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Women in STEM -Roundtable Discussion

The Imperial College IEEE Student Branch is delighted to invite you to its annual event that celebrates the role of female researchers and professionals in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.

The aim of the event is to facilitate a conversation on the current role and future perspectives for Women in STEM. We hope to achieve that via a roundtable discussion with four guest speakers from diverse fields and unique professional experiences, as well as audience engagement.

We invite you to participate in this event online, share your personal experiences and thoughts on the topic, and join in the discussion with our panellists.

Our guest speakers are:

Dr Jelena Ponocko

Lecturer in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at The University of Manchester, UK. Her research focuses on demand-side flexibility and demand-side management in distribution and transmission networks. Jelena has been an active IEEE PES member since 2015. She is the IEEE PES Women in Power representative for Region 8 (Europe, Middle East and Africa) and has recently received the IEEE PES Outstanding Chapter Volunteer Award by the IEEE PES UK and Ireland Chapter.

Dr Yaprak Eminaga

Field Application Engineer at Intel, who specializes in Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) processors, digital signal processing, algorithm development and implementation in various market segments including but not limited to healthcare and life sciences, video and broadcast, and finance. She holds a PhD degree from University of Westminster (2014-2018) with a thesis concentrated on the design and implementation of biomedical signal processors, an MSc in Biomedical Engineering from Imperial College London (2011-2012) and a BEng in Electronics Engineering from University of Westminster (2008-2011).

Alicia Blatiak

Final year PhD researcher at Imperial College London, working on the value of Electric Vehicles with Vehicle-to-Grid technology. She’s also CEO of a start-up, Intelliflex, which makes software for predicting Electric Vehicle driving patterns. As an ex-Physics Teacher, she’s passionate about promoting STEM education for female students.

Dr Aizaan Anwar

UKRI AI4Health PhD Candidate in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning, working on using AI to diagnose disease progression in brain tumours from speech data collected from a mobile app developed by The Brain Tumour Charity. She’s a Malaysian-born, British-trained physician with previous experience in neurology, medical education, epidemiology, and public health. In September 2021, she was selected as a Data Science for All/ Women (DS4A) Fellow.

Date and Time

  • Start time: 09 Mar 2022 11:00 AM
  • End time:   09 Mar 2022 12:30 PM
  • All times are Europe/London

Location and Registration

Online registration link available here.

The event will be hosted at Imperial College London, EEE Department, with limited seating.