Events Calendar 2010

This calendar lists all forthcoming events. This includes:

• Conferences and seminars
• Lunches, dinners etc
• IP Week
• Training courses
• Branch meetings
• EI Awards
• Other events

Please contact the relevant person/organisation – see right-hand side of calendar – for further information on these events.

February 2010
4		EI West Midlands & Mid Wales branch	LED Lighting
9		EI Aberdeen, Highlands & Islands branch	Profit from technology – extended reach drilling Speaker: Iain Hutchison, Merlin ERD Held at The Marcliffe at Pitfodels, North Deeside Road, Pitfodels, Aberdeen AB15 9YA
9		EI East Midlands branch	Heat pumps applied to low and zero carbon buildings	John Parsons CEng MEI
10		EI Essex & East Anglia branch	Additives in fuels – added performance and value (6.30 p.m. start) Speaker: Duncan Richardson, Technical Service Advisor, Afton Chemical This meeting will be preceded by the Branch AGM Pre-registration not required
10		EI Yorkshire branch	Members Lunch, followed by ‘Biofuels: today and tomorrow’ Held at Leeds University
11		EI Northern Ireland branch	Annual Symposium – What’s so Clever about Smart Grids? Held at the Templeton Hotel, Templepatrick
15-17			IP Week 2010	Jacqueline Warner
16		EI London & Home Counties branch	Chill: a reassessment of global warming theory	Peter F Gill CEng FEI
24-25		Harrogate	Hazard Ex
24		EI North Western & North Wales branch	LED lighting
24		EI Southern Scotland branch	Social and Networking Evening Held at the Holiday Inn Theatreland, Glasgow
25		EI Aberdeen, Highlands and Islands branch	Branch Annual Dinner Held at the Marcliffe Hotel in Aberdeen Cadman Award will be presented to Sir Ian Wood, Chairman, Wood Group at the Aberdeen, Highlands and Islands branch Annual Dinner. The Award is sponsored by Shell.	Trinity International Services
26		EI South Western & South Wales branch	37th Dr Walter Idris Jones Memorial Lecture and Luncheon The indigenous energy resources of South Wales and future potential Presented by Gerwyn Llewellyn Williams CEng MEI FIMMM, Chairman, UK Onshore Gas Group Held at Cardiff City Hall	Brian Jones MEI
March 2010
9		EI Aberdeen, Highlands & Islands branch	Financing energy developments (+ Branch AGM) Speaker: Colin I. Welsh, Simmons & Company International Held at The Marcliffe at Pitfodels, North Deeside Road, Pitfodels, Aberdeen AB15 9YA
10		EI Essex & East Anglia branch	Solar energy, and the Essex Energy Village (6.30 p.m. start) Speaker: David Balcombe, Director, The Green Edge (www.thegreenedge.co.uk) Held in association with National Science & Engineering Week Pre-registration not required
10		EI West Midlands & Mid Wales branch	Heat Pumps
10		EI Northern Ireland branch	Annual NI Branch Dinner Held at the Culloden Hotel, Holywood
18		EI East Midlands branch	Marine current turbines	Peter Holmes
18		Institute of Mechanical Engineers	Safe and Reliable Life Extension of Topside Equipment Offshore
21-24		Birmingham NEC	International Fuels and Forecourt Exhibition (IFFE) Register online at www.forecourtshow.com
22		London Branch	District Heating Systems	Dan Widdon
22-24		Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	GetEnergy
26		EI Humber branch	Spring Social – Millionaires Night Includes presentation of Apprentice Award to Grimsby Institute Held at the Beachcomber Club from 19.30
April 2010
7		EI Aberdeen, Highlands & Islands branch	Decommissioning NW Hutton & Miller Held at The Marcliffe at Pitfodels, North Deeside Road, Pitfodels, Aberdeen AB15 9YA
12-14		Rio de Janeiro	SPE conference in Health, Safe and Environment
13			Breakfast Briefing: Energy from Waste Peter Jones, Consultant	Zuzana Vrablikova
14		EI Yorkshire branch	Site visit to the Total Refinery, Immingham	Andrew Mallalieu CEng MEI
15		EI Yorkshire branch	Annual Dinner Held in conjunction with the Royal Society of Chemistry at Huddersfield University – the dinner is open to members, spouses and guests at a cost of £22 per person	Dr Steve Turner CEng FEI
15		EI West Midlands & Mid Wales branch	AGM and Technical Visit to Tyseley Incineration CHP Plant
20-22		NEC Birmingham	Sustainability Live! Sustainabilitylive is the markets leading event with insightful seminars and conference, interactive feature areas, all designed to help companies work toward a more sustainable future.
21		EI North Western & North Wales branch	Carbon capture and alternative fuels (+ Branch AGM)
23		EI Essex & East Anglia branch	Branch annual dinner dance (7.00 p.m. – 01.00 a.m.) Held at Orsett Hall, Prince Charles Avenue, Orsett, Essex RM16 3HS To book tickets, please contact: Mark Harrison MEI or Brad Cerny FEI
May 2010
12			Evening Lecture: Developing an effective PSM System Graeme Ellis, Principal Safety Consultant, ABB Engineering Services	Zuzana Vrablikova
18		EI Aberdeen, Highlands & Islands branch	Meeting the technical and organisational challenges inherent in the new energy economy – a regulatory perspective Speaker: Taf Powell, Health and Safety Executive Held at The Marcliffe at Pitfodels, North Deeside Road, Pitfodels, Aberdeen AB15 9YA
17-18		Birmingham	The Property Show
19		EI Humber branch	Wind power generation visit Held at Croda, Hull from 15.30
19-20		Aberdeen	AllEnergy The All-Energy UK Exhibition & Conference is Europe's largest event devoted to clean and renewable energy
19-20			Berlin 2nd Carbon Capture & Storage	Justyna Korfanty ACI Europe
20			Nuclear Human Factors conference In partnership with: Nuclear Institute The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, London	Vickie Naidu
June 2010
8			Breakfast Briefing: What’s missing for sanction of the first FLNG project? Brian Songhurst, Director LNG, Energy & Power	Zuzana Vrablikova
9		EI Humber branch	HCF Renewables event (electrical generation) Held at Forest Pines, Scunthorpe
15		EI Aberdeen, Highlands & Islands branch	Industrial Visit to Marine Operations Centre – Aberdeen Harbour Board
15-17		Excel London	Futuresource
23-24		London, UK	Energy in the City – securing the future	Solar Energy Society
29			Deadline for submission to the EI Awards Details at: www.energyinst.org.uk/eiawards	Gemma Wilkinson
July 2010
8-10		Aviemore Scotland	BG Energy Challenge
September 2010
8-9		Birmingham	The Energy Event Held at the National Motorcycle Museum
13-16		Montreal Canada	World Energy Congress This congress, the premier international multi-energy forum with exhibitors from the field, is an opportunity for participants to better understand energy issues and solutions from a global perspective.
October 2010
8		EI Humber branch	Annual Dinner Dance Held at the Beachcomber Club from 20.00
12			Business Breakfast: Energy Storage Dr Graham Cooley CEO, ITM Power	Zuzana Vrablikova
12-14			Energy in transition	Jacqueline Warner
November 2010
18			EI Awards, Sheraton Park Lane Hotel Details at www.energyinst.org.uk/eiawards	Vickie Naidu
30-1 Dec			Microbiology Energy Institute	Vickie Naidu