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Lecture

ICE Bristol City Club: inclusive design workshop

Event organised by ICE

Date
28 November 2024
Time
18:00 - 20:00 GMT
Location
Room 4Z013 – 4th Floor - School of Engineering
University of West England
Frenchay Campus
Coldharbour Ln
Bristol, BS16 1QY
United Kingdom

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Overview

Human nature means we can sometimes we can be inadvertently egocentric. It is easier often to assume that everyone’s world is the same as our own.

Join ICE South West Future Leaders Meg Ginsberg and Alex Buley as they challenge your perspective around inclusion and what inclusive design means.

Experience life through a different lens. Through a series of simulations, experience what the world is like for people who through either physical, or neurological differences have very different world experiences to your own.

Explore the ethical and moral obligations engineers have towards inclusive design and society. Discuss how engineers can design and build spaces against often conflicting inclusive requirements.

A thought-provoking workshop around accessibility, inclusion, and equity.

The workshop will include:

  • A discussion around what inclusive design and infrastructure is
  • Examples of bad and good inclusive infrastructure
  • A discussion about lived experiences
  • A practical session getting people to simulate various situations which many people face, (lack of sight, wheelchair use, lack of hearing, neurodivergent etc)
  • Exploration of the ethical and moral obligations engineers have towards society

Catering

Refreshments will be made available during the event. Any dietary requirements, please contact the Bristol City Club co-chair - Phoebe Clayson-Lavelle – [email protected] 

Accessibility

There is a lift to the 4th floor and access to disabled toilets. There is a lift to 4Z013 and disabled access toilets beside the lift on the 4th floor.

Getting there

This event is in-person and being hosted at University of West England’s School of Engineering, located at the Frenchay Campus. It is easily accessible from Bristol City Centre via the metrobus, car or bike.

By Bus

From Bristol City Centre, you can reach the campus via the M4, M3 or M1 metrobuses from The Centre to Frenchay Campus. From the bus stop it is approximately a 10-minute walk to the School of Engineering Building.

By car

The campus is approximately 20-minute drive from city centre via the M32. Parking information is available below.

By bike

The campus is approximately a 30-minute cycle via Romney Avenue or the Bristol to Bath Railway Path. There is cycle parking is available on campus.

Car Parking

The venue has 25 parking spaces available to attendees in the visitor parking area. Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/8DCu9zQiDriDG2DG7. From the car park, it is approximately a 5-minute walk to the School of Engineering Building.

To book a parking space, please send over your registration number to [email protected]  by 5pm on Monday 25 November.

Programme

18:00 - 18:30
Networking
18:30 - 19:30
Panel
19:30 - 20:00
Networking

Speakers

Meg Ginsberg

Meg Ginsberg

AtkinsRéalis

assistant project manager

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Meg Ginsberg

Meg Ginsberg has forged an inspiring career after facing significant personal and professional challenges. Born in Guildford and now based in Devon, Meg became a mother during the pandemic and navigated multiple surgeries that left her a wheelchair user by the age of 18. Originally pursuing a career in nursing, she shifted to project management, completing an apprenticeship and soon to start a degree apprenticeship at Exeter.

Passionate about inclusivity, Meg launched "Construct Ability”, an initiative to help disabled people enter and thrive in construction and engineering.

With sights set on becoming an engineer herself one day, her unique perspective as a wheelchair user drives her mission to make the industry more accessible, adaptable, and diverse. Meg is proud to be part of an essential industry and hopes to continue changing perceptions and driving meaningful change.

Meg also volunteers as an ICE South West Future Leader, supporting the work of the ICE South West Regional Committee.