Professor Averil Macdonald OBE, Emeritus Professor at the University of Reading will be speaking at the Green Expo Awards Dinner on Green Energy skills and careers, and sharing her expertise from other regions on what has to be achieved to overcome the barriers in matching the Talent Pipeline with jobs and careers for the Next Generation.
Averil Macdonald is Emeritus Professor at the University of Reading and works as an Equity, Diversity & Inclusion consultant for the £11m Cornerstone project at Southampton University, the UK’s silicon photonics development fab (fabrication facility).
She was awarded the international Bragg Medal and Prize (1999) by the Institute of Physics, London, the accolade of Woman of Outstanding Achievement in Science (2007) in recognition of her work in Science Communication, the prestigious Plastics Industry Award for Personal Contribution to the Industry (2007), Honorary Doctorates by the University of York (2010) and Kingston University (2015) and an OBE in the Birthday Honours list 2015 for services to women in science. More information here.
Tickets are still available for the dinner.