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Hosted by the Academy’s President, Professor Sir Jim McDonald FREng FRSE, this event is an exclusive opportunity for Fellows to hear about the latest developments at the Academy.
A keynote address will be delivered by Sir Patrick Vallance KCB HonFREng FRS FMedSci, outgoing Government Chief Scientific Advisor, who will provide reflections on his time in this role and insights into how engineering has helped shape Government policy.
The programme also includes Lightning talks by our awardees and an exhibition of the full breadth of the Academy’s work under the themes of Talent and Diversity, Policy and Engagement and Innovation.
Fellows will also be able to find out how they can get involved in our activities, as well as meet other Fellows, and awardees from our ELS and Regional Talent Engine programmes.
Programme
| 5.00pm | Registration, exhibition and refreshments |
| 5.15pm | Welcome Catriona Schmolke FREng Vice President for Fellowship Engagement, Royal Academy of Engineering |
| 5.20pm | Lightning talks by Academy awardees ELS awardee, Mariyam Bi, PhD Researcher, University of Manchester Regional Talent Engine awardee, Dr Sid Pourfalah, Founder and CEO, Concrete4Change 10 mins each, including Q&A session with audience |
| 5.45pm | Exhibition and refreshments continue |
| 6.30pm |
Introduction |
| 6.31pm | President’s address Professor Sir Jim McDonald FREng FRSE President, Royal Academy of Engineering |
| 6.40pm | Keynote presentation with Q&A session Sir Patrick Vallance KCB HonFREng FRS FMedSci |
| 7.20pm | Closing remarks Professor Sir Jim McDonald FREng FRSE President, Royal Academy of Engineering |
| 7.25pm | Networking, exhibition and refreshments continue |
| 8.30pm | Event concludes |
**Programme is subject to change
Recording Notice
Please note this event will be recorded and published on the Royal Academy of Engineering website.
Venue and Accessibility
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Sir Patrick Vallance KCB HonFREng FRS FMedSci
Sir Patrick Vallance is former Government Chief Scientific Adviser (GCSA) and National Technology Adviser (NTA)., and current Chairman of the Natural History Museum. Previously, Patrick worked at GlaxoSmithKline where he was Global President of R&D from 2012 until 2017. During this period, many new medicines were approved for use worldwide, for diseases ranging from HIV to cancer and asthma. Prior to joining GSK, Patrick was Professor of Medicine and led the Division of Medicine at UCL. His personal research was in the area of diseases of blood vessels and endothelial biology.
Exhibition overview
Fellows can find out about the Academy's activities and how to get involved, by visiting the team exhibition stands:
Fellowship Engagement, Awardee Excellence Community and Regional Engagement
Your Academy Needs You! Our Fellowship is the beating heart of the Academy and we are looking at ways we can broaden and deepen our engagement with Fellows. So do come and talk to our Vice President for Fellowship Engagement – Catriona Schmolke FREng – about ways you can get more involved in the Academy’s governance, programmes and national and regional activities.
The Awardee Excellence Community brings together our network of exceptional awardees and prize winners from all career stages and disciplines in both the UK and globally to share their expertise, collaborate, and contribute new perspectives to the Academy’s work. Fellows are welcome to join our Inaugural event, which is taking place on Thursday 25 May in five different locations across the UK simultaneously – for more information and to register please go here or to register for the networking reception please go here.
Education and Diversity & Inclusion
An insight into some of the exciting programmes and resources being delivered by the Education Programmes team, from primary level through to higher education and beyond. Some highlights that you can find out more about include:
- Brand new This is Engineering STEM water resource
- Crumble coding robotics
- Future of Flight STEM resource
- Online T-Levels resource
- New MSc Motorsport Education Programme in partnership with the Ignite Partnership
An insight into the Diversity teams programmes and research, designed to support and challenge the engineering workforce to increase diversity and cultivate inclusive cultures. Hear about some of our exciting new offerings, including:
- The Equality, Diversity and Inclusion platform for startups and scaleups
- The Inclusive Cultures in Engineering 2023 research
- Inclusive Leadership programme to increase inclusivity within the engineering industry
Research programmes
Support for research: find out more about the Academy's programme of grants and prizes that support and celebrate the pursuit of engineering activities. Supporting engineers on their journey from early career researchers, to research into emerging technologies and enabling closer links between academia and industry and much more.
Policy and Research & Innovation
Find out about our policy work on how the UK should harness science and technology to achieve strategic advantage. We will also showcase our policy work on resilience and exploring what challenges and opportunities exist for the Academy to support our national resilience.
Queen Elizabeth Prize
The annual £500,000 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize) is the world’s most distinguished engineering accolade and, in 2023, was awarded to Professor Martin Green and his team for PERC solar photovoltaic technology.
We invite RAEng Fellows to nominate a groundbreaking engineering innovation of global benefit to humanity for the 2024 QEPrize. Help us to identify the most incredible, yet often uncelebrated, achievements of engineering.
Public Engagement (TiE/Ingenious/Ingenia)
The Academy offers a range of public engagement initiatives, from the Ingenious Public Engagement Awards, Ingenia magazine and This Is Engineering campaign. We invite fellows to join the Ingenious judging panel, Ingenia editorial board and the External Affairs Committee, which oversees all aspects of the Academy’s communications.
From our talented Fellowship of over 1,500 leading engineers, our network of Academy-funded researchers and entrepreneurs around the UK, and our award winners around the globe, the Media and Engagement team can offer spokespeople and case studies from the full range of engineering disciplines.
Enterprise Hub (+LiF/MacRobert Award)
Supporting entrepreneurs and business leaders in the UK and globally to transform their breakthrough engineering and scientific innovations into disruptive spinouts, startups and scale ups is at the heart of what the Enterprise Directorate does.
Discover more about the impact we deliver across the globe and how we celebrate innovators at home with the MacRobert Award, the UK’s longest running and most prestigious prize for engineering innovation. The exhibition will include a demonstration by last year’s MacRobert Award winner - Quanta Dialysis Technologies - of their compact and portable kidney dialysis machine.
International
From climate change action to engineering innovation, safety and sustainability, our international programmes cover a rich range of initiatives with the shared mission of building global engineering networks, research and capacity to advance resilient, inclusive and sustainable societies. Spanning across Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe, we work in partnership with engineers, entrepreneurs, academia, students and engineering institutions to share best practice, explore new technologies, enhance curricula and train the next generation of engineers to create impact where it’s most needed.
Development
Showcasing how we support Academy programmes through fundraising. Discover why the Prince Philip Fund is so important, how legacy giving can make a meaningful difference, and why we need your help with connections outside London to boost fundraising for our regional activities.