AFBELive 2022: Association for Black and Minority Engineers Live Conference 2022 Institute of Engineering Technology - Savoy Place London, UK, April 22, 2022 |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=afbelive2022 |
Abstract registration deadline | November 15, 2021 |
Submission deadline | April 17, 2022 |
AFBE-UK Live is taking place in-person on 22nd April 2022 at the IET Savoy Place, it is our first event to celebrate UK’s Diversity and Inclusion in the engineering and technology fields. The event aims to promote dialogue, knowledge sharing, innovations and project developments around the Diversity and Inclusion in the Engineering and Technology Sectors.
The UK has a long standing history of engineering achievement. However, the UK engineering sector is currently experiencing a shortage of skilled professionals. Only 9% of UK engineers are from Black and minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds although an average of 29.9% of engineering university graduates are from BME backgrounds.
We promote diversity in engineering and technology through our programmes, activities and now the AFBELive! Conferences which are led by exceptional professionals and leaders in the Engineering industry and are designed to bring about meaningful change, sustainable growth and development and a lasting positive impact to the UK.
This conference will be attended by industry leaders, senior management, government bodies and end users from across the entire engineering and technology sectors.
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. Submissions are welcome in the following formats:
- Posters describing your work relating to one of the topics below.
- Oral presentations describing your work relation to one of the topics below.
- Full papers that will be published in the conference proceedings.
List of Topics
- Diversity and Inclusion in Engineering and Technology
- Innovations in Engineering and Technology
- Impacts of Covid-19 on BAME Education and Employability
- A special showcase on work being done by PhD students across the UK on the above 3 topics
Chosen papers and presenters will have an excellent opportunity to showcase innovations and success case studies to key decision makers actively leading the Engineering and Technology industries.
There will be prizes available for the top student papers, sponsored by RS components. All papers selected for the event will be published in the conference proceedings.
If you wish to submit a paper for the conference, please submit your abstract (max 500 words).
All abstracts should be received by the 15th of November 2022.
We will be in touch with successful authors from mid-January.
Committees
Program Committee
- Denis Pinto: Chair, Diversity and Inclusion in Engineering and Technology Section
- Prof. David Mba: Chair, Innovations in Engineering and Technology Section
- Prof. Safia Barikzai: Chair, Impacts of Covid-19 on BAME Education and Employability Section
- Naomi Mburu: Chair, PhD Student Showcase
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to afbeconference@gmail.com.