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The Soft Revolution - Transforming Manufacturing with Soft Robotics
To coincide with Smart Manufacturing Week https://www.smartmanufacturingweek.com/, join two leading UK robotics experts for an insightful 90-minute webinar exploring the critical and growing role of robotics in modern manufacturing and Industry 4.0.
- Speaker:
- Various
- Date/Time:
- Thursday 4th June 2026 @ 12:30 PM Local time (BST/CET/ UTC +1 hours)
- Venue:
- Online via Zoom
- Hosted By:
- Manufacturing TN
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From Predicting delay on Danish rail to delivering Heathrow Expansion, lessons learned for Rail
A look into crossover technology and process in the AI and data space, covering predicting sub-threshold delay on Danish railways to delivering Heathrow Expansion, what can we learn and how can we collaborate across industries?
- Speaker:
- Harry Kaur
- Date/Time:
- Wednesday 20th May 2026 @ 12:00 PM Local time (BST/CET/ UTC +1 hours)
- Venue:
- Online via Zoom
- Hosted By:
- Railway TN
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Stop the dominoes - Preventing a wide scale electrical shutdown
Explore the critical importance of preventing cascading failures to maintain electricity grid resilience. This lecture, led by Sygensys CEO Andrew Larkins, examines the lessons from the 2025 Iberian blackout and discusses emerging threats to reliability in our shift towards renewable energy.
- Speaker:
- Andrew Larkins
- Date/Time:
- Wednesday 20th May 2026 @ 7:30 PM Local time (BST/CET/ UTC +1 hours)
- Venue:
- Online via YouTube
- Hosted By:
- IET Surrey
In-Person
Viking Link Visit
The Viking Link is the world's longest land and subsea electricity interconnector, a 1.4 GW cable connecting the UK (Lincolnshire) and Denmark (southern Jutland) to share clean energy, improving security and potentially lowering costs for up to 2.5 million homes by linking to Denmark's renewable sources. This visit will give an overview of the overview of the construction, operation and maintenance of the facility.
- Speaker:
- Ryan Bradey
- Date/Time:
- Friday 19th June 2026 @ 9:30 AM
- Location:
- Viking Link Converter Station, Donington Spalding
- Hosted By:
- IET Humber
In-Person
Titanic - Seaman's perspective
A life-time seaman's view of what caused the World's most famous shipwreck, which uses an experienced and professional eye to eliminate the misunderstandings and focus on what really happened. The talk is followed by an optional lunch.
- Speaker:
- Captain Julian Blatchley
- Date/Time:
- Tuesday 19th May 2026 @ 11:00 AM
- Location:
- Glendower Hotel, Lytham St Annes, FY8 2NQ
- Hosted By:
- IET Lancashire and Cumbria