Gala Awards Ceremony Programme
More details announced soon
Performance: - Motionhouse
Speakers
Mark Garnier MP - opening speech
Professor Tom Bewick -Skills and workforce development
Stella Mbubaegbu CBE - Diversity and Leadership
Dr Sam Adlen - Space and Skills
Award Presenters
Hugo Nunes - Orbiteer
Pauline Donachy - Fistral Training
Representatives from the devolved Governments
More details will be announced in February….
Speakers, Performers and Presenters
The Hazels- the UK Space Skills Awards are delighted and excited to announce the World Class Circus Dance Company, Motionhouse, will be performing on the night. Can’t wait to see what they have planned for us.
Founded in 1988 by Louise Richards MBE and Kevin Finnan MBE, Motionhouse creates world class dance-circus productions that tour extensively to rave reviews across the globe. From full-length productions for theatre touring to flexible work for the outdoors and large-scale performance events, its sell-out productions integrate athletic physicality, powerful narrative, incredible digital imagery and emotive sound scores.
Mark Garnier OBE
Mark Garnier MP will give the inaugural ‘Hazels - the UK Space Skills Awards’ Launch speech.
Mark is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Wyre Forest and Shadow Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Shadow Parliamentary undersecretary (Work and Pensions) and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Space Committee
Speakers
Professor Tom Bewick has more than 25 years of experience working at the forefront of post-compulsory education and training policy and practice, initially as a post-16 adviser to the UK government, between 1997 and 2002; and latterly in both the UK domestic and international arena.
As CEO to five boards since 2004, Tom Bewick has been responsible for several high-profile initiatives. He was the architect of the UK-wide sector skills councils (2001-2010); and he represented the UK awarding bodies for over 5 years (2018-2023), securing changes to apprenticeship assessment and qualifications reform.
Stella Mbubaegbu CBE is a visionary strategic thinker that underpinned her nineteen-year leadership as the first black woman UK college principal/CEO. Stella’s leadership saw an evolution in college business and the student experience.
As co-founder/executive director of the Black Leadership Group, her strategies have contributed to its anti-racist 𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗟𝗨𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗥 position representing colleges/schools in the UK, which is growing exponentially with a vision for real change.
Dr Sam Adlen is co-CEO of Space Solar, delivering an era defining new solar energy source from space. Following a PhD working on a NASA Mars mission, Sam held senior space sector strategy roles in Leonardo, was Lead Technologist for Space at the UK’s Innovation Agency and was Chief Strategy Officer at the Satellite Applications Catapult. He is a Non-Executive Director of the Satellite Finance Network, Co-founder of the UK Space In Orbit Servicing and Manufacturing working group and Spatial Finance Initiative and co-chair of the Space Energy Initiative.
Our MC and Guest Presenters for the evening
Details coming soon