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Stirring The Pot

Created by metal minds for metal minds – join us for practical conversations that get to the nuts and bolts of the metals industry here in New Zealand. Connect with leaders & experts from across the globe who talk overcoming key industry challenges, and influencers who cast their eyes to the future. Perfect if you’re time poor but want to keep your finger on the pulse. Prepare to be challenged, informed & inspired!

Ai sustainability and the state of engineering

33 mins; December 17, 2025

It's time to rewrite the rules

21 mins; November 26, 2025

Beyond Carbon: Rethinking Sustainability Through Planetary Accounting

23 mins; October 29, 2025

Digital Steel Passport: Rethinking construction for a circular future

35 mins; September 10, 2025

A grit engineered legacy

41 mins; May 13, 2025

Artificial Intelligence: Skill up or sit out?

13 mins; April 15, 2025

Cracking the CompWebPen code

18 mins; April 01, 2025

Sparking a passion for structural fire

32 mins; March 18, 2025

Busting through constructed barriers

14 mins; March 06, 2025

Welding hazards and how to stay safe

26 mins; March 03, 2025

Fireproofing the future with HIT

18 mins; February 18, 2025

From carbon-heavy to carbon-zero

16 mins; February 04, 2025

Real-time insights for safer structures

26 mins; December 03, 2024

From shed to spotlight

31 mins; November 19, 2024

Construction’s knowledge currency

16 mins; November 05, 2024

Wired for data success

21 mins; October 22, 2024

A circular rethink for construction

33 mins; October 08, 2024

Tactics to achieve low carbon design

30 mins; September 24, 2024

Sustainability 'beyond the build'

16 mins; September 10, 2024

Designing for well-being: The role of interactive healing environments in modern cities

21 mins; August 27, 2024

The untold story of BIM

32 mins; August 13, 2024

Skill set reset – vocational education at a crossroad

43 mins; July 30, 2024

'The smart shift’ in construction

41 mins; July 16, 2024

From old school to next gen

46 mins; June 13, 2024

Ngākopa - bridging tech and tikanga

47 mins; June 05, 2024

Pioneering seismic research in Aotearoa

22 mins; January 30, 2024

Fix it at the beginning – design low carbon!

28 mins; January 16, 2024

2023 year in summary

31 mins; December 19, 2023

Reuse the past – the quest for net zero construction

45 mins; November 21, 2023

Constructing for resilience and durability

18 mins; November 07, 2023

Student of the year on fire!

18 mins; October 24, 2023

Addressing the skills gap through diversity… 4 years later

42 mins; October 10, 2023

Celebrating a mind of steel

37 mins; September 26, 2023

The connection between steel + timber (pardon the pun)

24 mins; September 13, 2023

Innovating for the global stage

18 mins; August 29, 2023

Top tips to push steel bridge design boundaries!

15 mins; August 15, 2023

Building green – carbon offsetting in practice

13 mins; August 01, 2023

World’s first fossil free steel

26 mins; July 11, 2023

A case of BeLongEng?

32 mins; June 27, 2023

Pacific leadership in business

24 mins; May 09, 2023

Addressing the barriers to become a sustainable business...

26 mins; April 18, 2023

House of Science

25 mins; April 04, 2023

Vocational education and business skill development

26 mins; March 21, 2023

Engaging in sustainability

24 mins; March 07, 2023

Succession planning for SME’s

16 mins; January 31, 2023

Deconstructing bias - Te Tiriti or The Treaty?

54 mins; January 17, 2023

Closing the loop

33 mins; December 13, 2022

Building better. Building Less. Building Different.

31 mins; November 29, 2022

Looking under the hood: Kaveh Andisheh

25 mins; November 15, 2022

Partnering to invest for impact!

22 mins; November 01, 2022

Demystifying HERA membership

24 mins; October 20, 2022

Tauiwi tautoko! The call for non-Māori support

38 mins; October 04, 2022

A $10.3m injection for research

35 mins; September 20, 2022

Whanake’s Lily and Lydia

35 mins; September 06, 2022

Brain drain to brain gain

35 mins; August 23, 2022

Extractables from steel bi-products

11 mins; August 09, 2022

A missed body of knowledge - the case for Mātauranga Māori in business

43 mins; July 26, 2022

Industry 4.0 - SIRI-ously a no-brainer...

15 mins; July 12, 2022

A lifetime in welding

42 mins; June 28, 2022

BRANZ - independent and impartial?

19 mins; June 14, 2022

Cracking the steel standard

36 mins; May 31, 2022

Decarbonise or die

29 mins; May 17, 2022

Diversity should just be the norm!

57 mins; May 03, 2022

Cultural cringe and colonisation in the workplace

60 hours 32 mins; April 19, 2022

Can steel truly decarbonise?

27 mins; April 05, 2022

SDG’s – a blueprint to a sustainable future?

35 mins; March 22, 2022

Ticking the diversity box?

46 mins; March 07, 2022

Take a stand against safety complacency

30 mins; February 22, 2022

Move your mentality from the 1940’s: Part 2

34 mins; February 22, 2022

Move your mentality from the 1940’s: Part 1

52 mins; February 08, 2022

Inclusion, transformation and collaboration

30 mins; December 07, 2021

Spreading the #sustainablesteel word

25 mins; November 23, 2021

Cultural transformation for industry

48 mins; November 09, 2021

The economic case to adopt Construction 4.0

26 mins; October 12, 2021

Removing the ‘fill’ from landfill!

33 mins; September 28, 2021

Challenging the status quo – Mātauranga Māori is science! Part 2

40 mins; September 14, 2021

Challenging the status quo – Mātauranga Māori is science! Part 1

34 mins; August 31, 2021

A history remembered - Motu Bridge Pou

30 mins; August 17, 2021

Through the eyes of our future leaders

40 mins; August 03, 2021

TeTiriti at play in governance: Part 2

37 mins; July 20, 2021

Te Tiriti at play in governance: Part 1

43 mins; July 06, 2021

Engineering a change of culture

28 mins; June 22, 2021

The threat of change for human kind

43 mins; June 08, 2021

The new age of engineering in construction

33 mins; May 25, 2021

Bringing robotic automation solutions to industry

28 mins; May 11, 2021

Amplify your voice with key messages

28 mins; April 27, 2021

Six reasons why steel is for the future!

48 mins; April 13, 2021

The intersection between Mātauranga Māori & Construction 4.0

19 mins; March 30, 2021

The importance of diversity and inclusion

30 mins; March 16, 2021

Low damage seismic solutions - Part 2

36 mins; November 15, 2020

Low damage seismic solutions - Part 1

35 mins; October 14, 2020

Weathering Steel

30 mins; September 29, 2020

Who wins in a fire - Timber vs Steel

42 mins; September 16, 2020

The significance of intellectual capital

8 mins; September 09, 2020

The case for Structural Bolting

28 mins; September 01, 2020

The value of lifecycle assessment

23 mins; August 18, 2020

Structures of steel & composite columns

28 mins; August 04, 2020

The threat of filling our future workforce needs

24 mins; July 21, 2020

He tangata, he tangata, he tangata!

48 mins; July 21, 2020

Calculating carbon footprint

40 mins; July 07, 2020

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