Alex Buley
Mott MacDonald
ICE South West Future Leader and civil engineer
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Alex Buley
Alex is an ICE South West Future Leader 2023-2023.
- Date
- 18 September 2024
- Time
- 18:00 - 20:00 BST (GMT+1)
- Location
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Council Chamber, New County Hall Treyew Road Truro, TR1 3AY 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
Open to all ICE delegates and students.
Speakers
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.
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