Most of us want to live in a society in which we compete and collaborate as equals – neither advantaged nor disadvantaged by race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and other differences that historically divide privileged and oppressed.

What can we as individuals, as leaders and as engineers do to level the playing field and ensure that everyone is represented among the people choosing the directions of the future?

Our panel comprises three speakers who served as sources for the Six Diversity Myths series:

George Halow, 31-year Ford engineer and professor of practice in aerospace engineering: How can the privileged drive change?

Jennifer Linderman, the Pamela Raymond Collegiate Professor of Engineering and Director of the ADVANCE Program: Why don’t we have enough women and under-represented minorities in leadership positions, and what can we do about it?

David Tarver, President of the Urban Entrepreneurship Initiative and lecturer in the Center for Entrepreneurship: How could a new generation of tech-aware entrepreneurs empower the sustainable, equitable and multicultural cities of the future?