ernest McAlpine Armstrong
Former Chief Medical Officer for Scotland
"Tobacco, Alcohol and Scotland's Health"

Monday 3rd April 2006
Barry Colford
Deputy General Manager of Forth Estuary Transport Authority
"The Forth Road Bridge"

Monday 1st May 2006
Mr J A R Smith,
President,
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
"Watching the 'tele' may improve your health - advances in telemedicine"

Monday 19th June 2006 Annual General Meeting at 7pm
followed by a lecture by Professor Ian Robson.
Director, UK Astronomical Technology Centre, Royal Observatory Edinburgh
"Supermassive Black Holes: the engines of Active Galaxies"

The Society's 186th session will start in the autumn. Our website is updated as details become available and Fellows will receive the usual notification before each meeting. Could Fellows who wish to switch to receiving email, rather than printed, notices (or vice versa) please inform the Secretary.

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