The society cordially invites you to their Annual General Meeting and Lecture this year in Newcastle. Professor Martin Ward is currently the Emeritus Temple Chevallier Professor of Astronomy at Durham University. He has been engaged in research in astronomy for 50 years, and he has been a consultant for both NASA and The European Space Agency. His research interests include understanding Black Holes, what happens at the very centre of galaxies, and the development of Space Science missions. He is also interested in the search for evidence of life beyond the Earth. He will give a lecture entitled “The James Webb Space Telescope: new results on the Universe, including the search for life beyond Earth”.

6.00 pm Annual General Meeting

6.30 pm Substantial finger buffet

7.30 pm Annual lecture given by Emeritus Professor Martin Ward (Durham University)