Autumn Lecture 2015: Internationalising Scotland's Engineering Excellence

The quality of Scotland’s education system is renowned and well documented; we command a disproportionately high influence on the world stage in terms of our engineering heritage and expertise. The question is: How can we best capitalise on this to the benefit of individuals, companies, our educational system and our economy?

Engineering Scotland is delighted to invite you to join us for the 2015 Autumn Lecture, when we will welcome Dr Scott Younger, OBE PhD D.Eng. CEng FICE, Technical Director of Nusantara Infrastructure, Jakarta and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow, to address us on how we can reap advantage and competitive edge from the internationalisation of Scotland’s engineering expertise. Dr Younger, who this year received an Honorary Degree from the University and is regarded as a splendid, contemporary example of Scottish engineering skill and nous, has spent four decades working in ten different countries. He was jointly responsible for setting up the Society of Professional Engineers in Thailand in the 1980s and he will share his experience of the opportunities and the challenges of creating overseas partnerships, educational initiatives and professional organisations. In the next 30-40 years, 90% of the world’s population will live in Asia – that’s why it’s paramount that we, in Scotland, develop and maintain commercial and mutually beneficial relationships with Asia – Indonesia alone has a population of 240 million.

The Lecture is kindly hosted by Professor John Marsh, Head of School of Engineering at the University of Glasgow and you are warmly invited to join us at the Charles Wilson Lecture Theatre, on the corner of University Avenue and Gibson Street at 6.00pm for light refreshments. The Lecture will commence at 6.30pm and we will close at 8.00pm.