FELLOWS AND AWARDEES ONLY
The Royal Academy of Engineering is holding a regional event in the West Midlands at the University of Birmingham on 7 November. The event will include a site visit, a closed consultation session regarding the Academy's next strategy (2025-2030), a public lecture by Professor John Loughhead CB OBE FREng on 'The challenges of net zero', and an evening dinner and drinks reception at the Edgbaston Park Hotel, Birmingham. This will be an opportunity to hear unique insights from one of our Fellows about net zero, input into the Academy's next 5 year strategy, network with Fellows, Awardees, academics and engineering business leaders based in the region and receive an update on latest developments at the Academy.
Please note: elements of the programme such as the closed strategy consultation and the lecture must be booked separately.
Programme*
| Timing | Event | Location (on University of Birmingham campus map) |
| 1.30pm – 2.00pm | Registration and refreshments | Yellow Zone – Y20 |
| 2.00pm - 3.00pm |
Site visit: UK Rail Research and Innovation Network (UKRRIN) and UK National Buried Infrastructure Facility (NBIF) |
Yellow Zone - Y20 and Y19 |
| 3.30pm - 4.30pm |
Closed consultation session: for Fellows and Awardees only – Academy strategy (2025-30) The strategy consultation session can be booked separately by clicking on this registration link. |
Seminar room (211), Teaching & Learning Building Red Zone – R32 |
| 5.00pm - 5.30pm | Registration and refreshments for the lecture |
Arts Building Red Zone – R16 |
| 5.30pm – 6.30pm |
Welcome and Introduction: Professor Marika Taylor, Pro Vice Chancellor and Head of College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Birmingham Public Lecture: "The challenges of net zero": Professor John Loughhead CB OBE FREng, Industrial Professor of Clean Energy, University of Birmingham, and former Chief Scientific Adviser (BEIS) The lecture can be booked separately by clicking on this registration link. |
Arts Building Red Zone – R16 |
| 6.30pm - 6.45pm | Walk to dinner venue | |
| 6.45pm – 7.15pm |
Drinks reception |
Edgbaston Park Hotel Green Zone – G23 |
| 7.15pm – 10.00pm |
Evening dinner The dinner and reception can be booked separately by clicking on this registration link. |
Edgbaston Park Hotel Green Zone – G23 |
| 10.00pm | Close |
*subject to change
Ticketing*
The evening dinner is chargeable at a rate of £30 (incl VAT) per person. If you have any dietary requirements, please indicate these when registering your place.
If you would like to cancel your place at dinner, tickets will be refunded up to two weeks prior to the event. After that time, contractual commitments will have been made with the caterers. To cancel, please email [email protected] by 12.00pm on 24 October.
*There is a limit on numbers attending, but if you would like to bring a guest please email [email protected].
Recording and Photography notice
Please note that the public lecture will be recorded and made available on the Academy's website after the event. Photography may also take place during this event. All photographs will be securely stored on the Academy’s servers and used for editorial, marketing and media use by the Academy and selected press or industry media. Please let us know if you do not agree to this processing. Please refer to our General Privacy Policy for more details.
Transfer and accessibility
We will be providing transport between the University and Edgbaston Park Hotel for those who need it and to get an idea of numbers, please RSVP to us. It is very important to the Royal Academy of Engineering that our events are accessible to all. If you have any accessibility requirements, please provide these when you register.
Diversity monitoring form
The Academy is committed to building an inclusive economy that works for everyone. To help us achieve this, we would like to collect some basic anonymous data about the event attendees. If you would like to help, please complete the diversity monitoring form by logging into your user account on our website and completing ‘Update my D&I data’.