Engineering Ethics Conference 2018
Download the Starting Point PDF - a summary of key developments over the past 15-20 years.
Download the Visual Minutes PDF - a graphical record of ideas and themes from the 2018 conference.
In 2018 we set out to develop a 10-year vision for Engineering Ethics in the UK. We held a national conference in partnership with the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Engineering Council, Engineers Without Borders and the Engineering Professors Council, to help inform and shape the vision. Together we developed a starting point document to chart key developments in Engineering Ethics over the past 15-20 years.
Engineering Ethics 2018 brought together decision-makers from industry, higher education, regulators and professional engineering institutions. The conference looked at some of the big ethical challenges facing engineering today and in the future, and how engineers can tackle them. Through questions, discussion and use of technology, representatives were able to offer their views to shape the 10-year vision.
Conference programme
Welcome
Sir Alan Langlands, Vice Chancellor, University of Leeds.
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Standards for Ethical Conduct in UK Engineering
Professor Chris Atkin CEng FRAes, Chairman, Engineering Council.
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1. Bringing the principles to life: making the standards stick
Chaired by Professor John Uff CBE QC FREng, Keating Chambers and Emeritus Professor of Engineering Law at King’s College London.
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Royal Academy of Engineering Representative
Richard Maudslay CBE FREng, Chairman, Ethics Working Group, Royal Academy of Engineering.
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Ethics Representative
Dr Rob Lawlor, Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied Centre, University of Leeds.
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Industry Representative
Dame Judith Hackitt DBE FREng FIChemE FCGI, Chair, Independent Review of Building and Fire Safety Regulations.
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Professional Standards Representative
Professor Chris Atkin CEng FRAes, Chairman, Engineering Council.
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HE Representative nominated by the Engineering Professors Council
Professor Raffaella Ocone FREng FRSE, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Heriot Watt University.
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2. Addressing current ethical issues
Chaired by Dr Kevin Macnish, Ethicist, Assistant Professor in Ethics and Technology, University of Twente, The Netherlands.
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Ethics, Big Data and Cyber Security
Professor Kevin Jones FIMarEST FBCS FIET, Executive Dean, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Plymouth.
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Ethics, Artificial Intelligence and Automated Vehicles
Renaud Champion, Director of Emerging Intelligences, EMLyon Business School; CEO of PRIMNEXT, investment company in artificial intelligence and advanced robotics and Director of euRobotics.
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Ethics, Climate Change and the Environment
Sara Parkin OBE, Founder-Director and Trustee, Forum for the Future.
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3. Equipping engineers to tackle ethical issues: HE and CPD
Chaired by Professor Helen Atkinson CBE FREng, the Pro-Vice-Chancellor - Aerospace, Transport, Manufacturing at Cranfield University.
The Pros and Cons of an integrated case-based approach
Dr Carl Fox, Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied Centre, University of Leeds.
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Engineering ethics in practice, a hands-on approach: Engineering for People Design Challenge
Katie Cresswell-Maynard, Chief Executive, Engineers Without Borders UK
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Engineering Ethics CPD – online or face to face?
Martin Davies, Head of Digital Learning, IET Academy: Trusted elearning for Engineers, The Institution for Engineering and Technology (IET)
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4. The 10 Year Vision: the next steps
Chaired by Professor John Uff CBE QC FREng, Keating Chambers and Emeritus Professor of Engineering Law at King’s College London
Including artist summary by Woven Ink
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