Dawn Bonfield MBE
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committees and groups

In addition to running my own Company Towards Vision, I am part of the following groups and committees:
Current Roles
  • World Federation of Engineering Organisations (WFEO) UK Representative on Women in Engineering Committee
  • EPSRC Strategic Advisory Team Member
  • Royal Academy of Engineering Education and Skills Committee Member
  • Institution of Civil Engineers FIR Committee member (Fairness, Inclusion and Respect)
  • Board Member, Commonwealth Engineers Council
  • Patron of Alton School, Hampshire
  • Bath University Court Member
  • Royal Academy of Engineering E4E Committee Member (Engineering 4 Education) 
Previous Roles
  • Women's Business Council STEM Subgroup. Leader of 'Starting Out' workstream
  • Royal Academy of Engineering DILG Measurement Group
  • Department for Education T Level Panel Member for Engineering and Manufacturing, Design and Development
  • CADCOE Ambassador (Construction & Design Centre of Excellence) (2018-2020)
  • Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professors' Management Group Member (2017-2020)
  • DfE Technical Level Education Inclusivity Working Group (2018)
  • Women in Materials Committee of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
  • Founder and judge of Top 50 Women in Engineering List 2016
  • Regular judge for engineering awards and competitions, including ICE Pitch 200 (2018), The Consultancy and Engineering Awards (2018), Collaborate to Innovate, the Engineer (2016)
  • Steering committee of the 100 Years of Women in Transport (100 YOWIT) initiative (2014-2016)
  • Royal Academy of Engineering Diversity Leadership subgroup on Work Placements (2015-2016)
  • Royal Academy of Engineering Diversity Concordat Group (2015-2016)
  • Advisory group for the Science Museum's Engineer Your Future careers exhibition (2014)
  • Judge a number of annual competitions in engineering including the Talent2030 National Engineering Competition for Girls and the WISE / Evoke Jaguar Land Rover bursaries for girls in engineering

speaking engagements

  • Equlibrium Panel Session, Impact of Climate Change on the Most Vulnerable 24 February 2022
  • University of the West of England Building Opening, 29 November 2021
  • COP26, Using the SDGs to Tackle the Climate Emergency, Here's How, November 2021
  • Increased Climate Action, Building Resilience and Lessons Learned, WFEO at COP26 November 2021
  • World Federation of Engineering Institutions Webinar on Gender, Engineering and Climate Change, October 2021
  • Raising the Profile of Women Engineers in Namibia “Engineering Heroes” Namibia Women in Engineering Annual Conference July 2021
  • Past, Present and Future of Gender Equality in Engineering, Imperial College June 2021
  • Engineering Sheroes, McLaren, June 2021
  • Royal Aeronautical Society, Magnificent Women in Engineering, May 2021
  • Global Engineering Deans Council / WFEO Webinar: Rising to the Top, March 2021
  • Graduate Attributes and Professional Competency Framework, WFEO, July 2020
  • Inclusive Engineering, University of Loughborough, December 2018
  • Inclusive Engineering and Technology, University of Kent, 17 October 2018
  • Microinequalities, Inspiring Women at Aston, October 2018
  • Inclusive Curriculum Content, Designing Inclusive Engineering Education, UCL 9-10 July 2018
  • Girls in Engineering Keynote, University of Hertfordshire, 30 June 2018
  • What it means to be a Visiting Professor, RAEng Conference 20 June 2018
  • Inclusive Engineering | 20 June 2018 Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London
  • Women Returners in Engineering | 19 June 2018, Institution of Engineering and Technology
  • Microinequalities talk to Transport for London May 2018
  • Inclusion in Engineering, Engineering Professors Council 2018 Conference, Harper Adams University, 14 May 2018
  • Microinequalities, how to spot them and call them out. Women in Construction Congress, March 2018
  • Ethics in Engineering, CAETS conference, Madrid, November 16 2017
  • The Dangers of Stereotyping talk for KBR 2017
  • Moving from Diversity to Inclusion, CAMAWISE, May 2017
(Engagements in previous role at WES prior to this are not listed)