Past Events
IMechE - The application of AI design tools to ITER nuclear fusion reactor
25th February 2021 7:00 pm
Professor Nawal Prinja has 40 years of academic and industrial experience in the nuclear sector. He is the Technology Director of Jacobs (Clean Energy) and holds a position of Honorary Professor at four British universities (Aberdeen,…
ICE - Galloway Hydro Scheme
25th February 2021 6:15 pm
Presentation on the Galloway Hydro Scheme, which has been generating power for nearly a century. It includes a total of six power stations – Glenlee, Tongland, Kendoon, Drumjohn, Earlstoun and Carsfad – 11 dams and a network of tunnels…
AFBE - The Challenge of Change: Embracing change drives decommissioning opportunities
25th February 2021 5:00 pm
As oil and gas fields around the world mature, the industry faces increased work in decommissioning. In the North Sea, one of the world’s most mature offshore production basins, decommissioning will be a major industrial challenge, as…
AMB - Wind Turbine Control System for Floating Platforms
24th February 2021 6:30 pm
Floating wind turbine control system design presents challenges due to complex dynamics and conflicting requirements of performance and stability.
DNVGL will introduce control system concepts, floating turbine specific features…
ICE - M4 smart motorway junctions 3-12: the story so far
23rd February 2021 1:00 pm
Join the ICE Hereford and Worcester Branch for a webinar focusing on the journey so far for this £850m M4 junctions 3-12 smart motorway project.
With the project about to complete, commissioning of 28km of the total 52km length…
ICE - Learning from historic irrigation and drainage structures
19th February 2021 3:00 pm
The past has much to teach us about the present and the future. The rapid changes that are taking place around the world caution us to learn from history. This is as true in irrigation and drainage as in most other walks of life. The…
IMechE - the work of the traditional blacksmith in the modern age
18th February 2021 12:00 pm
Traditional Blacksmiths were the first mechanical engineers and their craft was the seed of the modern-day profession. Today, the work of the traditional blacksmith has enjoyed a resurgence as a cottage industry, and we will look at…
IChemE - How Relevant Human Factors are within the Chemical and Processing Industries
17th February 2021 6:00 pm
The chemical and processing industries have made significant advances in health, safety and performance in the last few decades with technological advances and massive improvements in safety management. So why do accidents and incidents…
Engineers Ireland - The History & Rehabilitation of Daly's "Shakey" Bridge, Cork City
16th February 2021 7:00 pm
Engineers Ireland - The History & Rehabilitation of Daly’s “Shakey” Bridge, Cork City
The presentation will outline the social and economic context of the original construction which opened in 1927 to replace an earlier ferry…
IStructE - Energy Geostructures - Using our substructures for ground heat exchange and storage
16th February 2021 6:00 pm
This presentation will cover recent innovations in the use of structure foundations, and substructure components such as retaining walls and tunnels as ground heat exchangers to permit supply of thermal energy to low carbon heating…
ICE - Surface water management in the construction sector - an overview
16th February 2021 5:30 pm
This webinar provides an overview on Surface Water Management in Construction and how to prevent water pollution in the UK.
James Baylis, Regional Technical Manager and Sales at Siltbuster, will provide an introduction to the…
IChemE - Overselling Hydrogen
11th February 2021 4:30 pm
Hydrogen is ubiquitous in the scientific and general media. It is often described as a wonder fuel. This webinar will question whether hydrogen is being over-sold. Hydrogen’s role in delivering net zero in the UK will be critiqued and…
RPhil Lecture - The human scale: technology and leadership in times of crisis
10th February 2021 7:30 pm
THE ROYAL PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF GLASGOW 219th Lecture Series
The human scale: technology and leadership in times of crisis. by Misha Glenny
What happens when technological, political, biological and economic change…
Engineering Scotland - Innovation Lecture - Photonics in the Cloud - Dream or Reality?
