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Online

Space-Based Solar Power: From Vision to Reality - Technology, Spectrum and Regulatory Challenges

As interest grows in clean, resilient energy solutions, space-based solar power is moving from science fiction towards serious engineering reality. This webinar brings together experts from industry, government, and academia to examine the latest developments, key technical and regulatory challenges, and the UK's potential role in this emerging sector. Join us to explore whether space solar power could become a transformational contributor to future energy security and Net Zero ambitions, or whether significant barriers still stand in the way.
Speaker:
Harvinder Nagi
Date/Time:
Tuesday 4th August 2026 @ 12:00 PM Local time (BST/CET/ UTC +1 hours)
Venue:
Online via Zoom
Hosted By:
Satellite TN
Online

Journey to Chartership: Lessons from the Path to CEng

Achieving Chartered Engineer (CEng) status is both a professional milestone and a reflective journey. In this talk, Niv Siva, a Chartered Engineer and Aerospace Cyber-Safety Certification Specialist at the UK Civil Aviation Authority, will share his route to CEng, including how he built and presented his evidence, navigated the application process, and translated his day-to-day engineering work into the required professional competencies. The session is aimed at engineers considering professional registration and those looking for practical guidance and encouragement on their own path to chartership.
Speaker:
Nivethanan Sivanathan
Date/Time:
Thursday 6th August 2026 @ 6:30 PM Local time (BST/CET/ UTC +1 hours)
Venue:
Online via Microsoft Teams
Hosted By:
IET London
Details:
https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/370955396758292?p=Tq0n7OkP5aRvLOeyZL
In-Person

Empathy Lab Event

The session will be led by Katy Deacon and will explore how different people experience the world, helping to demonstrate the importance of inclusion, understanding and empathy in engineering.
Speaker:
Katy Deacon
Date/Time:
Tuesday 11th August 2026 @ 11:00 AM
Location:
University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield
Hosted By:
IET (Global)
In-Person

Digital Hearing Aid Technology

Hearing is the detection and interpretation of pressure waves. It attempts to answer the what and where questions, as well as interpreting the sound. Human hearing is complex and very sophisticated. The talk will review how hearing works from the outer ear to the auditory cortex. Complex systems like hearing can fail in many different ways and hearing aids can help for some of these. The speaker will discuss the basics of digital hearing aids and which hearing impairments they can and cannot help with.
Speaker:
Professor Leslie Smith
Date/Time:
Wednesday 16th September 2026 @ 2:00 PM
Location:
Napier University Craiglockhart campus, Edinburgh, EH14 1DJ
Hosted By:
IET Scotland South East