Harnessing the power of engineering to solve global challenges - IMechE 175

Name: Harnessing the power of engineering to solve global challenges - IMechE 175
Start: 2022-01-27T18:30:00
Location: Lecture

Lecture, Online

27 January 2022

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Overview

In celebration of the Institution’s 175th Anniversary, join Sir Patrick Vallance FRS FMedSci FRCP as he discusses the importance of harnessing the power of engineering to solve global challenges.

Sir Patrick Vallance FRS FMedSci FRCP is the Government Chief Scientific Adviser (GCSA) and Head of the Government Science and Engineering (GSE) profession. We are honoured to host Sir Patrick as we launch our IMechE 175 celebrations and highlight this important conversation.

IMechE 175 is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the achievements of IMechE and the contribution of mechanical engineering to society, whilst also inspiring a future generation of engineers. We aim to celebrate and honour our past while looking confidently to the future.

Our celebratory events and activity will focus on how mechanical engineers can help to solve the global challenges we face today. Climate change, education, infection control, and transport… how can mechanical engineering aid humanity?

Join this forthcoming online lecture by Sir Patrick Vallance on 27 January 2022. Free of charge and open to all.

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Day 1

18:30 - Harnessing the power of engineering to solve global challenges - IMechE 175

18.30-18.40: Opening Remarks - Peter Flinn FIMechE (President of IMechE)

18.40-19.20: Lecture - Sir Patrick Vallance FRS FMedSci FRCP

19.20-19.40: Q&A - Sir Patrick Vallance FRS FMedSci FRCP

19.40-19.45: Closing Remarks - Dr Alice Bunn FIMechE (CEO of IMechE)

Sir Patrick Vallance: Government Chief Scientific Adviser and Head of Government Science and Engineering Profession, UK Government

Sir Patrick Vallance FRS FMedSci FRCP is Government Chief Scientific Adviser (GCSA) and Head of the Government Science and Engineering (GSE) profession. His personal research was in the area of diseases of blood vessels and endothelial biology.

Patrick was President, R&D at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) from 2012 until 2017. Prior to this, he was Senior Vice President, Medicines Discovery and Development. He joined the company in May 2006 as Head of Drug Discovery. He was a member of the GSK Board and the Corporate Executive Team. During his period as head of R&D over 14 new medicines were approved for use worldwide, for diseases ranging from cancer to asthma and HIV.

Prior to joining GSK, he was a clinical academic, Professor of Medicine and led the Division of Medicine at UCL. He has over 20 years’ experience of basic and clinical research, and was a consultant physician in the NHS. His research spanned from work on medicinal chemistry and structural biology, through to cellular work, studies in humans and use of large electronic health record databases.

He was elected to the Academy of Medical Sciences in 1999 and to the Royal Society in 2017. He was on the Board of the UK Office for Strategic Co-ordination of Health Research (OSCHR) from 2009 to 2016. He is an Honorary Fellow at UCL and holds honorary degrees from Imperial College London, Glasgow University, University of York and St George’s, University of London. He was a non-executive director and board member for UK Biobank and a non-executive board member for Genome Research Limited but stepped down in taking up the GCSA role.

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