Raising the bar - can learned societies and professional institutions particularly the engineering institutions do more to contribute to economic growth?

  • September 24, 2013
  • Dinner, Discussion
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Professor Tim Broyd FREng FICE
Vice-President, Institution of Civil Engineers
Professor Jeremy Watson CBE FREng FIET
Vice-President and Trustee, The Institution of Engineering and Technology (The IET)
Patrick Kniveton FIMechE FIET
President, Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Panellist: Professor John Uff CBE QC FREng FICE
Barrister, Keating Chambers

Comino Foundation, ICE, IMechE, The IET, Michael John Trust

This discussion appeared in the FST journal below.

Issue 21-3 Reports on debates on communicating the uncertainty of risk estimates, stimulating regional growth, contribution of the engineering learned societies, increasing digitial pariticipation, the economics of decarbonisation and prioritising research.

Volume 21, Issue 3