STICKAnnual Conference 2019: 100 Years of Women in Engineering
Wed, 6 November 2019, 10:00 – 16:00 at the
Glasgow Women's Library 23 Landressy Street Glasgow G40 1BP
Please remember to make your payments as per the reply booking email, so that we have the funds to cover our room hire and catering commitments.
2019 marks the centenary of the Women’s Engineering Society (WES). The Society was founded to support women engineers who, although welcomed into the profession during World War One, were often told “not to get comfortable” and came under pressure at the end of the war to leave the workforce to release jobs for men returning from the forces. The Women’s Engineering Society sought to resist this pressure, but also to promote engineering as a rewarding job for women as well as men. The STICK conference seeks to celebrate 100 years of WES and women in engineering. We have speakers who will celebrate the successes of women in engineering both past and present, explore the challenges around telling these stories and engage in the debate.
General admission price: £15/ Student: £10
Please note that this is not a free event. You will receive payment instructions by email upon booking. Book tickets here.
Programme
10:00 – 10:30 Registration & tea/coffee
10:30 - 10:45 Welcome and housekeeping
10:45 – 11:30 Keynote, Dr Nina Baker – More than Pioneers: 100 years of Women in Engineering
11:30 – 12:15 Anne Locker, Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) – “Unladylike Exploits with Wiring”: re-examining the records of women in engineering
12:15 – 12:30 Coffee break
12:30 – 13:15 Ceryl Evans & Helen Close (Women’s Engineering Society) – “Editing Women Engineers Back Onto the Map”: The challenges of developing and delivering the WES Centenary Trail
13:15 – 13:45 Lunch
13:45 – 14:30 Graeme Gooday, Elizabeth Bruton, Emily Rees (Electrifying Women – Leeds University & The Science Museum) – Women in Engineering pre-WW1
14:30 – 15:15 Katherine Kirk (University of the West of Scotland) – Women at Work: “Engineering for Educated Women” at Galloway Engineering Co. Tongland
