Introduction

The IET South Australia & Northern Territory Local Network will be, pending successful sponsorship, holding a Professional Network Dinner on the evening of 17 July 2009 at the National Wine Centre, Adelaide.

The Professional Network Dinner (PND2009) is intended to provide a unique opportunity to connect academia, industry and government with the best and most enthusiastic final year engineering students during an evening of fine food, fine drink and fine company.

The targeted industry will be that which may recruit Graduate Electrical, Electronic, Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Mechatronic Engineers in 2010.

Invitation to sponsor and attend

It is with great pleasure that the IET SA & NT Local Network invite members of industry to sponsor a table at a cost of $1000. Table sponsorship allows up to five engineers from your company per sponsored table to dine with 5 final year engineering students who will be allocated to your table. Seating arrangements can be negotiated, i.e. whether your company would like all 5 delegates on one table, or spread over tables to maximise exposure. Student seating arrangements will be suited to best match that of your companies needs. The Heads of Engineering Schools at UniSA, University of Adelaide, and Flinders University, will be invited to select the students to attend, based on their proven academic performance, enthusiasm and drive.

In times of economic hardship, it is important for industry to be employing the best quality graduates rather than quantity, in order to get the most “bang for their buck”. The Professional Network Dinner gives you the opportunity to meet with and promote your company to the best engineering students available.

Interest in sponsoring a table, or other proposals to sponsor the event are appreciated by mid March 2009, so that we can send you further information.

Previous event

The first Professional Network Dinner was held in the Adelaide Museum by the then IEE (Institution of Electrical Engineers) Branch, now IET (Institution of Engineering & Technology) Local Network, in Adelaide in 2004. It was a highly successful event, attracting sponsors including ETSA Utilities, ElectraNet, and GHD. Sir Eric Neal was the guest speaker of the evening. The then Australian Technical Papers Prize (now known as the South Pacific Present Around the World) was also presented on this evening. A Professional Network Dinner has not been held since 2004 due to the tremendous effort required by volunteer committee members of the IET.

How to help

As a member or non-member of the IET, it would be of great assistance to bring this event to the attention of your engineering employer if they might be interested in recruiting graduate Electrical, Electronic, Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Mechatronic Engineers in 2010. Please contact the Honorary Chairman should you have any suggestions for potential sponsors for the event.

Further Information / Contact

Please do not hesitate to contact the Honorary Chairman should you have any questions concerning this event.

Minutes of the 2008 AGM

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Please find the Minutes & Chairperson’s Report of the 2008 AGM for download, which was held on 10th October 2008.

Michael Riese (IMeche), Elizabeth Smith (IMechE), Michelle Catlin (Outgoing Honorary Chairman), Tom Bammann (Incoming Honorary chairman)

Nutritious food at a very reasonable price!

UniSA BEEST (Bachelor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Social Team) invite all to attend a BBQ…

When: Thursday, August 28, 2008
Time: 12:00pm – 3:00pm
Location: Universtiy of SA, Mawson Lakes campus, F Building BBQ Area

If you already use Facebook, join the group today, use it to help update you with our Local Network’s latest happenings. Invite your fellow students or colleagues on Facebook to join the group, use it for professional networking and help us promote the IET in South Australia & Northern Territory.