Date: |
11 Sep 2025, 5.30PM – 8.00PM |
duration: |
2 hrs 30 mins |
Venue: |
The Langlands Hotel |
Address: |
59 Dee Street Invercargill |
Cost: |
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Join us for an evening of networking, a two-course meal, and an engaging presentation by Robin McNeill on Space Operations New Zealand. Robin is the recipient of the inaugural Prime Minister's Space Prize for Professional Excellence. The event, held at The Langlands, will also include a brief AGM and acknowledgements of our members' contributions and achievements.
Robin McNeill will speak between the dinner courses. He heads Space Operations New Zealand and has designed and built ground stations in Antarctica, Tokelau and in Southland. Prior to joining Space Operations New Zealand he worked in Great South (formerly Venture Southland), New Zealand Post Office, Telecom New Zealand and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU)—an executing agency of the United Nations. He co-founded Thermocell, a start-up thermodynamics research and development company, and managed it through to sale in 2010. Robin has an honours degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from the University of Canterbury, and is a member of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, senior member of Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and Fellow of Engineering New Zealand. He was presented the Rabone Award for Engineering Excellence in 2016, was appointed Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2017 and awarded the Prime Minister’s Space Prize for Professional Excellence in 2024.
Please register early to help the committee finalise catering arrangements.
Come and join your fellow Southland Engineers as we acknowledge and celebrate the contributions and achievements of our members over a meal at The Langlands.
Join us for an evening of networking, a two-course meal, and an engaging presentation by Robin McNeill on Space Operations New Zealand. Robin is the recipient of the inaugural Prime Minister's Space Prize for Professional Excellence. The event, held at The Langlands, will also include a brief AGM and acknowledgements of our members' contributions and achievements.
Robin McNeill will speak between the dinner courses. He heads Space Operations New Zealand and has designed and built ground stations in Antarctica, Tokelau and in Southland. Prior to joining Space Operations New Zealand he worked in Great South (formerly Venture Southland), New Zealand Post Office, Telecom New Zealand and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU)—an executing agency of the United Nations. He co-founded Thermocell, a start-up thermodynamics research and development company, and managed it through to sale in 2010. Robin has an honours degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from the University of Canterbury, and is a member of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, senior member of Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and Fellow of Engineering New Zealand. He was presented the Rabone Award for Engineering Excellence in 2016, was appointed Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2017 and awarded the Prime Minister’s Space Prize for Professional Excellence in 2024.
Please register early to help the committee finalise catering arrangements.
Presenters
Southland Branch
