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Tell us who YOU think would be an inspirational host for the 2013 Young Woman Engineer of the Year Award?

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You may already know that the YWE Award will be taking place in December this year!



Last year's ceremony was hosted by Gabby Logan, who did a fantastic job of engaging with the audience and making the nominees feel welcome.



This year we are looking for fresh ideas on who could present the 2013 Award.  So, if you have any suggestions, do let us know so that we can consider them!



We look forward to hearing from you!



Jo Foster


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    Could I suggest Dame Sue Ion? She has extensive exeprience in the nuclear energy sector but I was only made aware of her but her inclusion in the Radio 4 Women's Power List (where entries from engineering and science numbers only a handful). Another biography can be found here. 



    Anyway just a thought...

    Nicola




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    Hello Nicola,



    Thank you very much for your suggetion and for the link to the power list.  I have added this to our Facebook page.



    Kind regards,

    Jo
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    Gabby Logan was an amazing host for the ceremony in 2012. Very professional, her story was relevant and she had a really inspiring message. She will be a tough act to follow!

     

    Other possibilities for 2013: Joanna Lumley? Dara O'Briain? Hilary Devey?



    We look forward to hearing back from you!



  • Naomi Climer







    President, Media Cloud Services at Sony




     and Fellow and Trustee of the IET.
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    Thank you very much for the excellent suggestions from everybody.

    Please keep them coming!



    Kind regards,

    Jo Foster.
  • Great to see some suggestions. We've already had Liz Bonin and she was fantastic.

    Maggie Aderin-Pocock is such an inspiration, she would be an amazing choice.
    Regards
    Dawn
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    Maggie Aderin-Pocock would be a great speaker.  She is naturally animated and enthusiastic when she speaks and woul be a great inspiration.



    Thank yopu for your suggestions.



    Jo



    Maria Kelly    :

    Yep, have to agree Cristina!



    1) it has to be a woman



    2) it has to be a woman with some STEM background, so that when given the award you know it is from someone who appreciates the nature of your work and it's not just a confused pat on the head.



    Celebrities are ok (although I'd be very uninpressed if handed anything by Hilary Devey after her programme on whether women have equality in the workplace last year) but why not make the most of the fantastic role models we already have. Does it matter if they are not famous for being famous? I appreciate you need a host with charisma and  pulling power, but if the IET can't attract presuambly tecchie people to an award ceremony to recognise great work, hosted by a tecchie person then we're all doomed anyway.

    There are some tecchie well known faces (Liz Bonin - Bang Goes the Theory, or Maggie Aderin-Pocock) that do also fit the criteria!



    Maria


  • Can you afford Carol Vorderman: engineering background, intelligent (of course) and well-known for her numeracy?



    Joan
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    This is a great suggestion.  Thank you Joan.

    We will review.



    Jo
  • Former Community Member
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    Chi Onwurah? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi_Onwurah



    She spoke at the IET Sectors launch and was a great speaker.

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