b'4 Partner News Autumn 2022IET updatesIt was great to see youThe IET Summer Partnership Event was held on the 15 June at the Old Trafford Football Stadium in Manchester.For the first time since December 2019, weIET Director of Membership and Professional were able to invite over 125 delegates fromDevelopment, Michelle Richmond MBE, who our Academic, Corporate, Enterprise andacted as host for the event, said: It was so MOD Partners for a day of interesting talkswonderful to be able to bring our Partners and networking. This event also marked thetogether again and provide a neutral platform first time that one of our Partnership Eventsthat allows them to meet and discuss how we has been held in Manchester as we strive tocan use our Partnerships to help strengthen make sure all our Partners across the UK havethe world of engineering. a chance to experience a Partnership Event. Our Partnership community has grown The day began with a networking lunchsignificantly over the last two years, so it was followed by talks from our Partnershipgreat to see so many new faces as well as community. Firstly, we heard from Felix E.some familiar ones. We cant wait for the next Lesmes, who represented our Enterpriseevent. Partner, Megger. He spoke about his life changing innovation that has allowed peopleWe were also able to get feedback from within the Amazon to experience cleanthose in attendance through our digital drinking water for the first time.delegate app, which we have created in a bid to not only deliver the best event experience Next was Andy Sheridan from Corporatepossible but also reinforce our commitment to Partner, Manchester Airport Group, who gavesustainable practices. us a detailed insight into their data journey and how it impacts the running of such keyThe three talks were all very engaging and transport hubs. Lastly, we had a riveting talkinteresting, and the networking throughout on digital skills and how to encourage youngthe day was very beneficial to meet new people into STEM careers from IN4.0 Groupspeople and finally meet the IET staff weve CEO and Founder, Mo Isap. been working with virtually over the last two years, said Jack Cullen from Rolls Royce.IET President, Sir Julian Young, was also in attendance to give our delegates an overviewThe next IET Partnership Event will be ourOur Partnership community has of the IETs Strategy 2030, and how it willWinter Partnership Event on Thursday, 15grown significantly over the last enable us to engineer a better world.December 2022 at Savoy Place in London.two years, so it was great to see After the talks, delegates reconvened for a networking session that gave themPhotos from the Summer Partnershipso many new faces as well asthe chance to connect and collaborateEvent 2022 can be found on oursome familiar ones.with members of our community and IETFlickr page: https://www.flickr.com/representatives.photos/186436874@N08/albums'