Programme

Dr Sheila Kanani - Education, Outreach and Diversity Officer at the Royal Astronomical Society

Dr Claire Davies - Astronomy Research Fellow at the University of Exeter

Kate Furnell - Cosmology PhD Student at Liverpool John Moores University

Dr Craig Brown - Space Innovation Lead at Innovate UK

Dr Natasha Stephen - Lecturer in Meteoritics at Plymouth University

Lucy Williams - Physics and Astronomy Graduate from Durham University

Dr Kierann Shah - General Manager at National Space Academy

Portia Bowman - Co-founder of SpaceCareers.uk, Women In Aerospace - UK committee

Clare McNamara - Managing Director at Move Ahead Global and Partner at Engage to Move Ahead

Full programme to be released shortly.

09:30 Registration with tea and coffee

10:00 Welcome and Opening

10:15 Inmarsat Speaker TBC

10:35 Dr Claire Davies - LGBTQ+ visibility in interferometry

10:55 Break for tea and coffee

11:25 Panel: Diversity In Space

Chair: Portia Bowman

Panellists: Dr Craig Brown, Dr Natasha Stephen, Dr Kierann Shah, Lucy Williams

12:15 Lunch

13:15 Group workshop and discussion (led by Clare McNamara)

Discussion will focus on dealing with, effectively challenging, and calling out discrimination within the workplace and university environments.

14:15 Break for tea and coffee

14:45 Kate Furnell - How I learned to stop worrying and love my PhD

15:05 Speaker TBC

15:45 End address

16:00 End of event

16:30 Networking and social evening at The Leicester Arms (optional)

Please note there is no dress code for this event; please wear whatever you feel comfortable in.