EGA Spring Panel Discussion 2021

The UCD Engineering Graduates Association were delighted this year to welcome a panel of experts to deliver the EGA's Spring Panel Discussion on 'Inclusive by Design: Applying Inclusive Design Methods to Engineering’, on Thursday 11th October 2021 at 6pm.

Inclusive Design leads to better communities, better workplaces, better buildings, better families, better governments, better cities, better education and healthcare: better everything! Inclusive Design is at the heart of all Equality, Diversity and Inclusion efforts, yet the keys to the method are not well understood in the Engineering disciplines overall. Four top speakers on the Inclusive Design philosophy and its methods and ethos will share their views in this first-ever UCD symposium on the subject, inclusively designed to help engineering graduates to build better inclusive careers and futures!

The event took place virtually as an online webinar due to the current public health restrictions associated with the Covid-19 pandemic. A recording of the webinar is available below to view online.

Speaker Profiles:

• (opens in a new window)Professor Jutta Treviranus, Director of the Inclusive Design Research Centre and Full Professor at the Ontario College of Art & Design University.
• (opens in a new window)Professor Sambhavi (Sam) Chandrashekar, Inclusive Design Lead, D2L and Brightspace, Canada; Adjunct Professor, OCAD University and York University, Toronto; former faculty member in Inclusive Design at OCAD University and University of Toronto.
• (opens in a new window)Mr Damien Owens, BA BAI MAI MBA CEng FIEI, Registrar, (opens in a new window)Engineers Ireland.
  
• (opens in a new window)Professor Lizbeth Goodman, Full Professor, UCD School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, will moderate the panel.

Event Programme: EGA Spring Panel Discussion - Event Programme 11.03.21

A special thanks to our panelists for their contributions and input in creating such a fascinating discussion on the evening.

The EGA also gratefully acknowledges the support of all our Corporate Members.