Find Friday's programme under 'Read more'. This year's WES Virtual Student Conference explores the theme of 'Serving Society', our main theme for 2021. We will be showcasing some of the remarkable work engineers are doing to serve the societies in which they live, hearing first hand how inspirational engineers began and developed their careers, and offering a range of practical advice, tips and support for students in all disciplines. Plus networking opportunities in the lounge and a virtual exhibition! Here's the programme for Day 2: Day 2: Friday 26 November 2021 9:00–10:00am Welcome and Introduction to Day 2: Keynote Speaker: Chi Onwurah MP (go to 'Agenda') 10:05–10:35am Life Lessons from Engineering 4 (go to 'Agenda') 10:35–11:35am BREAK: Visit our virtual networking lounges and exhibition booths: go to Lounge and Exhibitors 11:35am–12:05pm Life Lessons from Engineering 5 (go to 'Agenda') 12:05–12:30pm BREAK: Visit our virtual networking lounges and exhibition booths: go to Lounge and Exhibitors 12:30–1:00pm Choose from: Pursuing research (go to 'Agenda') 1:05–1:35pm Choose from: Making the most of mentoring (go to 'Agenda') 1:40–2:00pm Closing session and end of Conference (go to 'Agenda'); the Lounge will also be open Thanks to our student conference sponsors: BAE Systems, Ball Corporation, CBRE, Cityfibre, Dialog Semiconductor - A Renesas Company, and McLaren, and supporter SME Graduate Employment.
Maintaining motivation (go to 'Rooms')
Pivoting your career: engineering to consultancy (go to 'Rooms')
Work/life balance and working part-time (go to 'Rooms')
Preparing CVs and job applications (go to 'Rooms')
Agenda
09:00 AM
10:05 AM
11:35 AM
12:30 PM
01:05 PM
01:40 PM
Speakers
26 Speakers
Caitlin McCall
Advanced Research Engineer at Manufacturing Technology Centre
Karen Donaldson
Project Manager, Robotics SuperLab at University of Edinburgh
Mara Tafadzwa Makoni
Consultant at PA Consulting/AFBE
Amelia Lewis
Performance Engineer at McLaren Racing
Kathryn Jennings
Senior Quantity Surveyor at CityFibre
Klara Svedberg
Senior Director, Strategy & Transformation at Ball Beverage Packaging EMEA
Adam Parnell
Professional Registration Account Manager at Institution of Engineering and Technology
Enrica Ippoliti
Plant Upgrade Project Engineering Manager at Johnson Matthey
Nikita Hari
Engineering Academic at Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology
Paula McMahon
Structures Engineer at Sir Robert McAlpine
Helen Famodimu
City of Wolverhampton College
Caroline Devaney
Senior Engineer at Mott MacDonald
Chi Onwurah
Labour MP for Newcastle upon Tyne, Central Shadow Minister Digital, Science & Technology
Maria Sabatini
Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Engineering Manager at Dialog Semiconductor – A Renesas Company
Liz Johnson
Account Director at CBRE
Helena Dodd
Imperial College London
Courtney Depala
Executive Support Specialist at National Grid
Blessing Danha
Ankura
Imisi Joseph
Verification Engineer at JLR
Andrea Pearson
Technical Operations Manager at FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies
Gaynor Baldwin
HR Director at SSI Services
Hua Dong
Professor and Head of Design School at Brunel University
Susan Robson
Principal Consultant/Trustee and Board Member at National Grid/Women's Engineering Society
Elizabeth Donnelly
Chief Executive Officer at Women's Engineering Society
Larissa Suzuki
Head of Data and AI Practice at Google Cloud
Farai Mwashita
International Project Engineer at CBRE
Booth
8 Booth
Ball Corporation
CBRE
CityFibre
Dialog Semiconductor
McLaren Racing
BAE Systems
SME Graduate Employment
WES Early Careers Board
WES Virtual Student Conference
Nov 25 - 26, 2021