IET Lancashire and Cumbria Events
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In-Person
Design & Manufacture of Thermal Energy Meter Systems
Our speaker was the Technical designer for the UK manufacture of Thermal Energy Heat Metering Systems. The design included component selection, software writing and circuit board design. The speaker will discus his experience working for a locally based manufacturer.
- Speaker:
- Neil Parry
- Date/Time:
- Thursday 18th December 2025 @ 7:15 PM
- Location:
- Castle Green Hotel, Kendal, LA9 6RG
- Hosted By:
- IET Lancashire and Cumbria
In-Person
Major Deep Water Oil and Gas Developments Offshore West Africa
The talk will cover several 'Mega Projects' over the last 20 years, each costing 6 to 10 billion USD, The focus will be on the specifics of one project in order to highlight elements of the challenges and technologies.
- Speaker:
- Tony Oldfield
- Date/Time:
- Thursday 15th January 2026 @ 7:15 PM
- Location:
- Castle Green Hotel, Kendal, LA9 6RG
- Hosted By:
- IET Lancashire and Cumbria
In-Person
What Are The Causes of Rail Accidents?
Following on from his previous talk into what the RAIB does, Neil will start with a brief resume and then delve into actual investigations. These will include: Freight Derailment at Petteril Bridge Carlisle, Grosmont Station Collision, Edinburgh Waverley Sleeper Train Runaway
- Speaker:
- Neil Gove
- Date/Time:
- Thursday 29th January 2026 @ 6:30 PM
- Location:
- EIC University of Lancashire, Preston, PR1 2XS
- Hosted By:
- IET Lancashire and Cumbria
In-Person
Wind Tunnel Capability in Lancashire
Join experienced wind-tunnel engineer Craig Eckersley for an inside look at Lancashire's aerodynamic testing facilities. The talk showcases the region's unique contributions to engineering innovation, highlighting how wind-tunnel testing drives product development from concept to certification.
- Speaker:
- Craig F Eckersley CEng MRAeS
- Date/Time:
- Thursday 5th February 2026 @ 6:30 PM
- Location:
- EIC University of Lancashire, Preston, PR1 2XS
- Hosted By:
- IET Lancashire and Cumbria
In-Person
Can Beer be Sustainable?
Tim is now focused on decarbonising Fell's operations and making them an exemplar in small scale, sustainable brewing. Join him to learn more about the practicalities of this work and whether we can have hope for a better future, still with plenty of locally brewed ale.
- Speaker:
- Tim Bloomer
- Date/Time:
- Thursday 12th March 2026 @ 7:00 PM
- Location:
- Castle Green Hotel, Kendal, LA9 6RG
- Hosted By:
- IET Lancashire and Cumbria
Recommended events from around The IET
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
Online
AI Translation between Sign and spoken language
Using AI techniques to interpret sign language.
- Speaker:
- Prof. Richard Bowden - University of Surrey
- Date/Time:
- Wednesday 14th January 2026 @ 7:30 PM
- Venue:
- Online via YouTube
- Hosted By:
- IET Surrey
In-Person
Routes To Registration
Join us for an evening to help further your career. The event will cover in detail the requirements for professional registration, concentrating on CEng and IEng.
- Speaker:
- John Lorriman
- Date/Time:
- Tuesday 21st April 2026 @ 6:00 PM
- Location:
- IET Austin Court, Birmingham, B1 2NP
- Hosted By:
- IET Birmingham
In-Person
Semiconductor Silicon - capabilities beyond electronics and solar cells
This talk will describe Leigh's research and commercial exploitation of silicon, unusually, for optical and medical applications.
- Speaker:
- Leigh Canham
- Date/Time:
- Monday 12th January 2026 @ 7:30 PM
- Location:
- Colwall Park Hotel, Colwall
- Hosted By:
- IET Hereford and Worcester