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  • IET Kent Committee 2019/20

    The IET Kent Network organises a programme of activities in and around Kent for all engineers and members of the public. All of these activities are made possible by the efforts of a dedicated group of volunteers. If you would like to know more about our committee, or would like to volunteer to help us, please get in touch with any of the volunteers listed below: Guy Bertrand Chairman Vacancy Vice Chairman   Vacancy Secretary   Denis Hooker Treasurer / Programme Events Co-ordinator   Bob Martin-Royle  Retired Members   Vacancy University of Greenwich   Nathan Gomes University of Kent   John Ennew  Safety In Action, PATW   Philip Moffit Schools Liaison Officer   Richard Blair IET On Campus - University of Greenwich Vacancy IET On Campus - University of Kent   Vacancy  Professional Registration…

    Brian Dury
    Brian Dury

  • CONGRATULATIONS TO ENG. DAVID DRAKES

    We are pleased to advise that Eng. David Drakes has been successful in attaining the status of  Fellowship of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).  Eng. David is now entitled to use the letters FIET after his  name. Congratulations to David and we look forward to hearing of more great news from him in the future.

    J. Maraj
    J. Maraj

  • QinetiQ Apprenticeship Graduation

    QinetiQ apprenticeship graduation 2019 awards the IET student excellence PRIZE to Joe Badham! Congratulations Joe.

    Anna Gilbert
    Anna Gilbert

  • IET Media Expands At IBC 2019

    The network formerly called The IET Multimedia Communications Technical Professional Network has now in 2019, renamed itself as the IET Media Technical Network, or IET Media for short. Under the leadership of Ian Nock and David Short, IET Media is also strengthening its Executive Committee. “The rename reflects that we have moved into an era where media in all its forms is business as usual. We plan to focus more on events that promote networking among the community. The IET Media presentations in the Future Trends Theatre at IBC is a big step in changing the visibility of IET members in the industry, said Ian Nock, Executive Chairman, IET Media. “The strengthened Executive will be working on this in the coming two years, creating more events that cover the broad challenges that today's media…

    Ian Nock
    Ian Nock

  • Platform Wars - The De-aggregation And Re-aggregation Of Content

    We are pleased to announce our panel on “Platform Wars - The De-aggregation and Re-aggregation of content” on Friday 13th September at 16:00 on the IABM stage in the Future Zone (near Hall 8)We will be hearing from - •    Colin Dixon, nScreenMedia •    Brian Paxton, Kingsmead Security •    Colin Phillips, BT TV •    Chris Ambrozic, TiVo •    Moderated by Justin Lebbon. We will hear from the experts on Friday, but in the meantime, here are my thoughts on the subject. In the beginning it was simple. A “TV Channel” was a certain chunk of radio spectrum and terrestrial technology only allowed a handful of “Channels” in each territory. Aggregation was done by the channel schedulers. The idea of TV Channels survived through cable, satellite and digital switch-over. It took a turn for a worse with…

    David Short
    David Short

  • IoT In Healthcare - New Event!

    The IoT TPN has launched a new event around the Internet of Things in the Healthcare sector! An aging population is a global challenge and the number of chronic diseases is on the rise. While technology such as IoT cannot prevent the population from ageing or eradicate chronic diseases, it can help to mitigate the situation and improve the quality of life. IoT technology allows for real-time monitoring of patients either through implantable or wearable devices. Vital medical information such as heartbeat, glucose level and aspiration can be sent to medical centres for feedback and analysis. This would enable accurate, fast turnaround data-driven insights to fuel better decision making The challenges in doing this, however, are immense. Data security, privacy, accuracy and, integration of different…

    Former Staff Member
    Former Staff Member

  • IET At IBC - The End Of Broadcast? - IBC Future Trends Theatre, IBC, Friday 13th September 2pm Onwards

