This event was streamed live on the Academy's YouTube channel with the opportunity for live viewers to submit questions.
Academy news and reports mentioned in the event:
World's longest subsea interconnector wins Major Project Award for Sustainability
Enterprise Hub Member Notpla wins Earthshot Prize
National Engineering Policy Centre publishes 'low regrets' priorities for reaching net zero
Explore the winners of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
National Engineering Policy Centre report explores the role of hydrogen in a net zero energy system
National Engineering Policy Centre report explores the challenge of decarbonising construction
Our highly anticipated webinar brought a unique engineering perspective to the biggest news stories of the year. From the global energy security crisis and the ongoing challenge of achieving net zero to the latest technological and digital innovations, we also tackled the key questions around future skills and finding the engineers who will take forward tomorrow’s major projects.
Our panel of expert speakers chaired by Tom Clarke, science and technology editor and presenter, reviewed the key engineering achievements and events that defined 2022, both in the UK and around the world.
Speakers included:
Dr Alice Bunn OBE, Chief Executive, Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Steve Holliday FREng, Former Chief Executive, National Grid plc
Dr Hayaatun Sillem CBE, Chief Executive, Royal Academy of Engineering
Rachel Skinner CBE FREng, Executive Director, WSP UK
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.
Steve Holliday FREng
Dr Alice Bunn OBE
Rachel Skinner CBE FREng
