PUBLIC EVENT
This event is free of charge to attend but registration is required.
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Our annual conference is an impactful day of panel discussions and networking for engineering professionals to share best practice, collaborate and develop successful solutions to make sustained progress on diversity and inclusion. Following our year of exploring ‘What works in diversity and inclusion', in 2023 the Academy will bring together the engineering community to accelerate the adoption of inclusive cultures across a series of events and activities.
This year's conference theme is Engineering inclusive cultures. We will be joined by experts from across the profession to explore the transformational impact of culture on how we nurture our teams, structure our thinking, and approach the challenges facing our planet.
Programme
The full programme is in the more details tab above.
Tickets
In-person tickets are limited, and available on a first come, first served basis. Registration for in-person attendance closes Thursday 16 February. After registering your place you will receive a confirmation email. For online delegates, this will contain login details for joining.
Recording notice
Please note this event will be streamed and recorded, and may be published on the Royal Academy of Engineering website. For online participants, your video will be off and your account will be muted throughout the entire event.
Venue and accessibility
In-person attendance is at Prince Philip House. Online attendance will be via Zoom.
It is very important to the Royal Academy of Engineering that our events are accessible to all. If you have any accessibility requirements, please contact the Events team more than one week in advance of this event so that necessary arrangements can be made. Contact details: [email protected]
Vanessa Burton
Air Marshall Dame Sue Gray DBE CB FREng
Mohammed Marikar
David Osei
Louise Parry
Aleida Rios FREng
Ben Rose
Melissa Sabella
Yohanes Scarlett (1)
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.
Dr Shini Somara
Dr Arun Verma
Tim Walder
Ed Warner
Joanna Whiteman
The conference will be divided into three sessions:
People: A highlight will be the launch of the 2022 Inclusive Cultures research. Building on the ground-breaking findings of the 2017 report, this unique study of culture and inclusion informed by over 1,600 UK engineers will provide significant insights to how individuals experience D&I within engineering.
Practice: Panels and group discussions will explore how best practice can be implemented at specific stages of an individual’s career journey. We will also introduce the newly developed D&I in Engineering Systems Map which explores the role of leadership in making the industry more inclusive.
Planet: This session will bring a more global perspective, exploring D&I's importance in solving some of the topical problems that engineering can address.
Programme
| 10.00am | In-person registration |
| 10.20am | Welcome by Dr Hayaatun Sillem CBE, CEO, Royal Academy of Engineering |
| 10.35am |
Launch of the inclusive cultures research Dr Arun Verma, Senior Manager, Diversity and Inclusion, Royal Academy of Engineering |
| 10.50am |
Session 1 - People: Are we creating inclusive cultures in engineering? Panel discussion and Q&A, chaired by Louise Parry, Director of People and Organisational Development, Energy and Utility Skills Panellists: Vanessa Burton, Assistant Geotechnical and sub-structural engineer, Mott MacDonald Mohammed Marikar, Senior Director, Digital Engineering at RBC Ben Rose, Associate Director, Atelier Ten |
| 12.00pm |
Session 2 - Practice: Building inclusive cultures day-by-day Panel discussion and Q&A chaired by Dame Susan Gray DBE CB FREng, Former Director General, Defence Safety Authority Panellists: Melissa Sabella, Founder & CEO The Honeycomb Works Joanna Whiteman, Head of Diversity and Inclusion, Royal Academy of Engineering David Osei, Control Systems Engineer, Delta Cosworth and alumnus of the Academy’s Graduate Engineering Engagement Programme Helen Townend, Head of Inclusion and Social Value, Amey |
| 12.45pm | Table Talks: Removing barriers to inclusion |
| 2.15pm |
Keynote: Solving global challenges with inclusion Dr Shini Somara EngD BEng(Hons), Technology and Innovation broadcaster |
| 2.30pm |
Session 3 - Planet: Inclusive engineering to save our planet Panel discussion and Q&A chaired by Aleida Rios FREng FEI ChEng, Senior Vice-President, bp, D&I Committee Chair, Royal Academy of Engineering Panellists: Dr Shini Somara EngD BEng(Hons), Technology and Innovation broadcaster Tim Walder, Senior Director, Arcadis Ed Warner, CEO, Motionspot |
| 3.30pm |
Closing remarks Aleida Rios FREng FEI ChEng, Senior Vice-President, bp, D&I Committee Chair, Royal Academy of Engineering |
| 3.45pm |
Networking, Exhibition for in-person delegates |
| 5.45pm | Close of event |
*Programme subject to update and change