The Solent Local Network is led by local volunteers (see below) who come together to organise lectures and technical visits that provide opportunities to learn and meet new people, covering an area of roughly Portsmouth to Southampton, East to West, and Winchester/Petersfield to the Isle of Wight, North to South. All events are open to the public and most are free of charge. Solent LN aims to raise awareness of science, engineering and technology in the local area and promote membership of the IET.
Visit the events page filtered by Solent Local Network to find out about our upcoming events.
Titles of events remaining for 2025 are as follows with dates TBC:
- Women in engineering
- Quantum Safe / Cryptography
- Space South Central
- Traffic pollution
- IET Fellows talk
- Radar
- Christmas social
Local Network committee
IET Local Network committees are groups of geographically-bound volunteers that come together to deliver a series of activities designed to promote the importance of science, engineering and technology to the general public, encourage young people to enter the profession and provide opportunities for engineers to share and develop knowledge and network with each other.
The following volunteers comprise the Solent Local Network committee:
| Position | Name |
| Chair | Matthew Hicks |
| Vice Chair | Ashleigh Hirst |
| Secretary | Ashleigh Hirst |
| Treasurer | Joe Dunn |
| Events Coordinator | David Miall |
| Publicity and Comms | Robert Hall |
| On Campus - Solent University | Vivienne Clarke |
| On Campus - University of Southampton | Ivan Ling |
| On Campus - University of Portsmouth | Vacant |
| PRA | Christopher Fawcett |
| PRA | Paul Martin |
| PRA | Victor Press |
| Academic Liaison | Vacant |
| Business Liaison | Jamie Neve |
| Young Professionals Lead | Calvin Chan |
| Retired Members Section Lead | Vacant |
| Isle of Wight Events | Vacant |
| Voice of Experience | Gordon Dixon |
| Foothold Local Representative | Richard Spalding |
| Events sub committee | Munyaradzi "John" Magwaro |
| Events sub committee | Malcolm Bint |
| Events sub committee | Mike O'Connor |
Volunteering for a Local Network presents a great opportunity for young engineers to gain 'soft skills' experience. So if you are interested in helping then do get in touch.
Past lecture slides
PDF Are machines the next Einstein? (15th February 2024)
PDF Quantum Computing: an introduction for the perplexed (15th May 2024)
Isle of Wight
The Solent Local Network encompasses the Isle of Wight. Events on the island are organised by a sub-committee of volunteers who are local to the island.