Taking place on 1 July, UKESF Scholars @ Verification Futures 2025 will be an opportunity to:
- Participate in interactive and topical sessions specifically for graduating and graduated Scholars, to support you in your ongoing professional development.
- Socialise with those in your UKESF Scholar cohort, including those you attended the workshop with.
- Network with representatives from the wider industry over drinks and pizza.
- Participate in the Poster Competition with your individual project. There will be a cash prize for the winning entries across three categories: Innovation, Execution and Presentation.
Please note that attendance to this event is by invitation only. If you’re a Scholar that is graduating in 2025 or has already graduated, please get in touch at [email protected].
UKESF Scholar Programme
Sessions and timings are subject to change.
8:30 Exhibition Open
UKESF Scholars are encouraged to bring along their posters for the Poster Competition.
9:30 Conference Keynote: The four horse riders of the silicon apocalypse, Sean Redmond, Managing Director, Silicon Catalyst UK
10:30 Break
11:00 UKESF Scholar Welcome
11:05 Scholar Session Keynote: Preparing for a successful career in the Electronics sector, Sean Redmond, Managing Director, Silicon Catalyst UK
Following his Conference Keynote, Sean will be joining our UKESF Scholar session to share his experiences, insights, and advice to inspire early career engineers to strive for success in the industry.
11:30 Careers Advice and Employment Update, Neil Dickins, Founder of Intellectual Capital Resources, and Chair of the UKESF
Neil will provide an update about the current employment opportunities and trends, with advice about graduate recruitment.
11:45 Graduated Scholar Showcase
Hear from two graduated Scholars about their careers to date in Electronics.
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Soft Skills are Hard! Ben Dowman, Leadership Consultant, Executive Coach and Facilitator
Interactive Session. Soft skills might be hard to develop, but once mastered, they become your career-defining superpower. This workshop will help you understand their importance and give you practical, useable tools to develop them, ensuring you leave with strategies you can apply right away. If you’re ready to navigate the real-world challenges of work, build strong professional relationships, and stand out in your field, this session is for you.
15:00 Break
15:30 What is verification and why you might want a career in it? Peter Grove, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Renesas
Despite the demand for verification engineers, as an industry we can struggle to fill these vacancies as it is often not taught at universities. This talk will provide more insight about the subject and career.
15:45 Tips on protecting your Intellectual Property, Jeremy Smith, Partner at Mathys & Squires
Lessons and advice based on Jeremy’s experiences as a Patent Attorney.
16:00 An update from the UKESF, Stewart Edmondson, Chief Executive, UKESF
Hear the latest news from the UKESF, as well as opportunities to keep in touch with us, and with each other.
16:20 Valedictory, Neil Dickins, Founder of Intellectual Capital Resources, and Chair of the UKESF
16:30 Drinks and Pizza, Poster Competition and Prize Giving
It promises to be a brilliant day and a fantastic opportunity to build upon the work-readiness skills you developed at the workshop.