The IET Berkshire Network is open to anyone interested in Engineering and Technology and wants to expand their knowledge, as well as encouraging people to enter the profession. The committee of the IET Berkshire Network organises visits, events, life skills workshops and professional registration clinics.
Associated with Berkshire is the Specialised Section EC3 (Electronics, Communication, Computing and Control) which organises lectures at a slightly higher technical level. Our lectures are also given here.
Located at the heart of the Thames Valley, we're ideally located for a broad spectrum of high tech industries, as well as more traditional engineering. Just a small selection of topics include, AI, robotics, medical electronics, IoT, telecommunications including mobile telecommunications, such as 5G topics.
Events are usually held in the Reading area, but since April 2020 we've been busy rescheduling events to be held online. Everyone is welcome to attend our talks and events whether online or at a physical meeting.
Visit the events page filtered by Berkshire Local Network to find out about our upcoming events.
We are always looking for ideas or suggestions for events and visits, so if there is something that you'd like us to organise, or you'd like to help to organise, please get in touch.
We are now setting up our events for Autumn 2024 and Spring 2025. Here is what we have.
Thurs Nov 28th 2024 Title : Technology for Toys - Delivering the Magic : Warren Jacobs
Thurs Mar 27th 2025 Title : Railway signalling from the perspective of a Reading Signal Engineer : Peter Woodbridge
All talks will start at 19:30, with tea/coffee available from 19:00 and will be in the Van Emden Theatre, Edith Morley Building at the University of Reading, Whiteknights campus.
If travelling by Bus, the No 21 and 21A stop outside Whiteknights House which is near Edith Morley. If coming by car, use RG6 6UR. For more information, please see https://www.reading.ac.uk/about/visit-us
The University has decided to charge for parking, but if you use car park 1A put the permit below in your car, or use a different car park!
We have some ideas for later talks. but it is worth noting that our committee has shrunk and we are keen to attract new members, as well as suggestions for other lectures - both topic and speakers.
HELP If you are interested in helping us, please contact us using ec3@ec3.ourshack.org
| Chair | Anthony Bardos |
| Vice Chair | Dr Rui Zhang |
| Secretary | TBC |
| Vice-Secretary | Vacancy |
| Treasurer | Kevin Lewis |
| Vice Treasurer | John Waterhouse |
| Events co-ordinator | Vacancy |
| Education officer | Richard Hughes |
| Deputy Education Officer | Vacancy |
| Professional Registration Advisor | Arup Dhar |
| Webmaster | Helen Rickerby |
| Deputy Webmaster | TBC |
| Social Media | Helen Rickerby |
| Deputy Social Media | Nicholas St. Hill |
| CC-UK Representative | Abhaya Sumanasena |
| Local Network Manager (staff) | Julie Hudson |
You can see that we have a number of volunteering opportunities on our committee. If you think can fill one of those vacancies, or to help us to organise future events, please contact us to find out more. Interested? – See the following reasons why our treasurer joined the Berkshire Local Network committee.
Why join the IET Berkshire Local Network Committee?
The key reasons why our treasurer joined the Local Network Committee:
The benefits our treasurer highlights, include:
Please contact the IET Berkshire LN committee by e-mailing us at berkshire-ln@ietvolunteer.org.
