Engineering Inspiration: Case Study on Overcoming Stereotypes of Who Can Be an Engineer – Kevin Stenson, Chief Executive, Smallpiece Trust

Alongside Creative Access, Equal Engineers, and WES, The Smallpeice Trust is part of McLaren Racing Engage, a strategic alliance of collaborative initiatives to diversify talent in motorsport. The Trust’s role is to inspire, inform and influence students from secondary schools in McLaren’s community that meet EngineeringUK’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion criteria; namely the proportion of students that are eligible for Free School Meals, and the proportion of ethnic minority students. This case study features McLaren Extreme E’s visit, together with McLaren’s first female racing driver, to a school where students thought “McLaren will never come to my school”.

Commercial Conflict Resolution – Richard Savage, Managing Director & Chief Negotiation Officer and Sam Macbeth, Commercial Director & Chief Negotiation Officer, Savage MacBeth

Conflict exists throughout all aspects of our lives; every day we find ourselves in situations where we manage conflict, both professionally and personally. This session is designed to address common concerns and anxieties we encounter. Confidence – what, when and how to position potentially contentious issues. Control – how can we manage both ourselves and the process better when we feel the pressure. Power – why does it feel like the other side often has most of the power, and what can we do about it? The commercial skills associated with handling these types of issues can provide enormous benefits to an individual and their organisation.

Engineering Design: Case Study on Systematic Inclusion from Heathrow Airport – Jenny McLaughlin, Project Manager, Heathrow

Design has a purpose and intent, it can either include or exclude. When we design our infrastructure, technology and process if we don’t have a wide lens that embraces human diversity, we create barriers. These barriers at best require and undignified work around, at worst can actually lead to harm. Heathrow is on a mission to become the most accessible airport for passengers, colleagues and our supply chain. Hear about the steps we’ve taken to be more systematically inclusive and where we think there should be collaboration across industry to drive the agenda further.