Annual Conference 2025
Join us in Birmingham for technical talks, networking, and learning!
28-29 April 2025
This year the theme for our Annual Conference is Together We Engineer and will take place on the 28 and 29 April 2025.
The 2 day event is designed to inspire, educate, and connect women engineers across disciplines and career levels
We will have a range of technical talks, keynotes and workshops as well as plenty of time to networking and connect in the exhibition areas.
Our Inspiring Speakers
Alan King – Head of Global Membership Development, IMechE and founder of the AI community, AI-Your-Org
Alan King, Head of Global Membership Development at the IMechE and founder of the AI community, AI-Your-Org, has been fascinated by artificial intelligence (AI) since his teenage years. As an early adopter of AI tools, he has used them to accelerate output and explore their boundaries.
After completing a Master’s degree in International Business, King dedicated his early career to working at Hewlett Packard on environmental test systems and then Strategic Alliance International, where he managed global campaigns for technology firms, all whilst deepening his knowledge in technology and AI systems. Building on this valuable experience, he later joined the IMechE and published “Harnessing the Potential of AI in Organisations”, which led to setting up the “AI-Your-Org” community.
Harnessing the Power of AI
Join us for an engaging and insightful event exploring the transformative impact of AI in organizations. Led by AI strategist and author Alan King, this session will delve into the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, focusing on how businesses can effectively integrate AI to drive efficiency, innovation, and strategic growth.
Drawing from cutting-edge insights and real-world applications, this event will cover:
- The history and rapid evolution of AI, including large language models and their capabilities.
- The role of AI in optimizing data, automation, and decision-making processes.
- The five-layer AI integration model for seamless organizational adoption.
- Overcoming challenges, ethical considerations, and the future trajectory of AI-powered industries.
Attendees will gain actionable strategies to embrace AI, navigate change, and future-proof their organizations in an AI-driven world. Whether you are an industry leader, entrepreneur, or AI enthusiast, this event will provide the knowledge and frameworks needed to stay ahead in an increasingly intelligent business environment.
Let’s start the conversation—AI is here, and the future belongs to those who harness its potential!
Geeta Morar – System Safety and Assurance Manager, Hitachi Rail
Geeta Morar is the System Safety and Assurance Manager on Hitachi Rail’s Four Lines Modernisation (4LM) Project; a complex Communication Based Train Control (CBTC) signalling project for the London Underground.
Geeta has worked for Hitachi Rail for over 19 years; starting her career in Toronto as a junior Safety Engineer after graduating from Queen’s University, Canada, where she had studied Electrical Engineering. Geeta progressed within the technical safety field from junior Engineer to her current role as System Safety and Assurance Manager, based in London, UK. Prior to her work on the 4LM Project, Geeta has also worked on major signalling upgrade projects on the London Underground’s Jubilee and Northern Lines.
Geeta is an active STEM Ambassador, and through her volunteering she seeks to inspire and to prove to young girls and women that they too can be engineers and succeed in STEM pathways.
Hitachi Rail, 4 Lines Modernisation (4LM) Project
The 4 Lines Modernisation (4LM) Project is an exciting, large-scale Project being delivered by Hitachi Rail for the London Underground; a Project that truly embodies this years’ WES Conference theme of, Together We Engineer.
The 4LM Project involves the deployment of the SelTrac ™ Communication Based Train Control (CBTC) signalling system across four of the London Underground Lines; the Hammersmith and City Line, the Circle Line, the District Line, and the Metropolitan Line. The objective of the 4LM Project is to deliver safety, reliability, and improved capacity to the city of London, all whilst minimizing any disruption to London Underground’s travelling public while we design, install, test and commission our CBTC System.
Gain insight into how an urban rail signalling Project of this complexity and immense scale is being delivered by hundreds of Hitachi Rail engineers, across multiple countries, with true teamwork and innovation at its heart. Hear about the technical hurdles that have been overcome, through collaborative ingenuity and sheer determination. Also explore the key lessons that have been learned throughout our Project journey, and how these learning points have significantly improved how we have engineered and delivered our solution.
Anouska Carling – STEM Returners
Anouska is an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Programme Manager with STEM Returners. She has more than 20 years experience in Engineering recruitment. She works with organisations to help them embed and scale alternative methods that enable them to hire more inclusively, focusing on routes dedicated to career break returners and transferrers. She is a level 6 Chartered Manager in Leading Inclusion and Diversity and Managing Organisational Culture.
Laura Shrieves & Claire Johnson
Leadership for Senior Career Engineers
Paula McMahon – WES Climate Emergency Group
Paula is a high profile multi award winning Civil Engineer who advocates for an equitable and sustainable society.
Working for Sir Robert McAlpine she mentors staff working towards professional qualifications and manages the wide reaching and varied social value on the A19 DBFO Project.
In the wider SRM she is also a Co-Chair of the Gender Equality Network and active member of the LGBT+ Affinity Network. She is an Honorary Professor of Teesside University, an Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Trustee and Head of Professional Conduct and Ethics as well as Women’s Engineering Society (WES) Trustee and Chair of the WES Climate Emergency Group.
She truly believes we need our workforce to represent our society so we can effectively face future challenges sustainably.
Addressing the Climate Emergency
more details coming soon…
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