Tomorrow’s Engineers Live

Join the Tomorrow’s Engineers community to celebrate and share learnings from your outreach.

Ask colleagues and your peers – is it just us? Big or small, we can all learn from mistakes and milestones.

Hear from speakers as they reflect on their approach to make engagement programs welcoming and accessible to all. Speakers will focus on how to improve accessibility for young people who are deaf, disabled, have special educational needs and more.

• Alex Knight, Chief Executive at STEMAZING
• Kailey Firmin (she/her), Trainee Engineer at VolkerStevin
• Mercedes Jenkins, Global Equity Strategist at Google

Join our breakout session and get insights into how to secure funding for engineering and technology outreach initiatives. Whether it’s through collaborations with other organisations or impactful bid writing, you’ll gain valuable knowledge on securing the necessary funding to drive engagement programs.

• Susan Flach-Lovesey, Stakeholder Manager at Equinor

Discover how to make employers, young people and educators aware of the exciting, hands-on technical routes into the sector. Join this breakout to gain vital insight into how to use technical qualifications in your organisation.

• Orisha Blissett-Ffrench, Network Rail

Learn more about how to effectively use inspiring STEM role models and STEM attributes to excite young people with a career in engineering and technology.

• Carol Davenport, Associate Professor and Director of NUSTEM at Northumbria University
• Wendy Sadler, Founding Director at Science Made Simple
• Gill Collinson, Director of Strategy & Partnerships at STEM Learning

Find out how to design and implement effective virtual work experience, providing young people with practical insights into what a career in engineering and technology looks like.

• Lisa Tomkins, Education Outreach Partner at Met Office
• Jo Bishop, Schools and Colleges Outreach Lead at Springpod

Learn from our speakers in this breakout, as we explore how to secure the backing and buy-in needed from senior leadership to drive your outreach forward.

• Marieke Muller (she/her), Senior Partnerships Executive at CIWEM
• Becca Thurston, Head of Academy and Skills at Wessex Water
• Shaffra Gray-Read, Senior Reputation Manager at KFC

Highlight the role engineering and technology plays in solving societal and environmental issues. Hear from speakers as they showcase outreach programmes that demonstrate the positive impact of engineering, equipping you to inspire the next generation of innovators and problem-solvers.

• Peter Marshman, Chief Executive at Digit<all>
• Mike Hardisty, Head of Environmental Sustainability at EngineeringUK
• Suzanne Moroney, Director, London and South East England at Institution of Civil Engineers

Get energised and inspired by short, quick fire inspirational talks from speakers across the engineering and technology sector.

• Stewart Edmondson, Chief Executive at UK Electronics Skills Foundation
• Libby Meyrick, Chief Executive at Institution of Design Engineers
• Grace Benham, Channel Chair at RNLI