Date: 23 April 2012
Event Type: Lecture
Location: London
Free Evening Lecture, 17:15 for 18:00
Presented by Chris English, Professional Head of Engineering, Alstom TLS Mainline
Advanced Aerospace Structures - The Environmental Challenges for Sustainability
Date: 24 April 2012
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
Location: Rotherham
In this financial climate it is more critical than ever to avoid losing time and business.
Date: 25 April 2012
Event Type: 1 day Other
Location: Peterborough
Existing mentors are recommended to attend one of these regional seminars to develop their awareness of the Scheme, reinforce their understanding of the role and update their mentoring skills.
Implementing low carbon technologies in high performance vehicles. Can green be fast and fun?
Date: 26 April 2012
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
Location: Warwickshire
Get up to speed with the advances in technology that could help high performance vehicles achieve carbon reduction initiatives.
Developing High Speed 2: The strategy and technologies behind Britain’s new railway
Date: 26 April 2012
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
Location: London
This seminar will explore the strategic position of HS2 in the UK. Experts will examine the complexity of the route development process and illustrate emerging technologies and future developments to make HS2 happen.
Keynote speaker: Justine Greening, Secretary of State for Transport
Pipex px ® Winners Company Tour
Date: 26 April 2012
Event Type: 1 day Other
Location: Roborough
See first hand Pipex px's ® innovative capabilities with a guided facility tour, hear why they won an MX Award and meet their directors during the networking sessions.
Free facility tour including lunch: 11:30 for 12:00 start.
For more information, please see the MX website http://www.mxawards.org/mx-club/pipex-px-tour
Automotive Control Systems and Related Developments
Date: 26 April 2012
Event Type: Lecture
Location: Cranfield
Free Evening Lecture, 6.00pm to 7.30pm
Presented by Dr Davor Hrovat, Henry Ford Technical Fellow, Ford Research & Innovation Centre, Michigan
MX Club Lecture: Leveraging Manufacturing
Date: 01 May 2012
Event Type: Lecture
Location: Birmingham
Managing your supply chain effectively can often cause a multitude of problems. This lecture will give you an insight into how controlling your manufacturing capabilities can realise your supply chain’s full potential.
Free evening lecture: 18:00 for 18:30 start
For more information, please see the MX website http://www.mxawards.org/mx-club/leveraging-manufacturing-lecture
Engineering the Lee Valley White Water Centre
Date: 01 May 2012
Event Type: Lecture
Location: London
On the run up to the summer's sporting events, this lecture discusses the engineering of the Lee Valley White Water Centre looking at the components of the white water course, creating the white water and the development of the site masterplan.
TRIZ: Rapid innovative problem solving
Date: 01 May 2012
Event Type: 1 day Workshop
Location: London
This one day workshop introduces attendees to TRIZ - a proven process for solving problems, generating new ideas and developing systems more quickly, cheaply and inventively than traditional methods
Advanced TRIZ - transforming good engineers into great engineers
Date: 02 May 2012 - 03 May 2012
Event Type: 2 day Workshop
Location: London
This two day workshop will transform engineers and will teach them the clear, rigorous, accessible proven, systematic TRIZ methods for finding new concepts and solving difficult engineering problems. The unique effective, powerful and extensive TRIZ toolkit complements and fills in the gaps left by other engineering toolkits for the most challenging stage of actually solving problems.
Natural hazards: a proportionate response
Date: 03 May 2012
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
Location: London
Regulators require that safety cases include natural hazards. Experts will present the results of the work done to address the issues surrounding a lack of data on extreme events.
Railway Division Annual Technical Tour - Berlin and Friedrichschafen
Date: 06 May 2012 - 12 May 2012
Event Type: 7 day Other
The tour will focus on transport strategy and technical innovation with a variety of visits to transport operators, railway equipment manufacturers etc.
Date: 09 May 2012
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
This one-day seminar will provide an update on the latest methods used to maintain air quality in these environments. With presentations from leading figures in the healthcare ventilation industry, this event will be a comprehensive guide to the engineering challenges and solutions of healthcare ventilation.
Engine Downsizing and Turbocharging Workshop
Date: 14 May 2012
Event Type: 1 day Workshop
Location: London
This one-day workshop will enable individuals working in the automotive sector to gain an understanding on the principles and the challenges associated with engine downsizing and boosting technology. it is designed to complement the 10th international conference on turbochargers and turbocharging.
