2008 Meetings:

13 February: Col. Keith Schollum "IRAQ2003 - Observations on the First Months in Baghdad"

12 March: Commodore Terry Roach (Ret'd) "Navigating Submarines Past, Present and Future"

9 April: Commodore David Farthing (Ret'd) "Navigation and the Law"

14 May: Rear Admiral Ken Doolan (Ret'd) "Navigational Reflections on Fleet Operations"

11 June: Cmdr. Dean Schopen "The Challenge of Navigating Accurately During Clearance Diving Operations"

9 July: Dr. Ed Kruzins "Simulation, Situation Awareness and Navigation"

13 August: Dr. Miriam Baltuck "Navigation in Space"

10 September: Ron Gosbee "Interscan Navigation Systems"

8 October: Anthony Hill author of "Captain Cook's Apprentice"

12 November: Annual General Meeting

10 December: Xmas Gathering

2007 Meetings:

14 February: "Expansion of Port Botany" combined meeting with The Company of Master Mariners

14 March: Capt. David Pyett "Visit to Boeing Factory & Seattle Aviation Museum Workshops, Large Private Shipyard, and other stuff..."

11 April: "Restoration of the James Craig" combined meeting with The Company of Master Mariners

9 May: Rear Admiral Doolan "A Licence to Run Aground"

13 June: Cmdr Andrew McCrindell "Forecasting Currents"

11 July: "The Return of the 707"

8 August: George Mylonas "The Qantas A380 - Getting Ready for the Big One!"

12 September: John Jeremy "The 21st Century Passenger Ship Queen Mary 2"

10 October: John Andrew "The Sydney Harbour Bridge"

14 November: Annual General Meeting

12 December: Xmas Dinner

2006 Meetings:

8 February: "Maritime Security Identification Card" combined meeting with The Company of Master Mariners

8 March: Peter Barr -- "PNG Gas Pipeline Offshore Route Survey & the Offshore Gas Industry in 2006"

12 April: Jon Clemesha -- "DMS Port Security and Asset Protection"

10 May: Andrew Forbes -- "Sea Lines of Communication"

14 June: Paul Barclay -- "The History of Our Calendar"

12 July: Capt Ian Watkins -- "Some Aspects of Flying the Airbus A330"

9 August: Cmdr Justin Jomes -- "Navigation Challenges of Naval Operations in the Arabian Gulf"

13 September: Tim Smith -- "NSW's Wartime Shipwreck Heritage"

11 October: Ken Allcott -- "Sydney Airport's Plans for the A380"

8 November: Annual General Meeting

13 December: Xmas Dinner

2005 Meetings:

9 February: Cmdr. Matthew Houston -- "Geospatial Information & Services within Defence"

9 March: Alan Tippett -- "Aeromedical Operations and the RFDS"

13 April: Dr. Magnus Lindgren -- "Practical Application of Hydrodynamic Analysis - State of the Art - Possibilities & Limitations" combined meeting with The Company of Master Mariners

11 May: 500th General Meeting!

8 June: Ken Allcott -- "Sydney Airport Taxiway Deviation Study"

13 July: Louise Anemaat -- "The First Fleet Journals"

10 August: Capt. Richard Morris -- "Super Yachts and Their Impact on the Australian Maritime Industry"

14 September: Graham Murray -- "Lifejackets Throughout the Ages"

12 October: Steven Shorrock -- "Human Error in Air Traffic Control: A Psychological Perspective"

9 November: Annual General Meeting

14 December: Xmas Dinner

2004 Meetings:

11 February: Tracie Barber -- "Ground Effect Vehicles"

10 March: Chris Rizos -- "Galileo and the Future of GNSS"

14 April: Alan Budd -- "Mercy Ships: Bringing Hope and Healing"

12 May: Stephen Harper -- "Crisis & Emergency Management - The Role of the Lawyer"

9 June: Glenn Thornton -- "Water & Waste-water Disinfection of Ship's Ballast Water"

14 July: Brett Moore -- "Boating on the Harbour"

11 August: Ron Armstrong -- "Troubled Times in International Travel"

8 September: Capt. Avraham Ariel -- "Navigating with Dana Sobel - A Sailor's Critique "

13 October: John Colwell -- "Adventure of a Lifetime"

10 November: Dr. Ron Houghton: "Harry Lyon - Trailblazer of Trans Oceanic Navigation"

8 December: Annual General Meeting

2003 Meetings:

12 February: Colin Randall -- "Coal Trade out of Newcastle"

12 March: "Voyages of the DUYFKEN"

9 April: Peter Evans -- "The Fairmile"

14 May: Chris Rizos -- "Advances in GNSS-Based Navigation"

11 June: Ron Armstrong --"Surveillance"

9 July: Chris Oxenbould --"The Port of Newcastle"

13 August: Joint meeting with the Nautical Institute and Master Mariners, Capt. Kit Felor: "There but the grace of ... marine accidents"

