Lecture Programme 2024-2025
We have a super lecture programme this year!
Full details for all of our events can be found at engineers.scot/events/ies-events
Presidential Address
Tales from the Riverbank - Experience of building and operating an intensive commercial ferry service in Scotland
Graeme Fletcher
This lecture will explain the crucial importance of keeping it simple in the engineering and purchasing of ferries in relation to the 50 years of operation of Western Ferries.
Tuesday 24th September 2024
In-person at 6.30pm - Registration for In-person
Online at 6.30pm – Registration for Online
Full details for all of our events can be found at www.engineers.scot/events/ies-events
The Rankine Memorial Lecture
Steam cleaning our environment - Using Steam Turbines to achieve genuine sustainability
Prof Ian Arbon
This lecture will explain how steam turbines could help achieve UK’s 2050 energy and environment targets, which current policies and technologies probably will not.
Tuesday 29th October 2024
In-person at 6.30pm - Registration for In-person
Online at 6.30pm – Registration for Online
Full details for all of our events can be found at www.engineers.scot/events/ies-events
Safety Leadership – a moral and ethical imperative
Dame Judith Hackitt DBE
This lecture will discuss a number of serious accidents, lessons learned and the need for a safety culture driven by doing the right thing rather than slavish rule following.
Tuesday 19h November 2024
In-person at 6.30pm - Registration for In-person
Online at 6.30pm – Registration for Online
Full details for all of our events can be found at www.engineers.scot/events/ies-events
Joint meeting with RINA
Repairs and Renovation of the RRS Discovery
Mr Ali Gellatly
Details will be announced soon
Monday 9th December 2024
In-person at 6.30pm - Registration for In-person
Online at 6.30pm – Registration for Online
Full details for all of our events can be found at www.engineers.scot/events/ies-events
Joint meeting with IMarEST
Wind turbines – an anchorage too far? The role of floating wind turbines meeting future net-zero commitments
Prof Atilla Incicek Attila will describe how clean energy is generated from offshore wind turbines; the challenges in their design, installation, operation and maintenance, and decommissioning; discuss whether the turbines should be fixed or floating?
Tuesday 14th January 2025
In-person at 6.30pm - Registration for In-person
Online at 6.30pm – Registration for Online
Full details for all of our events can be found at www.engineers.scot/events/ies-events
Joint meeting with CIBSE
Has Covid made our buildings less healthy? - limitations of building ventilation as a preventative measure
Dr Chris Iddon
What is the legacy of preventative measures introduced during Covid? This lecture will look at the longterm effects particularly with more hybrid working and lower occupancy rates.
Tuesday 11th February 2025
In-person at 6.30pm - Registration for In-person
Online at 6.30pm – Registration for Online
Full details for all of our events can be found at www.engineers.scot/events/ies-events
The future of satellite communication
Dr Carol Marsh
This lecture will explain what an Electronically Scanned Phased Array Antenna Gateway is, introduce us to Celestia-UK and explain the Gateway terminology, why they are important for Scotland.
Tuesday 11th March 2025
In-person at 6.30pm - Registration for In-person
Online at 6.30pm – Registration for Online
Full details for all of our events can be found at www.engineers.scot/events/ies-events
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