AEROSPACE 2050: The future of aviation and space – Aerospace Division AGM and lecture
Date: 15 May 2012
Event Type: Lecture
Location: London
Aerospace Division will be holding its 28th Annual General Meeting which will be followed by a prize-giving and lecture presented by Graham Roe FRAeS, former Strategy Director, BAE Systems. THIS LECTURE IS FREE AND OPEN TO MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS
10th International Conference on Turbochargers and Turbocharging
Date: 15 May 2012 - 16 May 2012
Event Type: 2 day Conference
Location: London
This international conference follows on from the highly successful and prestigious previous conferences in this series held regularly since 1978, last held in May 2010 in London. The conference will cover all current and novel aspects of turbocharging systems design for boosting solutions for engine downsizing.
84th Thomas Lowe Gray lecture: The role of pumped storage in keeping our lights on
Date: 16 May 2012
Event Type: Lecture
Location: London
This lecture will be given by Mike McWilliams, Mott MacDonald's Divisional Director of Hydropower. The presentation will consider pumped storage: how it works, what it does and the role it can play in keeping the lights on.
Lecture will start at 18:00 and refreshments will be available from 17:30.
Date: 16 May 2012
Event Type: 1 day Workshop
Location: London
This one-day course is designed to enable individuals with a general engineering or commercial background to gain an understanding of the principles associated with gas compressors and fans.
Bombardier Transportation Winners Company Tour
Date: 16 May 2012
Event Type: 1 day Other
Location: Derby
An assembly line tour and presentations by MX Award winner Bombardier Transportation - Free event
Keeping your employees motivated and committed during a tough financial climate can be a challenging task, but here is a unique opportunity to visit a company who has achieved just that.
For more information please visitwww.mxawards.org/mx-club/bombardier-tour
13th International Conference on Pressure Vessel Technology
Date: 20 May 2012 - 23 May 2012
Event Type: 4 day Conference
Location: London
ICPVT-13 in May 2012 is the opportunity for engineers engaged with pressure equipment from across the world and from different companies, universities and research organisations, to meet and exchange new ideas, knowledge and experience.
Visit our website for up-to-date information - www.icpvt13.org
Aerospace Film Archive 1929-1959
Date: 21 May 2012
Event Type: 1 day Other
30 years of aviation heritage on the silver screen! This first programme of rare archive films is the result of an initial search of surviving historic film footage. It explores different aspects of aviation heritage from air pageants, through the pioneer days of civil aviation to combat aircraft of WWII and London's airports in the immediate post-war years.
Meeting the UK 2020 green energy targets: How can biofuels contribute?
Date: 22 May 2012
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
Location: London
The European demand for biofuels will more than double in the next few years as the EU moves to meet its 2020 obligations under the Renewable Energy Directive.
Our KEYNOTE speaker Mr Tim Yeo MP, Energy and Climate Change Committee Chairman will lead a discussion on how the farmers, refineries, process technology providers, automotive industry and government can work together towards the renewable transport fuel obligation.
IMechE Presidential Address 2012 - Measuring Success
Date: 23 May 2012
Event Type: Lecture
Location: London
Professor Isobel Pollock will present her Presidential Address entitled 'Measuring Success'. The Institution’s Annual Meeting takes place at 5.15 pm and will be followed at 6.00 pm by the Ordinary Meeting and lecture.
MX Club Event: Agfa Graphics Winners Company Tour
Date: 24 May 2012
Event Type: 1 day Other
Location: Seacroft
Sustainability is becoming increasingly important to both companies and customers alike. Here is an opportunity to visit a company who have put sustainability at the heart of their business.
Free morning facility tour with lunch: 10:30 for 11:00 start
For more information, please see the MX website http://www.mxawards.org/mx-club/agfa-graphics-tour
Developing a New Bus for London
Date: 24 May 2012
Event Type: Lecture
Location: London
Free Evening Lecture, 17.15 for 18.00
Presented by David Barnett, Development Engineering Manager, The Wright Group
Date: 28 May 2012
Event Type: Lecture
Location: London
**17.15 for 18.00**
Each year, the IMechE Railway Division holds a competition of technical presentations to give Young Members the chance to win £1000! Five regional heats have been held across the country showcasing a very high standard of engineering talent. These five winners will now compete for the prize!
The water balance. Innovations in controlling and managing leakage.
Date: 28 May 2012
Event Type: 1 day Other
**This webinar will run from 13:00 - 14:00**
This free webinar presented by Tim McMahon of Thames Water will give a summary of active leakage control and the water balance.
