Royal Aeronautical Society Headquarters
Lecture
17:30 – Registration
18:00-19:00 – Lecture
Join us on Monday 5 September for the Royal Aeronautical Society’s annual Amy Johnson Named Lecture, this year given by Elizabeth Seward of BAE Systems.
The advances in the space sector over the last 20 years have driven huge changes across the industry. Elizabeth will cover how economics, defence, diversity and public perception are shaping the global space market and what the future might look like.
About the Amy Johnson Named Lecture
The Amy Johnson Named Lecture was established to honour Amy Johnson CBE, a pioneering English aviator who became the first woman to fly solo from Britain to Australia in 1930 and broke a string of aviation records between 1930 and 1936.
Speaker Details
Elizabeth Seward: Head of Strategy, Space – BAE Systems
Elizabeth Seward has over 20 years of experience in the space industry and is Head of Strategy – Space for BAE Systems, responsible for strategic topics and direction across defence and civil space.
Prior to this, she was Senior Strategist for the Space Systems division of Airbus Defence and Space. Previous roles at Airbus included leading the Earth Observation, Navigation and Science marketing team, and thermal engineering and mission systems engineering in the future programmes team, where she worked on projects such as the first study for the ExoMars rover and a mission to return a sample from an asteroid.
Elizabeth is the chair of the Women in Aerospace Europe UK local group and previous executive board member. She is also active in the International Astronautical Federation, sitting on the Entrepreneurship and Investment committee, the Honours and Awards committee, and the GEOSS committee, and is a previous vice chair and continuing committee member of the Workforce Development and Young Professionals Committee.
As a STEM outreach ambassador, Elizabeth has presented to groups and schools, and has made appearances as a space expert in various media.
Elizabeth has an MPhys degree in Physics with Space Science & Technology from the University of Leicester.
Book via the main RAeS site here: RAeS Amy Johnson Named Lecture: The Changing Face of Space (aerosociety.com)