To mark the 51st year of the MacRobert Award, the most prestigious prize for UK engineering innovation, the Royal Academy of Engineering is assembling an expert panel to discuss how British engineers can apply their creativity to decarbonise our homes, travel and workplaces while creating jobs and a better environment for all over the next 30 years.
Covid-19 has exacted a tragic toll on a fragile world, but it has also highlighted the adaptability and strength of British engineering, science and manufacturing in tackling novel challenges, from making ventilators to building field hospitals. As we now look ahead to a Britain of net zero emissions by 2050, what will life be like, and what will engineers need to do to help achieve this goal?
Chaired by Helen Czerski, physicist and presenter, the panel will include Professor Sir Richard Friend FREng FRS, Chair of the MacRobert Award judges, and Arup’s Dervilla Mitchell CBE FREng, Chair of the National Engineering Policy Centre’s Net Zero emissions working group.
Dervilla and Richard will be joined by Tim Burnhope FREng, Chief Innovation and Growth Oficer at JCB, winner of this year’s MacRobert Award winning innovation, as well as Dr Enass Abo-Hamed, co-founder and CEO of energy storage firm H2GO Power.
Dr Enass Abo-Hamed
Professor Sir Richard Friend FREng FRS
Dervilla Mitchell CBE FREng
