Hal Hunt Lecture on Communications: We Gotta Talk . . . and Listen-PPT Presentation

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Peter Kandaris’s 2026 Hal Hunt Lecture encourages engineers to embrace change and build meaningful relationships throughout their careers. Using examples from his own experience—including a time when engineers relied on floppy disks, pagers, slide projectors, and library card catalogs—he reflects on how technology and professional life evolve.<br /><br />The presentation’s central message is to stay open to opportunities: listen and observe, avoid limiting assumptions, and be willing to succeed. Career-changing opportunities may come through an ordinary meeting, phone call, acquaintance, or friend. Kandaris also stresses the value of talking with trusted friends and family, asking questions rather than risking preventable mistakes, and learning through collaboration.<br /><br />Mentors are another key theme. The lecture highlights people who helped guide the speaker and urges listeners both to seek mentors and to become mentors themselves. Its closing advice is to keep an open mind, value trusted counsel, ask questions bravely, and take advantage of opportunities.

Keywords

Peter Kandaris

Hal Hunt Lecture

engineering careers

career change

mentorship

professional relationships

opportunity

open mind

technology evolution

collaboration