Effective Management of Plant Ageing – New guidance for integrity
Date: 29 May 2012
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
Location: London
The regulator continues to find sites where integrity management falls short of expectations. Data has now been compiled showing the extent of the issue and the key areas for improvement.
Keynote Address – Peter Baker, Head of Chemical Industries Division, Health & Safety Executive
Date: 29 May 2012
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
Location: London
This one-day seminar provides a comprehensive guide to the latest developments in software reliability.
Axles, Wheelsets and Bearings - Do we know how to balance safety, performance and cost
Date: 30 May 2012
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
Location: London
This event will provide attendees with expert technical knowledge, with advice from regulators on what they require and with shared practical experiences from companies which excel in optimising the balance between performance, safety and cost.
Date: 07 June 2012
Event Type: Lecture
Location: London
The promotion of renewable sources of energy by the government to meet EU climate change objectives has a series of adverse consequences that are considered to be technically and economically unsustainable. The lecture will outline the practical issues to be resolved and is given by a retired chartered Grid Control Engineer, who has extensive experience of installation, commisioning and operation within electrical supply.
Risks and realities: Shale Gas, geology and public opinion
Date: 07 June 2012
Event Type: Lecture
Location: London
Free evening Lecture open to all.
Presented by: Richard Davies, Professor of Energy at Durham University and Director of Durham Energy Institute.
Like GM crops, could public opinion kill shale gas in the UK and beyond? The now polarised debate in the UK has largely ignored 20 years of shale gas data from the USA.
Date: 11 June 2012
Event Type: Lecture
Location: London
**17:30 for 18:00**
Speaker: Judith Hackitt, Chair of Health and Safety Executive
Lecture: Development of Deep Geothermal Energy Resources in the UK
Date: 12 June 2012
Event Type: Lecture
Location: London
This free evening lecture presented by Professor Paul Younger, Newcastle University, will look at deep geothermal exploration covering industry developments and the delivery of renewable heat networks using Organic Rankine Cycle and other thermoelectric systems.
Refreshments at 17.30 hrs, Lecture will commence at 18.00 hrs.
Inspiring British Manufacturing
Date: 13 June 2012
Event Type: Lecture
Location: London
A brigh future for British manufacturing is reliant upon the strong relationship between industry, academia and the government.
The High Value Manufacturing Catapult is one of the key elements of this strategy. The Catapult Centres have been formed based on reports by Hauser & Dyson which recommended that the government should create, and focus on, a few well-funded ‘elite centres’ to support UK innovation
Date: 14 June 2012
Event Type: 1 day Other
This free webinar presented by Frank Mills describes the latest thinking in the area of natural ventilation.
Bulk Handling in the Solid Waste, Recycling and Biomass Industries
Date: 14 June 2012
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
Location: London
The waste processing and recycling industries are a major growth area around the world. However there are special challenges involved due to the nature of the materials; variable, poorly flowing, low density, tendency to self-heat among others.
Generating energy from waste: risks and rewards
Date: 19 June 2012
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
Location: London
In the search for reliable and sustainable fuels, is it time to move energy recovery up the waste hierarchy? Energy from waste can provide a very substantial contribution to reaching the Government’s 2020 renewable energy targets. With just over 100 months until these targets come into force, recovered energy should be seen as an important investment in our future – not just an alternative to landfill.
Date: 20 June 2012
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
Location: London
This seminar is designed to share experience in this important area, and should enable the delegate to learn about the latest developments in site performance testing, acquire an understanding of relevant standards, and the need for instrumentation.
Engineering Renewable Installations Offshore - Cost effective deployment and maintenance
Date: 21 June 2012
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
Location: London
Do you want to get the cost of offshore renewable energy right?
Attend to gain insight into ways of reducing the capital and operational expenditure associated with offshore wind and marine renewable energy.
Date: 21 June 2012
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
This one-day seminar to examine the latest developments in the cleanroom industry; from energy consumption and ‘greener’ cleanrooms, to the latest filtration standards and regulatory approval guidelines.
