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In-Person

New technology Developments in Ungrounded Signalling Power Supplies Maintenance and Asset Management

Viper Innovations' Dr Daniel Denning discusses the latest technology development for monitoring IT Earthed Signalling Power Supplies on the UK railway. He'll cover the subsea origins of the technology; the move into UK rail; a deep dive into the tech and how it is being used now to drive huge safety, performance and efficiency savings and what the potential is for a sea-change in asset management of this most important, foundation asset.
Speaker:
Dr Daniel Denning
Date/Time:
Wednesday 14th January 2026 @ 6:00 PM
Location:
IET Savoy Place/Faraday Centre, London, WC2R 0BL
Hosted By:
IET London
In-Person

Inside ChatGPT: How LLMs Think

In this session, we will lift the lid on how large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT actually work, in a way that is clear, engaging, and jargon-free.
Speaker:
Thomas Mahon
Date/Time:
Tuesday 20th January 2026 @ 7:00 PM
Location:
Novotel London West 1 Shortlands Hammersmith, London, W6 8DR
Hosted By:
IET London
In-Person

An Introduction to IP

The presentation will initially discuss the different types of IP and why these are important. It will then go into more detail on the patenting process: how it works, what working with a patent attorney involves and the merits of filing a patent (including briefly touching on patent box). The presentation will briefly discuss AI generated inventions and ownership of an invention developed during employment.
Speaker:
Ms Alice Stuart-Grumbar
Date/Time:
Thursday 5th February 2026 @ 6:00 PM
Location:
Harrow College, Harrow UNITED KINGDOM, HA1 3AQ
Hosted By:
IET London
In-Person

Engineering Biology - what, why and how

This talk will give a simplified overview of engineering biology, and will explain what engineering biology is, the advantages it can provide over conventional technologies and provide a perspective on future considerations.
Speaker:
Professor Sajad Haq
Date/Time:
Tuesday 17th February 2026 @ 7:00 PM
Location:
Novotel London West 1 Shortlands Hammersmith, London, W6 8DR
Hosted By:
IET London

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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

How Do Large Language Models Think?

LLMs have demonstrated amazing abilities, but how do they work? And how does that compare to human abilities? This talk will explain how LLMs are constructed and what that tells us about whether and how they think. We'll discuss how simply learning to fit a model to a huge dataset of text results in something that looks intelligent and try to understand what lies behind that appearance.
Speaker:
Dr Jeff Mitchell
Date/Time:
Tuesday 10th February 2026 @ 6:30 PM
Location:
Sanditon Way, Worthing, BN14 9FD
Hosted By:
IET Sussex
In-Person

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
Location:
Rik Medlik Building University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
Hosted By:
IET Surrey