Hopkins Lectures

To recognise Professor H J Hopkins' distinguished service in the engineering field, the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand, and the University of Canterbury, have inaugurated a prestigious annual lecture called The Hopkins Lecture.

The purpose of the lecture is to encourage discussion of engineering within the profession, and to encourage public understanding of engineering issues. The Lecture is given by an eminent speaker with a high reputation in their field and with a knowledge of engineering, although not necessarily an engineer. The Lecture is held each year in Christchurch and covers broad and social engineering issues rather than being purely technical. The lecture is jointly arranged by the Canterbury branch of IPENZ and the School of Engineering of the University of Canterbury.

The inaugural lecture was held in May 1978 with Professor Hopkins himself as speaker. Speakers, and the titles of their lectures (and PDF files where available), to date have been:

2010	Paul Jowitt President, Institute of Civil Engineers Now is the Time (49.4 Mb)
2009	David Salisbury CEO and Managing Director of NZ Oil and Gas Using Technology to Unlock Oil and Gas Resources (7.7Mb)
2008	Geoff Henderson Director and Chief Executive Officer of Windflow Technology Wind Power - One of many ways to a carbon-neutral economy (622 Kb)
2007	Professor Henry Petrovski Professor of Civil Engineering and History, Duke University Success and Failure in Design
2006	Don Elder CEO, Solid Energy The economy and energy: are both sustainable?
2005	Gavin Cormack Executive Chairman of Beca Group Ltd "Engineering Innovation and the Creation of Lasting Value" (1.66 KB) with accompanying Slides (2,202 KB)
2004	Hon Pete Hodgson Minister of Energy, Minister of Transport, Minister of Research, Science and Technology, Minister for Crown Research Institutes, Convenor of the Ministerial Group on Climate Change "Energy Planning in New Zealand"
2003	Professor Tom O'Rourke Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, USA "Lessons Learned from the World Trade Centre Disaster: Critical Engineering Systems"
2002	Dr David Hopkins, Consulting Civil Structural and Earthquake Engineer, Wellington "Consulting Engineering, Serious Fun"
2001	Sir Gil Simpson, Founder and Chief Executive Officer Aoraki Corporation Limited "Emagine"
2000	Professor Bob Park, Emeritus Professor of Civil Engineering, Univ of Canterbury " Improving the Resistance of Structures to Earthquakes"(5.4MB)
1998	Mr Roger Estall, Chairman, New Zealand Fire Service Commission "Engineering Improvement in Fire Risk Management"
1997	Hon Dr Nick Smith, Minister of Conservation "The Greening of the Engineering Profession"
1996	Mr Tom Schnackenberg, Auckland "Teamwork and Technology in the America's Cup"
1995	Her Excellency the Governor-General Dame Catherine Tizard "Engineering and Its Customers"
1994	Rt Hon Professor Sir Geoffrey Palmer, Wellington "International Law and the Global Environmental Challenge"
1993	Sir Miles Warren, Architect, Christchurch "Engineers and Architects - Love Hate Relationship".
1992	Sir Edmund Hillary, Auckland "Building Primitive but Effective Structures in Remote Areas".
1991	Dr Roger Blakeley, Secretary for the Environment, Wellington "Environmental Challenges in the 1990's".
1990	Dr Peter Troughton, Managing Director, Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Ltd, Wellington "The Future of Telecom in New Zealand".
1989	Sir Robert Jones, Chairman, Robt. Jones Investments Ltd, Wellington "The Case for Nuclear Power".
1988	Mr R P Carter, Director, Beca Carter Hollings and Ferner Ltd, Auckland. "Consulting Engineering Here and Abroad".
1987	Dr A R Flint, Flint and Neill Partnership, London, England "Structural Reliability and the Engineer"
1986	Mr R G Norman, Retired Commissioner of Works, Wellington "Politics and Passions : Adventures in Engineering"
1985	Sir Michael Fowler, Architect and former Mayor of Wellington "Cities at Risk"
1984	Mr K Piddington, Commissioner for Environment, Wellington "The Ethic of Environmental Engineering"
1983	Mr J Ingram, Managing Director, New Zealand Steel Ltd, Auckland "New Zealand Steel Ltd - Opportunities and Obstacles"
1982	Mr I B Reynolds, Director, Kingston Reynolds Thom and Allardice Ltd, Auckland "Cast in Concrete - The Substance of New Zealand Buildings"
1981	Mr SMJ Smith, Project Engineer, Ministry of Works and Development, Twizel "Big Can Be Beautiful:Hydro Electric Construction in the Waitaki"
1980	Professor P W Taylor, Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Auckland "Engineers - Leaders or Followers?"
1979	Mr W M Duncan, Secretary of Energy, Wellington "Energy and Engineering".
1978	Professor H J Hopkins, Emeritus Professor of Civil Engineering, Univ of Canterbury "A Land of Bridges - A Story of New Zealand".

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