IEEE Women in Engineering Leadership Summit
London Track
Agenda 28, November, 2025
| Session Title: | Women Leading AI and Automation |
| Session Leads: |
Nagham Saeed, University of West London, UK 2024-2025 IEEE UK & Ireland Section Vice-Chair, Chair-Elect 2023 IEEE UK & Ireland Women in Engineering Affinity Group Chair Ferheen Ayaz, City St. George’s, University of London, UK Member IEEE Women in Engineering UK & Ireland and IEEE Young Professionals Innovation Hub Subcommittee |
| Registration (Google Form) and payment | Saumya Reni and Iman El-Dessouki |
| Event Sponsor |
- IEEE UK & Ireland section: ITSS, WIE, YP and Student Branch - IEEE YP CSTF and IEEE YP Vehicular Technology Society - University of Sussex, University of West London, City St. George’s, University of London |
| Brief Workshop Description | |
| Welcome Remarks 10:00 – 10:30 |
UWL & IEEE UK & Ireland Section and WIE representatives (30 minutes) Peter John, Vice-Chancellor and President of UWL IEEE UK & Ireland Chair |
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Panel 1 (10:30 am – 11:30 am) |
Panel 1: Inclusive AI for Sustainable Development (60 minutes) 1. Sarah Sharples – Chief Scientific Adviser, HM Department for Transport, UK; Professor of Human Factors, Nottingham University 2. Lilibeth Acosta – Principal Specialist, Climate Action & Inclusive Development, GGGI, Germany 3. Toktam Mahmoodi – IEEE ComSoc WICE Chair 4. Aryan Kaushik – IEEE ComSoc ETI Chair Chairs: Nagham Saeed & Yuhan (Sicily) Zheng |
| 11:30 – 11:45 | Coffee Break |
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Panel 2 (11:45 am – 12:45 pm) |
Panel 2: Entrepreneurship and AI Ethics (60 minutes) 1. Mike Hinchey – IEEE R8 Director; Professor of Software Engineering, University of Limerick 2. Patricia Shaw – CEO & Founder, Beyond Reach; IEEE Standards 3. Pal Bhusate – CEO & Founder, Kinseed Limited, UK 4. Mohamed Saeed Darweesh – IEEE R8 YP Chair 5. Rawan El Jamal - IEEE R8 Entrepreneurship Committee 2024 Chair Chairs: Ferheen Ayaz & Saumya Reni |
| 12:45 – 14:00 | Lunch and Networking (75 minutes) |
| 14:00 – 15:30 |
Poster Presentation and Demo Sessions: AI for Robotics and Automation Poster session (90 minutes) Sponsored by: School of Engineering and Informatics, University of Sussex Demo Sessions (90 minutes) Sponsored by: Department of Computer Science, City St. George’s, University of London |
| IEEE Funding Opportunities 15:30 – 15:45 |
Sarah Spurgeon – IEEE Foundation Director (15 minutes) |
| IEEE WIE R8 Programs & Funding Opportunities 15:45 – 16:00 |
Wafa Ben Hmida – IEEE WIE R8 Past Chair (15 minutes) |
| IEEE YP R8 Programs & Funding Opportunities 16:00 – 16:15 |
Mohamed Saeed Darweesh – IEEE YP R8 Chair (15 minutes) |
| Closing Remarks & Award Distribution 16:15 – 16:30 |
Award Distribution for Posters and Demos (15 minutes) |