STEM

The Alternative Future

Dr Joanne StuartNI STEM Champion

Topics

• Growing Economic Opportunity

• Heritage

• The Here and Now

• Global Opportunity

• Innovation

• Success Through STEM

Growth Areas for NI

• Advanced Materials and Engineering(aerospace, electrical, electronics, automotive, renewables)

• Financial & Business Services (ICT, Software Development, Telecoms)

• Life & Health Sciences

• Creative Industries

• Agrifood

Heritage

• Innovation, Engineering, Entrepreneurial excellence

• Ship Building, Rope Manufacture, Linen

• Innovators who made a global impact

Global Challenges

Global Challenges

Innovation

• Innovative application of STEM• Innovative & Entrepreneurial

Knowledge Economy• ‘Innovated in

Northern Ireland”• Equality

STEM is for Women Too!

Success Through STEM• STEM Business Group

– Promoting importance of STEM to economy– Inspiring and encouraging take up of STEM subjects– Facilitating better engagement between business and

education artery– Careers attractiveness– Gender balance

• Partners– SEC, W5, Sentinus, ASE, BiTC, FE, HE, Learned &

Professional Bodies

Engagement with Education

• Generation Innovation• NI Science Park Christmas Lecture• Sentinus Young Innovators / BT Young Scientist• W5 STEM Ambassadors • Here and Now: Innovation in NI

– www.thehereandnowni.com

• Seagate JuniorTech – 3,000 pupils• Coderdojo / Code Club – ~20 across NI

The Future is Bright

• Raise awareness/change perceptions• Raise ambition and broaden horizons• Belfast Telegraph – 17th September

STEM The Alternative Future