10th February 2021 6:00 pm
Engineering Scotland
THE INNOVATION LECTURE 2021 - Photonics in the Cloud - Dream or Reality? Prof John Marsh
Just as integrated circuits are built around electrons, photonic integrated circuits (PICs) are built…
IMarEST - Mooring Integrity Management – Preventing mooring line failures
10th February 2021 12:00 pm
IMarEST - Technical Lecture - Mooring Integrity Management – Preventing mooring line failures by Alex Argyros
Over the last 15 years there have been several multi-million pound failure incidents of permanent mooring systems for…
IES - Online lecture - UN Sustainable Goal No 6, Clean water and Sanitation
9th February 2021 6:30 pm
UN Sustainable Development Goal No 6, Clean Water and Sanitation
Substantial progress has been made towards sustainable development goal 6: delivering clean water and sanitation to all. However, there is still a long way to go; 784 million people do not have access to clean water and 2.5 billion live…
ICE - Rock Engineering - Between a rock and a hard place
9th February 2021 6:15 pm
Using case studies from Scotland, and around the world, Christopher Jack, Technical Director from COWI, will highlight rock engineering challenges and how these were overcome. Note: some projects will be anonymised due to…
RAES - online lecture from Reaction Engines Ltd
9th February 2021 6:00 pm
Lecture from Reaction Engines Limited (REL)
Engineers Ireland - Novel Recycling Technologies
4th February 2021 7:30 pm
Engineers Ireland - Novel Recycling Technologies
Dr Frank Riedewald of Composite Recycling Ltd and Gavin Duffy of Pyro Recycling Ltd discuss Novel Recycling Technologies in this free webinar hosted by the…
MIS - Drilling into mines for heat: the UK Geoenergy Observatory in Glasgow
3rd February 2021 6:00 pm
The Mining Institute of Scotland - Drilling into mines for heat: the UK Geoenergy Observatory in Glasgow - by Dr Alison Monaghan MBE, BGS Edinburgh
Net-zero carbon targets require significant progress to be made in the…
FSB - Creating a self-managing company
3rd February 2021 10:00 am
The Federation of Small Business - What is a ‘self-managing company’ and how can it work in your business?
Peter Buckle, is an Associate Coach with Strategic Coach Inc & Founding Partner at Buckle &…
CAN DO Innovation Summit
3rd February 2021 9:00 am
Glasgow City of Science and Innovation
The CAN DO Innovation Summit - a focal point for business innovation in Scotland - SMEs will meet the innovators, entrepreneurs, and academics that can help them adopt new technologies,…
Scottish Engineering - Free Informative Breakfast Briefing Series – February
3rd February 2021 8:00 am
Scottish Engineering - Free Informative Breakfast Briefing Series – February
IET - Game Software Engineering: Welcome to our World
2nd February 2021 7:00 pm
IET - Game Software Engineering: Welcome to our World
RINA - Online lecture - Teekay Ice Breakers and the YAMAL LNG Project
1st February 2021 6:00 pm
Teekay ARC 7 LNGC Ice Breakers and the YAMAL LNG Project
Old Ways New Roads - Book Launch
28th January 2021 6:00 pm
The Hunterian - book launch
The Old Ways New Roads book launch will take place via a live zoom webinar, featuring an introduction to the publication by Hunterian Director Steph Scholten and the editors, followed by a live…
IET - With the UK’s ambitions to lead in achieving ‘net zero’ greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, is ‘decarbonisation’ enough?
28th January 2021 6:00 pm
IET - With the UK’s ambitions to lead in achieving ‘net zero’ greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, is ‘decarbonisation’ enough? by Prof Ian Arbon
The UK Government’s ambitions for ‘net zero’ greenhouse gas emissions…
Engineers Ireland - Transitioning our Homes to Low Carbon
28th January 2021 1:00 pm
Engineers Ireland - Transitioning our Homes to Low Carbon
Aberdeen Maritime Joint Branch - Uncrewed Surface Vessels – The Marine Robotics Revolution
27th January 2021 6:30 pm
Aberdeen Maritime Joint Branch - Uncrewed Surface Vessels – The Marine Robotics Revolution by James Ives
Use of remote systems is set to accelerate in the coming years. XOCEAN will share insights and experiences operating their…
ICE - Decarbonising Coventry
27th January 2021 6:00 pm
How to deliver energy to Coventry in a carbon neutral world?
Join the ICE President, Rachel Skinner, on her virtual visit to the West Midlands at this webinar about decarbonising the City of Coventry.
