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In-Person

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
Location:
Tormead School, Guildford, GU1 2JD
Hosted By:
IET Surrey
Online

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

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Meet the Engineers - Volume 3, Series 1: "Your Path into Engineering and Part-Time Study"

Join us for the first session of the year in our Meet the Engineers webinar series! Our guest engineers will share their personal career journeys and provide valuable insights into the various routes into engineering. From hands-on training and industry experience to continuing part-time study, this session will give attendees a realistic view of what an engineering career can look like and how to get there.
Speaker:
Ali Amir
Date/Time:
Thursday 9th April 2026 @ 6:30 PM
Venue:
Online via Microsoft Teams
Hosted By:
IET London
Online

The Cavity Magnetron, key to the success of WW2 airborne RADAR

Following the independent development of radar in many countries from 1934-9 there was a need to efficiently achieve high power microwave energy to enable the transition from land based into airborne radar. The presentation will feature cavity magnetron based radars as used in naval corvettes, B17 flying fortress bombers as well as introduce the British H2S radar.
Speaker:
Professor Peter Grant
Date/Time:
Thursday 23rd April 2026 @ 7:00 PM
Venue:
Online via Microsoft Teams
Hosted By:
IET Anglian Coastal
In-Person

Thames Water Control Centre visit

Thames Water serves 16 million customers across London and the Thames Valley every day. From that first cup of tea in the morning through to baths at bedtime. As well as supplying water to your taps, Thames Water takes wastewater away. We collect and treat sewage, returning clean water to our rivers.
Speaker:
Lucy Barnes
Date/Time:
Monday 20th April 2026 @ 10:00 AM
Location:
550 S Oak Way Green Park, Reading, RG2 6AD
Hosted By:
IET Berkshire
In-Person

Safety System Resilience: The role of functional safety assessments

This presentation highlights the role of functional safety assessments, aligned with IEC 61508 and IEC 61511, in ensuring reliable, resilient safety-critical systems. It covers the full safety lifecycle, demonstrating compliance and exploring challenges, best practices, and real world examples.
Speaker:
Michael Ossai
Date/Time:
Thursday 23rd April 2026 @ 7:00 PM
Location:
Braywick leisure centre Braywick Rd Maidenhead SL6 1BN, Maidenhead, SL6 1BN
Hosted By:
IET Berkshire