IES James Watt Dinner

The James Watt Dinner celebrates the engineering achievements of James Watt and is one of the oldest engineering dinners. In addition, it celebrates Engineers who are inducted into the Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame at the dinner.

If you haven’t been before please consider coming along, small parties, large parties, individuals, all are welcome!

This year the dinner will be held in the Radisson Blu Hotel in Glasgow on Friday 3rd Oct 2025 at 7pm

JWD 2025 Poster

Tickets are £90 each, Members are entitled to a discounted price of £70!
Ticket price includes:

• Three course meal plus coffee!
  
• Glass of bubbly on arrival!
• Dram toast to James Watt!
• A jazz quartet from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland!
  
• The announcement of the Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame Inductees!
• Charity collection and networking!

Booking

Please complete the Booking Form 2025 and return it to secretary@engineers.scot

Or, visit our Eventbrite page and book & pay for your tickets there

Payment

Information on Payment options

Sponsorship

There are several sponsorship opportunities:

• Advert in the digital programme £50
• Sponsor a student place at the dinner £50
• Sponsor the piper £150
• Sponsor our guest list/table plan for £500
• General sponsorship is available for £200, £500 and £1000

Sponsorship flyer JWD 2025 Sponsorship

Discounted room rates at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Glasgow

There is an allocation of discounted rooms at the Radisson Blu Hotel for our event. 

Discounted rates are £170BB single occupancy and £180BB double occupancy.  These rates are flexible rates, which means guests can cancel free of charge up to 72 hours prior the arrival date.

Bookings can be made by visiting  book via the hotel's website (by selecting the dates of stay, then clink on ‘Special Rates’ on the right-hand side and select ‘Promotional Code’ – type IES
and press ‘Search’. This will show them the room type and the price for the night . Please book early as the number of rooms is limited!

Need more info? - For further information email secretary@engineers.scot

Read about the past dinners