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The IET President’s Address 2022

1pm BST: Online live broadcast | 6pm BST: Fireside chat and dinner

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Hear from Professor Bob Cryan CBE as he talks about how his determination and ambition led him from working-class roots and only just scraping into university, to becoming the youngest full professor of engineering in the UK, and then the youngest University Vice Chancellor.

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Bob says:

"In my President’s Address, you’ll hear how the IET and its initiatives has been central to my professional life, and from some of the people I now work with, including Dragon’s Den’s Peter Jones, actor Patrick Stewart and former international cricket umpire Dickie Bird."
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Meet your new President

Professor Bob Cryan is Vice Chancellor of the University of Huddersfield – the city he grew up in. He is passionate about creating opportunities for as many people as possible, for which he has won awards including inaugural Guardian Inspiring University Leader of the Year Award and the Daily Telegraph Educate North Leadership Award.
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Meet Bob at the President’s Dinner

Tickets are available now for an evening in the spectacular riverside setting of IET London: Savoy Place. The dinner is your chance to meet and network with Bob Cryan and other senior engineering figures.

Before you enjoy the first-class food and drink, listen to the Fireside Chat between Bob and 2021-22 President, Sir Julian Young. It will be hosted by the current Young Woman Engineer of the Year, Dr Ciara McGrath.
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2021 President’s Address: The fireside chat

Sir Julian Young was joined by our 2020-21 President, Danielle George MBE, and 2020 Young Woman Engineer of the Year, Ella Podmore, to talk about their inspirations, aspirations, what it was like to celebrate our 150th anniversary entirely online, and Julian’s aims for his presidential year.
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Gain CPD hours

Attending the IET's President's Address counts towards 1 hour of CPD which can be easily recorded using our Career Manager tool.

Go to https://www.theiet.org/career/professional-development/career-manager

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