Winter Feast, 25 August 2016

We were honoured to have fellow alumnus Mike Cannon-Brookes as our guest speaker at the annual Winter Feast, speaking on “The importance of the Australian diaspora to our future as a nimble, agile and innovative country”. The Winter Feast was held at the The Royal Sydney Golf Club, Kent Road, Rose Bay, on Thursday 25 August, 6.30 for 7.00pm. Guests enjoyed drinks, canapes and two course dinner. Mike Cannon-Brookes is a true citizen of the world, who has lived and worked in London, New York, Taipei, Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai and Sydney. With an MA in Law from Trinity Hall, Cambridge, his career has spanned 25 years as a banker with Citibank - he first came to Australia in 1984 to get a licence for Citibank and set up the bank here - 3 years as the first Managing Director of Freehills, and then 15 years with IBM mainly in senior strategy roles focused on the emerging markets. On retiring from IBM in 2012 he started his own consulting company, and was immediately appointed to the Board of Advance, the largest global network of high achieving Australians and alumni of Australian universities. Mike’s address was on “The importance of the Australian diaspora to our future as a nimble, agile and innovative country”. He explained how 5% of the human capital of this country is located offshore, and yet how this is a hugely under-utilised national resource. There is a vast network of talented Australians living overseas and working in the sciences, business, technology, sports and the arts, who are keen to keep professional connections with Australia, and have so much to offer in terms of helping Australians do business in a global world. He talked about how Advance has become Australia’s global innovation network, and a conduit for new ideas, innovation and intellectual property to flow back to Australia. This is why the Prime Minister agreed to become its Patron, since the diaspora can play such an important role in the National Innovation and Science initiative that he launched in December. Mike brough all this to life with several stories of Australians living overseas who, with awe inspiring talent and extraordinary vision, have achieved remarkable things in the world.

Trinity College Choir in NSW, 25 & 30 July 2016

Sydney Venue: City Recital Hall Members joined the choir for a drink after the concert on 30 July at The Establishment, 252 George St, which is about 400m from City Recital Hall, from 4-6pm.

Christ's College Choir, Tour of Australia, 29 June - 14 July 2016

The choir toured NSW and performed as follows: Weds 29th June, Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle, Concert: 7pm Thurs 30th June, Gosford Anglican Church, Gosford, Concert: 7pm Fri 1st July, Holy Name Parish Church, Wahroonga, Concert: 7pm Sat 2nd July, St. John’s College, Sydney, Concert: time TBC Sun 3rd July, St Francis Church, Paddington, Concert: 3:30pm Tues 5th July, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Paramatta, Concert: 7:30pm Weds 6th July, St Hilda’s Church, Katoomba, Concert: 8pm Fri 8th July, All Saint’s Cathedral, Bathurst, Concert: 7:30pm Sat 9th July, St. Saviour’s Cathedral, Goulburn, Concert: 3pm Sun 10th July, St Saviour’s Cathedral, Goulburn, Eucharist: 10am Wesley Uniting Church, Canberra, Concert: 7pm Mon 11th July, Lunchtime concert: Canberra Museum and Gallery, 1-2pm Wesley Uniting Church, Canberra (concert 2), Concert: 7pm Tues 12th July, St. John’s Anglican Church, Wagga Wagga, Concert: 7pm Weds 13th July, St. Matthew’s Church, Albury, Concert: 7:30pm Thurs 14th July, St. Peter’s Church, Melbourne, Concert: 7:30pm More details at: http://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/college-life/concerts-and-tours

Thinking at Twilight & AGM Evening, Thursday 26 May 2016

We were honoured to welcome Cambridge alumnus Dr Anthony Lowe as our guest speaker. Dr Lowe read mathematics at Robinson College between 1980 and 1984 and is the Chief Executive Officer of the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia. He spoke on 'The ethics of cancer treatment - what our society can afford'. The Thinking at Twilight was preceded by the AGM. The evening was attended by 25 members and guests.

Networking Evening for Oxbridge young professionals, Thursday 28 April 2016

CamSoc NSW members Sasha Shevtsova, Alex Palmer and Gautham Srivinas welcomed 40 Oxford & Cambridge alumni at Fratelli Fresh Parlamento, 229-231 Macquarie Street for drinks and canapes. The evening was a great success and will be repeated!