Join us for a celebration of the life and achievements of Professor Raymond Dart, visionary and scientist.
Symposium committee:
Professor Michael Westaway (Convenor)
Professor John Pearn (Convenor)
Dr Mervyn Cobroft OAM RFD
Simon Farley Esq.
Emeritus Professor Laurence Geffen AM
Dr Ruth Kerr OAM
Associate Professor Tiina Manne
Hannah Watson (Registrar)
Program:
8:30am 🔹 REGISTRATION
9:00am Welcome by Professor Michael Westaway
9:15am “Raymond Dart – of Brisbane and the World” by Professor John Pearn
9:45am Keynote Address – “Raymond Dart and Taung – A Personal Memoir of His Paradigm Shift on Human Evolution” by Emeritus Professor Laurence Geffen AM
10:30am MORNING TEA
11:00am Keynote Address – “Raymond Dart – the Taung Discovery and its
Implications” by Professor Michael Westaway
11:35am “Raymond Dart – Schooling and University Alumnus” by Simon Farley Esq.
11:55am Keynote Address – “Human Origins – A Century Perspective of the
Discovery of Taung” by Prof. Jackson Njau
12:30pm LUNCH
1:30pm “The Osteodentokeratic Culture and Taphonomy” by Associate Professor Tiina Manne
2:00pm “The Next Generation – Engaging African Students in Queensland in Evolutionary Studies” by Beny Aterdit Bol OAM
2:30pm “The Dart Legacy” by Professor John Pearn
3:00pm CLOSE
