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Party Conferences 2009
Under the banner of Engineering the future, the professional engineering community has been working together to raise the profile of engineering and promote the contribution of engineering to the UK’s economic recovery. Working alongside Reform, an independent think tank, a lineup of fringe events at all three conferences has been organised on the theme of
Picking winners: can engineering succeed where finance failed?”
Each event will include a front bench spokesperson and an engineering leader. In debate with Dr Vince Cable MP at the Liberal Democrats will be Professor Dame Wendy Hall FREng of Southampton University; Science and Innovation Minister Lord Drayson will debate with Jonathan Flint, CEO of Oxford Instruments at the Labour Conference and Kenneth Clarke QC MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform will be joined by David Waboso FREng, Director of Line Upgrades at London Underground. Young women engineers will also speak at each event.
The engineering community’s representation at the party conferences aims to ensure that engineering has a strong presence throughout the party conferences and that the profession’s messages are communicated in a coherent and compelling way.
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Liberal Democrats
Speakers: Dr Vincent Cable MP, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Liza Brooks, co-founder True Snowboards, Professor
Dame Wendy Hall CBE FREng, University of Southampton
Chair:
Andrew Haldenby, Director of the Reform think tank
Date: Tuesday 22 September, 13.00 - 14.00
Location: Royal Exeter Hotel, Tregonwell Suite, Bournemouth
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Labour Speakers: The Rt Hon Lord Drayson, Minister for Science and Innovation, Dr Hanna Sykulska - IET Young Woman Engineer of Year Award, Jonathan Flint, CEO Oxford Instruments
Chair: Andrew Haldenby, Director of the Reform think tank
Date: Wednesday 30 September, 1pm-2pm
Location: Hilton Hotel, Chartwell, Brighton
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Conservatives Speakers: Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke QC MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, Dr Rachel Cooke - Process Development Manager Cadburys, speaker
David Waboso FREng, director of Line Upgrades,
London Underground
Chair: Andrew Haldenby, Director of the Reform think tank
Date: Wednesday 7 October, 11:00 - 12.00
Location: Midland Hotel, Victoria Suite, Manchester
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