2009 Higginson Lecture

	Title of The Talk
	Entering the Ecological Age: Engineers in the Lead
	Guest Speaker
	Peter Head OBE (Arup)
	Event Sponsors:
	The Institute of Engineering and Technology Institution of Civil Engineers Eaton Corporation

Abstract:

Our global economic system is destabilising the planet’s life-support systems. This lecture will show that by adopting smart, responsive simplicity, we can move from our current complex fossil fuel powered systems of the industrial age and move to using clean, flexible, adaptable, and renewable systems to support life.