Date: |
09 Sep 2025, 5.30PM – 8.30PM |
duration: |
3 hrs |
Venue: |
Auckland Museum Auditorium |
Address: |
Museum Circuit Auckland |
Cost: |
Free event |
The Pickering Lecture: the lecture series honours the legacy of Sir William Pickering, a pioneering Kiwi aerospace engineer who led NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory during the early space age. It is a free public lecture by distinguished leaders, recent past speakers include Sir Peter Beck, Sir Neville Jordan and Dr Michelle Dickinson.
We are privileged to have four distinguished speakers this year.
- Sir Ashley Bloomfield, CE at PHF Science, Former Director-General of Health
- Dean Kimpton, CEO at Auckland Transport
- Jamie Sinclair, CE at Watercare Services
- Keven Mealamu, Director of Protect For Life, Former All Black, MNZM
Networking starts at 5:30pm at the Auditorium Lobby with canapes, the lecture will run from 6-8pm, there will also be time for Q&A, and more opportunity to network as well as speaking to our keynote speakers post the lecture.
Join the Auckland Branch for a free public lecture to hear stories, lessons and aspirations from respected leaders of Aotearoa. This year our theme is 'Sharing the Untold – Voices of Resilience through Rain or Shine' as many engineers are facing adversity in an evolving economic landscape.
The Pickering Lecture: the lecture series honours the legacy of Sir William Pickering, a pioneering Kiwi aerospace engineer who led NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory during the early space age. It is a free public lecture by distinguished leaders, recent past speakers include Sir Peter Beck, Sir Neville Jordan and Dr Michelle Dickinson.
We are privileged to have four distinguished speakers this year.
- Sir Ashley Bloomfield, CE at PHF Science, Former Director-General of Health
- Dean Kimpton, CEO at Auckland Transport
- Jamie Sinclair, CE at Watercare Services
- Keven Mealamu, Director of Protect For Life, Former All Black, MNZM
Networking starts at 5:30pm at the Auditorium Lobby with canapes, the lecture will run from 6-8pm, there will also be time for Q&A, and more opportunity to network as well as speaking to our keynote speakers post the lecture.
Presenters
Auckland Branch
