| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| 24-Sep-05 | Mr Mano Maniam | Memoirs of an Actor from Ipoh |
| 28-Oct-05 | Dr Colin Nicholas | The Orang Asli: First on the Land, Last on the Plan |
| 8-Nov-05 | Mr Art Vogel | About the Leiden Garden |
| 26-Nov-05 | Tan Sri Datuk Dr Yusof Basiron | 10thTan Sri Dato’ Seri B Bek-Nielsen Foundation Lecture 2005 Entering the Palm Oil Industry’s Golden Era; Challenges and Opportunities |
| 17-Feb-06 | Mr Tong Kooi Ong | The Burden of Knowledge |
| 28-Mar-06 | Prof Hew Choy Sin | The Beauty and Mystery of Orchids |
| 17-May-06 | Emeritus Professor W K Fletcher | The World’s Special Places: Conserving Nature’s Jewels in Perak |
| 6-Jul-06 | Dr Leon Comber | The Role of the Special Branch in Containing the Malayan Communist Uprising |
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)
