The WoOA Awards Event May 2011

The UKRC Women of Outstanding Achievement awards evening at the Royal Academy of Engineering this May was packed out. The seven portraits of remarkable women were on display, and guests included nominators, sponsors, a wide range of leading organisations and businesses in the SET field, and women from the shortlist of nominees.

Speakers:
Philip Greenish, Chief Executive, Royal Academy of Engineering
Annette Williams, Director, the UKRC
Lord Willis, head of the panel of judges
Anne Minto, Centrica

Lord Willis, Chair of the Judging Panel, said, "The range and quality of nominations this year was exceptional, demonstrating the breadth of women's contribution and impact across all areas of science, engineering and technology. I congratulate the exemplars chosen as winners in each category, along with the impressive women within the shortlist and the entire field of nominees."

The awards were presented by the event sponsors:

For Innovation and Entrepreneurship (academia and research)
Winner- Professor Eileen Ingham, Professor of Medical Immunology, University of Leeds
Sponsor presenting award: Science and Technology Facilities Council – Barbara Camanzi
Runner up: Olga Kubassova – Managing Director of Image Analysis Ltd

For Innovation and Entrepreneurship (business and industry)
Winner: Cary Marsh, CEO and Founder, Mydeo Ltd
Sponsor presenting award: AMEY – Khadijah Rafiq
Runner up: Karen Holland, CEO of XCam

For Inspiration and Leadership (academia and research)
Winner: Professor Dame Ann Dowling, Head of Dept of Engineering, University of Cambridge
Sponsor presenting award: University of Northampton – Tricia Goodchild
Runner up: Professor Janette Atkinson –Visual Development Unit, University College London

For Inspiration and Leadership (business and industry)
Winner: Dervilla Mitchell, Director, Arup
Sponsor presenting award: Institution of Mechanical Engineers - Neil Latham
Runner up: Kate Hall, Director at Arup

For Communicating SET to Society
Winner: Kate Bellingham, National STEM Careers Co-ordinator
Sponsor presenting award: Synergy Vision – Ffyona Dawber
Runner up: Dr. Carol Turley, Senior Scientist, Natural Environment Research Council

Tomorrow’s Leader
Winner - Dr Phebe Mann, Senior Lecturer, University of East London
Sponsor presenting award: Intel – Ivana Jordanova
Runner up: Gemma Satterthwaite, Associate Director, Astrazeneca

Lifetime Achievement
Winner: Professor Dame Athene Donald, Professor of Experimental Physics, University of Cambridge
Sponsor presenting award: Institute of Physics - Sir Peter Knight
Runner up: Professor Ursula Martin, Professor of Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London

Miles Templeman, Director General of the Institute of Directors presented a SET Fair Standard award to The Science and Technology Facilities Council – the Award was received by Neil Geddes.

He presented CEO Charters to: