About us

The IET South East Scotland Network is led by local volunteers who come together to organise lectures and technical visits that provide opportunities to learn and meet new people. 

We aim to raise awareness of science, engineering and technology in the local area, and promote membership of the IET.

Our events

All our events are open to the public and most are free of charge.

Visit the events page filtered by Scotland South East Local Network to find out about our upcoming events.

SESAME - South East Scotland Afternoon Meetings and Events

The SESAME section of IET South East Scotland Network organises a series of daytime activities with both a social and technical theme.

Read blog posts by Jim Gaw (Treasurer of the SESAME committee) 

As our name suggests we arrange events within the South East of Scotland with a focus on being both a social and technical group.

All our events and other activities are multi-disciplinary, addressing a wide range of current engineering and technology topics of interest to both specialist and generalist alike.

Our talks, by an invited speaker, are held at Edinburgh Napier University Craiglockhart Campus with the presentation followed by afternoon tea and discussion with the speaker. They are open to the public and are free. Registration is not necessary but is helpful for us to manage the event. Our technical visits are generally within an hour’s drive of Edinburgh and normally involve meeting locally for lunch followed by the visit. Visit attendee numbers can be limited thus registration is essential. Visit attendees pay for their own lunch

 Our Autumn 2023 events are:

• 4 October - Talk – HYPED Hyper Loop research project:- Talk details and registration
• 8 November - Visit – HYPED Demonstration - Edin. University (a follow up to the October talk) - Visit to Hyperloop test facility University of Edinburgh-Kings Buildings
  
• 6 December - Talk - Tracking the Future – Satellite Communications Talk details and registration
  

Our events planned for the first half of 2024 are:

• 7 February - Talk – Submarine Safety Systems
  6 March - Visit – Energy from Waste (provisional)
  10 April - Talk – Engineering Maintenance Management
  15 May - Visit – Glasgow Subway Depot

Napier University (Craiglockhart Campus) – Location, transport and  Car Parking information

Location

219 Colinton Road
Edinburgh
EH14 1DJ
United Kingdom

IET events are usually held in the Siegfried Room

Venue note: Attendees are encouraged to travel by public transport if possible. Several Lothian Buses services stop close to the campus:

Services 4, 10, 27 and 45 stop nearby on Colinton Road at bus stop "Craiglockhart Campus"
Service 36 stops nearby on Glenlockhart Road at bus stop "Craiglockhart Campus".

If you need to take your car please park in Car Park A. Parking at Craiglockhart is tightly controlled and if you park anywhere else on site you may receive a Parking Charge Notice.
If you are a Blue Badge holder there are designated parking spaces beside the main building.

The PDF file below contains a map of the car parks.

PDF Napier Craiglockhart Car Park Map

If you live in Scotland or are just visiting us, we'd love to see you at one of our events! 

Contact the Scotland local Network: 

Email the committee at ScotlandSELN@ietvolunteer.org or contact our IET Local Network Manager  Sandra Lucy 

Email the SESAME committee at Ian Smith, Secretary Ian.Smith@ietvolunteer.org