Innovating to maintain infrastructure: developments in rail plant
Date: 25 June 2012
Event Type: Lecture
Location: London
**17:00 for 17:45**
This year's London summer lecture organised by the Railway Division Young Members Committee will bring together speakers from across industry to discuss how on track plant is improving maintenance of infrastructure
Nuclear decommissioning 2012: From safe decommissioning to commissioning and generation
Date: 27 June 2012 - 28 June 2012
Event Type: 2 day Conference
Location: Old Trafford
This major decommissioning conference (DECOM12) organised by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the Nuclear Institute, brings together the most comprehensive programme for this sector and will be the main industry-supported event of its kind in the UK in 2012.
For more information, visit www.decom12.com
Sustainable Manufacturing - Improve business performance through innovative solutions
Date: 28 June 2012
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
Location: London
Many people think that sustainable manufacturing is just simply all about protecting the environment. This event will show the many benefits of becoming more resource efficient.
Consumers are becoming increasingly conscious of how their purchasing decisions impact on the environment, and it can also open new markets and help attract new customers when a manufacturer commits to reducing their environmental footprint
Date: 30 June 2012 - 01 July 2012
Event Type: 2 day Other
The main aim of the IMechE Railway Challenge is to allow teams of engineering students studying at a UK university or apprentices working in industry to compete against each other to design and manufacture a miniature (10¼” gauge) railway locomotive in accordance with a set of rules. The annual competition will conclude with a final held at a suitable location at which the teams will compete against each other to evaluate their locomotive designs.
Date: 04 July 2012
Event Type: 1 day Other
Location: Samlesbury
Existing mentors are recommended to attend one of these regional seminars to develop their awareness of the Scheme, reinforce their understanding of the role and update their mentoring skills.
Is there a Train Heaven? Considerations for the disposal of end-of-life railway rolling stock.
Date: 05 July 2012
Event Type: Lecture
Location: Pride Park
**17:30 for 18:00**
The 2012 Derby summer lecture organised by the Railway Division Young Members Committee will be presented by speakers from Sims Metal Management and Bombardier Transportation.
Advancing Platform Technology for Military Vehicles
Date: 05 July 2012
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
Venue - the Defence Academy for the United Kingdom, Shrivenham
Vehicle and system technology for the defence industry must provide both mobility and survivability. Users demand an ever-increasing standard of military platform in order to meet the challenges of today's operations and future conflicts. This one-day seminar will explore the challenges facing engineers seeking to meet procurers’ requirements for future military platforms, and examine some of the latest solutions to these challenges. With key presentations by MoD, military platform manufacturers and military technology companies, this event will provide a comprehensive guide to engineering cutting-edge military vehicles.
Date: 13 July 2012 - 15 July 2012
Event Type: 3 day Other
Location: Silverstone
Formula Student challenges university students from around the world to design and build a single-seat racing car - and put it to the test at Silverstone.
Advance 3-day tickets are available for purchase via this website.
Tenth International Conference on Vibrations in Rotating Machinery (VIRM10)
Date: 11 September 2012 - 13 September 2012
Event Type: 3 day Conference
Location: London
Since VIRM was first held in 1976, it has defined and redefined the state of the art in the many aspects of vibration encountered in all forms of rotating machinery.
Date: 12 September 2012
Event Type: 1 day Other
Location: Horley, Surrey
Maintaining the UK Rail Infrastructure
Date: 12 September 2012
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
Location: London
Exploring key themes of rail maintenance: cost, human factors, technology and safety and reliability.
Date: 17 September 2012 - 19 September 2012
Event Type: 3 day Other
The 13th mechatronics forum international conference
Pump fundamentals workshop part A
Date: 18 September 2012
Event Type: 1 day Workshop
Location: London
A one-day course designed to enable individuals with a general engineering or commercial background to gain an understanding of the principles associated with the pumping of liquids.
Pump fundamentals workshop part B
Date: 19 September 2012
Event Type: 1 day Workshop
Location: London
Pump Selection builds upon the fundamentals introduced in Part 1 and illustrates a procedure for evaluating enquiry data, making appropriate pump selections and on through to tendering.
Railway Division Chairman's Address
Date: 24 September 2012
Event Type: Lecture
Location: London
Free Evening Lecture, 17.15 for 18.00
Presented by Ms Bridget Eickhoff
Details TBC
Growing pains? How to meet the increasing demand on UK railways.
Date: 26 September 2012 - 28 September 2012
Event Type: 3 day Seminar
This year’s Annual Railway Seminar organised by Young Engineers will discuss the difficulties in dealing with actual and projected growth within the railway industry. Through a series of workshops, case studies and informative lectures, practical insight will demonstrate how the industry has been and will be addressing this issue.