    Open to all visitors to IBC, the IABM Future Trends Theatre host a packed programme of presentations that explore up-and-coming technology and business trends and how they will segue from today’s environment.   They are designed to give attendees an understanding of how new technologies can enable business plans now, rather than being dismissed as way-out ideas and possible hype waiting to find practical use cases. These run daily throughout the show. The Theatre sits within the Future Zone, which brings together the very latest ideas, innovations and concept technologies from international industry and academia, and showcases them in a single specially curated area on the IBC show floor. The IET Media Network will be running panels in the Future Trends Theatre from 14:00 CET on Friday 13th…

    Ian Nock
    Ian Nock

  • Electrified Vehicles - The Challenges And Opportunities Of The Supply Chain

    The next talk in the series of events organised by SE Scotland Afternoon Meetings and Events team (SESAME) will be on the subject of "Electrified vehicles - The challenges and opportunities of the supply chain" and will be given by Philippa Oldham of the Advanced Propulsion Centre. The talk takes place on Wednesday 2 October at 1400 at Napier University Craiglockhart Campus. You can see the event in the IET calendar here  https://events.theiet.org/electrified-vehicles-the-challenges-and-opportunities-of-the-supply-chain/ The poster for the event is here (you need to be logged in to the IET sites)  https://communities.theiet.org/communities/files/292/17613 You can find out more about Philippa and the APC here  https://www.apcuk.co.uk/person/philippa-oldham/ This will be a very interesting talk…

    Samuel Gaw (Jim)
    Samuel Gaw (Jim)

  • Electrified Vehicles - The Challenges And Opportunities Of The Supply Chain

    The next talk in the series of events organised by SE Scotland Afternoon Meetings and Events team (SESAME) will be on the subject of "Electrified vehicles - The challenges and opportunities of the supply chain" and will be given by Philippa Oldham of the Advanced Propulsion Centre. The talk takes place on Wednesday 2 October at 1400 at Napier University Craiglockhart Campus. You can see the event in the IET calendar here  https://events.theiet.org/electrified-vehicles-the-challenges-and-opportunities-of-the-supply-chain/ The poster for the event is here (you need to be logged in to the IET sites)  https://communities.theiet.org/communities/files/292/17613 You can find out more about Philippa and the APC here  https://www.apcuk.co.uk/person/philippa-oldham/ This will be a very interesting talk…

    Samuel Gaw (Jim)
    Samuel Gaw (Jim)

  • £200m ‘state-of-the-art’ train manufacturing facility could be built in Yorkshire

    Taken from E&T magazine online Siemens is seeking approval for a £200m “state-of-the-art” train manufacturing facility which could be constructed on a site in Goole, East Yorkshire. The German engineering firm said it will create up to 700 jobs and a further 250 during the construction period. The announcement comes as the UK manufacturing sector struggles under the weight of Brexit uncertainty. An outline planning application has been submitted and the facility will manufacture and commission state-of-the-art trains for the expanding UK market. Siemens is also bidding  to build trains  for the UK’s upcoming HS2 high-speed rail service against competing firms such as Hitachi Rail, Bombardier Transportation and Alstom Transport. The winner is set to be announced later this year. The application…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • WannaCry Does Not WannaDie !

    WannaCry (the Microsoft Windows system vulnerability) made its debut in 2017, notably effecting major NHS services. It’s now 2019 and these styles of vulnerability remain active (Ransonware). What is the reason? Why are lessons not being learned from main stream industry failures? Are we still not enforcing patch cycles? Using badly coded websites? Blocking the wrong ports? Incorrectly using Indicators of Compromise? … it could be all these reasons. If you are still mystified on how to deal with Ransomware, then a good starting point would be to attend the IET's Central London September 2019 event, where a Use Case on how the WannaCry outbreak was stopped using technology innovation and industry best practices. Free registration : Click  here .

  • Do we have the right courses for you?

