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The London Local Network is led by local volunteers who come together to organise lectures and technical visits that provide opportunities to learn and meet new people. All events are open to the public and most are free of charge.

The Local Network aims to raise awareness of science, engineering and technology in the local area, and promote membership of the IET.

Upcoming Events

The schedule for the London Local Network lectures is as follows:

  • Central London Evening Lectures: 2nd Wednesday of each calendar month, at IET Savoy Place.
  • Central London Friday Lectures: last Friday of each calendar month, at IET Savoy Place.
  • Hammersmith Evening Lectures: 3rd Tuesday of each calendar month, at Novotel London West, Hammersmith.
  • Harrow Evening Lectures: the Harrow lectures are starting again - details will appear here soon!

Visit the events page filtered by London Local Network to find out about our upcoming events.

11th June 2025 / 6:00pm - 9:00pm

17th June 2025 / 11:30am - 3:30pm

30th May 2025 / 7:00pm - 8:30pm

22nd May 2025 / 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Central London Evening

Central London Friday

Hammersmith

Harrow

Building Future Skills through Apprenticeships

Digital skill shortages threaten growth. To thrive, businesses must act to attract and keep top tech talent. This event explores new tech and how businesses can develop people to use it.

Speakers:

Professor Lynette Ryals OBE
Kamila Falkowska
Imam Hussein
Kristian Mackie

The application of AI to the transcription of telephone calls

40 years ago, when the task of getting machines to transcribe human speech was first investigated, even the largest mainframe computers had a fraction of the power of a smart phone of today. As a result, techniques for Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) were developed that did not rely on massive computing power. Now that computing power is cheap and fast, computers are actually better at recognising human speech than humans. However, what computers are not so good at is understanding speech. This is because humans unconsciously apply context which is not available to a computer and so some of the techniques developed in the early days of ASR have again become relevant.

Good as the Cloud-based ASR services are for searching phone calls for keywords, they fall short of the requirements for full operational call transcription. However,  by applying AI and some of the techniques developed at NPL, it is possible to add context to ASR thus transforming speech recognition into speech understanding.

"Wind to Wheel": How does the wind drive an electric vehicle

This talk investigates how the kinetic energy of the wind is converted to kinetic energy to drive an electric vehicle via a 2.5 MW wind turbine placed in the London Array through multiple convertors and step down and step up transformers to the electrical grid to charge an electric vehicle located in a home in central London.

Speaker:

Dr Rich Baker

Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence in Geotechnics and Construction

In geotechnics, AI-driven tools analyse soil conditions, predict ground/subsurface behaviour, and optimize design processes. Digitalization streamlines data collection, management, and visualization through technologies like BIM, GIS, smart systems, GreenAI, etc. In construction, AI enhances project management, automation, and safety monitoring, while digitalization improves collaboration and resource tracking. Together, these technologies are reshaping how projects are designed, managed, and executed, leading to faster, more cost-effective, and sustainable outcomes.

Speaker:

Dr Mohammad Azarafza PhD CEng IntPE

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IET London, Savoy Place, 2 Savoy Place, London, WC2R 0BL

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IET London, Savoy Place, 2 Savoy Place, London, WC2R 0BL

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Novotel Hammersmith, 1 Shortlands, Hammersmith International Ctre, London W6 8DR

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Harrow College, B024 Brunel Building-ground floor, Lowlands Road, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 3AQ






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IET London, Savoy Place, 2 Savoy Place, London, WC2R 0BL

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Novotel Hammersmith, 1 Shortlands Hammersmith International Ctre, London W6 8DR

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Previous Central London Events

June 2025

May 2025

April 2025

The World of Manufacturing: Products, Technologies & Insights

Blog: Coming Soon!

IET TV Recording: https://tv.theiet.org/?videoid=18196

Presentation: link if available

CPD Certificate:

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Net Zero versus the Data Centres

Blog: Coming Soon!

IET TV Recording: https://tv.theiet.org/?videoid=18185

Presentation: link if available

CPD Certificate:

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March 2025

February 2025

January 2025

  

Generative AI and Quantum Computing - Future Challenges for Cyber Security

Blog: Coming Soon!

IET TV Recording: https://tv.theiet.org/index.html?videoid=18171

Presentation: Click for Presentation

CPD Certificate:

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Railway Systems Integration – Dealing with Complexity

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IET TV Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h70bQ5FGgTo&t=1466s

Presentation: link if available

CPD Certificate:

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Renewable Energy Concepts for Net Zero within Hospitality Industry

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IET TV Recording: an IET TV link will be here (if the event is filmed)

Presentation: link if available

CPD Certificate:

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December 2024

November 2024

October 2024

Space Economy - Tomorrow's World Today?

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IET TV Recording: https://tv.theiet.org/?videoid=18043

Presentation: link if available

CPD Certificate:

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Railway Cyber Security Integration

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IET TV Recording: https://tv.theiet.org/?videoid=17979

Presentation: link if available

CPD Certificate:

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IBC Review 2024 - What Caught Our 'AI'

Blog: Sorry, no Blog for this lecture

IET TV Recording: https://tv.theiet.org/index.html?videoid=17915

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CPD Certificate:

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September 2024

June 2024

May 2024

Reimagining London's Public Services with Data, Technology and Innovation

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IET TV Recording: https://tv.theiet.org/index.html?videoid=17881

Presentation: tbc

CPD Certificate:

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Why we need engineers for vaccine manufacturing

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IET TV Recording: Sorry, no TV Recording for this Lecture.

Presentation: tbc

CPD Certificate:

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Buzz On! Applying Artificial Intelligence, Signal, and Image Processing to Monitor the wellbeing of Honeybees

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IET TV Recording: https://tv.theiet.org/?videoid=17556

Presentation: tbc

CPD Certificate:

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April 2024

February 2024

January 2024

Rail Decarbonisation: Costs, Electrification, London’s Future

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IET TV Recording: Sorry, no TV Recording for this Lecture.

Presentation: tbc

CPD Certificate:

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The New Circular Economy: Sustainability Redefined

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IET TV Recording: https://tv.theiet.org/index.html?videoid=17337

Presentation: tbc

CPD Certificate:

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AI image of a Greenhouse

O-Pen To the Future. The application of renewable light & power dynamics. The virtual Neutral monitor in EV and fixed wiring

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IET TV Recording: Sorry, no TV Recording for this Lecture.

Presentation: tbc

CPD Certificate:

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Christmas 2023

November 2023

October 2023

The Artistic Application of Extraordinary Engineering

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IET TV Recording: https://tv.theiet.org/index.html?videoid=17266

Presentation: tbc

CPD Certificate: tbc

Silicon Retinas to Realistic Display Tech - turns out that measuring the human experience is also the difficult part

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IET TV Recording: Sorry, no TV Recording for this Lecture.

Presentation: tbc

CPD Certificate: tbc

The Benefits of Digitalisation for Energy Transition

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IET TV Recording: https://tv.theiet.org/?videoid=17081

Presentation: tbc

CPD Certificate: tbc

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Railway Cyber Security

Meet The Team!

IET Central London Voulunteers

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