DATE

EVENT

10 March 2009

Visit to Rolls-Royce Fuel Cell Systems Ltd

Charnwood Building
Holywell Park
Loughborough University
Leicestershire
LE11 3TU

An opportunity for IET Younger Members to see:

• What the business does and it’s strategy to support sustainability
• What the future holds for fuel cell technologies
• How Rolls-Royce is promoting sustainability
• Tour of the manufacturing facility

17 - 20 March 2009

Safety Critical Systems

The Møller Centre, Cambridge, UK
Key benefits of attending

* The various workshops and case studies will enable you to develop an understanding of the key aspects of IEC 61508
* Learn how to address the requirements of IEC 61508 in a realistic manner and also the surrounding practical issues
* The various phases of the safety lifecycle will be covered in a systematic manner as will systems, hardware, software and human factor issues

30 March- 1st April 2009

INCOSE UK spring conference: the application of systems engineering

East Midlands Conference Centre, University Park, Nottingham, UK

The theme of the 2009 Spring Conference is “The Application of Systems Engineering” which has been chosen to complement the research agenda of the UK-hosted 2009 international Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER) (see more about CSER below)

1st - 2nd April 2009

1st CIRP Conference on Industrial Product-Service Systems (IPS2)

Cranfield University

This conference will focus on research into IPS2 design, IPS2 management and operation, industrial and academic experience with IPS2 and integration of the various business components that support PSS: marketing, design, manufacturing, logistics and maintenance.
Download the pdf here for further information

6th April 2009

Microsystems for the Life Sciences

7.30 pm, Malvern
Exciting new Microsystems for future healthcare and environmental applications are promised by combining silicon technology and surface engineering at the nanometre scale with the life sciences. Sensors with exquisite sensitivity with actuators which can deliver therapeutic treatment offer a range of applications: remote monitoring of pollutants in rivers, implantable smart drug delivery systems, or artificial replacements for the senses, e.g. for smell and sight.

Speaker - Dr Tim Cox, Qinetiq

20 - 22 April 2009

7th Annual Conference on Systems Engineering Research - CSER09

Loughborough University in collaboration with the University
of Southern California and the Stevens Institute of
Technology are pleased to host the 7th annual Conference
on Systems Engineering Research. The primary conference
objective is to provide practitioners and researchers in
academia, industry, and government a common platform to
present, discuss and influence Systems Engineering
research with the intent to enhance Systems.Loughborough.

For details see http://cser.lboro.ac.uk

Download the flyer here

21-23 April 2009

18th AR2TS (Advances in Risk and Reliability Technology Symposium)

Burleigh Court Conference Centre, Loughborough University

The 18th AR2TS will be an international forum for presenting and discussing recent advances made in the general area of reliability, risk, availability and maintainability. Contributions will be provided from both the university sector and from industry. It will be of benefit to both practitioners and academics involved in this field who want to keep in touch with the latest developments and perhaps through discussion, influence the future direction of work.

13 May 2009
17:30

Application of a Systems Engineering and Integration Approach to Railway Station Projects

London

A presentation looking at the difficulties encountered when upgrading an existing Railway Station for modern day service requirements.
London, UK

See IET website for details

Anomaly Detection Techniques
University of Essex

Speaker: Dr Sethuraman Muthuraman; Data Systems & Solutions Limited (a division of Rolls-Royce), Derby

Anomaly based detection is a widely spoken term in the industry. This is opposed to predefined signature based detection system that has been previously created. In this talk, the speaker will be describing different anomaly detection techniques to determine the reliability of a system by understanding the data generated.

See IET website for details

20 - 23 July, 2009

19th Annual INCOSE International Symposium (INCOSE 2009)
The Human Dimension to Systems Engineering

Singapore

Suntec International Convention and Exhibition Centre. INCOSE 2009 is presented jointly by INCOSE and the Temasek Defence Systems Institute of the National University of Singapore. It will be held in conjunction with the 3rd Asia-Pacific Conference on Systems Engineering (APCOSE 2009).

26 - 29 October 2009

CEAS 2009 will be the major event in the European aerospace calendar during 2009. It will attract aerospace professionals, companies and organisations not only from across the European Union but also from other major global aerospace nations.

26 - 28 October 2009

4th System safety conference 2009

London, UK

The 4th System Safety Conference and Exhibition will focus on the development and assurance of safe systems. Safety practitioners from a vast array of sectors will again gather to share best practice thinking and emerging research results.

Plenary sessions will give an insight into sector-specific issues as well as cross-sector themes such as standards, competency and safety integrity levels. This is a great opportunity to hear from the experts in the safety domain.

See IET website for details