EDA Update
EDA conference unites electrotechnical leaders
Delegates included over 190 senior leaders, plus representatives from the electrical contracting sector and trade associations along the supply chain.
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he EDA’s Power It Up Industry Insight Conference took place on Wednesday 13 November 2024 The economy and opportunities for business growth, circularity and sustainability, societal change and its impact on attracting and retaining the next generation of talent were among the strategic themes discussed.
The impressive speaker programme included entrepreneur, architect, innovator, inspirer
and visionary Thomas Rau, who had travelled from the Netherlands to deliver “From Exit to Exist”, challenging business leaders to turn their thinking about the linear economy completely on its head and to recalibrate the relationship between humans, the planet, and our closed system of natural resources. A panel of experts responded to Thomas’s session sharing their thoughts on “Towards a sustainable, circular economy for UK EEE” with panel facilitator and EDA Special Advisor, Paul Reeve CEnv. Also making the trip from the Netherlands to speak at Power It Up was Thimon de Jong, Founder of the Whetston think tank, sharing how societal changes and dynamic human behaviour are demanding different approaches from business leaders, mixing far reaching strategic insights with practical take-aways. Margaret Fitzsimons, EDA CEO, said: “Our aim with this Conference was to engage and
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stimulate delegates by getting the right people in the room and the right topics on the agenda. We took people out of their comfort zones and asked them to think out of the box. But it wasn’t all just blue sky thinking, we also gave them practical solutions to current problems that they could implement straight away. We wanted them to make new business connections too. Our feedback has been very positive indeed and is telling us that we achieved our aim.“ A raffle in the evening raised £2,940 for the Electrical Industries Charity (EIC).
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