FELLOWS AND AWARDEES ONLY
Academy Strategy Consultation
This in person closed consultation session for Fellows and awardees is being held at the University of Birmingham on Thursday 7 November, 3.30pm - 4.30pm. It forms part of a series of consultation events related to development of the Academy's next strategy covering the period 2025-2030 which are taking place between now and the end of the year. The series includes several Town Halls - both in person and online - and regional events across the UK. Further details and the full strategy consultation event series can be found in the Fellows' Area and in the Awardees' Area on our website.
West Midlands regional event
This consultation session forms part of our West Midlands regional event, elements of which can be booked separately. A full programme is provided below:
Programme (subject to change):
| 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) The site visit can be booked separately by clicking on this registration link. |
Yellow Zone - Y20 and Y19 |
| 3.30pm - 4.30pm |
Closed consultation session: for Fellows and Awardees only – Academy strategy (2025-30) |
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 can be booked separately by clicking on this registration link. |
Edgbaston Park Hotel Green Zone – G23 |
| 10.00pm | Close |
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.
Venue accessibility
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. Please also RSVP to us if you may have difficulty walking to different parts of the event around the University of Birmingham campus and we will arrange transport for you.
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’.