FELLOWS ONLY
Our President, Sir John Lazar CBE FREng, warmly invites Fellows and their guests to a special evening marking the Academy’s 50th anniversary at an exclusive Summer Reception. The event will offer the opportunity to meet our new Chief Executive, Dame Tamara Finkelstein DCB, and enjoy a special exhibition about the Academy’s 50-year history. There will also be an announcement of the Sir Frank Whittle award. The Sir Frank Whittle Medal is awarded to an engineer resident in the UK whose outstanding and sustained achievements have had a profound impact on their engineering discipline.
Programme*
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5.30pm |
Arrival and registration Refreshments served |
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5.45pm |
Welcome Sir John Lazar CBE FREng, President, Royal Academy of Engineering followed by the announcement of the Sir Frank Whittle award Drinks and canapes served |
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8.00pm |
End of event |
*Programme subject to change
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Venue and accessibility
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Diversity monitoring form
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Cancellations
All cancellation requests must be received in writing via email to the Academy Events Team at [email protected]. A request for cancellation (and refund) will be accepted up to Thursday 2 July 2026. Royal Academy of Engineering must make commitments to suppliers at that time and making changes will result in additional costs or penalties. If the cancellation request is received after the deadline, we cannot issue a refund.
Sir John Lazar CBE FREng
President of the Royal Academy of Engineering. Sir John serves as Chair of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, which empowers young people through computing and digital technologies. He is also a co-founder, General Partner, and a Limited Partner at Enza Capital, which supports tech-driven solutions to major challenges in Africa. He serves on several African tech company boards, and was previously Chair of What3words.