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On 10 September, IChemE hosted an event with the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee, looking at how engineers can contribute to achieving a more sustainable world.

To take the voice of chemical engineering to the heart of Westminster, IChemE partnered with the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee to hold an event on the topic ‘In the next Parliament and beyond, how can engineers contribute to achieving a more sustainable world?’. The Committee exists to provide a liaison between parliamentarians and scientific bodies, science-based industry and the academic world, providing the perfect venue for this discussion.

The standing-room only event took place at the Wilson Room in Portcullis House in Westminster and featured a panel with IChemE President Mark Apsey MBE, Chris McDonald MP, Maddie Dinwoodie from EngineeringUK, and Nick Starkey from the Royal Academy of Engineering. The audience included parliamentarians, policy professionals, researchers and figures from industry.

This event allowed IChemE to bring together a conversation on a number of key topics that cut across engineering, to raise our voice as chemical engineers, and to network with politicians and key policy professionals. It was a fantastic opportunity to raise our profile as an organisation and to champion some of the key asks from our ‘Engineering a Sustainable World – the Chemical Engineering Challenge’ report. Looking forward, we will be building on the success of this event and continuing to engage in Parliament to raise our profile.

To find out more, please click the link below.

External URL: https://www.icheme.org/about-us/news-releases/icheme-leads-conversation-in-westminster-about-engineering-a-sustainable-world/