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In-Person

The Road to Self-Driving Vehicles: Are we nearly there? (In Person)

From sci-fi vision, to real-world deployments, connected and autonomous vehicles have come a long way in a short time. But how much more is there to do, before they become an everyday part of people's lives. Together, Kirit and Paul will try to answer this familiar question: are we nearly there yet?
Speaker:
Kirit Bedia BSc Founder ECS Ltd
Date/Time:
Thursday 11th December 2025 @ 7:00 PM
Location:
Atrium Building University of Suffolk, Ipswich, IP13 8AR
Hosted By:
IET Anglian Coastal
Online

The Road to Self-Driving Vehicles: Are we nearly there? (Online)

From sci-fi vision, to real-world deployments, connected and autonomous vehicles have come a long way in a short time. But how much more is there to do, before they become an everyday part of people's lives. Together, Kirit and Paul will try to answer this familiar question: are we nearly there yet?
Speaker:
Kirit Bedia Bsc Founder ECS Ltd
Date/Time:
Thursday 11th December 2025 @ 7:00 PM
Venue:
Online via Microsoft Teams
Hosted By:
IET Anglian Coastal
In-Person

From Advice Notes to Intelligent Automation - The Evolution of Telecom Operations (in person)

Dave Milham is uniquely placed to tell this story having held pivotal roles in the development of OSS/BSS architectures and standards. With more than 35 years at BT and the GPO and approaching 20 years at the TM Forum Dave was "in the room" as many key developments emerged. Dave will tell a story of increasing IT automation charting the rise of end to end process automation.
Speaker:
Dave Milham Chief Architect TM Forum
Date/Time:
Wednesday 14th January 2026 @ 7:00 PM
Location:
Atrium Building University of Suffolk, Ipswich, IP4 1LQ
Hosted By:
IET Anglian Coastal
Online

From Advice Notes to Intelligent Automation - The Evolution of Telecom Operations (online)

Dave Milham is uniquely placed to tell this story and has held pivotal roles in the development of OSS/BSS architectures and standards. With more than 35 years at BT and the GPO and approaching 20 years at the TM Forum Dave was "in the room" as many key developments emerged. Dave will tell a story of increasing IT automation. From manual processes he will chart the rise of end to end process automation.,
Speaker:
Dave Milham Chief Architect TM Forum
Date/Time:
Wednesday 14th January 2026 @ 7:00 PM
Venue:
Online via Microsoft Teams
Hosted By:
IET Anglian Coastal

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Online

Microwave Materials Characterisation Techniques

This webinar will present the theory and measurement techniques for determination of complex permittivity of materials.
Speaker:
Dr Zulkifly Abbas
Date/Time:
Wednesday 3rd December 2025 @ 12:00 PM
Venue:
Online via Zoom
Hosted By:
RF and Microwave Technology TN
Online

Career journeys in the space sector

Fireside chat with Chris Brunskill and Dave Davis, Chair and Vice Chair of Satellite TN Committee
Speaker:
Chris Brunskill
Date/Time:
Thursday 4th December 2025 @ 12:00 PM
Venue:
Online via Zoom
Hosted By:
IET (Global)
In-Person

Industrial Automation to Industrial Autonomy

From AI, digital twins and robots, new technologies are revolutionizing the way that plants operate. They are facilitating a shift whereby physical tasks and decision-making processes are being made more autonomous with the aim of improving productivity and worker safety. In todays business environment, operational resilience has never been more important. The transition to industrial autonomy requires a variety of technologies across information technology (IT) and operational technology
Speaker:
Dave Board
Date/Time:
Wednesday 3rd December 2025 @ 10:30 AM
Location:
Bromley Central Library High Street Bromley, Bromley, BR1 1EX
Hosted By:
IET Kent
In-Person

The next STEP: Delivering a UK Fusion Industry

STEP Fusion is the UK's prototype fusion power plant, a first of a kind machine that will deliver limitless clean energy whilst simultaneously building a UK fusion industry to take forward this technology on a commercial scale.
Speaker:
Debbie Kempton
Date/Time:
Wednesday 10th December 2025 @ 6:00 PM
Location:
IET Savoy Place/Riverside Room, London, WC2R 0BL
Hosted By:
IET London