    Whether you’re looking to learn a few tips and tools to polish up your skills,  or starting out in management with the next step on the career ladder, the IET provide a range of professional skills courses available for both members and non-members who are seeking to develop. Our online range of e-classes and webinars focus on improving your soft skills so that you can reach your full potential in the workplace. These online learning courses  cover established theories and concepts and are designed to give you key skills to succeed. If you’re looking for something a little more indepth, then our full day courses provide more detail in technical areas from business skills and project management to everything you need for professional registration .   For more expert technical and professional…

    Kathryn Bain
    Kathryn Bain

  • Regional PATW and CCAP meeting

    It was indeed an experience for all Regional Present Around the World (PATW) delegates and CCAP members when they were in Hong Kong for the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Regional PATW competition. Every year IET organises PATW competition to encourage participants to develop and showcase their presentation skills. As usual, we have many talented young participants competing to represent Asia Pacific in the Global Final in London. This year winner was Padmanabhan Krishnamurthy from HK and 1st runner up was Sharma Ankur from Singapore.  Congratulations  to the winners and well done to everyone who joined.   The Regional PATW will not be a success without the support of volunteers from IET HK local network (LN). Special thanks to Chairman Engineer William Wan, Henry Chan, Young…

    Siong Tang
    Siong Tang

  • IET-UTBOC Membership Drive 2019

    Saturday, 24th August 2019, Bandar Seri Begawan - On the 24th of August 2019, an IET membership drive was held in UTB with an approximate of 30 students in attendance. Various of courses were seen from the faculty of engineering such as civil, chemical, electrical, mechatronic engineering as well as those from the faculty of computing and informatics. An introduction of IET UTB On Campus had been done by UTBOC chairperson, Ng Jia Ying followed by another talk from Lieutenant Colonel (U) Schufin bin Haji Brahim, BEng (Hons), MPM, MIET, Honorary Chairman IET Brunei Darussalam Local Network 2017/2019. At the end of the membership drive, everyone was given refreshments and had a further catch up and Q&A session with the IET UTB on Campus committee.

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Ethics In Autonomous Vehicles -more Than Just The Trolley Problem

    Earlier in the summer the ARTS TPN organised a daytime seminar on Ethics in Autonomous Vehicles, which attracted over 60 delegates.  In the morning we had presentations from Professor Tom Sorell, University of Warwick, Reverend Dr Mark Bratton, Bishop of Coventry's Adviser on Medical Ethics, Lucy Yu, Five AI and Alex Bevan, Oxbotica.   In the afternoon Ben Gilburt, Sopra Steria, Zeina Nazer, University of Southampton, Dr Shaun Helman, TRL and Dr Jason Nurse, University of Kent led some moderated discussion sessions. A full write up from the event by Dr Alan Stevens, IET ARTS TPN volunteer can be found here . We filmed a hot topic video which you can access here   together with some presentations here.

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • UK Space Students All Set For Washington

    Earlier in the summer, the IET Satellite TPN were pleased to link up with the British Interplanetary Society, Space Universities Network (SUN) and UKSEDS for the UK heat of the IAF Space Students competition.A total of six under/post graduates competed for the two prizes which were won by Undergraduate - Eleonor Frost - University College London -  Investigating the Feasibility and Design of a Microgravity Surgical Workstation  and Postgraduate - Thomas Cheyney - Northumbria University - In the Interest of All Countries - Ensuring Equitable Access to Space Resources You can read this write-up  courtesy of Stuart Eves from the BIS,  which gives more details about the event and the finalists. We also filmed all the presentations on the day for our IET.tv channel and the presentations are available…

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • 5G - Unleashed - Coming Soon!

    5G has been all over the headlines recently with EE and Three launching their 5G offering to customers. The RF and Microwave TPN will be running it's annual seminar in 2020 covering 5G,  with a mix of talks and live presentations of the technology The event will celebrate the launch of 5G technology and provide a platform to the industry and academia to showcase their innovations. The event will provide an opportunity to both industry and academia to demonstrate the capability of their 5G testbed and trials for vertical applications such as: Transport and energy sectors  ? Telecommunications  ? Medical and Healthcare  ? Urban and Rural Applications and Coverage  ? Agriculture  ?‍? Media and Broadcasting  ? Tourism  ? Industrial IoT  ? Satellite Communications  ? The event will provide a valuable…

