Lecture Programme for 2018
A provisional list of speakers and topics for the 2018 first semester is shown below. Further details will follow.
Venue and Times
All lectures are held from 10.30am – 12 noon in the Embassy Theatre, 10 Kent Tce, Courtenay Place, unless otherwise notified.
Please note that current membership cards must be shown for admission to the lectures.
There is no admission charge for current members of U3A Wellington City. For visitors accompanying a member the charge is $5 each.
If you have suggestions for possible speakers please contact Bruce Medcalf medcalfba@orcon.net.nz or any committee member.
Programme
Tuesday 20 February
Our Liveable City
Justin Lester, Mayor of Wellington
Friday 23 February
History of Monastic Life
Dr Ridley Smith
Tuesday 27 February
Music and the International Festival
John Button
Friday 2 March
Hadrian’s Wall
Doug Miller
Tuesday 6 March
Stonehenge
Richard Hall
Tuesday 3 April
Food and Health
Jason Bennett
Friday 6 April
Education and Entrepreneurship: The Way Forward in Afghanistan
Tariq Habibyar
Tuesday 10 April
Margaret Garrett
Interest Groups
Friday 13 April
The Future of Work and the Future of Tertiary Education
Dr Stuart Brock
Tuesday 17 April
Women and World War I
Jane Tolerton
Friday April 20
The 1918 Epidemic
Dr Ryan McLane
Tuesday 24 April
Xero
Larrissa Paris
Friday 27 April
Climate Change: Recent Conference Updates
Dr Adrian Macey
Tuesday 1 May
The 1918 Epidemic
Prof. Geoff Rice
Friday 4 May
Artificial Intelligence and Its Impact on New Zealand
Ross Young
Tuesday 8 May
A Musical Life
Gareth Farr
Friday 11 May
Where the Romance of the High Seas Meets Hard Reality
Joanna Mossop
Tuesday 15 May
The Banking Ombudsman
Nicola Sladden
Friday 18 May
Jury Decision Making
Dr Yvette Tinsley
Tuesday May 22
Tuataras
Susan Keall
Friday May 25
TBA