Today is International Women in Engineering Day, celebrating the amazing careers and achievements of women in the sector. Tanuja Randery, Zone President UK & Ireland, Schneider Electric comments: "In the UK, women are under-represented in many different areas, particularly in the engineering and technology industries, which have historically been considered the domain of men. Yet businesses are missing a big opportunity. According to research from McKinsey, bridging the UK gender gap in work has the potential to create an extra £150 billion by 2025.

Mouser Electronics Inc will feature its manufacturer partners' cutting-edge sensor technologies at the Sensors Expo and Conference 2017, taking place June 27-29 at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California. The Sensors conference has established itself as the leading event in North America focused on sensors, MEMS, and related technologies within the industry.

Time is running out to enter the Create the Future Design Contest, an exciting challenge - sponsored by Mouser Electronics - to engineers and students worldwide to create the next great thing. Mouser, the industry's new product introduction leader, is once again partnering with valued suppliers Intel and Analog Devices in sponsoring the 15th annual contest, produced by Tech Briefs Media Group, an SAE International Company. The deadline to enter is July 1.

Stemmer Imaging's popular Machine Vision Technology Forum has a new 2-day format for 2017. Taking place on 15th and 16th November 2017 at the Silverstone Wing Exhibition and Conference Centre, the event now features a complete day dedicated to hands-on training. The second day is packed with a technical seminar programme, live product demonstrations and a new "˜Integrator Zone' with real world application examples.

Machine and systems engineers using automation technology from Lenze can now create online data services very easily. Lenze has joined forces with the IoT specialist ei3 Corporation to offer a combination of remote analysis of machine performance and also remote predictive maintenance. It is available as an unbranded product without visible evidence of the ei3 brand so only the name and logo of the machine manufacturer is visible.

Schneider Electric is on LinkedIn's 2017 Global Top Companies list. It is compiled by analysing the billions of actions taken by LinkedIn"˜s 500-plus million members to come up with a blended score derived from a combination of LinkedIn data and editorial coverage.