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TOP 50 SUSTAINWAOBMILEITNY I NR EEVNEGAINLEEDERING:
THE WOMEN’S ENGINEERING
Society (WES) is delighted to
announce the winners of the Top 50
Women in Engineering: Sustainability
awards. Now in its fifth year, the 2020
WE50 celebrates women who have
made a significant contribution within
sustainability. Winning nominees
were required to provide evidence of
their successful support of UNESCO’s
Sustainable Development Goals or
the Net Zero Carbon Programme.
Even in the current climate, the
number and standard of nominations
were high, emphasising the
exceptional achievements made by
women in this field. The WE50 awards
were judged by a panel of industry
experts.
Sally Sudworth, WE50 Head
Judge, the Environment Agency’s
National Programme Manager
for Asset Management & FCRM
Sustainability Lead (Net Zero Carbon
Programme) and WES Honorary
Secretary said, “The panel of judges
was thrilled by with the outstanding
achievements demonstrated by all
of the winners and were thrilled by
the difference being made by the
candidates”.
The WE50 awards seek to
recognise the wealth of female
talent within engineering and related
disciplines; an annual celebration
aligned with the campaign
International Women in Engineering
Day (INWED) which takes place on 23
June and is also co-ordinated by WES.
INWED celebrates the achievements
of women in engineering and related
roles and highlights the opportunities
available to engineers of the future;
this year the campaign is partnering
with UNESCO UK.
Elizabeth Donnelly, Chief
Executive Officer of the Women’s
Engineering Society explained
why WES had chosen the theme of
sustainability for 2020. “The 2019
Climate Emergency Declarations
followed unprecedented weather
conditions across the planet.
Engineers were instrumental in
repairing the Toddbrook Dam after
it collapsed in August last year, and
it will be engineers who will provide
many of the solutions needed
to address the UN’s Sustainable
Development Goals. We felt that it
was the right time to showcase the
amazing women who are already
working on these issues.”
Despite the unusual set of
circumstances the country finds
itself in this year during the COVID-19
pandemic, WES will still be celebrating
the WE50 winners. The 2020 winners
are published on the INWED website
and celebrated during WES’ own
virtual INWED event on 23 June
and across social media and press
throughout the world. A full list of the
WE50 winners is available at www.
inwed.org.uk/we50/2020winners.
Schneider extends partnerships
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC HAS
announced the expansion of
its partnerships with leading
technology companies to address
the convergence of IT and OT
(operational technology). Bringing
together system integrators with IT
solution providers to build integrated
industrial edge computing solutions,
the expanded partnerships have
resulted in the immediate release
of three programs including: new
reference designs, co-developed with
AVEVA, and integrating solutions
from Lenovo and Stratus; a learning
path for system integrators; and a
collaborative online community for
learning and sharing opportunities
within Schneider Electric Exchange.
The industrial edge programs from
Schneider Electric empower system
integrators to expand their value to
the end user.
“The smart factory is becoming
smarter. Our expanded partnerships
and new industrial edge programs
empower system integrators to
leverage their domain expertise
and become IT/OT convergence
specialists and meet these needs
for their customers,” said Philippe
Rambach, Senior Vice President,
Industrial Automation, Schneider
Electric.
“The industrial edge is one of
the fastest-growing segments of
industrial automation and a key
driver that is influencing digital
transformation,” according to
Craig Resnick, Vice President, ARC
Advisory Group. “To achieve the
shortest possible ROI, manufacturers
must properly measure asset
performance, rapidly identify
any problem areas, and make any
crucial changes in real-time that will
drastically improve their operations.
The industrial edge is where this
important on-site data capture
occurs, real-time analysis of this
data is performed and converted
into intelligent information, and then
shared with the cloud and throughout
the entire enterprise while addressing
manufacturers’ concerns.”
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