b'6 Member News July 2021From the PresidentA round-up fromour PresidentProfessor Danielle George MBE shares some of the initiativesshe has been involved in during the past few months.I was delighted to co-host The 150 as an engineer or technician. For the firstan impact on how we live today and Show on YouTube during our 150thtime ever, were going global and welladd them to the gallery of engineering anniversary week in May. In this five-be broadcasting a live magazine showpioneers displayed at our Savoy Place part series we covered a differentonline. There will also be loads of virtualhead office. If you have someone in theme each day, including innovations,events taking place, with hands-onmind who fits the bill, please nominate fascinating interviews and funactivities. Visit our website to find outthem by 13 August via our website - experiments. Its available on-demand more and register your interest. theiet.org/celebrating-impact.at theiet.org/150-show and well Despite Covid scuppering our GlobalWe are sponsoring the Manufacturing worth watching! Ambassador Campaign plans, manyFutures 2021: Fashion District Innovation To mark our anniversary, we drew up a listdynamic young people (not all of themChallenge Prize. Small and medium-of 150 inventions from the last 150 years.engineers) have found new ways tosized enterprises had to identify a I then co-chaired a panel that reviewedpromote engineering to other youngmajor fashion manufacturing challenge the list and selected the 15 mostpeople, locally and by vlogging andand propose how they could overcome valuable inventionsa brilliant exercise!meeting virtually with young engineersit. We received some really excellent To find out more, visit our website andfrom around the world. Keep an eye outand innovative entries and I was part type cool creation in the search bar. for our #DifferenceMakers campaignof a judging panel that shortlisted coming soon! the top 10. You can see all our 150 This years Engineering Open House Daycontent at celebrate150.theiet.org/on 23 July will again give young people aI want to shine a light on current game- whats-happening. The winner will be chance to find out what its like to workchangers of all ages who are makingannounced in September.Council update James Robottom, IET Sustainability and Climate Change Lead, presented an overview on Climate Change. This was followed by breakout sessions, By Council Chair, David Hogan CEng FIET where Council members discussed the question: What actions do you think On 25 March 2021, the second Council meeting of the Sessionthe IET should be taking to address 2020/21 was held. Two papers were presented coveringthe Climate Change issue?, focused the Digital Poverty Alliance (DPA) and a new proposal onon three aspects: Societal, Professional and Corporate. David Hogan, Council Behaviours for Volunteers, followed by breakout sessions.Chair, and Ian Phillips, Council member, will prepare a paper on Climate David Lakin, IET Head of Education,Dawn Ohlson, Chair of the VolunteerChange for the Board of Trustees.presented the DPA paper, where theEngagement Board, introducedThe meeting ended with an real issue is the Digital Divide, withCouncil to a new guideline onintroduction to the Present In 10 over 2m people in the UK having noBehaviours for Volunteers. Thecompetition, which this year replaces access to the internet. The IET hasguideline links the five behaviours thatthe Present Around the World agreed to work with the Learningthe IET staff follow with the IET Valuescompetition.Foundation and other organisations to establish the DPA with the target of(Integrity, Excellence and Teamwork). ending digital poverty in the UK withinFurther information on this guidelineRead more about our new Present10 years.will be available soon. In 10 competition on page 26!'