Date: 26 September 2012
Event Type: 1 day Other
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers' Annual Dinner for this year will be hosted by the President Elect, Professor Isobel Pollock CEng FIMechE at the Dorchester Hotel.
Keynote Speaker: Sir John Parker FREng, President, Royal Academy of Engineering
After-Dinner Speaker: Barry Cryer
The evening will also include the presentation of the IMechE Vision Awards to the three chosen visionaries. Information on the Vision Awards held in 2011 can be viewed at www.imeche.org/visionawards.
Reducing fuel costs in processing
Date: 27 September 2012
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
Location: London
Oil prices continue to increase dramatically prompting the question: what’s the alternative? Revealing methods to improve your business's process thermal efficiency to over 80% using trigeneration speakers will profile a variety of methods to reduce your fuel expenditure.
Process Safety 2012: Enhancing safety performance to prevent major accidents
Date: 03 October 2012
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
Location: London
Paul Thomas, Chair of the Rail Safety and Standards Board will chair this seminar which will demonstrate ways to develop a ‘safety’ culture within your organisation to manage major accident risk more effectively. Presentations from regulators and industry will challenge and broaden your perspective to enable you to enhance process safety performance in your organisation.
Judith Hackitt, Chair of the Health and Safety Executive will provide the keynote presentation.
Marine Energy Projects: understanding the risks to increase reliability
Date: 04 October 2012
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
Location: London
This seminar will provide an up-to-date, practically-focused understanding of risks and mitigation strategies being identified and developed within present marine energy activity and projects.
Delegates will gain a greater understanding of risk issues for engineers, investors, insurers and decision makers, to facilitate progress and confidence within the industry moving forward.
Railway Division International Lecture
Date: 08 October 2012
Event Type: Lecture
Location: London
Free Evening Lecture, 17.15 for 18.00
Details TBC
Ageing offshore installations post KP4
Date: 10 October 2012
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
Location: Aberdeen
Offshore integrity and safety is a key issue. This seminar is roughly timed to coincide with new European regulations.
Get an update on how managing Ageing Offshore Assets has progressed since the introduction of KP4 and how the challenges presented are being met. Review how legislation and regulation is changing in other regions. Hear directly from the HSE on their conclusions and priorities.
Date: 10 October 2012
Event Type: 1 day Other
Location: Derby
Existing mentors are recommended to attend one of these regional seminars to develop their awareness of the Scheme, reinforce their understanding of the role and update their mentoring skills.
Date: 10 October 2012
Event Type: 1 day Other
Location: Aberdeen
Existing mentors are recommended to attend one of these regional seminars to develop their awareness of the Scheme, reinforce their understanding of the role and update their mentoring skills.
AIR CAPTURE: Negative emissions and carbon recycling
Date: 16 October 2012
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
Location: London
Seminar will investigate why air capture may be an important weapon in our battle to mitigate CO2 emissions, the products in which CO2 can be used, competing technologies and processes, issues on safety, cost and funding. **CALL FOR PAPERS DEADLINE IS 12 APRIL 2012**
IMechE Carbon capture and storage - ready, steady, go!
Date: 17 October 2012 - 18 October 2012
Event Type: 2 day Seminar
Location: London
The IMechE 6th International conference will prepare companies for the imminent introduction of commercial-scale CCS technologies to meet the fast approaching energy crunch caused by retiring plant, extended decision periods, slow deployment of replacement plant and the intermittency of renewable energy. **CALL FOR PAPERS DEADLINE 12 APRIL 2012**
Power Generation Gas Turbine User Group
Date: 24 October 2012 - 25 October 2012
Event Type: 2 day Seminar
The user group will enable those involved in the management, operation and maintenance of gas turbines to discuss common problems and issues, exchange ideas, identify potential solutions and learn about new developments.
Presentations are sought to cover all mechanical aspects of new and existing land based gas turbine operation and maintenance, ranging from 1MW to over 300MW. Call for presentations deadline: Extended to 18 April 2012
Date: 24 October 2012
Event Type: 1 day Workshop
Location: London
This one-day course is designed to enable individuals with a general engineering or commercial background to gain an understanding of the principles associated with gas compressors and fans.
Future Energy Supply – Spoilt for Choice, or Running Dry?
Date: 25 October 2012
Event Type: Lecture
Location: London
Free evening Lecture open to all.
