b'Member News March 2022 9Year in reviewEat, Sleep, Engineer, Repeat Making history in We welcomed our 140th IET our Local NetworksPresident, Sir Julian Young. In his Presidents Address, To celebrate InternationalGaming for goodhe laid out what he hopes Women in Engineering Day, Our Difference Makers campaignto achieve in the next year and how he we had our first ever all-femalepartnered with David Beckhams,plans to work towards our Strategy 2030. Local Network Committee,Guild Esports to promote STEM with all Chair positions heldand sustainability thought the by women until and includingaction-packed world of Fortnite.IET India Scholarship award2023. We cant wait to see whatThe result? For every tree thatreceived record number ofamazing things this LN achieves. was cut down during the game- applicants athon, our Difference Makers wereIn its fifth year, the awardsplanting one in real life. Thats thereceived over 16,000 applications. Malaysia Youngdefinition of gaming for good. Their flagship initiative drew inspiration Professionals launchfrom our societal challenges and with innovative hackathonover 100 hours of judging, four finalists A three-stage hackathonLaunched five new factfileswere picked for their innovation ideas.saw entrants using theirOur IET Factfiles focus on key issues technical know-how to tackleand the way in which engineering andKnowledge Centre, Savoy Place re-opens! conservation issues in simple,technology play a vital role in overcoming yet effective ways. Joiningthem. Our five new reports look atOur Library and Archives researchers forces with government- various sectors and provide unbiasedstarted to come back to IET London: Savoy linked body MAGIC, theinformation, plusPlace after 18-months of being closed. In five winning ideas arethey are freeOctober, our venues started to re-open, and now being produced, toto download.it was so good to see our members again.help save the planet! OCTOBERJUNE AUGUSTJULY SEPTEMBER NOVEMBER DECEMBEREngineeringBoard of Trustees We were grantedYoung Women Open Housebreaking down barriersNGO ObserverEngineer of the Day Live! We are continually working status to COP26Year AwardsThis years Opentowards equal opportunities for all IETEight IETHosted by House eventmembers, colleagues, and volunteersrepresentativesSam Quek, went fully virtualso we were very pleased to announceattended the summitwe celebrated for the first time.that our Board of Trustees reached ain Glasgow, reporting back on theour six female From aerospacemilestone event for this years sessionsolutions, events, negotiationsengineer finalists engineering towith an equal split of men and women. and talks they attended. Climatewho are doing innovations tochange is, without doubt, the mostground-breaking transport anddifficult and important engineeringwork within everything inWe launched our verychallenge of our time, one whichengineering and betweenit wasown STEM Book Clubthe IET is determined to lead. technology and 5-hours of epicWe introduced the paving the way engineering andIET Bookshelfour for the STEM technology fun! new YouTube series, whereSanta Loves STEM superstarswe speak to compellingSanta and his elves returnedof theSTEM focused authors suchfor the STEM festivities infuture. as Brian David Johnson2021. This year, Santa had and Femi Fadugba,a whole workshop packed full about their books.of inspiring ideas for teachers and families this Christmas.'