The current lunch menu can be downloaded from here
» Orders should be in by 12pm Wednesdays, including beverage choice
» Payments must be made after the meeting is finished
» If you order and do not attend, you will be invoiced via Rotary
» All guests are required to purchase lunch (can choose from a lighter option e.g. scone) and may not bring in their own food
Preferred method of ordering is by the "regulr" app on your phone. If this is not possible please email your order to orders@thedishcafe.co.nz
Following the presentation of a Paul Harris Award to Michael Macknight, co-founder and director of ADInstruments our guest speaker Liam Farley, also from ADInstruments, provided us with an insight into the functionality of one of the on-line learning resources that the company offers. Liam, who is a Customer Success Manager with ADI, told us a little of his background. He was a health sciences student at Otago University, completing a Master of Physiology under the supervision of club member Ruth Empson. Liam was also a teaching fellow in the Physiology Department at the University of Otago, a position established with the assistance of the founders of ADI. This is where he gained his first exposure to the company’s technologies. With ADInstruments being an international company with clients spread around the world, Liam traveled widely until the Covid lockdown restrictions. With their focus on on-line education, ADI recognised that there would be a need for more people to access on-line educational resources to continue their studies or training. ADI responded by making their cloud-based learning platforms freely available to anyone in the world.
Liam gave us a demonstration of Lt, which is an online learning platform with ready-to-use content for life sciences, nursing and medicine. Essentially Lt can be accessed on any device at any time, even in a Rotary meeting as Liam’s demonstration proved. Liam showed how students can actually work with their own physiological or biological signals, for example their ECG and heart rate, by using ADI developed hardware together with the Lt training course software. The Lt learning platform is being used by over 150,000 students in more than 350 universities around the world.
Liam’s presentation provided us with captivating look at an advanced educational product that has been developed locally and made available globally. ADInstruments, who have grown to employ 200 people all around the world, are an outstanding example of a world leading community minded technology developer and provider that has grown from small beginnings here in Dunedin.
Club Quiz night – hurry, mark the date, 24 Nov, from 7pm- tell your friends, form a team and book a table, or come along on your own and meet people – all welcome! Contact Fiona (fiona.nyhof@otago.ac.nz) or David (david.neill@xtra.co.nz) to book in.
We are also seeking donations of items (gifts, foods, wines, plants, homeware etc.) for use as quiz and raffle prizes, you help or suggestions about who we could contact are welcome, please contact Fiona at fiona.nyhof@otago.ac.nz
Recognising services to science, education and business during the CoVid19 crisis.
With the restrictions imposed by the declaration of a pandemic, teaching institutions worldwide were suddenly faced with tremendous difficulties. For example the Physiology Department of Otago University was unable to run laboratory classes for its first year students.
Club member Prof Ruth Empson drew attention to how incredibly helpful the support from ADInstruments had been to enable practical teaching activities to quickly transfer to online delivery. With the help of Professor Fiona McDonald, head of the Dept. of Physiology, two ADInstruments personnel Liam Farley and Amy Cheah together with Jen Schack from the Physiology Dept, University of Otago, were identified as being key to the successful initiative.
But wait - there's more!
Michael Macknight and his team at ADInstruments recognised that many of their educational product customers would have to switch quickly from face to face to online teaching. They understood just what a huge issue their customers were about to have. Consequently their "Lt" software product was made available, free of charge, anywhere in the world, to any University or department , that was running lab based teaching. Soon 1850 University departments and over 158,000 students were directly benefiting from this generous initiative.
Rotary Dunedin is pleased to acknowledge the contributions made by awarding a Paul Harris Fellowship to Michael; and Community Services Appreciation certificates to Liam, Amy and Jen.
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Rasha is an Edmund Hillary Fellowship Fellow focusing on creating global impact from Aotearoa New Zealand. In 2018, she was featured as a next-generation leader in Time Magazine for co-founding a successful business model that continues to create hundreds of jobs and support young people to transform their lives in Gaza, Palestine. In Sep 2020, her business has been recognized as one of the global SDG & Her 2020 award winners. As a woman, a Muslim, and a Palestinian refugee, Rasha has lived the experience of shaping and creating a more inclusive, supportive, empowered world for herself, her young family, and for the trapped generation of youth within Palestine. Rasha recently founded with another EHF fellows an initative He Ao Kotahi - A maori based leadership for youth.
Rasha has +14 years of experience working in Social enterprise, INGO, and the private sector fields. She holds degrees in Information technology, Strategic business management, and system change. A wife and a mother of 3 amazing kids. Come along this week and hear her story.
Following the presentation of a Paul Harris Award to Michael Macknight, co-founder and director of ADInstruments our guest speaker Liam Farley, also from ADInstruments, provided us with an insight into the functionality of one of the on-line learning resources that the company offers.
Club Quiz night – hurry, mark the date, 24 Nov, from 7pm- tell your friends, form a team and book a table, or come along on your own and meet people – all welcome! Contact Fiona (
Michael Macknight and his team at ADInstruments recognised that many of their educational product customers would have to switch quickly from face to face to online teaching. They understood just what a huge issue their customers were about to have. Consequently their "Lt" software product was made available, free of charge, anywhere in the world, to any University or department , that was running lab based teaching. Soon 1850 University departments and over 158,000 students were directly benefiting from this generous initiative.
