| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| 19-Nov-04 | Datuk Seri Lim Chong Keat | Botanical Discoveries in Perak |
| 9-Dec-04 | Capt Philip J Rivers | “1421” Voyages: Fact & Fantasy |
| 18-Jan-05 | Dato’ Dr Ken Yeang | The Tropical Verandah City |
| 11-Mar-05 | Dato’ Mohd Nor bin Khalid (Lat) | Life of a Cartoonist |
| 13-May-05 | Dr Peter F Wilde | The Romance of the Rose in History and Medicine |
| 22-Jul-05 | Dr Geoff Wade | The Zheng He Anniversary: Reassessing, Commemorating and Utilising the Eunuch Voyages |
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)
