Webinar: The future world of engineering: skills, opportunities and culture by MA Business

The future world of engineering: skills, opportunities and culture

About

From the relentless and accelerating march of technology to the impact of growing geopolitical instability; the push for net zero; and the continued challenges posed by the global pandemic, the engineering landscape is changing fast.

With engineering employers facing a once in a generation melting pot of challenges and opportunities on multiple fronts, this panel session will explore what this time of profound change means for engineering organisations and the people that work for them.

Bringing together leaders from across industry, the session will explore the impact of these mega-trends on the world of engineering, explore how an engineering career will change in the years ahead and examine how organisations can and must - evolve to meet these requirements: whether its finding new ways to collaborate across different sectors and disciplines; new approaches to attracting, retaining & upskilling staff; capturing the knowledge of experts leaving the sector; or ensuring a culture in which keeps skilled staff engaged.

Attendees will gain business critical first-hand insights from some of the UK’s leading engineering employers and thinkers on how they expect the world of engineering to change in the next decade and the measures they are taking to navigate this changing world.

Discussion areas

• Transformative technologies
• Upskilling for a changing world
• Retaining & attracting skilled engineers including STEM returners
• Succession planning – capturing and retaining the skills of leavers
• Changing cultures - The lasting impact of the pandemic

Presenters

MAB Events

Digital Event Executive

Jon Excell

Editor

Debbie Kempton

Engineering Director, BAE Systems plc

Debbie is a Chartered Engineer and Certified Programme Manager with 29 years of engineering experience in aerospace engineering, applied research, system testing, engineering management and engineering leadership. In Debbie’s 27 years with BAE Systems, she has held a variety of product delivery roles, written and led proposals, taken short secondments into the manufacturing and finance functions and worked in BAE Systems’ business development organisation in both the US and the UK. Debbie is also a Foundation Governor at her local Primary School and is a passionate advocate for inspiring young people about STEM subjects.

Natalie Desty

Founder & Director, STEM returners

Natalie Desty is the Founder and Director of STEM Returners, an award-winning solution to an industry wide problem. After building a progressive career in recruitment, where she was Director of Maritime Engineering at a large recruitment company, Natalie was struck by the apparent lack of progress in diversity and inclusion within STEM industries. She was particularly concerned by the insurmountable barriers that people who have had a career break face, when wanting to return to STEM roles.
Natalie created a small pilot returners programme for a group of employers, which was a resounding success. Natalie has developed this programme into STEM Returners, which has supported hundreds of people to restart their careers in internationally renowned organisations such as BAE Systems, SSE and Leonardo UK.

Chi Onwurah

Labour MP, Shadow Minister for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Chi Onwurah is the Labour MP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central, and has been an MP continuously since 6 May 2010. She currently undertakes the role of Shadow Minister (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Before entering parliament Chi enjoyed a long career in engineering: graduating from Imperial College London in 1987 with a degree in electrical engineering and working in hardware and software development, product management, market development and strategy for a variety of companies in a number of different countries. Prior to entering Parliament, Onwurah was Head of Telecoms Technology at Ofcom,[11] with a focus on broadband provision.[10]

Rhys Morgan

Director of Engineering and Education, Royal Academy of Engineering

Katy Davies

Managing Director of CamdenBoss Limited

Katy Davies is Managing Director of CamdenBoss Limited, who are the UK’s leading provider of electro-mechanical components, connectors and plastic enclosure solutions for the electronics industry, with a team of 120 based in Mildenhall, Suffolk. Katy has always been passionate about manufacturing and engineering, starting her career in the private business team at Deloitte in Cambridge advising business owners across food, agriculture and manufacturing. Prior to joining CamdenBoss, Katy worked for Marshall Aerospace in Cambridge where she moved into operations leadership where her love of engineering was really cemented. Katy is a passionate supporter of skills, modern people strategy in manufacturing and driving new ways of approaching these topics. She was voted into the “Top 100 in Manufacturing” in the category of inspirational leadership where she was selected as an exemplar in 2021.

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