Adelaide Annual Dinner 2022
Approximately eighty AusIMM Adelaide Branch members and friends enjoyed a wonderful Annual Dinner night together on 15 July, celebrated the achievements of the year and networked with industry peers.
The Annual Dinner was held in the Adelaide Pavilion, which offered floor to ceiling panoramic views of the Veale Gardens near the Adelaide CBD.
The night kicked off with social drinks and snacks. Stuart Emery, the chair of AusIMM Adelaide Branch, formally welcomed everyone and acknowledged the important support and contribution from 2022 Adelaide Branch partners (Bureau Veritas, OZ Minerals and Iluka Resources), the Annual Dinner partners (Byrnecut and Resolve Mining Solutions) and the Media Partner (Heathgate Resources).
The Adelaide Branch committee was pleased to present 2022 AusIMM Awards to the following winners. Big congratulations to all award recipients for your outstanding achievements.
- Institute or Resource Sector Service Award: Dr Richard Lilly MAusIMM
- AusIMM EEF Scholarships: James Browne, Bachelor of Science (Geology and Geophysics)
- AusIMM Adelaide Branch Playford Trust Scholarships:
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- Lachlan Coathupe, Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical)/Bachelor of Finance
- Kenny Cao, Bachelor of Engineering (Petroleum and Mining)
- Jake Rowland, Bachelor of Science (Mining Geoscience)
- AusIMM Women’s Auxiliary Book Prize Winner 2022: Amelia Orchard, Bachelor of Science (Adv)(Geology).
The next highlight was the recognition of the following long-standing members. Harry Smedman and William Shackleton, who have been with AusIMM for 70 and 60 years respectively, gave inspiring speeches about their careers and connections with AusIMM. Of particular note is that they both emphasised the importance of building and maintaining contacts in industry through conferences, professional events and organisations such as AusIMM. Congratulations to all long-standing members, what a remarkable journey you’ve all made with AusIMM!
- 70 Years: Harry Smedman
- 60 Years: William “Haggis” Shackleton
- 40 Years: Arthur Hunt, David Thomas, David Turvey, Josephine Coker, Michael Ware
- 30 Years: Andrew Graham, David Lyne, Joseph Ranford, Kim Russell, Reginald Nelson
- 20 Years: Brett Dunstone, Lindsay Owler, Stephen Biggins, Tien Ly
- 10 Years: Alex Sexton, Curtis Smith, Daniel Bruce, Dianna Nikolakopoulos, Emmanuel Addo Junior, Gareth Peachey, Irraisha Soriano, Jason Hatwell, Kathryn Lee, Tyler Bastian, Viv Naidu, Zachary McLeay
Our guest speaker was Matt Pearson, COO and co-founder of Fleet Space Technologies. Matt’s company is building a constellation of 140 small low-power satellites in Low Earth Orbit to provide planet-wide coverage for millions of compatible Industrial Internet of Things devices. One of the applications of Fleet’s satellites network is connecting assets and activities in remote industry such as mineral exploration. Fleet’s pioneering end-to-end mining exploration solution combines three technologies, Real-Time Ambient Noise Tomography, low power satellite connectivity and artificial intelligence, to help mineral explorers to identify resource deposits more quickly, easily, and affordably. Matt’s speech generated some great interest and in-depth discussions with the audience, and we wish Fleet Space Technologies to make more innovative breakthroughs in this emerging sector.
The Adelaide Branch committee would like to thank everyone for attending and for making the Annual Dinner night a great success. We look forward to seeing you all in next year’s Annual Dinner.
Image: Keryn and Randy Wolff with Sanaz Orandi
Shu Chen
Adelaide Branch Committee Member