Events

On July 27, 1866, the world cheered as the undersea communications cable connecting North America & Europe was finally hauled ashore at Heart's Content, having made its way from Valentia. Join us as we celebrate this milestone.

Professor Damian Bailey will discuss the unique integrated physiological challenges posed by alterations in gravity and oxygen during spaceflight with a specific focus on the astronaut’s brain.

Hear from Prof. Michael Underhill about his substantial real domestic installation, the trade-offs between cost and income and the effects of tariff changes as well as his experience with its operation.

The James Webb Telescope is opening a new dimension of research as it enables us to detect molecules in the atmosphere of some of these planets. This talk will bring us up to date with the latest findings.

The James Webb Telescope is opening a new dimension of research as it enables us to detect molecules in the atmosphere of some of these planets. This talk will bring us up to date with the latest findings.

London’s councils are tasked with tackling huge challenges, from climate change to homelessness. Find out how they are working together to use tech, data and innovation to develop new solutions.

The James Webb Telescope is opening a new dimension of research as it enables us to detect molecules in the atmosphere of some of these planets. This talk will bring us up to date with the latest findings.

This event offers an insight on a route to Energy Saving Opportunities Scheme (ESOS) and your legal obligations. This includes an energy saving practical example, carbon reduction and routes to net zero as well as case studies highlighting real life winners.

Watch our 2023 A F Harvey Engineering Research Prize winner, Professor Rachel McKendry deliver her virtual lecture.

Are you curious about how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is affecting legal and reputational risk? ai event listing

RAF planes in the Battle of Britain used new technology in aircraft construction, and more powerful engines. Stressed skin monoplanes, like the Spitfire, replaced biplanes made of wood, fabric and wire. The light alloys used to build the new aircraft were manufactured on German machinery.

This presentation considers the natural scientific and chance events which allowed first simple, and then, complex life to appear and evolve into human life on Earth and the scientific likelihood of a similar, or equivalent, chain of events occurring elsewhere, including ‘chance events’ such as mass extinctions, Mitochondrial Eve, etc.

This talk will lead you from the origins of our Nuclear heritage and the race for a deterrent through to the development of civil nuclear power generation, reprocessing and the current engineering challenges associated with decommissioning of the nuclear legacy.

The presentation presents and explains three functional safety standards that could help, during the presentation the history, status and planned evolution of these standards will be discussed.

A review of carbon capture technology, how the different processes work and their current status; including the pilot plant at Imperial and wider research.

Rechargeable batteries are promising clean energy technologies which can: serve as storage sources at local and grid-scale for wide deployment of a variety of renewable energy technologies, provide power sources for electric and hybrid vehicles for low-carbon or zero-carbon emission transportation systems, and provide power sources for various portable and wearable electronic devices.

New research and newly released documents have revealed some fascinating insights into the planning and tactics of the world’s first strategic air battle that Winston Churchill claimed, saved “civilization”. Our speaker is Peter Stammers

The Morecambe Net Zero project is being managed by Spirit Energy Ltd. to provide permanent storage for CO2 from industrial processes. Kimberly Clarke in Barrow, who are changing energy supply from natural gas to blue hydrogen will be one of the first to store their CO2 in these fields.

Dr Jones  will explain what went wrong with the existing reactor designs and why we need to change. The current energy mix will be considered briefly and the potential role of nuclear power. Then the concept of small (and not so small) modular reactors will be discussed and a consideration of the obstacles that need to be overcome to make them a reality.

The talk will cover a wide range of Air projects that have been worked on during 42 years at British Aerospace / BAE SYSTEMS. These include the 6 well-known military jet aircraft ranging from Canberra to Typhoon, plus Concorde, Spaceplanes and also several unpublished projects.

Dorothée Aurélie Marianne Pullinger MBE. Aero and automobile engineer and entrepreneur trained at Arrol Johnston’s car factory and was headhunted to become the very young supervisor of Vickers Barrow’s thousands of WW1 munitionettes.

Technological developments have underpinned the increase in accuracy of weather forecasts. In particular, from the mid-1960s the use of increasingly sophisticated numerical models coupled with an enhanced availability of observations have led to modern five-day forecasts being as accurate as one-day forecasts 50 years ago. These developments will be discussed along with benefits of having accurate weather forecasts.

Roger Ward, MA, MSc,CEng, MIET, MITP will present an overview of the development of telecommunications over the last 150 years in the UK with a deep dive into some of the key developments that have changed the course of history based on personal experience from the speaker’s lifetime career in the industry.

Staying Alive: Debunking common misconceptions about body armour. Hollywood films have ‘glamourized’ the perception of body armour. Body armour is in fact a sophisticated system of materials, providing differing levels of protection against different threats to vulnerable parts of the body.

The presentation is devoted to developments in Autonomous Driving in the last 15 years. Different approaches of the OEMs for Autonomous Vehicles are considered in this presentation

Nobody knows more about this aqueduct than John Butcher who worked for United Utilities for more than 25 years and was their aqueducts manager. John will tell the remarkable story of the construction & operation of this aqueduct.

IET Coventry and Warwickshire Local Network Event

Helen Naylor returns to talk about the story of gin.