Shona is the Project Lead for both the Rail Cluster project in Scotland and the Forth and Tay Offshore Wind Cluster and has been working with the team at Scottish Engineering for the past three years. Connecting Scottish SMEs who are looking to diversity or grow their businesses in rail and offshore wind with the existing supply chain, academics or research centres is key to the work of the clusters, helping to bring new ways of working and new ideas in from other industries, to drive efficiencies and progress towards net zero. Previously Women in Rail Scotland Regional Chair, Shona is now Vice Chair of the overall Women in Rail organisation, a role which she has undertaken for the past two years helping to raise awareness of the need for greater EDI and gender balance across the sector, where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive.

"The World in Turmoil? Mastering the Manufacturing and Distribution Network Strategy and Optimization and Ensuring Product Supply" Dr.-Ing. Wilderich Heising is Partner and Associate Director at Boston Consulting Group. He is a core member of BCG's Innovation Center for. He focusses on advanced manufacturing and supply chain. He leads the topic of manufacturing and distribution network strategy and optimization globally for BCG.

Paul Sheerin has been Chief Executive of Scottish Engineering since 2018 having previously been involved through member companies Polaroid and B&W Diamond Power Specialty Ltd. Paul studied Electrical and Electronic Engineering at The University of Glasgow and joined Nuclear Electric in 1990 as part of the Sizewell ‘B’ project team. After a period of working in the USA, he returned to Scotland and joined Polaroid at its Dumbarton base in 1996 and became Managing Director in 2005, then VP Global Operations of Polaroid’s sunglass business until 2017. Paul has been a volunteer and supporter of Young Enterprise Scotland, and enjoys opportunities to promote Enterprise, Engineering and Manufacturing opportunities for all.