IET London Events
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In-Person
Female Leaders: Inspiring Innovation
Join us for our annual Female Leaders in STEM event, focusing on innovation and the gender gap in inventorship. Hear from Alice Stuart-Grumbar, a Chartered Patent Attorney with a background in mechanical engineering, as she shares insights from her work with inventors across aerospace and automotive sectors. Be inspired, connect, and explore how we can foster more inclusive innovation.
- Speaker:
- Alice Stuart-Grumbar
- Date/Time:
- Thursday 6th November 2025 @ 6:00 PM
- Location:
- IET Savoy Place, London, WC2R 0BL
- Hosted By:
- IET London
In-Person
Why Mainstream Blockchain Needs Data Privacy
Data privacy is the missing piece before Blockchain goes mainstream. Can this challenge have a real life solution?
- Speaker:
- Adi Ben-Ari CEO Applied Blockchain
- Date/Time:
- Wednesday 12th November 2025 @ 6:00 PM
- Location:
- IET Savoy Place, London, WC2R 0BL
- Hosted By:
- IET London
In-Person
Heat Pumps in our Homes
In this talk Michael de Podesta will outline how heat pumps work, how homes work, and how heat pumps work in homes to replace a gas or oil boiler.
- Speaker:
- Michael de Podesta
- Date/Time:
- Tuesday 18th November 2025 @ 7:00 PM
- Location:
- Novotel London West 1 Shortlands Hammersmith, London, W6 8DR
- Hosted By:
- IET London
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In-Person
IA2IA - Industrial Automation to Industrial Autonomy
From AI, digital twins and robots, new technologies are revolutionizing the way that plants operate. The transition to industrial autonomy requires a variety of technologies across information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) areas
- Speaker:
- Mr Dave Board
- Date/Time:
- Thursday 20th November 2025 @ 6:00 PM
- Location:
- Harrow College, Harrow UNITED KINGDOM, HA1 3AQ
- Hosted By:
- IET London
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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
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 29th January 2026 @ 6:00 PM
- Location:
- Harrow College, Harrow UNITED KINGDOM, HA1 3AQ
- Hosted By:
- IET London
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Online
Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) and AI Models for Contemporary Robotics Systems
There has been a vast development of machine learning algorithms over the last few years, specifically over the late four years.
- Speaker:
- Professor Ebrahim A. Mattar
- Date/Time:
- Monday 3rd November 2025 @ 4:00 PM
- Venue:
- Online via Zoom
- Hosted By:
- Robotics and Mechatronics TN
Online
Accelerating Innovation: Advanced Manufacturing for Particle Accelerators
Join us for an online event bringing together engineers and technicians from across the accelerator community to explore the latest developments in advanced manufacturing for particle accelerators. World-leading mechanical engineers will present cutting-edge techniques and innovations in the design and production of accelerator components, sharing practical insights into new processes
- Speaker:
- TBC
- Date/Time:
- Tuesday 4th November 2025 @ 11:00 AM
- Venue:
- Online via Zoom
- Hosted By:
- Particle Accelerator Engineering
In-Person
Smart Lighting for Smart Buildings
Discover the fundamentals of a truly smart building, IET Futures Place, Stevenage, which has recently implemented a bespoke Simmtronic Intelligent lighting control system, delivering an innovative solution for a resource efficient, sustainable building and yet still creating a personalised experienced for the end user.
- Speaker:
- Rob Souto
- Date/Time:
- Wednesday 19th November 2025 @ 6:30 PM
- Location:
- Futures Place, Stevenage, SG1 2UA
- Hosted By:
- IET Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
In-Person
Cyber security
This talk will provide an introduction to cybersecurity and explain how a cyber function operates within an organization. Ryan wlll share insights from his role as an Incident Response Analyst at UK Power Networks, including how we detect, investigate, and respond to security incidents. The session will also include real-world examples such as Stuxnet and the 2015 Ukrainian power grid attack to illustrate the impact of cyber threats on critical infrastructure.
- Speaker:
- Ryan O'Riordan
- Date/Time:
- Tuesday 11th November 2025 @ 6:30 PM
- Location:
- College Rd, Crawley, RH10 1NR
- Hosted By:
- IET Sussex