CEO, UKESF
Stewart Edmondson has been the CEO of the UK Electronics Skills Foundation since 2015. He has a degree in Electronics and a wide range of engineering, strategy and training management experience in both the public and private sectors.
Stewart has been a Chartered Engineer for over 20 years and is a Fellow of the IET. As a volunteer, he has chaired their Professional Development Advisory Committee. He is a Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor of Employability, Professionalism and Ethics at Aston University. He is a member of the UK Government’s Semiconductor Skills Working Group and an Honorary Fellow of the University of Southampton.
Presentation: The Future is Electronic: Tackling the Skills Shortage
We are at a point of strategic inflection for the UK’s Electronics and semiconductor sectors. It is self-evident that technology is the future; technology depends upon Electronics and semiconductors. However, we know that there is a significant problem. A chronic skills shortage threatens the UK’s ability to compete on the global stage. Focussed education interventions and future workforce programmes with ambition and adequate funding are a must-have if the UK is to fulfil our strategy ambitions in the semiconductor sector. This talk will outline the UKESF’s work and future plans for tackling this skills challenge.