INVITATION ONLY
This event is invitation only. If you are interested in being added to the guest list, please complete our Register of Interest form. For further information, please contact This is Engineering team, Royal Academy of Engineering at [email protected]
During the evening we will showcase an exclusive preview of our new This is Engineering website and host a panel discussion and Q&A about bridging the gap between supply and demand for engineering talent, and the role of alternative career routes into engineering.
While the UK focuses on becoming a net zero economy, demand for engineers is predicted to grow faster than other occupations and demand for ‘green engineering’ roles in the UK have increased by more than half (55%) over the last five years.
However, with this demand far outstripping supply, coupled with a cost of living crisis; how can we bring more young people from all backgrounds into engineering and technology, to improve outcomes for both people and planet? This is the question we will be putting to our panel, as we explore what is already being done, and where we go from here.
We expect the evening to engineer some very lively and insightful conversations.
Programme
| 6.30pm | Registration and refreshments |
| 7.00pm |
Welcome address Dr Hayaatun Sillem CBE, CEO, Royal Academy of Engineering Showcase of the new This is Engineering website |
| 7.10pm | Panel discussion |
| 7.50pm | Closing remarks and National Engineering Day preview |
| 7.55pm | Networking drinks reception with canapés |
| 9.00pm | Reception closes |
National Engineering Day
National Engineering Day is back on 1 November 2023. In a bid to boost the profession’s numbers by demonstrating that engineering is more than its narrow stereotype and that anyone can be an engineer, the Royal Academy of Engineering is inviting Britons to release their inner engineer by sharing the ideas and innovations that have the potential to make their daily lives more sustainable. It could win them the chance to develop their ideas and innovations still further with experts and high profile entrepreneurs.
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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.
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