Events

The Academy has a vibrant, informative and varied events programme. For more information about Academy events and to book your place, e-mail the events team at the Academy.

[E-mail Events team]

Academy Events 09 September 2010 The Governance of Autonomous Systems A meeting held in collaboration with the UCL Centre for Ethics and Law 5.00pm to 7.30pm at University College London, exact location tbc For further details contact Natasha McCarthy     13 September 2010 GO-Science A reception for participants on the Academy/GO-Science engagement programme 11.30am at The Royal Academy of Engineering, 3 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5DG Invitation only For further details contact Tim Julier     15 September 2010 Engineering Research Forum Showcasing Academy-sponsored research at The Royal College of Physicians, 11 St Andrews Place, Regent's Park, London NW1 4LE Registration at 9:30am for 10.00am start RSVP by 20 August, places are limited [Download Research Forum Invite (131KB)]     20 - 23 September 2010 The Royal Academy of Engineering's London Design Festival Programme 2010 Designing a low carbon infrastructure for London at The Royal Academy of Engineering, 3 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5DG The Academy is proud to be a part of this year's London Design Festival. Hear directly from the designers, engineers and entrepreneurs about cutting edge engineers design solutions that have been developed to reach London's goal of sustainable living. [Full details of the Academy's programme (1312KB)] Tickets for events which require them are free and available from Ian Bowbrick     27 September 2010 Prime Innovator lecture series - lecture I An obsession with speed Chair: Professor Robert Mair CBE FREng FRS Speaker: Alex Burns, Chief Executive Officer, Williams F1 6.00pm for 6.30pm at The Royal Academy of Engineering, 3 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5DG [Download booking form (17KB)] [Download flyer for more information (694KB)] For further details contact: Helen Berrington     04 October 2010 Lecture Series in Mobile Telecommunications & Networks The Art and Science of Social Computing Speaker: Natasa Milic-Frayling, Principal Researcher - Director, Research Partnership Programme, Microsoft Research Cambridge UK Chair: Professor Mike Walker OBE 6.00pm at 3 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5DG [Download booking form (27KB)] [Download flyer for more information (915KB)] For further details contact: Helen Berrington     06 October 2010 Competing in the Global Economy Debate Motion: This House believes that the advantages of foreign ownership of the UK corporate sector outweigh the disadvantages Chair: Academy President, Lord Browne of Madingley 5.30pm for 6.00pm at The Royal Academy of Engineering, 3 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5DG [Download flyer for more information (1203KB)] For further details contact: International Team     12 October 2010 The 2010 Hinton Lecture and dinner Back to the Big Bang - the Large Hadron Collider Speaker: Dr Lyn Evans CBE FRS, Project Leader, Large Hadron Collider 6.00pm for 6.30pm at The Royal Institution of Great Britain, 21 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4BS [Download booking form (24KB)] [Download flyer for more information (1203KB)] For further details contact: Helen Berrington     19 - 20 October 2010 Prime Innovator lecture series - lecture II Commercialising meaning based computing Prime Innovator lecture series - lecture II Commercialising meaning based computing Chair: Professor Robert Mair CBE FREng FRS Speaker: Dr Mike Lynch OBE FREng, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Autonomy 6.00pm for 6.30pm at 3 Carlton House Terrace London SW1Y 5DG [Download flyer for more information (110KB)] For further details contact: Amy Abbott

External Events 16 September 2010 Fellows' Visit to Chesterfield Special Cylinders Ltd - an operating subsidiary of Pressure Technologies plc Hosted by the Managing Director, John Hayward.   The company was formed in 2004 following a management buy out from its German parent company. Originally formed in 1897 it continues to design, manufacture and offer services for a wide range of high pressure seamless steel gas cylinders, exporting c. 90% of its output.   Chesterfield Special Cylinders is not located in Chesterfield but is adjacent to Junction 34 of the M1 in Sheffield and is also easily reached by a short walk from Meadowhall Station.   For further information and to book your place please contact John Bramley     21 September 2010 The Directors of Winton Capital Management Embracing Uncertainty: Science, Technology and the Data Revolution Speaker: Professor Christopher Bishop FREng FRSE at The Royal Society, London [Download flyer for more information (66KB)] Emma Watkins Tel: +44 (0)20 7751 7768     21 October 2010 Sir Alan Muir Wood Symposium and Dinner at Institution of Civil Engineers, One Great George Street, London SW1A 3PP Sir Alan Muir Wood, who died in 2009, was a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and an eminent Civil Engineer. The British Tunnelling Society is holding a Symposium and Dinner to celebrate his contribution to Engineering. Fellows of the Academy, Professor Robert Mair, Professor David Muir Wood and Professor John Burland are among the group of distinguished speakers. The subjects covered in the symposium include coastal flooding, tunnelling and geotechnical advances. The symposium will be followed by the dinner. The symposium and the dinner may be booked separately from each other. [Download invitation for more details (152KB)     04 - 07 December 2011 Fray International Symposium at Hilton Cancun Golf & Spa Resort, Cancun, Mexico On metals and materials processing in a clean environment: - Principles - Technologies - Industrial practice [Download flyer for more information (241KB)] Further information: www.flogen.com/FraySymposium

Updated September 2010

/events/default.htm

© The Royal Academy of Engineering - Registered Charity 293074
3 Carlton House Terrace London SW1Y 5DG
Tel: 020 7766 0600 Fax: 020 7930 1549