10 September: Derek Luxford: "Masters in Peril -- Scapegoats in the Age of Political Correctness at Sea"

8 October: John Marsden: "Flying in the Antarctic"

12 November: Peter Watt & Jim Millar: "The History of Sydney Harbour & its Working Origins"

10 December: Annual General Meeting: Presidential Address by Capt. David Pyett

2002 Meetings:

13 February: Dr Peter Fisk, CSIRO -- "Time & Frequency National Measurement Laboratory"

13 March: Ian Bryce -- "The Christmas Island Space Port"

10 April: Jennifer Trouville -- "Dakota National Air"

8 May: Maurice Glynn, Hydrographic Sciences Australia -- "ECDIS Type Approval & Recent ECDIS Developments"

12 June: Tony Griffiths, NSW Rural Fire Service -- "The Role of Aircraft in Fighting Bushfires"

10 July: Rod Macleod, SAGEM Australia P/L -- "Latest Developments in GPS Products"

14 August: Keith McPherson -- "The GNSS Program - Update & Review"

11 September: Capt. Guy Thomson -- "Getting Logistics Right for Maritime Capability"

9 October: Collin Randall -- "The Coal Trade out of Newcastle"

13 November Annual General Meeting -- Ravi Nijjer: "Bridge Resource Management at Sea and in the Aviation Industry"

2001 Meetings:

14 February: Cmder Robert Ward -- "ECDIS - Where are we now?"

14 March 2001: Capt. Murray Warfield -- "The QANTAS Silk Route to Europe over the Himalayas and China"

11 April: Warwick Adabee (Aust. National Maritime Museum) -- talk on the Dyfken and other museum vessels

9 May: Nigel Leishman (Customer Marketing Director, Pacific, Airbus Industrie) -- "AIRBUS: The Shape of Things to Come"

13 June: Keith Murray -- "The 'Jumboizing' of a Merchant Ship"

11 July: Capt. Trevor Haworth (Captain Cook Cruises) - "Maritime Tourism in Australia"

8 August: Capt. Joe Doyle -- "Matthew Flinders"

12 September: David Aubourg -- "Port design Using PC-Based Ship Simulation"

10 October: Janis Cocking (Aeronautical & Marine Labs, Melbourne) -- "Collins Class Submarines"

14 November: Annual General Meeting

12 December: David Rafferty -- "Marine Voyage Data Recorders - Looking Beyond Compliance"

2000 Meetings:

1 February: Lt-Col Phillip Smith -- "Army Aviation into the 21st Century"

1 March: Capt. James Coldrick (RAN) -- "The RAN Today"

5 April: Robert Russell -- "The 1950 Last Sailing of the Passat from Australia to Europe" and
Lt. Ross Bowden -- "Surveying in East Timor"

3 May: Capt. Steve Hunt, General Manager P&O Cruises -- "The Cruise Ship Industry"

7 June: Phillip Hercus, AO, Executive Chairman International Catamaran Designs Pty Ltd -- "The Design and Operation of High-Speed Catamarans"

5 July: Tracie Barber -- "Wing In-Ground Effect Vessels"

2 August: Peter Moore, SOCOG -- "Olympic Yacht Racing on Sydney Harbour"

6 September: John Date -- "Japanese 'A' Class Midget Submarines"

4 October: Tracie Barber -- "WIGS - Wing In Ground Effect Vessels"

1 November: Chris Rizos, UNSW -- "Current Developments in GPS"

6 December: Annual General Meeting, President's Address

1999 Meetings:

3 February: Capt. Kit Filor -- "Investigating with Developing Technology"

3 March: Prof. Chris Drane -- "Latest Developments in ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems)"

5 May: Commodore Bob Willis (Hydrographer) & Cmder. Mark Hudson -- "Towards Australia's First Electronic Navigation Chart"

2 June: A/Prof. Chris Rizos -- "Developments in GPS"

7 July: Capt. Mick Costelloe -- "The Sinking of the MV Tulagi in the Indian Ocean"

4 August: David Baker -- "The Discovery of the James Craig "

1 September: Peter Bush -- "The Last Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race Inquiry"

6 October: Tom Ware -- "The Sixty Milers"

3 November: Cmdr. (ret.) Sam Bateman -- "The Oceans - Our Future"

1 December: Annual General Meeting

1998 Meetings:

4 February: Tom Ware -- "Titanic -- what happened?"

4 March: Kieran Hosty, Curator Maritime Archeology, Australian National Maritime Museum -- "Diving on the Pandora"

1 April: Ravi Nijjer, Maritime Consultancy Group Pty Ltd -- "Bridge Resource Management"

6 May: Dr. K.C. Wong, Dept. of Aeronautical Eng., Sydney Univ. -- "Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)"

3 June: Allan Kneller -- "Quality Assurance and the ISM (International Ship Management) Code"

1 July: Adam Game, Telstra Geoproducts -- "Digitising Land Maps for Vehicle Navigation"

5 August: Capt. Dale Cole -- "The Salvage of the Iron Baron"

2 September: David Kennedy, journalist -- "German Raiders under the Southern Cross"

7 October: Tony Jones, Eurocopter International Pacific -- "Marine Pilot Helicopter Transfers"

4 November: Barry Sargeant, Air Safety Investigator BASI -- "Recent Systemic Investigations Undertaken by BASI"

1997 Meetings:

5 February: Peter Vincent, FUGRO -- "Precise Positioning with DGPS"

5 March: Mike Connell -- "What Became of the Endevour?"

2 April: Keith McPherson -- "GNSS Augmentation Systems"

7 May: Dr Gordon Pike, OPTUS Satellite Planning -- "Chinese Long March Rockets"

4 June: Prof. Ivan Shearer, Sydney University -- "Controversial Navigation Rights in the Asia Pacific Area"

2 July: Derek Williams -- "Piracy in the South East Asia Area"

6 August: Prof. Brian O'Keefe, Air Services Australia -- "FANS -- Future Air Navigation System"

3 September: James Kennett -- "Remote Data Collection and Tracking by Satellite"

1 October: John Macdonald, AMSA -- "The Australian REEFREP System: a Coastal Vessel Traffic Information Service and Ship Reporting System for the Torres Strait Region and the Inner Route of the Great Barrier Reef"

5 November: Captain Bill Hoogendoorn -- "Transportable Navigation Aid for Harbour Pilots"

3 December: President's Annual Report and Address