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Monday, Apr. 29th, 2024, 16:00 CET
It’s everyone’s problem: promoting a diverse wind research community
Speaker: Prof. James Gilbert
Professor of Engineering, University of Hull, UK

The European Academy of Wind Energy (EAWE) is an international non-profit organisation that promotes and supports the development of wind energy science. Our goal is to exploit wind energy to its full potential for the benefit of the world. EAWE’s Diversity Committee is committed to improving diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in wind energy science, by (a) providing tools to help people improve DEI in their organisations, (b) increasing the visibility of under-represented groups and (c) acting as positive role models by improving DEI within EAWE and our own organisations. In the EAWE Diversity Committee Webinar Series, we aim to increase the awareness of topics related to DEI in wind energy and academia, and to develop collaborative solutions. We welcome anyone to participate, regardless of background, experience or EAWE membership status.

In this webinar, James Gilbert will discuss the work he has led to help build a more diverse research community within the offshore wind energy. He will draw on lessons from academia and industry to reflect on the need to engage the whole wind energy community in promoting the sector to potential candidates, recruiting diverse talent and supporting career development for underrepresented groups. He will present an online tool being developed to help users easily determine the effectiveness of interventions aimed at promoting diversity.

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PROGRAMME (TIMES IN CET)

16:00-16:10 Introduction (Sarah Barber)
16:10-16:40 Presentation “It’s everyone’s problem: promoting a diverse wind research community” , James Gilbert, Professor of Engineering, University of Hull, UK
16:40-16:55 Questions and discussion
16:50-17:00 Summary of discussion and closing

ABOUT JAMES GILBERT

In 30 years of research, Professor James Gilbert has tackled a wide range of challenges with a common theme of measuring, modelling and controlling engineering systems.These include robotics and manufacturing systems, medical rehabilitation and energy harvesting systems ranging from microwatts generated from human movement to megawatts from offshore wind turbines. Recent work focused on speech restoration using articulator movement measurements for people who have had a laryngectomy. Current work is primarily focused on sensing and measurement in offshore renewable energy systems, particularly offshore wind. He is the Research, Development and Innovation lead for Aura, a collaboration between Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, Ørsted, University of Sheffield, Durham University and the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult. He was Hull PI on the £7.6M EPSRC Prosperity Partnership ‘A New Partnership in Offshore Wind’ and the £16M EPSRC Supergen ORE Hub phase 1 and 2 where he leads on Equality Diversity and Inclusion. He is Deputy Director of the Aura Centre for Doctoral Training in in Offshore Wind Energy which will support around 130 PhD students working in the offshore wind sector. He led the EPSRC/IDRIC funded project ‘Diversity to Decarbonise: Promoting EDI in the future workforce’ which seeks to assess the effectiveness of interventions aiming to improve diversity.