Victoria

The Victoria Local Network is led by local volunteers who come together to organise lectures and technical visits that provide opportunities to learn and meet new people. All events are open to the public and most are free of charge.

The Local Network aims to raise awareness of science, engineering and technology in the local area, and promote membership of the IET.

Visit the events page filtered by Victoria Local Network to find out about our upcoming events.

Our committees:

Chairperson: Alex Jenkins
Vice-Chairperson: Aravinda Devadittiya
Secretary: Andy Fitzgerald
Treasurer: Candy Leung
Activity Organiser: Dr Soo Beng Khoh
YP committee member: Anais Ducray
Committee Member & IPRA: Jananthan Ratnasabapathi
Committee Member: Jonathan Brown
Committee Member / Australia Forum Chair: Dr Raj Ranasinghe
Committee Member/ Immediate Past Chair: Rob Scarbro
Committee Member: Michael Hewitt

IET Prestige Awards 2024 hosted by IET Australia Forum

The IET in Australia has three annual prestigious awards. They are:

Sir Lionel Hooke Award, which is presented to an engineer who, by virtue of his or her degree of dedication, character and professional achievements, has made a significant contribution to the wider profession of electrical engineering. Please see more details about the award and the selection criteria in this link: Description of Sir Lionel Hooke Award
Jack Finlay Award, which is presented to an engineer who, by virtue of their dedication, character and professional achievements, has made a significant contribution to manufacturing. Description of Jack Finlay Award
James N Kirby Award, which is presented to someone who has achieved outstanding eminence, distinction and public recognition in any sphere of activity, not necessarily engineering. Candidates for the Award do not have to be engineers. Description of James N Kirby Award

IET Australia members are requested to propose candidates to receive these annual awards by COB 30/11/2024. Please review the criteria and submit your proposed candidate to your state committee where the candidate resides and your committee will work with you to review. After successful review they will then work with you for a formal nomination.

Please note candidates for the awards do not have to be members of the IET. However, proposers need to be IET members. And proposals are in confidence and not to be disclosed to the candidate at this time.

Email address of the state committees are below. The deadline for nominations are by mid night 30th November AEST.

NSW	NewSouthWales-LN@ietvolunteer.org
Queensland	Queensland@ietvolunteer.org
SANT	SANTLN@ietvolunteer.org
Victoria	Victoria-LN@ietvolunteer.org
WA	WestAustraliaLN@ietvolunteer.org

Kindly include following details in your submission:

Type of Prestige Award you are proposing the nominee for: Sir Lionel Hooke Award/Jack Finlay Award/James N Kirby Award

Nominee details: Name, contact details.

Proposers’ details: Name, contact details, including IET Membership number

Details that need to be in the nomination: A detailed formal nomination that addresses the awards selection criteria's. Also, an approximately 100-word summary about the nominee, summarising the recipient's achievements against the selection criteria of the award that they are being nominated for. This would be used for the citation for inclusion on the award certificate.

Best regards,

Dr Raj Ranasinghe

British Chartered Engineer PhD MBA MSc (Eng.) Prince2® MSP® PMP® CPPM

Chairperson – IET Australia Forum

Committee Member – IET Victoria Network

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Jack Finlay Award:

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James N Kirby Award:

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Sir Lionel Hooke Award:

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Recent Updates:

Chairman’s Reception – How AI is being used to support the Energy Transition

Date: 21 November 2024

The IET Victoria Local Network organised the Chairperson’s Reception in Hotel Grand Chancellor Melbourne last night. It is an important part of our role to connect our members and promote healthy lives. Also, it's the opportunities to share in careers from young engineers and get together.

We'd like to thank you Alan Dormer, Group Managing Director at Opturion, provide the Tech Talk: How AI is being used to support the Energy Transition. He learnt the many forms of AI, AI for automation and decision support, how can AI increase productivity and the broader supply chain, success stories in traditional industries, the role of AI in the energy transition and problems, future development and potential.

Renewable Energy Generation at Melbourne Water hosted by IET Victoria Network

Date: 31 October 2024

Thank you for attending the recent IET event on Melbourne Waters journey to renewable energy. The committee would like to thank Ian Royston from Melbourne Water for volunteering his time and giving such an insightful and engaging presentation.