Cambridge Area Committee


Events Calendar

Second Half Session 1995/96

This Event Calendar has been generated from the East Anglian Centre's Programme Card which is distributed to all IEE members within the Centre. It contains details of meetings organised by all three Area Committees within the Centre, viz: Cambridge Area Committee, Ipswich Area Committee and Norwich Area Committee, as well as events organised by the Centre Committee itself and by the Younger Members' Sections

For details of events that took place in the First Half Session, click here.

Notes:
In general, evening meetings will qualify for 0.75 PDU.
Those marked * will qualify for 1.5 PDU. Prior booking will also be necessary for these meetings.
All meetings held at BTRL will require a pass, available in advance, from the Area Secretary
Light refreshments are available 30 minutes before most meetings.

Important note:  the information presented here was believed to be correct at the time it was compiled.
It is impracticable to update the information to take into account changes of affiliation and other factors that might affect the current validity of the content.  Viewers must verify for themselves whether presenters' names and corporate affiliations are still valid.

Visit to Leica Cambridge
Prior booking necessary. Details from Cambridge Area Secretary
Tuesday 23rd January (C, IMechE)

Cellmate - Prisoner or Robot
D Jervis, The Technology Partnership
Wednesday 24th January, 6.45 pm (CAYM)
Cambridge University Engineering Labs
Trumpington Street

Cellmate is a robotic cell culture system that works in a sterile, climate controlled steel cabinet to produce vaccines, therapeutic hormones and genes. Paul Jervis will give an account of the development of the Cellmate from conception to production.

Computer Images are worth more than a thousand words
A Bangham PhD, UEA
Wednesday 24th January, 7.30 pm (N)
School of Information Systems, UEA

Surfing the Internet Ripple towards the Information Wave
J Barnes, BTRL
Thursday 25th January, 6.30 pm (SAYM)
University of Essex
Colchester

Annual Prestige Lecture
Customer Driven Personal Transport Solutions
R Parry-Jones, Vice President (Engineering), Ford Motor Company
Thursday 1st February, 6.00 pm (C)
Wolfson Theatre
Churchill College, Cambridge
More information

The History of Fans - A Fit Case for Ventilation
W T W Cory D Eng MIMechE, Woods of Colchester
Tuesday 6th February, 7.30 pm (I, IMechE)
Marks Tey Hotel, Colchester

The Cost of Computer Crime
C Hook
Wednesday 7th February, 6.45 pm (CAYM)
Cambridge University Engineering Labs
Trumpington Street

Agents for 21st Century Information Systems
R Smith, BTRL
Thursday 8th February, 6.30 pm (I)
University of Essex
Colchester

Digital Broadcasting
I Childs, BBC
Thursday 8th February, 7.30 pm (N, RTS)
BBC East
St Catherine's Close, Norwich

Safety and Control in Modern Large-Scale Chemical Plants
D Simpson, AgrEvo (UK) Ltd Tuesday 13th February, 6.30pm (C)
Cambridge University Engineering Labs
Trumpington Street

TBA
Speaker from BNFL
Wednesday 14th February, 7.30 pm (N)
Chamberlain Building, Heigham Waterworks,
Norwich

Future Direction of the Internet
Speaker TBA
Wednesday 21st February, 6.45 pm (CAYM)
Cambridge University Engineering Labs
Trumpington Street, Cambridge

Papers Evening
Speakers: various
Thursday 22nd February, 6.30 pm (SAYM)
University of Essex
Colchester

* Getting Started with ISO 9000 - A Tutorial Meeting
Prior booking necessary with Area Secretary J Anderson, QSM Management Consultants
Thursday 29th February, 6.00 pm (I)
Talk Energy Centre, Constantine Road,
Ipswich

The Boothroyd and Dewhurst Design for Manufacturing Methodology
I Bettles, Smallpiece Enterprises
Thursday 7th March, 6.30 pm (C)
Cambridge University Engineering Labs
Trumpington Street, Cambridge

