b'Partner News Autumn 2021 7IET updatesA landmark moment for our China officeAs part of our 150th anniversary celebrations, the IET China team joined forces with Westlake University to create the Westlake-IET@150 Talksa series of lectures exploring exciting topics in various sectors.Aprils talk was presented by ProfessorFeeling fashion forwardMohamad Sawan, an internationallyOur Manufacturing Futures Prize, launched renowned scientist in the field of smartin collaboration with The Fashion District medical devices. His talk, delivered in English,earlier this year, has seen some creative was on Smart Medical Devices to Predictapplicationsand ten brilliant start-upsAnd they lived happily ever afterand Enhance Health Conditions, and wasmade it through to the next stage. Our competition to put engineers and delivered in-person as well as on populartechnologists front and centre of childrens Chinese video streaming platformBilibili. The aim of the challenge was to find techstories was launched as another way to solutions to current fashion industry issuesreach beyond our industry during our and support new innovations across smallanniversary year, and we were blown to medium-sizes enterprises within design,away with the quality and quantity of manufacture and retail.applications.If youd like to watch ProfessorFrom plant-based leather and otherThe Childrens Fiction Competition by Sawans lecture, simply scan thissustainable materials, to smart softwareThe Times and Chicken House Books runs QR code to go straight to Bilibili. solutions and carbon footprint trackingannually, but for this year only we joined and offsettingthe judges have beenforces to offer an extra prizethe IET 150 Inspiring the next generation through ourimpressed with the breadth and ingenuityAward, for celebrating STEM in a story.new global movement: #DifferenceMakers of applications. In another effort to reach beyondThe prize is a worldwide publishing the engineering community and helpFind out more about the winner andcontract with Chicken House with a inspire the next generation, we createdshortlist attheiet.org/150-fashion 10,000 advance (subject to contract), #DifferenceMakersa radical newand an offer of representation by a top movement shining a light on sustainableliterary agent. The shortlist was announced saviours who are engineering a better world,in August, including three just for the IET and showing STEM as a force for good. 150 Award, and final prize winners will be announced very soon.Engineers throughout the ages From videos and GIFs, to memes and TikToks, were reacting to topical news andhave shaped the way we liveFind out more at theiet.org/150-fiction telling unbelievable stories in an authentictoday, from innovators andGlobal IET@150 EngTalksand unexpected way, sharing the magic offorward-thinkers to influencersThanks to international project teams in engineering and technology behind the things we take for grantedespecially when ityou wouldnt typically think of.India, Hong Kong, New Zealand, America comes to making greener choices or solvingOur profession is dedicated toand beyond, we launched our first series some of our greatest climate challenges! of international EngTalks in celebration of the advancement of knowledge,IET@150 over the summer.and were proud to play a pivotal role in uniting forces from acrossWeve had some amazing speakers, so dont forget to catch them on-demand the industry to engineer a better(along with many others) at theiet.org/world, together. engtalksFind out more about the campaign by scanning the QR code below, and if you know a #DifferenceMaker (or maybe you are one yourself), drop us a line atProfessor Danielle George MBE, iet150@theiet.orgthe IETs 139th President'