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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

Heating Systems for Fusion Machines

An overview of additional heating systems for tokamak machines will be presented, with a particular focus on Neutral Beam Injection (NBI) technological challenges and physics.
Speaker:
Dr Maria Nicassio UKAEA
Date/Time:
Wednesday 12th November 2025 @ 12:00 PM
Venue:
Online via Zoom
Hosted By:
Nuclear Engineering TN
Online

The Odiham Spitfire

Join Steve Markham as he shares the incredible journey of building an 80% scale replica of a 1944 Photo Reconnaissance Spitfire. Discover the 11,500+ hours of dedication, the challenges overcome, and the eventual triumph of its maiden flight and certification. A captivating account of passion, engineering, and aviation history brought to life.
Speaker:
Steve Markham
Date/Time:
Wednesday 19th November 2025 @ 7:30 PM
Venue:
Online via YouTube
Hosted By:
IET Surrey
In-Person

Consideration of Thermodynamics in Vernacular Design Principles on Cooling and Heating Loads in Structures.

This present will focus on how via the incorporation of natural and vernacular design principles, designers can reduce the demand on cooling and heating loads in structures, while showing how an understanding of sever temperatures on human bodies can create environments that are lower in energy consumption, enabling the exploitation of renewable energy sources, alongside creating healthier low stressed working and living environments.
Speaker:
Peter Egan
Date/Time:
Wednesday 12th November 2025 @ 7:00 PM
Location:
Sibson Building University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7PE
Hosted By:
IET Kent
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