View footage from the IET Scotland Engineer's Question Time
A panel of industry leaders, Members of the Scottish Parliament, and engineers, chaired by an experienced TV News presenter, debates controversial questions from engineers in the audience.
Main topics:
- Getting Engineering going again in Scotland
- Renewables vs conventional sources
- Potential effects of Independence on Engineering in Scotland
Panel
Chairperson - Mike Edwards, STV senior news reporter
Arlene McConnell, Young Woman Engineer of the Year 2010-11, and member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Young Academy of Scotland - a Radar and Advanced Targeting Systems Engineer at SELEX Galileo
Niall Stuart, Chief Executive, Scottish Renewables, (voice of the renewable energy industry in Scotland) A member of the First Minister's Energy Advisory Board, and co-chair of the Renewable Energy Advisory Group with Energy Minister Fergus Ewing MSP.
Rob Gibson, MSP (SNP) was a member of the Climate Change committee which steered the world leading Bill to unanimous support; twice nominated as Politician of the Year; convener of the Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environmen. He has been a consistent and vocal supporter of the Scottish renewables revolution.
Dave Gorman, Head of Environmental Strategy, Scottish Environment Protection Agency Trained as an engineer, Dave is a Chartered Manager and Chartered Environmentalist, a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute and the Royal Society of Arts, and currently a member of the Expert Commission on District Heating.
Murdo Fraser MSP (Scottish Conservative) is Convener of the Parliament's Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee and co-convenor of the Cross-Party Group on the Scottish Economy. He was Deputy Party Leader 2005-2011 and has been Spokesman on Health, Education and Enterprise & Lifelong Learning.
Dr Peter T Hughes OBE. Chief Executive of Scottish Engineering (the support and lobbying organisation for the manufacturing engineering industry in Scotland), a regular media spokesman on Scottish affairs. He was appointed OBE in 1993 for services to the UK Steel Industry, and elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 1995.