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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:

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

12 Mar 2025 / 6:00pm - 9:00pm

28 Mar 2025 / 11:30am - 3:30pm

18 Mar 2025 / 7:00pm - 8:30pm

London Evening

London Friday

Hammersmith

Generative AI and Quantum Computing - Future Challenges for Cyber Security

The rapid evolution of technology has brought cybersecurity and artificial intelligence (AI) to the forefront of global discourse. As more devices and systems connect to the internet, the threat landscape has grown significantly. At the same time, AI is revolutionizing the way we defend against cyber threats, offering new solutions but also presenting its own set of challenges. The intersection of AI and cybersecurity represents a critical point for both securing digital infrastructure and shaping the future of global tech.

Telecom Towers, Masts, and Poles

One of the most clearly visible parts of the telecommunications industry is the many towers, masts, and poles which adorn roadsides, roofs and hilltops. Indeed, there is a plethora of such structures ranging from the most minor mobile phone cell site to the ubiquitous telegraph pole and the iconic BT Tower. 

From the days of the Armada, telecommunications towers have been used to ensure messages can be sent over many miles.  Today, they play an essential role in the delivery to consumers of radio and television programmes, telephony, and broadband while also forming an important element of national telecommunication backbone networks.

Transforming Healthcare through Design Methodologies for Additive Manufacturing

The advent of new diagnostics and digital fabrication systems provides the opportunity to move to a more patient-centric healthcare provision. However, the cost of customisation is a major barrier for many applications. This presentation will explore how Additive Manufacturing and AI data processing tools can be utilised to build automated design-through-manufacture pipelines for patient specific devices. The body of work explored how input patient data fidelity impacted product outputs and examined potential scalable, viable, options for healthcare providers.

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9 April 2025 / 6:00pm - 9:00pm

25 April 2025 / 11:30am - 3:30pm 15 April 2025 / 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Net Zero versus the Data Centres

As a society we face the challenge of transitioning our energy system away from fossil fuels to a sustainable Net Zero system. Though daunting, we are developing technologies, systems and plans to achieve this across existing sectors including transport, industry and the built environment.


But all the while, a new form of energy demand was on the rise. Hidden in the commercial sector, nestled away in business parks, mysterious windowless buildings with no signage, slowly sucking up baseload.

Now with the meteoric introduction of AI applications, these Data Centres are outgrowing their humble beginnings. Massive scale up is underway to support ever more powerful AI, requiring vast Data Centre campuses, large enough to justify their own nuclear reactors.

Where does all this leave our plans for Net Zero? 

From Horns to Hearables - The Strange History of Audio Reproduction

In little more than a hundred years, we’ve gone from wax cylinders to streaming services, and brass horns to stereo earbuds. It’s been a journey that’s seen constant battles between manufacturers, recording studios and audiophiles, as they’ve grappled with technology, audio quality and convenience. In this talk, Nick looks at how our desire to listen to music has created a multi-million dollar industry which has created its own mythology about audio quality. It’s a history of surprising and often accidental development that has always been difficult to predict, but which is still trying to find new ways to make more money from our ears. Come and hear how we got to where we are today and where we may be going in the future.

Engineering Circular Solutions - The Waste2Energy Anaerobic Digestion System for Biodegradable Waste Treatment and Energy Recovery

The management of biodegradable waste is a pressing global issue. In alignment with European circular economy goals and UK policy, efforts are accelerating to eliminate biodegradable waste from landfills by 2028, paving the way to achieving net zero emissions by 2050. However, small-scale waste generators—rural villages, agricultural and livestock farms, small towns, and industrial sites—face unique challenges in managing organic waste.

Current Anaerobic Digestion (AD) systems are primarily designed for large-scale operations, leaving a gap in solutions for smaller, more dispersed waste sources. From limited collection infrastructure and inconsistent separation practices to small waste volumes that render traditional composting economically unfeasible, addressing bio-waste requires innovative, localized solutions.

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March 2025

February 2025

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Generative AI and Quantum Computing - Future Challenges for Cyber Security

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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

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Renewable Energy Concepts for Net Zero within Hospitality Industry

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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

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Railway Cyber Security Integration

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

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IBC Review 2024 - What Caught Our 'AI'

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

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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

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Why we need engineers for vaccine manufacturing

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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

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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.

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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

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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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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

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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.

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The Benefits of Digitalisation for Energy Transition

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

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