IEEE NZ Central Section Networking Evening with the 2026 IEEE President

The IEEE New Zealand Central Section invites members, students and the wider engineering and technology community to a networking evening with three senior IEEE visitors, hosted at Victoria University of Wellington.
Mary Ellen Randall, 2026 IEEE President and CEO, will be in Wellington as part of a New Zealand tour taking in the North, Central and South Sections. She is joined by Grayson Randall, Chair of the IEEE Humanitarian Technologies Board and operations lead for the IEEE MOVE programme, and Leo Hwa Chiang, Head of IEEE's Asia-Pacific staff office in Singapore.
This is a rare opportunity to meet IEEE's global leadership in person and to hear directly about the organisation's humanitarian technology work, including MOVE, which deploys equipment and volunteers to restore power and communications after disasters — a theme with obvious resonance in Wellington and New Zealand.
The evening is deliberately informal: an hour with brief welcomes and a short address from the President and networking over light refreshments. We particularly encourage students and young professionals to come along.
Registration is free but essential, as numbers and catering are limited.
Agenda:
6:00 pm Welcome from IEEE NZ Central Section — Yi Mei / Bach Nguyen
6:10 pm Address from the 2026 IEEE President — Mary Ellen Randall
6:30 pm Networking and refreshments
Room: LBLT118, Bldg: Laby Building, Victoria University of Wellington, Kelburn Campus, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade, Kelburn, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, 6140