WIE International Leadership Summit 2025 - Leeds Track
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Title: Innovative engineering solutions to address EDI challenges
- Keynote speaker (Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon)
- Panel discussion on Engineering and women health by Professor Louise M Jennings, Dr. Virginia Pensabene, Dr Amisha Desai, Dr Paul Steenson and Professor Cath Noakes
Student Poster competitions
- Themes
- Medical engineering (women health, diversity in medical engineering)
- AI and ( Engineering Data Ethics, Reducing Bias in Engineering)
- Automations (assistive technologies to cater for disable and neurodiverse people and alleviate societal inequalities for carers, )
- Sustainability ( The role of sustainable energy solutions in improving accessibility to clean, safe and affordable energy during conflict and displacement ).
- Telecommunication (fostering globalization, gender-bias in communication systems, enhancing Healthcare Access (virtual healthcare consultations and remote diagnostics.)
Organising Committee:
Dr Salma Al Arefi (Member IEEE UK&I WIE and lead (/co) for Outreach and cultivating new talents WG)
Dr Virginia Pensabene (Member of IEEE)
Dr Maryam Hafeez (Member of IEEE)
Prof. Louise Jennings
Student representatives from the University of Leeds IEEE Student Branch
Date and Time
Location
Hosts
Registration
- Date: 04 Dec 2025
- Time: 08:00 AM UTC to 05:00 PM UTC
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- Liverpool John Moores University
- Liverpool, England
- United Kingdom L33AF
- UK and Ireland Section Affinity Group,WIE
- Contact Event Host
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Dr Virginia Pensabene V.Pensabene@leeds.ac.uk
- Co-sponsored by University of Leeds
- Starts 06 March 2025 12:00 AM UTC
- Ends 04 December 2025 12:00 AM UTC
- No Admission Charge