b'Member News March 2024 3Welcome to Member NewsThis edition Welcome to IET in the news4 Member News Electrical Association for 5 Women centenaryYoung Woman Engineer6magazineof the Year AwardsAchievement Awards7IET Excellence and 7From launching football out ofat COP28 where we unveiled Innovation Awards this world and a march acrosskey findings from our first ever Waterloo Bridge, to pilotingsurvey of international skills for Equality, diversity and 8-9braille kits for our FIRST LEGOsustainability, which involved inclusion update and League programmes, 20232,000 engineering employers Neurodiversity report was a year full of highlights foracross ten countries. You can From the President10 the IET. And with the start offind out more about our latest a new year well underway, weskills survey on page 11. International Skills Survey11 have an exciting 2024 ahead.Pages 18 and 19 shine a light Public Affairs update12 Equality, diversity and inclusionon a recent pilot aimed at Maximising our policy13(EDI) continues to be a key focusbroadening our career mentoring impact and influence for us, and were working hard toservices. Investing time to ensure that we are a professionalmentor the younger generation Engineering Kids Futures14 home for every engineer andand guide their careers will Christmas LEGO donation15 Ed Almond Chief Executive and Secretary technician in order to help ensureaccelerate us towards our goal a more inclusive future. Onof engineering excellence. You Young Professionals blog16 page 9, you can learn about ourcan hear how both a mentor Communities technical visit 17Neurodiversity in Engineeringand mentee have found the to CERN and Technology report, whichscheme and how the process is based on qualitative researchhas allowed them to grow and Mentoring pilot18-19 from focus groups of engineersexpand their knowledge. IET Fellowship Assessor20 and technicians with livedGiving back to the engineering experiences of neurodiversity. A F Harvey Prize21 The report provides specificcommunity is something Scholarships and bursaries:22 recommendations for action,Graham and Kathleen Tubbs a decade of donations as well as insights on howhave been doing for the last to create a more inclusivedecade. On page 22, you can Futures Fund23 environment for neurodivergentfind out about the incredible Travel Awards24 engineers and technicians. work this couple have been On page 10, our President,doing to change the lives of Future Talent Scholarship25 Dr Gopichand Katragadda,the next generation and the Postgraduate Research25talks about five areas whereimportance of our scholarship Awards artificial intelligence (AI) canand bursary programmes. Professional Registration26 have an impact. In his roleWe hope you enjoy this issue as Founder and CEO of AIand as always, please share The IETs youngest Fellow27 company, Myelin Foundry,your feedback with us on Recently elected Fellows27 Gopi sees real life examples ofMember News. If you have where AI can have a profoundany comments on this edition New Honorary Fellows28 impact on transforming sectorsor suggestions for a future Lifelong member28 such as engineering, andedition, please email them to Council update29 explores this in his article.membernews@theiet.org Upcoming IET events30 Towards the end of last year,Ed Almond we hosted an official eventChief Executive and SecretaryObituary 31'