b'26 Member News March 2021Year in ReviewMalaysia Networkhelp make PPE for frontline workersOur IET Malaysia Network collaborated Our year in review with Junior Chamber International (JCI) Penang to produce 3D printed face shields to support those working on the frontline during the Take a look at IET highlights from 2020 Covid-19 outbreak. More than 400 3D face shield brackets and 7,000 PVC replacements were shipped to hospitals We launch ourand other organisations manufacturingTechnical webinars go global across careers guide Foothold Malaysia. Develop your career inlaunches The IET Communities team workedManufacturing, aimsnew website with technical and industry expertsto help engineersto provide free insightful content that coveredand techniciansIET Benevolent Fund,a variety of engineering disciplines. The webinars arelooking to work inFoothold, launchedfree and easy to access through our Communitiesthe manufacturingtheir new website,Webinar Hub: theiet.org/impact-society/technical-webinars. sector, highlightingmyfoothold. org, with real-life examples andthe aim to support opportunities that3,000 people a year.IET India Digital Conversations to engineerswe can provide. This was followedduring the pandemicup, in June, with Read the bookletthe release of theirDue to the Covid-19 pandemic causing lockdowns online: theiet.org/ app; making gettingaround the world, IET India launched a series of develop-your-career- support even easier!digital conversations to provide insights and useful in-manufacturinginformation to engineers via online webinars.JANUARY APRILFEBRUARY MARCHFLL finalsEngland & Wales, Scotland and All-IrelandTuring Talk 2020: Digital Twins For the first time ever, we held three FIRST LEGO League national finals across the UK and Ireland, taking place inOur Turing Talk speaker this yearBristol, Perth and Dublin. We saw our largest ever final atwas Mark Girolami, who discussedour England and Wales event and had 114 teams compete Digital Twins and theiracross the three finals! Our winners were an all-girl team from history to present- Reading, called the Shape Shifters, a team of 16-year-oldsday technologicalfrom Stewarton called the Stewarton capability. The eventStormers and 11-13 year-oldtook place in London,Build-a-bots from Wicklow, Dublin. Covid-19adapting to a virtual worldManchester and Belfast.When Covid-19 broke out, weworked hard to play our part inYoung Professionals sharing engineering knowledgeCommunity Volunteer and expertise to aid the responseConference (YPCVC) to the pandemic. We worked with the Governments Department for Business, Our biannual YPCVC saw Energy and Industrial Strategy, to help 50 IET Young Professionals find businesses that could help support come together from around the production and supply of ventilators the world to network andand ventilator components.collaborate in Bangalore, India.'