    Former Staff Member
    Former Staff Member

  • Volunteering Opportunities In IET Manchester Network

    You're an Engineer or Technician and proud of our profession, what we do and our part in engineering a better world - and boy do we need that right now?   How about putting something back and joining our local committee - as a regular member or just to arrange the odd event, produce videos or whatever floats your boat? We're looking for keen and active people who can help us create awareness of the IET, engineering and technology. We'd welcome all abilities and ages to augment our friendly team. If you would like to get in touch to discuss volunteering in any capacity, please get in touch. Why becoming a volunteer should be one of your goals for 2020.. There are so many benefits to volunteering with the IET , but here are just some to spark your interest:       Make new connections and expand…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Congratulations to Pradesh Boodoosingh

    Mr. Pradesh Boodoosingh a student from UTT, PT. Lisas Campus  won the IET Trinidad and Tobago Local Network, Present Around the World competition held at UWI on Sat May 25, 2019. The topic he presented on was ‘ Programming Artifical Neural Networks to simulate a human ethical consciousness to make decisions’ . Pradesh's  prize was a free all expense paid trip to enter the  next leg of the  competition, the  IET PATW North American Finals in San Diego, USA to compete with  6 other winners of their respective   universities/engineering groups in Canada and the USA. Pradesh was the first runner up in this prestigious competition and received the  highest marks for speaking style, crowd engagement and overall PowerPoint presentation quality with animations and design. The winner however was a Canadian…

    J. Maraj
    J. Maraj

  • 5 Reasons You Should Get Involved With Your Local Network

    1) Expand your network The importance of networking and its influence on your career can often get overlooked, but it has a huge role to play when it comes to professional development and access to the hidden job market. Getting involved in an LN gives you the chance to meet local engineers from all walks of life and stages in their career, and is a great way of expanding your network.   2) Practice new skills in a safe environment LNs give you a great opportunity to practice and develop your soft skills in a safe environment. Use the network as your playground and get your hands dirty in areas such as finance, organisaton and communication, helping you to hone skills you’ll use later in the workplace.   3) Master your people skills People can be funny creatures, and engineers even more so…

    Eoin McGread
    Eoin McGread

  • Committee 2019

    Chair - Ian Buxton Secretary - vacant Treasurer - vacant Members Alex Barrett Caitlin Woods David Baker David Bryant Eleni Kaplani George Williamson Graham Evans John Ames Kevin Foster Kevin Magee Lee Skillern Mark Ward Michael Wharton Trevor Branton Staff contact Local Network Manager - Julie Hudson

    Julie
    Julie

  • RIAT 2019 And Our Surprise Visitor

    The volunteers from the IET Aerospace and Satellite Technical Professional Networks were pleased to be invited by the IET Swindon Local Network to join them on their stand once again, which was one of the largest in the Techno Zone this year.The atrocious weather on the Friday, which led to most of the flying programme being cancelled, worked in our favour by generating lots of visitors to the stand.  We were especially delighted to have a surprise visit by Tim Peake, the astronaut.  Whilst on our stand, Tim was kind enough to try some of our activities including the gliding simulator, meet the volunteers and pose for lots of photos.   I thought this year the variety of activities/literature on the stand was excellent and catered for a wide range of visitors at different stages of their careers…

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • IET Merseyside And Western Cheshire Events Newsletter - September 2019 to January 2020 Is Now Available As An On-line Flip Book

    IET Merseyside and Western Cheshire Events Newsletter - January 2019 to September 2019  is now available as an on-line flip book, please click the link  On-line flip book. The newsletter is also attached to this blog as a pdf file, the file size is 1.5Mb.   Twice per year, the Merseyside and Western Cheshire Local Network publishes an events newsletter.  The newsletter contains news about free events to attend, articles on past events and contact information for the local network.  The newsletter is available in hard copy, online flip book and pdf file.

    Rob McDonald
    Rob McDonald

  • Nominate IET Local Network Committee By 30 September 2019

    Call for nominations for the LN Chair, Treasurer, Honorary Secretary roles and Ordinary Committee members. Nomination or self-nomination accepted. Cut-off Date is 30 September, 2019. Please email information to  iet.toronto@theiet.org

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

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