BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Pacific/Auckland BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260927T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1200 TZOFFSETTO:+1300 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=9 TZNAME:NZDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20260405T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1300 TZOFFSETTO:+1200 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=4 TZNAME:NZST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260823T022343Z UID:770ECF94-2BDA-42FD-91F8-CBDD90184FE4 DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20260909T180000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20260909T190000 DESCRIPTION:The IEEE New Zealand Central Section invites members\, students and the wider engineering and technology community to a networking evenin g with three senior IEEE visitors\, hosted at Victoria University of Welli ngton.\n\nMary Ellen Randall\, 2026 IEEE President and CEO\, will be in We llington as part of a New Zealand tour taking in the North\, Central and S outh Sections. She is joined by Grayson Randall\, Chair of the IEEE Humani tarian Technologies Board and operations lead for the IEEE MOVE programme\ , and Leo Hwa Chiang\, Head of IEEE's Asia-Pacific staff office in Singapo re.\n\nThis is a rare opportunity to meet IEEE's global leadership in pers on and to hear directly about the organisation's humanitarian technology w ork\, including MOVE\, which deploys equipment and volunteers to restore p ower and communications after disasters — a theme with obvious resonance in Wellington and New Zealand.\n\nThe evening is deliberately informal: a n hour with brief welcomes and a short address from the President and netw orking over light refreshments. We particularly encourage students and you ng professionals to come along.\n\nRegistration is free but essential\, as numbers and catering are limited.\n\nAgenda: \n6:00 pm Welcome from IEEE NZ Central Section — Yi Mei / Bach Nguyen\n6:10 pm Address from the 2026 IEEE President — Mary Ellen Randall\n6:30 pm Networking and refreshment s\n\nRoom: LBLT118\, Bldg: Laby Building\, Victoria University of Wellingt on\, Kelburn Campus\, Gate 7\, Kelburn Parade\, Kelburn\, Wellington\, Nor th Island\, New Zealand\, 6140 LOCATION:Room: LBLT118\, Bldg: Laby Building\, Victoria University of Welli ngton\, Kelburn Campus\, Gate 7\, Kelburn Parade\, Kelburn\, Wellington\, North Island\, New Zealand\, 6140 ORGANIZER:Hoai.Bach.Nguyen@ecs.vuw.ac.nz SEQUENCE:40 SUMMARY:IEEE NZ Central Section Networking Evening with the 2026 IEEE Presi dent URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/573824 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p dir="ltr" data-olk-copy-source="MessageBod y">The IEEE New Zealand Central Section invites members\, students and the wider engineering and technology community to a networking evening with t hree senior IEEE visitors\, hosted at Victoria University of Wellington.</ p>\n<p dir="ltr">Mary Ellen Randall\, 2026 IEEE President and CEO\, will b e in Wellington as part of a New Zealand tour taking in the North\, Centra l and South Sections. She is joined by Grayson Randall\, Chair of the IEEE Humanitarian Technologies Board and operations lead for the IEEE MOVE pro gramme\, and Leo Hwa Chiang\, Head of IEEE's Asia-Pacific staff office in Singapore.</p>\n<p dir="ltr">This is a rare opportunity to meet IEEE's glo bal leadership in person and to hear directly about the organisation's hum anitarian technology work\, including MOVE\, which deploys equipment and v olunteers to restore power and communications after disasters &mdash\; a t heme with obvious resonance in Wellington and New Zealand.</p>\n<p dir="lt r">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.< /p>\n<p dir="ltr">Registration is free but essential\, as numbers and cate ring are limited.</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>6:00 pm &nbsp\; Welcome from IEEE NZ Central Section &mdash\; Yi Mei / Bach Nguyen<br>6:10 pm &nbs p\; Address from the 2026 IEEE President &mdash\; Mary Ellen Randall<br>6: 30 pm &nbsp\; Networking and refreshments</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR