Activities

Australia's Most Inspiring Engineers - Winners Announced

Young Engineers Australia has announced seven young engineers as Australia's Most Inspiring Young Engineers in 2010. The announcement was made during the Engineering Leadership Conference in Brisbane last week.

The winners are Kim Axworthy, Andrew Bagnall, Dr Andrew Botros, Dr Kimberley Clayfield, Michael D'Onofrio, Steven Lindsay and Darren Lomman. 

For full details about the winners and their achievements, please click here.

In addition to the winners, eight young engineers received high commendations. They are Rachel Ann Coxon, Sebastian Eckersley-Maslin, Salma Farouque, Jillian Kilby, Ashley Kingsborough, Suzanne Morris, Julian O'Shea and Kathryn Smith.

The judges were Young Engineers Australia National Committee chair Carla Cher, Engineers Australia vice-president Barry Tonkin and national past president Ian Pedersen.

Engineering Leadership Conference

This year's Engineering Leadership Conference explored the characteristics of good leadership and the special challenges faced by engineering leaders.

Organised by Engineers Australia's Center for Engineering Leadership and Management (CELM) and Young Engineers Australia (YEA), the conference attracted some 600 delegates making it one of the Institution's most successful conferences.

For photos of the event, please click on the links below.

Welcome Reception

 

Opening Ceremony

CEO Breakfast

Gala Dinner

Hypothetical and Closing Ceremony