Past Events
RAEng - Hinton Lecture 2026
1st October 2026 6:00 pm
This year’s prestigious Hinton Lecture will be delivered by Zoë Yujnovich, CEO of National Grid. Appointed in 2025, Zoë will share her expert insights into what it takes to modernise and future proof the UK’s energy systems
CIOB - Passivhaus Case Studies: UK Lessons for Modern Construction
30th September 2026 1:00 pm
Session 2 of the Delivering Passivhaus 2026: explores delivery of modern construction with two case studies and their digital workflows.
The second webinar in a three-part series from the Passivhaus Trust (PHT) and Chartered…
ICE - Listening to the universe: civil engineering for the Einstein Telescope
30th September 2026 1:00 pm
The Einstein Telescope (ET) is a proposed European third-generation underground gravitational wave observatory, designed to be at least ten times more sensitive than current facilities such as LIGO and Virgo.
The project faces…
HES - Roman Doors Open Day
26th September 2026 10:00 am
Explore Kinneil House and meet the Roman Antonine Guard, with medieval re-enactment group Britannia XIV demonstrating skills of the time!
IChemE - The Three Cs of Industrial AI: Connectivity, Contextualization, and Cognition
24th September 2026 3:00 pm
Can you dump raw plant data and documentation into Claude or GPT and expect accurate analysis? No, and not because the models aren’t smart enough.
This session breaks the path to industrial AI into three steps: connectivity,…
IStructE - Engineering above the tracks
24th September 2026 2:00 pm
This webinar introduces the fundamentals of building isolation and its role in mitigating structure-borne vibration and ground-borne noise in modern buildings. Attendees will learn how resilient isolation systems can be integrated into…
Special Events David Elder Lecture - Prof Catherine Heymans
23rd September 2026 7:00 pm
The Universe: Reality or Simulation?
Prof. Catherine Heymans
Scotland’s Astronomer Royal, Prof. Catherine Heymans, is having an existential crisis! Ever since her son asked, ‘could we be living inside a computer game?’…
IES - Presidential Address - Realising design - From concept to completion
22nd September 2026 6:30 pm
Dr Robb will take us on a journey from concept design to finish, highlighting pitfalls and opportunities along the way. Further details to follow
Dr Malcolm Robb, Engineering Manager, responsible for the Afloat Capability Theme…
IStructE - 25 years tinkering with bamboo connections
22nd September 2026 6:00 pm
A technical talk on using bamboo as a structural material.
ICE - Short-term cash injections fail to deliver improvements to local roads
22nd September 2026 1:00 pm
Our ageing local roads are under pressure from rising traffic volumes, more frequent extreme weather events, but most of all, from long-term underinvestment.
More than £900 million has been spent on carriageway maintenance in…
Scottish Maritime Museum - Port Glasgow Shipbuilding – here, there and everywhere
19th September 2026 5:00 pm
A talk by Alastair Hart
Saturday 19 September 2026 Scottish Maritime Museum, Linthouse Building, Irvine
Join us at the Linthouse Building for an illustrated talk exploring…
Glasgow Science Centre - Deep Dives
18th September 2026 6:00 pm
Set sail for an after-hours adventure as you dive into hands-on challenges inspired by real marine missions.
Decipher underwater sounds, study alien creatures of the deep, navigate waves without modern tech and come face to face…
BCS - Digital and AI for Everyone: From Fear to Inspiration and Creativity
17th September 2026 5:00 pm
Join a practical conversation about moving beyond fear, building AI confidence and using AI creatively to support digital inclusion.
Synopsis
AI is becoming part of everyday life and work, yet many people still feel…
Scottish Maritime Museum - Heritage Health Walk
17th September 2026 1:00 pm
Led by a knowledgeable volunteer walk leader you will learn about Irvine’s Harbour environment and maritime past while enjoying some gentle exercise that is suitable for all.
The walk will start and end at the Scottish Maritime…
CIOB - Adjudication from Start to Finish
17th September 2026 12:00 pm
Construction Adjudication is firmly established as the fastest and cheapest, and often most effect way to resolve construction disputes in modern Alternative Dispute Resolution.
In this course, specially crafted by Stephen…
ICE - Fore Gill Bridge rebuild: a sustainable approach to renewing ageing rural infrastructure
17th September 2026 12:00 pm
This webinar presents the Smeaton Award-winning Fore Gill Bridge Rebuild Scheme, a complex heritage project involving the reconstruction of a historic masonry arch bridge within the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
The scheme was…
ICE - Integration insights gained from the Project 13 adopters
16th September 2026 3:00 pm
Traditional delivery models make collaboration difficult. Siloed transactional arrangements across complex multi-party relationships create interfaces and hand-offs that impede alignment and optimisation.
Efforts to rectify these…
NMIS - Design-led innovation in Scotland –Make it right, make it here, make it now
16th September 2026 12:30 pm
This in-person awareness-raising event will explore how strong design at the early stages of innovation can help turn ideas into scalable, manufacturable products and processes. The session will focus on the theme “Make it right, make…
NMIS - Design-led innovation in Scotland –Make it right, make it here, make it now
16th September 2026 12:00 pm
Join this event to discover how design-led innovation can de-risk ideas, improve manufacturing, and help you to scale with confidence.
This in-person awareness-raising event will explore how strong design at the early stages of…
CABE - The 2026 Future Home Standard Updates (Ventilation in the UK)
16th September 2026 10:00 am
Following the previous Future Homes interim updates, changes to Approved Documents and Technical Handbooks and resulting building practices the eagerly anticipated and delayed 2026 updates are here.
What does this mean for the…
CIOB - Rise of the Robots: "How Robots and AI are Tools for our Future"
15th September 2026 12:00 pm
This webinar will explore the growing role of AI, robotics and automation within the construction industry. The session will examine how emerging technologies are expected to transform project planning, design, construction processes,…
CIOB - Building Safety Regulation in a Changing World: Global Lessons for Reform
14th September 2026 12:00 pm
Organised by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) in partnership with the International Building Quality Centre (IBQC), with contributions from Dame Judith Hackitt, Jayashree Srinivasan, Regulatory Specialist, World Bank Group and…
STICK - 200 Years of Scotland's Railways
13th September 2026 10:15 am
Overview
STICK’s autumn conference will explore Scotland’s rich railway heritage.
Following on from our Spring Event, which celebrated the anniversary of the opening of the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway in 1826, and…
RSE - The great battery bust up: Repair or throw-away
12th September 2026 12:00 pm
How electric vehicle batteries are built, where their materials come from and what happens when they fail
Electric vehicles are an increasingly familiar sight on our roads, helping us move away from fossil fuels. But what…