IET Manchester Events
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In-Person
Visit to Manchester Town Hall (Organised by Manchester Retired Members Section)
A special opportunity to visit Manchester Town Hall which is in it's final stages of renovation.
- Speaker:
- Provided by Our Town Hall project team
- Date/Time:
- Friday 21st August 2026 @ 12:15 PM
- Location:
- Manchester Town Hall, Manchester
- Hosted By:
- IET Manchester
Online
Introduction to Railway Signalling
Considering a career in rail, expanding your engineering knowledge, or curious about railway safety? This presentation offers a practical introduction to the signalling systems and technologies that keep modern railways moving safely.
- Speaker:
- Mr. Ivan Ristic
- Date/Time:
- Thursday 3rd September 2026 @ 12:00 PM Local time (BST/CET/ UTC +1 hours)
- Venue:
- Online via Microsoft Teams
- Hosted By:
- IET Manchester
In-Person
Metrolink Operations and Maintenance
How do you keep the UK's largest tramway network moving? Join the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) for a talk by Mike Todd, KeolisAmy Metrolink's Head of Rolling Stock Delivery, and colleagues to learn more.
- Speaker:
- Mike Todd
- Date/Time:
- Tuesday 8th September 2026 @ 6:00 PM
- Location:
- John Dalton Building MMU, Manchester, M1 5GD
- Hosted By:
- IET Manchester
In-Person
Visit to the IRR at Huddersfield University
This is a technical visit to the Institute of Railway Research (IRR) at Huddersfield University The tour will last about 2 hours and will give the opportunity to see the many Test rigs and Laboratories on the site The IRR has an excellent website, with a virtual tour to whet your appetite found at https://research.hud.ac.uk/institutes-centres/irr/
- Speaker:
- David Crosbee
- Date/Time:
- Wednesday 21st October 2026 @ 2:00 PM
- Location:
- IRR Building at Huddersfield University, Huddersfield
- Hosted By:
- IET Manchester
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Online
AI and AI Assurance at NPL
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is the UK's national metrology institute. It develops and maintains the country's primary measurement standards and provides the measurement science, calibration, testing, and scientific expertise that underpin industry, innovation, and public services - helping ensure measurements are accurate, comparable, and trustworthy. In this online talk, Chris Barnes (Head of Science for AI, NPL) will give an overview of NPL's AI activity and how it supports the UK's ambitions for trustworthy and deployable AI across industry.
- Speaker:
- Professor Chris Barnes
- Date/Time:
- Thursday 27th August 2026 @ 4:00 PM Local time (BST/CET/ UTC +1 hours)
- Venue:
- Online via Microsoft Teams
- Hosted By:
- IET Solent
Online
How to Build an Autonomous System: Software & Systems Architectures of EdgeAI Robotics in 2026
In 2026, autonomous systems are no longer a futuristic concept, but a practical reality. Autonomous systems are often 'software defined' allowing system capability to evolve.
- Speaker:
- Sam Duffield Staff Software Engineer Balena
- Date/Time:
- Tuesday 8th September 2026 @ 12:30 PM Local time (BST/CET/ UTC +1 hours)
- Venue:
- Online via Zoom
- Hosted By:
- Robotics and Mechatronics TN
In-Person
Small Modular Reactors (SMRs)
Great British Energy - Nuclear, with their partner Rolls Royce SMR, are moving through the design phases of the project which will build the first ever SMRs in the UK, in Anglesey. This site, recently named Gwyndod, close to the old, decommissioned Reactor site of Wylfa, will be the First of a Kind Small Modular Reactor designed and built in the UK.
- Speaker:
- Danny Clarke
- Date/Time:
- Thursday 24th September 2026 @ 6:30 PM Local time (BST/CET/ UTC +1 hours)
- Location:
- Birchwood Park, Warrington
- Hosted By:
- IET Mersey and Western Cheshire
In-Person
The Sun and Climate Change
Our Earth has shown wild variations in climate over the last few hundred million years. The ultimate driver of climate is the Sun, which has increased in luminosity by 30% over it's 4,500 million year current life. We will see how the sun works and how it influences the Earth and our climate on ever shorter time scales, including the 11 year sunspot cycle. Finally, we will see how recently CO2 has become increasingly important and look at the most likely future.
- Speaker:
- Dr Robin Catchpole
- Date/Time:
- Tuesday 8th September 2026 @ 6:30 PM
- Location:
- EIC University of Lancashire, Preston, PR1 2XS
- Hosted By:
- IET Lancashire and Cumbria