Digital Audio Editing
Speaker from BBC Project Management Services
Wednesday 13th March, 6.45 pm (CAYM)
Cambridge University Engineering Labs
Trumpington Street, Cambridge

Electrical Stimulation for Restoration of Function in Paralysed Muscle
Dr Heller, University of Sheffield
Thursday 14th March, 6.30 pm (I, PG S9)
BTRL, Martlesham Heath
Ipswich

Engine Management Systems
P Miller PhD, Motorola AIEG Ltd
Tuesday 19th March, 6.30 pm (C, IMechE)
Cambridge University Engineering Labs
Trumpington Street
Cambridge

IEE International Lecture 1996
The Evolution of MAN - High Speed Connectivity for LANs

Professor J Hullett , Curtin University, Perth, W.A.
Wednesday 20th March, 7.00 pm (N, NES)
Wolfson Theatre
Churchill College, Cambridge

The International Lecture has become one of the Institution's major annual prestige events. In 1996 it is being presented by Professor John Hullett from the Australian Telecommunications Research Institute at Curtin University, Perth. The subject will be "The evolution of MAN - High Speed Connectivity for Local Area Networks". This lecture is being given in Hong Kong, Munich, London, Edinburgh, Cambridge, Turin and Singapore. Professor Hullett has chosen Cambridge as a particularly appropriate venue. The lecture will be given in the Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Cambridge on Wednesday 20 March 1996, commencing at 7.00 p.m. The lecture will be followed by a Reception and Dinner in the Club Room, Churchill College. Further details from the East Anglian Centre Secretary, Dr Murray Rae (01284 763055).

SET 96 Event
Marconi - A Dramatised Enactment

A Lecture with Demonstrations
R Barrett
Thursday 21st March, 7.30 pm (C)
Cambridge University Engineering Labs
Trumpington Street
Cambridge

Interactive Voice Response Systems
K R Rose, BTRL
Thursday 21st March, 6.30 pm (SAYM)
University of Essex
Colchester

TBA
TBA
Monday 25th March, 7.30 pm (N, NES)
Pinebanks, White Farm Lane
Thorpe St Andrew

* Installing and Configuring your Multimedia PC
A Tutorial Meeting. Prior booking necessary with Area Secretary.
T Gaskin et al., BTRL - Multimedia CPE
Thursday 28th March, 6.00 pm (I)
BTRL, Martlesham Heath,
Ipswich

CPD - The IEE's First Year: a Progress Report
K Smith, IEE
Thursday 4th April, 6.30 pm (C)
Cambridge University Engineering Labs
Trumpington Street,
Cambridge

Visit to Wind Generation Site
B Paine, Econet
Wednesday 17th April, 6.30 pm (N)
West Somerton Wind Farm
Norfolk

TBA
C Wright, Energis Ltd
Thursday 18th April, 6.30 pm (I)
Cliff Quay Training Centre, Sandyhill Lane
Ipswich The Leading Edge of Power Station Technology
M Sedgwick, National Power plc
Wednesday 24th April, 6.45 pm (CAYM)
Cambridge University Engineering Labs
Trumpington Street
Cambridge

Electric Vehicles in Ipswich
Annual Dinner

Tickets available from Area Secretary.
D Botwright, Ipswich Borough Council
Thursday 9th May, 6.30 pm (I)
Suffolk College, Rope Walk
Ipswich

Members and Guests Evening
This will be an Italian evening in honour of Giuglielmo Marconi.
Details from Cambridge Area Secretary.
Saturday 11th May, 7.30 pm (C)
Philips Catering Centre
St Andrew's Road
Cambridge

Channel Tunnel Electrical Installation
R Duxbury, W F Atkins
Wednesday 22nd May, 7.00 pm (N) Chamberlain Building, Heigham Waterworks,
Norwich


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