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SUMMARY:Athena Lecture 2023: Taking off to new horizons – How diversity p
 ropels aerospace
DESCRIPTION:Programme\n12.45: Registration Opens\n13.15: Welcome from Profe
 ssor Ian Walmsley\, Provost\, Imperial College London\n13.25: Lecture deli
 vered by Grazia Vittadini\, Chief Technology Officer\, Rolls-Royce\n14.05:
  Q&A Session chaired by Professor Mary Ryan\, Vice Provost\, Imperial Coll
 ege London\n14.10: Closing remarks by Professor Mary Ryan\n14.15: Receptio
 n\n15.00: Carriages\nAbstract:\nTaking off to new horizons – how diversi
 ty propels aerospace\nWhen it comes to career advice\, we are generally to
 ld about reaching indispensable milestones\, the “must-dos”\, the impo
 rtance of planning one’s exact path and never straying off course. Howev
 er\, it is often the unexpected turns\, the diversity of experience\, and 
 the inspiration from colleagues with different backgrounds that characteri
 ze a more “zigzag” career path and make us grow. – This is what Graz
 ia Vittadini\, Chief Technology Officer of Rolls-Royce\, learned from her 
 career in tech and aerospace. \nBut diversity of experience not only drive
 s individual growth. Diversity of perspective is also a key strength the a
 erospace and the tech industry as a whole need to draw on. Because masteri
 ng the complex challenges ahead requires different talents\, experiences a
 nd approaches. So\, let’s take off to new horizons\, rise to our challen
 ges and meet our goals – on a personal and a global level!\nBiography\nP
 rior to joining Rolls-Royce in November 2021\, she spent almost 20 years a
 t Airbus\, covering a broad range of operations from Commercial Aircraft\,
  Defence and Space to Technology and Innovation across the company. She wa
 s the first woman to be appointed to the Airbus Executive Committee as CTO
 .\nGrazia has always led transnational and diverse teams. Beyond her exper
 tise in future mobility and sustainable aerospace\, she has maintained a f
 orward-thinking interdisciplinary approach\, promoting innovation through 
 fields like AI and quantum computing. \nGrazia is a member of the Siemens 
 Supervisory Board and the Senate of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. She also 
 serves as advisor at the German Centre for Mobility of the Future (DZM) as
  well as at the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology of Politecn
 ico di Milano (DAER). Also\, she was awarded the honorary Doctor of Scienc
 e (DSc\, Post-Doc) by the renowned Cranfield University (UK).\nBorn in Ita
 ly\, Grazia grew up between Milan and the USA. She holds a pilot’s licen
 se and graduated in Aeronautical Engineering from the Politecnico di Milan
 o\, where she specialized in Aerodynamics
URL:https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/160408/athena-lecture-2023-taking-off
 -to-new-horizons-how-diversity-propels-aerospace/
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LOCATION:G34\, Sir Alexander Fleming Building\, South Kensington Campus\, I
 mperial College London\, London\, SW7 2AZ\, United Kingdom
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