Sharing Knowledge and a Love of France
Poole Harbour, Dorset, Twin Sails Lifting Bridge
Elmer Water Treatment Works, Surrey, Sutton and East Surrwy Water
Monday, 27 January 2025
UNUSUAL TUNNEL COLLAPSES - THE ROLE OF GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING by Professor Lord Robert Mair CBE FREng FICE FRS NAE.
The Key Role played by Geotechnics and how tunnel collapses are generally caused by ground instability at tunnel face or tunnel lining failure.
IESF (British Section) AGM, and evening Lecture and Dinner at The Institution of Civil Engineers.
Tuesday, 18 March 2025
CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE FUTURE OF LIFE ON EARTH by Professor Alex Pigot BSc MRes PhD (University College London).
Climate change affects all living things on earth. The extent to which current and future generations will experience climate change depends on the choices we make now and in the near term.
Evening Lecture and Dinner at The Caledonian Club.
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
CLIMATE MONITORING AND ATTRIBUTION by Professor Peter Stott MBE BSc MASt PhD (Exeter University).
Taking on the sceptics and modelling our climate change impact.
Evening Lecture and Dinner at The Royal Air Force Club
Wednesday, 21 May to Sunday,
25 May 2025
SPRING VOYAGE TO NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
City tour including The Glasshouse International Centre (formerly The Sage), Gateshead Quays and Scotswood Road. A tour of Hadrian's Wall. Visits to Cragside House and Estate, Woodhorn Museum, Beamish Museum and The Discovery Museum.
Wednesday, 10 September to Sunday, 14 September 2025
AUTUMN VOYAGE D'ÉTUDE BASED IN AVIGNON, PROVENCE, FRANCE.
Technical visit to ITER, Cadarache and cultural visits including the Avignon Palais des Papes, Pont St Bénezet, Pont du Gard aqueduct and Les Baux de Provence medieval hilltop village.
Tuesday, 7 October 2025
HOW CAN WE MAKE HEALTHCARE SAFER? - REFLECTIONS FROM 20 YEARS ON THE FRONTLINE by Professor Peter McCulloch BA ChB (Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences).
Surgical care is not as reliable as it should be. How can we make surgery safer? How can we conduct valid studies to find out how good (or bad) it is?
Evening Lecture and Dinner at The Army and Navy Club.
Wednesday, 5 November 2025
TIDAL POWER FROM THE BRISTOL CHANNEL by Professor Chris Binnie MA HonDEng FREng FICE FCIWEM.
The various ways of using tidal energy with focus on the proposed WEST SOMERSET LAGOON. A 14km diameter semi-circular lagoon with a capacity of 2,500MW generating 6.5TWh/year and an estimated capital cost of about £8.5bn.
Evening Lecture and Dinner at venue to be confirmed.
November/ December 2025
ICE CAROL SERVICE AND RECEPTION AND IESF SUPPER
Arrangements to be confirmed
An Anglo-French Connection with Engineering and Science