Lunchtime forums

U3A/COTA BYO lunchtime forums

Tuesdays from 22 May to 20 November, 12:30 - 1:45 p.m which includes time for Q & A. Main Hall, Hughes Community Centre. Entrance fee $2. Free tea and coffee provided. You need to bring your own cup. There is a hearing loop in the hall – people with hearing aids should adjust them to the 'T' position.

Forums are open to the public and booking is not required. But attendance is on a "first come" basis and doors will be closed if attendance reaches 140.

For further details contact Alex Gosman at

Date	Forum details
13 August	*Climate Change Update 1 - Impact of humans* Presenter: Professor Will Steffen, Member of the Anthropocene Working Group & the ACT Climate Council. We are now in a proposed new geological epoch - the Anthropocene - where humans have a dominant role in geology and ecology. What is the impact of humans on the Earth System as a whole – both the climate and the biosphere?
20 August	*Climate Change Update 2 – Adapting to climate change* Presenter: Professor Mark Stafford Smith, fmly Coordinater, Climate Change Adaptation, CSIRO. Adapting to climate change, including Australia which is particularly vulnerable to such change.
27 August	*Nuclear and its role in a carbon constrained world* Rob Parker, Vice-President Australian Nuclear Association
3 September	*What constitutes good tax system design and directions for reform in Australia? How can the tax system address inequality?* Presenter: Professor Robert Breunig, Professor & Director, Tax & Transfer Policy, ANU Professor Breunig is one of Australia's leading Public Policy Economists.

Lunchtime forums

U3A/COTA BYO lunchtime forums

Climate Change Update 1 - Impact of humans

Climate Change Update 2 – Adapting to climate change

Nuclear and its role in a carbon constrained world

What constitutes good tax system design and directions for reform in Australia? How can the tax system address inequality?