IET Switzerland Events
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In-Person
Skyguide event Dubendorf
We have been invited by Skyguide on a tour of their Control room facilities and Tower Simulator in Dubendorf. Skyguide is the provider of Air Navigation Services (ANSP) for Switzerland and some of the bordering states national airspace. It is a layered airspace service structure consisting of enroute overflying aircraft, approach sectors for airports, and Control Towers at the airports at themselves (physically or virtually).
- Speaker:
- Aline Blank
- Date/Time:
- Friday 4th April 2025 @ 4:00 PM Local time (BST/CET/ UTC +1 hours)
- Location:
- Skyguide, Dubendorf, 8602
- Hosted By:
- IET Switzerland
- Details:
- https://events.theiet.org/events/skyguide-event-dubendorf/
In-Person
2025 Technical Visit to the Leibstadt Nuclear Power Station
A second chance to join us for this fascinating and interesting tour of the Leibstadt Power Station, where we shall get an insight into the workings and operations of the plant, including tours of the site, cooling tower and control room. (Expected duration: 3 hours).
- Speaker:
- Leibstadt Technical Visit and Guided Tour
- Date/Time:
- Saturday 26th April 2025 @ 2:00 PM Local time (BST/CET/ UTC +1 hours)
- Location:
- Nuclear Power Plant Leibstadt AG, Leibstadt, CH-5325
- Hosted By:
- IET Switzerland
- Details:
- https://www.kkl.ch/besucherangebote/fuehrungen/fuer-gruppen
Recommended events from around The IET
Online
Autonomous Sailing Boats
An online event, Anahita Laverack will talk about how these vehicles can endure multi-month missions, and how their compact size makes deployment straightforward: a ten-strong constellation of C-Stars can be launched from a small fishing vessel. These robots allow users to harness the power of mass-deployed ocean sensor networks to unlock breakthrough insights in climate and weather research, industry operations, and marine domain awareness.
- Speaker:
- Anahita Laverack
- Date/Time:
- Wednesday 23rd April 2025 @ 7:00 PM
- Venue:
- Online via Microsoft Teams
- Hosted By:
- IET Solent
- Details:
- https://events.theiet.org/events/autonomous-sailing-boats/
Online
Weather Resilience in Rail
An inside view on how the rail industry is preparing and delivering with respect to climate change
- Speaker:
- John Lawrence
- Date/Time:
- Tuesday 20th May 2025 @ 12:00 PM
- Venue:
- Online via Zoom
- Hosted By:
- Railway TN
In-Person
IET Germany Local Network Spring Networking and Social Event
Our first event of the year, an informal dinner social event, including a talk of general technical interest - an opportunity to meet other members particularly from the local area. The event is held in cooperation with the locally registered Michael Faraday Institution (MFI). Attendance is open to all, partners and event newcomers are especially welcome - please register with the relevant number of attendees so that we can organize the room appropriately.
- Speaker:
- Paul Cullen - LN Chairman
- Date/Time:
- Saturday 5th April 2025 @ 7:00 PM
- Location:
- Paulaner Kapuzinerplatz, Munich, 80337
- Hosted By:
- IET Germany
In-Person
A brief History of Telecommunications (In Person event)
The developments in telecommunications over the last 150 years have quite literally changed the world. This lecture will tell the story from the early days when all calls were connected manually through the development of automatic step by step switching, the overcoming of distance with frequency division multiplex technology, the first electronic exchanges, digitisation of the transmission network, advanced electronic switching and transmission systems and much more.
- Speaker:
- Roger Ward MACantab MSc MBA CEng MIET MITP
- Date/Time:
- Wednesday 9th April 2025 @ 7:00 PM Local time (BST/CET/ UTC +1 hours)
- Location:
- Atrium Building University of Suffolk, Ipswich, IP4 1LQ
- Hosted By:
- IET Anglian Coastal