00:00Thank you for listening.
00:33Seagray for me is like a big family. It's been there the whole time throughout my career, right from the
00:40very start to support me when I've needed something technical. And it's also been there to help me through career
00:46decisions. I moved to Germany five years ago and I think I would never have had the confidence to do
00:52that if I hadn't had those people there to support me.
01:30I would be delivering on initiatives and I think this has really helped build my personal skills and I think
01:35that's really invaluable for a young engineer coming into the field.
01:48I would say my most significant contribution to Seagray was the NGN showcase.
01:53This came out of an idea when we were back in the UK NGN group and we really wanted to
01:59come up with a way we could get more young members really actively involved in the Seagray session.
02:03And the feedback we've had from study committee chairs has been fantastic and I think the contribution now from young
02:11members really into the group discussion meetings is really worthwhile.
02:17And I think the young members have had a really great opportunity to show their skills on an international stage.
02:25Just one small anecdote.
02:27I still remember the time when I was in the B1 session back in 2016, the first time we ran
02:33the showcase and the B1 NGN member did his presentation, came down off the stage and a convener from a
02:40working group invited him straight away to join the working group.
02:43And I really realised in that moment we'd had a great success with that initiative.
02:57So what can Seagray do more to attract younger engineers?
03:01I think really what we need to do is become much more flexible and agile.
03:06We need to change the way that we communicate our information.
03:10The young generation of engineers, they expect everything at their fingertips.
03:15They expect that they can access the information very quickly.
03:19The processes need to be simple for registration and participation in events.
03:23And we really need to change the way we think.
03:27Our younger generation of engineers don't have the same career paths that we used to have in the past.
03:32So people don't stay with one industry or don't stay with one company for the whole of their careers.
03:38And they often move from one to another after a few years.
03:42And we need to make sure that we find a way that people see the value of Seagray and want
03:47to stay within the organisation.
03:57There are a lot of challenges for Seagray at the moment in the industry.
04:01Our entire power system industry is changing.
04:04We've got to decarbonise.
04:05We've got to cope with new digital tools coming.
04:08So where do I see Seagray in the future?
04:10I mean, at the moment we are a really top organisation.
04:13We lead the field in terms of technical knowledge and we provide excellent networking opportunities for the community.
04:19I'd like to see us maintain that position.
04:22But I'd also like to see us really adapt and become more flexible providing communications
04:27and developing ourselves really at a pace to show that we're thought leaders.
04:31And I think what we've seen here at the Centennial session this year, the way that we've run the session
04:37completely differently to the average virtual conference,
04:41I think that's really showing that we're thought leaders and we're really there at the top of our game.
