from ADS President Colin P. Smith, and Airbus Chief Executive Tom Enders. A charity collection for SSAFA – the Armed Forces Charity, raised more than £13,000 in donations. In 2019, speakers included Colin P. Smith, BAE Systems Chief Executive Charles Woodburn and former Home Secretary Alan Johnson. The 2020 Annual Dinner was addressed by the newly appointed ADS President Tony Wood and Rolls-Royce Chief Executive Warren East, who both spoke about the importance of the aviation industry addressing the challenges posed by climate change and acting firmly to cut carbon emissions, as well as the value of industrial strategy partnership between industry and Government. The after-dinner speaker was Eliza Manningham-Buller the former Director-General of MI5, while the dinner was also addressed by speakers from Armed Forces charity SSAFA and Invictus UK. There was no 2021 Annual Dinner due to the Covid pandemic. ADS instead held a virtual event, ADS Live, with speakers including Kwasi Kwarteng, Deborah Haynes and Interim Chief Executive Kevin Craven. See also Aerospace manufacturer Space industry Farnborough Airshow UK Space Agency Intellect (trade association) Arms industry UK Cyber Security Community References External links ADS Group Aerospace Technology Institute ADS Advance News items Belfast Telegraph - Boeing's Case Against Bombardier Unsettling for Aerospace Businesses in Northern Ireland Daily Telegraph - Aerospace Industry Warns Against Hard Brexit CityAM - Aircraft Order Books Soar To A New High Shephard Media - DSEI 2017: UK procurement process could eliminate innovation BBC News - Queen's Speech: Plan aims to secure space sector Guardian - Aircraft orders increase tenfold in a year in boost for UK manufacturing 2009 establishments in the United Kingdom Aerospace industry in the United Kingdom Commercial spaceflight Defence companies of the United Kingdom London Borough of Lambeth Organisations based in London Organizations established in 2009 Security companies of the United Kingdom Technology trade associations Trade associations based in the United Kingdom