Upcoming Events
ICE - Designing for the 21st Century: inclusive design for highways and active travel
23rd June 2025 12:00 pm
This is Part 1 of the webinar series “Designing for the 21st century” by the ICE North East Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (FIR) Action Group.
Join us and guest speaker Kelda Lyons, senior inclusive design consultant at…
CeeD - Why Great Ideas Fail Without Great Teams — And How to Fix It
24th June 2025 10:00 am
Why do great ideas fail? Because innovation lives or dies with the team behind it.
Join this webinar to learn what sets high-performing innovation teams apart. You’ll leave with practical, research-backed insights on how…
BCS - When Projects Go Nuclear
24th June 2025 6:30 pm
Synopsis
Despite the best efforts of project managers, some projects are beyond hope of rescue. When that happens, work stops, lawyers from each party are called in and what can be a long and costly legal process starts…
Museum of Industrial Life - Monkland Canal 255 year celebrations
26th June 2025 10:00 am
details to follow
ICE - Using data analytics for national infrastructure
26th June 2025 12:00 pm
In this ICE South West Lunch & Learn session, Kyle Stevenson and Teagan Zoldoske will introduce the Data & Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure (DAFNI) platform.
The…
IOR - The Incredible Impact of Lord Kelvin
26th June 2025 3:30 pm
Catch up on this compelling discussion exploring the enduring legacy of Lord Kelvin—a visionary whose influence still shapes science and technology today. Recorded in 2024 to mark the 200th anniversary of his birth, this special session…
ICE - The Baltimore Bridge Collapse: a vignette from a UK engineer
26th June 2025 6:30 pm
Capt Dan Hoban of the Royal Engineers will describe last year’s collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. He’ll cover his involvement after the incident, the causes and investigation of the loss of infrastructure which arose from the…
NMS - Monkeys: Our Primate Family
28th June 2025 10:00 am
See some of the rarest and most endangered primates on Earth in ‘Monkeys: Our Primate Family’ at the National Museum of Scotland.
This exhibition explores the remarkable lives of our primate relatives and demonstrates how they…
AFBE - Reimagining the Future with Jason Arthur
2nd July 2025 5:00 pm
In an era of rapid change and evolving challenges, visionary leadership is essential to create inclusive and equitable opportunities for all. The AFBE-UK Leadership Talk series is proud to present Jason Arthur, CEO of…
IET -Hearing the past: methods and explorations
3rd July 2025 4:00 pm
In this talk Mariana López will start by introducing attendees to the methods used for acoustical heritage research, including the measurement and simulation of past acoustic settings and the recreation of historical soundscapes. The…
RAeS - Design, Build, Fly - Lessons from Race2Space with Alistair John
8th July 2025 12:00 pm
Design Build Fly seeks to build on inspiration from Akaflieg, the Ikarus Cup, and Formula Student, in order to give the opportunity for experiential learning in a professional aviation environment.
This webinar follows on from…
ICE - Greenheart timber: design using sustainable marine timbers to deliver net zero and drive circularity
10th July 2025 1:00 pm
Greenheart timber is a tropical hardwood and known for its high strength and durability.
In the UK it is commonly used in beach groynes to prevent longshore drift and as fender and structural timber for ports and…
IChemE - Identifying, Disclosing and Supporting an Invention through Patents
24th July 2025 12:00 pm
Hold the date and register your interest in this upcoming event.
HES - The History of Scottish Railways
7th September 2025 10:00 am
‘Smoke and Steel: the History of Scotland’s Railways’ is a brand-new exhibition opening Saturday 26 April 2025 at Stirling Castle.
Visitors can discover more about the railway’s construction, architecture and the connections they…
ICE - Climate change and subsidence risks: a case study approach
22nd September 2025 2:00 pm
Subsidence cases in the UK are rising, with climate change increasing risks, particularly in areas with shrinkable clay like London clay.
Heritage sites are especially vulnerable, and the lack of precedent complicates…
RPhil - How lessons from frogs help mend a broken heart Professor Sir Jim Smith
1st October 2025 7:30 pm
Jim Smith began his career as a developmental biologist, studying the mechanisms by which cells in the embryo come to form the right kind of specialised cell type in the right place. He focussed on the development of the frog Xenopus…
James Watt Dinner 2025!
3rd October 2025 7:00 pm
The details for this year’s James Watt Dinner have just been announced!
Visit our James Watt Dinner page for full details!
Museum of Flight - Conservation Hangar talks Apr 2025 to Mar 2026
29th March 2026 2:00 pm
See behind the scenes of the work carried out in the Museum’s Conservation hangar with these free talks.
Join a member of our Visitor Experience team for a behind-the-scenes look in our Conservation hangar on a free daily talk at…