On Tuesday 7 December, the Academy hosted The Engineering Review of the Year, a live streamed event, chaired by journalist and broadcaster, David Shukman.
After another eventful 12 months, our expert panel discussed a number of the year's big stories from an engineering perspective. From the outcomes of COP26 and the continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic to the legacy of the Academy's Senior Fellow, the late HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, our speakers highlighted the key achievements and events that defined 2021, both in the UK and around the world.
Dr Hayaatun Sillem CBE
Hayaatun is CEO of the Royal Academy of Engineering and Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering Foundation. She co-chairs with the Science Minister the government’s Business Innovation Forum and co-chaired with Sir Lewis Hamilton his Commission on improving Black representation in motorsport. She is a trustee of various charities, member of the government’s Levelling Up Advisory Council and Digital Skills Council and NXD at construction company Laing O’Rourke. She has been named as one of the ‘Inspiring 50’ women in tech in Europe and one of the most influential women in both UK engineering and UK tech. She has a Masters in Biochemistry (MBiochem) from Oxford and a PhD from Cancer Research UK/UCL. She is a Fellow of the IET, Honorary Professor at UCL and Honorary Fellow at The Queen’s College, Oxford. She has received honorary doctorates from UCL, Imperial College London, Newcastle, Brunel, Huddersfield and Southampton, as well as a Science Suffrage Award and the Engineering Professor’s Council President’s Medal. She was a finalist for the Veuve Clicquot Bold Woman Award and was made a CBE for services to International Engineering in 2019. Prior to her current roles, she was Deputy CEO at the Academy and served as Committee Specialist and later Specialist Adviser to the House of Commons Science & Technology Committee.
Cathy Davis
George Imafidon
David Shukman
Dr Shaun Fitzgerald OBE FREng
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