Presented by: Professor John Miles FREng. Arup/Royal Academy of Engineering Professor of Transitional Energy Strategies, University of Cambridge
This Lecture will take a broad look at future energy supply scenarios, and explore the pro’s and con’s of different possibilities. Whilst the subject will be treated primarily from a UK viewpoint, the global situation will be sketched at the outset in order to provide a perspective for the arguments which are subsequently presented.
Railway Division Light Rail Lecture
Date: 29 October 2012
Event Type: Lecture
Location: London
Free Evening Lecture, 17.15 to 18.00
Details TBC
Residual stresses: When do they matter?
Date: 01 November 2012
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
This is a follow-on of two previous events which were successfully held on the same subject (in 2010 and 2008). It will cover measurement and calculation of residual stresses and their influence on structural integrity. An early registration discount is available until 20 September 2012.
Mechanical Engineering: Making the Difference in Force Protection
Date: 06 November 2012
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
This event will bring together mechanical engineers from the defence industry to discuss what is being done, and what more can be done, to further enhance the survival rates of soldiers through mechanical engineering on existing and new vehicles. As well as expert presenters from the industry, a roundtable discussion forum and a networking lunch provide ample opportunity for contacts to be made and further discussion with your defence-industry colleagues.
Date: 07 November 2012
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
Location: London
Over a fifth of construction professionals remain unfamiliar with Building Information Modelling (BIM). Ensure you are not one of them, by attending this one-day seminar exploring the impact of BIM on your role. Book your place before 7 July 2012 to qualify for the reduced early booking rate.
Date: 07 November 2012
Event Type: 1 day Other
Location: London
As a mechanical engineering graduate, the world is your oyster, and you need to be able to make an informed choice. The Institution of Mechanical Engineers is holding an informal session for students and recent graduates, allowing you to speak with longer-serving engineers and companies that can recruit and advise as you take the first step in your career.
Emerging Manufacturing Technologies for Metallic Structures
Date: 08 November 2012
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
Location: Rotherham
Meet the experts who have had first-hand experience of integrating new electrical and electronic systems and technologies.
Early booking discounts available until Thursday 4 October 2012.
Sustainable Vehicle Technologies (SVT)
Date: 14 November 2012 - 15 November 2012
Event Type: 2 day Conference
Location: Warwickshire
Sustainable Vehicle Technologies is a technical conference organised by the Automobile Division of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers to provide a forum for refereed technical papers on the subject of low carbon vehicle technology.
Red for danger: Optical vision systems in industrial control and safety
Date: 15 November 2012
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
Location: London
Safety and security continue to be high profile subjects in the public domain and remain as a challenge to managers, industrialists and governments alike.
Date: 21 November 2012
Event Type: 1 day Other
Location: Wakefield
Existing mentors are recommended to attend one of these regional seminars to develop their awareness of the Scheme, reinforce their understanding of the role and update their mentoring skills.
Conventional Power Boiler User Group
Date: 21 November 2012 - 22 November 2012
Event Type: 2 day Seminar
Location: Nottingham
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers Fossil Power Committee is pleased to announce that it is organising a two-day Conventional Boiler User Group seminar on 21-22 November 2012. Call for Paper deadline is: 18 May 2012.
When Things Go Wrong... What Happens Next?
Date: 21 November 2012
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
Location: London
This event will enable delegates to understand how an incident would be seen from all sides, and the events that would follow an incident and lead to a Trial, and how the Pressure Systems Safety Regulations interact with other health & safety law.
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Weight control from concept to completion and beyond: Managing design, installation and cost
Date: 21 November 2012
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
Location: Aberdeen
Understand how and why weight increases through the design of an offshore structure and the key benefits of incorporating robust weight control procedures into the design process.
Presentations from key industry leaders will help attendees increase their understanding of the different aspects of weight control, including managing conflicting demands from operator, designer and installer.
Railway Division Sir Seymour Biscoe Tritton Prestige Lecture
Date: 26 November 2012
Event Type: Lecture
Location: London
Free Evening Lecture, 17.15 for 18.00
Details TBC
Managing risk. Delivering engineering guidance for safety and reliability.
Date: 05 February 2013
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
Location: London
**Call for papers - deadline for extended abstracts 25 May 2012**
What are the competencies that mechanical engineers should work towards? Are there frameworks that we should adopt as guidance for our engineers? What are the key features of an effective framework for engineering safety?
Energy storage for electricity networks
Date: 12 March 2013
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
The third annual event in this series will cover the status and technical and commercial development of electricity storage.