The West Midlands…
Glasgow Chamber of Commerce - Webinar: Exercise in a Box - Cyber Security
26th January 2021 9:30 am
Glasgow Chamber of Commerce have teamed up with Scottish Business Resilience Centre to bring you the opportunity to participate in Exercise in a Box, an online tool from the NCSC which helps organisations test and practise their…
Engineers Ireland - Fire Safety issues in existing flats and maisonettes
21st January 2021 7:00 pm
Engineers Ireland - Fire Safety issues in existing flats and maisonettes
IMarEST - British Warship Building 1850-2020: An Analysis
21st January 2021 5:00 pm
Warships have formed around one third of the British shipbuilding industry’s output for a century and a half. They have also been at the forefront of many technological developments, e.g. steam turbines. The evolution of warships is…
Engineers Ireland Sustainability Grand Tour: Optimising Sustainability through reallocation of road space
20th January 2021 7:00 pm
This event is will launch the ‘Sustainability Grand Tour’, an online CPD seminar series organised by a number of Regions and Sectors within Engineers Ireland. This session will examine the reallocation of road space for pedestrians and…
BCS - Webinar - Quantum Computing
14th January 2021 7:30 pm
Quantum Computing
Running Time: 19:30 – 21:00
IES - Joint Meeting with IMarEST - online lecture - Dealing with plastic waste sustainably
12th January 2021 6:30 pm
Dealing with plastic waste sustainably
Over the past few years, the issue of ‘plastic waste’ has become a dominating concern in the UK and yet, so far, the problem has been met more with hysteria and ‘knee jerk’ reaction, rather than with any reasoned, engineered and/or…
IStructE - online lecture - Repair and conservation of masonry bridges
7th January 2021 6:00 pm
Repair and conservation of masonry bridges
Running Time: 18:00 – 19:30
IMechE - Webinar - Auckland Rail Transport
6th January 2021 5:45 pm
Auckland rail transport
Synopsis: The Speaker will describe the history of railways in the Auckland area from their inception in the 19th century to the present day resurgence with the construction of the new cross-city link. The talk will outline the…
ICE - Webinar - Global Water Security
6th January 2021 5:00 pm
Global Water Security
6th January 2021 17.00-18.30
ICE - Webinar - Modular Buildings: Facts, fictions and the future
17th December 2020 1:00 pm
Modular buildings: Facts, fiction & the future
17th Dec 2020 13.00 – 14.00
IMechE - Presentation of Steam and Heat Exchange Systems
16th December 2020 6:30 pm
Steam and Heat Exchange
This presentation will cover the benefits of using steam for heat exchange applications, how fully packaged instantaneous plate heat exchanger systems operate and why they offer significant benefits, such as cost savings, energy…
IMechE Webinar - an overview of the 6th Carbon Budget
14th December 2020 4:30 pm
An overview of the 6th Carbon Budget: the pathway to Net-Zero emissions in the UK by 2050
The 6th Carbon Budget will introduce a legally binding cap on UK territorial emissions for the mid-2030s. Crucially, it is the first 6th Carbon Budget set since the UK’s Net-Zero target was legislated, in 2019. Meeting this budget is…
WES - Caroline Haslett Lecture & Awards 2020
10th December 2020 6:30 pm
IStructE - online lecture - Timber frame design of low rise buildings
10th December 2020 6:00 pm
Timber frame design of low rise buildings (racking)
Running Time: 18:00 – 19:30
IMechE - Robroyston Station Project
10th December 2020 5:50 pm
Kirsty Devlin of ScotRail and Sarah Piscitelli of WSP will describe the project to build a new station at Robroyston that opened in December 2019.
Event runs: 17:50 – 19:15.
Joint meeting with RINA
8th December 2020 6:30 pm
From Nano to Macro, 1 mm to 10,984 m, Vast and Essential for Life on Earth
Prof Colin Moffat, Chief Scientific Advisor Marine Scottish Government
There is one single ocean, comprised of interconnecting ocean basins, contains approximately 1.33 billion km3 of water.…
IChemE Webinar
8th December 2020 12:30 pm
Deepwater Horizon 10 years on – Failures, Lessons & Legacy
It is 10 years since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident and oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, in which eleven people lost their lives, 17 were seriously injured and over 5 millions barrels of crude oil spilled into the ocean…
ICE Webinar
25th November 2020 6:00 pm
Diversity and Inclusion in Civil Engineering
The evidence is clear, greater diversity – from apprentices to board directors – leads to better performing businesses.
The civil engineering profession has made great strides in supporting and encouraging diversity within the…
Scottish Environmental Protection Agency: COP26
17th November 2020 6:30 pm
Crucial Issues for Planet Earth
Mr Terry A’Hearn, Chief Executive Officer SEPA
SEPA has set an ambitious strategy called One Planet Prosperity to govern how it will regulate in the…
The Rankine Bicentenary Lecture 2020
13th October 2020 4:30 pm
Unconventional Geothermal Technologies and Opportunities - Professor Gioia Falcone
Geothermal energy is a constant and independent form of renewable energy and plays a key role towards the…
The Presidential Address 2020
29th September 2020 6:30 pm
“Scotland’s role in the development of heat pumps: 1850 to 2050”
Dr Andy Pearson — Managing Director, Star Refrigeration Ltd
This paper follows the development of the heat pump and…
Celebrating the legacy of William Rankine
27th July 2020 9:00 am
IESIS is proud to be a partner organisation for the International Institute of Refrigeration Conference “Rankine 2020 - Advances in Cooling, Heating and Power Generation”, timed to coincide with the bi-centenary of the birth of William…