Electric Dreams 2024: Celebrating Women in Energy

Tuesday, 12 November 2024, IET London: Savoy Place, WC2R 0BL

Join us Electric Dreams – a celebration of womanpower at the IET for an electrifying day of celebration dedicated to women in energy – past, present and future – with an evening keynote by Professor Dame Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge, chair of both the Climate Change Adaptation Committee and the Carbon Trust. The event marks the centenary of the founding on 12 November 1924 of the Electrical Association for Women (EAW), with Caroline Haslett at the helm. The EAW set out to educate all women in the new science of electricity, to relieve them from domestic drudgery, and to liberate them to pursue careers outside the home.

Afternoon Sessions, with refreshments: 12:30pm – 5pm (charged at £15+VAT) Evening Public Lecture, drinks reception and networking: 6pm – 9pm (Free of charge)

Speakers at the afternoon panel sessions – all passionate advocates of diversity in engineering – include the following inspirational speakers Session 1 will be our historical ‘look back’ and include:

  • Anne Locker, giving an overview of the Electrical Association for Women * Sahar Danesh, who will tell us more about women in standardisation * and Ann Oakley (session 1), who will talk about her newly released publication The Science of Housework

Session 2 will be a ‘look forward’, and include

  • Lesley Rudd, CEO of Electrical Safety First
  • Yasmin Ali, talking about her new book ‘Power Up’
  • Kenneth Dunn, talking about solar power to women in Africa, * and Titi Oliyide, IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year telling us more about Green Hydrogen. The panels are chaired, respectively, by Henrietta Heald and Dawn Bonfield, both part of the Electric Dreams Project Team, and each concludes with a Q&A.

The Evening Prestige Public Lecture will hear Dame Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge, talk about tacking climate change and the decarbonisation of our economy using electricity.

Please click hereElectric Dreams – a celebration of womanpower to see the full programme, speaker biographies, and to register your place for either or both of these events. When registering you will be asked to select whether you are attending the afternoon session (cost of £15+VAT), the evening session (free or charge), or both. Please be sure to register for both sessions only if you intend to stay on, and if this changes, please let us know.