| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| 17-Jan-03 | Ms Suria Aziz | Biotechnology in the New Millennium |
| 25-Feb-02 | Dr Foo Check Teck | Strategy from the Unconscious |
| 7-Mar-03 | Mr Karim Raslan | Malaysia: Whither the Future? |
| 4-Apr-03 | Mr Henry Barlow | The Impact of Frank Swettenham on Perak |
| 5-May-03 | Prof Ho Peng Yoke | The Elixir of Life of the Chinese Alchemist |
| 12-Jul-03 | Dr Chris K H Teo | Perils of Modern Medicine: Cancer Therapy and Research |
| 22-Aug-03 | Ms Pamela Ong | Two Profiles in Courage: Dato’ Onn Jaafar and Dr Ong Chong Keng |
Making Perak a Centre of Excellence in Thought, Culture and Technology
Royal Patron: Duli Yang Maha Mulia Paduka Seri Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Azlan Muhibuddin Shah Al-Maghfur-Lah, DK, DKSA, DKA, DK II (Selangor), DK (Johor), SPCM, SPTS, SPMP (Perlis), PhD (Harvard)
