Events
1st January 2019 - 31st December 2019
WES Centenary
In 2019 WES will be 100 years old: we will be celebrating the present, remembering the past and changing the future. To find out more, go to the WES Centenary page.
1st May 2019 - 8th September 2019
Exhibition: The Sacred Year 1919: women and the professions
The Sacred Year 1919 marks the centenary of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act. This act enabled women to enter most professions and professional bodies for the first time. WES and Caroline Haslett feature in the displays. LSE Library, London
21st May 2019
Talk: Engineering a Place in History – celebrating one hundred years of the Women's Engineering Society
Join social history curator Ceryl Evans for a talk on: Engineering a place in history – celebrating one hundred years of the Women's Engineering Society. Tuesday 21 May 6.30pm to 8pm, Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building at LSE London.
30th May 2019
Men as Allies – Approaching Equality Together, Cambridge Association for Women in Science and Engineering (CamAWiSE)
Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Clifford Allbutt Lecture Theatre, Biomedical Campus, 5:00 – 7:00pm
5th June 2019
Electrifying Women: understanding the long history of women in engineering - PUBLIC LECTURE
Elizabeth Bruton (Science Museum) and Graeme Gooday (University of Leeds) look at how the First World War created new opportunities for women to participate, as did the exciting new technologies of electrical power and lighting a whole generation earlier. There will be an opportunity for questions and discussion of how understanding the Women’s Engineering Society’s first hundred years might help to diversify recruitment to engineering today.
12th June 2019
Talk: Airships, Steamships and Spitfires: 100 Years of Women in Engineering
Dr Nina Baker shares some of the terrific stories about amazing women engineers from her years of research into these hidden histories. Free event, part of the Glasgow Science Festival
12th June 2019 - 13th June 2019
International Business Days Le Mans 2019
Explore opportunities in research, innovation and co-design and gain a deeper understanding of the motorsport industry.
For more details please go here.
13th June 2019
Minerva Scientifica – Echoes from London
Echoes from London is the first English species of Minerva Scientifica's five-star Edinburgh Festival Fringe performance commemorating triumphs and histories of Superwomen of Science through a blend of music, song and spoken word. Featuring singer and composer Frances M Lynch, it has been specially created in collaboration with Stroud Green Festival, Stroud Green Primary School and the Women’s Engineering Society, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year.
13th June 2019
Women Automotive Summit
Over 200 automotive leaders come together for the Women Automotive Summit in Stuttgart, June 13th.
Women Automotive Summit is an event about women in the automotive industry; but not just for women. Listen to leading industry experts share their success stories; learn from their expertise; gain advice and insight of how you can improve yourself, network with your peers and discuss with other male and female attendees what needs to be done for future success.
19th June 2019 - 21st June 2019
TDM Symposium
Travel demand management (TDM) tools and techniques have progressed over the last few decades to include new policies, technologies, vehicle and fuel types. Other soft measures have also been introduced such as raising awareness and education policies. The aim of TDM is to improve the efficiency of the transportation system and promote further use of more efficient and smarter modes of transportation. The Public transportation system and ITS are at the heart of that aim.
22nd June 2019 - 23rd June 2019
Women Teaching Women
Perrygrove Railway, Wales
A 'hands on' weekend designed for women of the railways, workshops, road and steam to come along, teach and promote women in what are seen as male dominated industries.
Activities and demonstrations will include: Railway engine firing and driving; blacksmithing; classic car mechanics; road engine handling; tractor driving and much more!
23rd June 2019
WES Centenary Members' Lunch, London
Held on the very day that WES was officially created in 1919, this lunch for WES members and their partners to mark WES’ centenary will be held at Ognisko, the Polish Club in Kensington, London.
23rd June 2019
International Women in Engineering Day (INWED)
Get involved in International Women in Engineering Day (#INWED19), the awareness day to raise the profile of women engineers. The 2019 theme is #TransformTheFuture. View the website for more information: www.inwed.org.uk
27th June 2019
Celebration of Women in Engineering: 100 Years of WES
6.30-9pm, Cutlers' Hall, Sheffield
Coinciding with the celebration of 100 years of the Women’s Engineering Society this event presents a showcase of speeches by female engineers reflecting their experiences and career paths.
Guest speakers include*: Dr Kirsty Clode, Chair of WiME
Dr Carolyn Griffiths CEng FIMechE FREng
Pam Liversidge OBE DL FREng
6th September 2019 - 7th September 2019
Women's History Network Annual Conference 2019
This conference will explore not only the significance of the 1919 Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act in Britain, but also the ‘professional woman’ in all periods, nations and forms.
Taking place at the LSE, the event also features a presentation on the WES Centenary Trail on 6 September.