Programme 2018-19

 

2019-20

16-Sep

Chairman's Evening -- Circumnavigation of the World on Container Ships
Peter Hesketh

21-Oct

- Plug in Suffolk – Driverless vehicles and electric cars
Peter Frost of Suffolk County Council

18 -Nov

- pswich Tidal Flood Prevention Barrier. Completion
Mr Chris Finbow - Environment Agency.

20-Jan

Presidents Evening- Chernobyl Today
Emma Howard

17 Feb

- Sutton Hoo and The Woodbridge Longshed Museum
Paul Constantine

16 Mar

- Meetings Suspended due to Covid 19 Restrictions

20 -Mar

Spring Dinner Cancelled

 

2018-19

17-Sep

Chairman's Evening -- NHS The Next 70 Years
- Nick Hulme

15-Oct

Raspberry PI & Makerspace Ipswich
- Steve Chalkley

15 -Nov

Ten Pin Bowling

19-Nov

The Chapel, St Joseph's College - Judith Scott

6 -Dec

Christmas Theatre Trip

21 -Jan

Presidents Evening- 75th Anniversary. D Day Technology - Steve Chicken

18 Feb

Cyber Security and Protection, and Modern Cyber Warfare.Speaker -  Lieutenant Colonel Roderick Sutherland MBE TD & Captain Paul Maskell

3 -Mar

Spring Dinner - Rushmere Golf Club

18 Mar

Garretts of Leiston Longshop Museum - Past, Present and Future - Bill Halford - Garretts Long Shop Volunteer

15 Apr

Mobile telecommunications 1G to 5G Evolution.”
Laith Al Jabori - University of Suffolk

21 May

Archology of the Anglia One Cable Route from Bawdsey to Bramford Grid Substation  
Annual General Meeting and Supper

12 July

Golf Day

1 Aug

Bowls -  Bealings Bowls Club

1 Sep

Teasure Hunt -  Needham Market

 

2017-18

18-Sep

Chairman's Evening - Using Innovative Technology on construction SitesJason Page Ingleton Wood LLP

16-Oct

‘Sizewell C – New Nuclear Power in Suffolk’ - Hugh Hutton EDF

20-Nov

Charles Kao & the story of Optical Fibre for Telecommunications- Prof. John Midwinter OBE DSc FRS

15-Jan

President’s Evening 100 years of the RAF - Wing Commander Richard Youngs (RAF Retd)

19-Feb

"Laying the myths to rest" Sarah Waterson

19 Mar

Harwich for the Continent.

23-Mar

Spring Dinner - Rushmere Golf Club

16 Apr

"The First Railway to Ipswich and Beyond”- Mervyn Russen

21 May

Annual General Meeting and Supper

 

2016-17

19-Sep

Chairman's Evening - Generating Electricity Offshore

17-Oct

"What a Stroke of Luck" - Tom Tyler

21-Nov

Ipswich Planning - Getting it Right and Getting it Wrong - John Norman.

16-Jan

President's Evening - the Mayor of Ipswich, - Councillor Roger Fern

20-Feb

Thorlux Lighting

18-Mar

Spring Dinner - Rushmere Golf Club

20 Mar

Electrification of the Railways - Network Rail.

10 Apr

History of the Ipswich Co-op - Chris Bone

16-May

Annual General Meeting and Supper

 

2015-16

21-Sep

Chairman's Evening - Behaviour Modelling - Linda Geaves

19-Oct

Adventures on a Pirate Radio Ship - Roy Sheeran

17-Nov

How to Convert Your Home into a Eco Home - John Midwinter OBE DSc FRS FREng

19-Jan

President's Evening - 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Watterloo - Steve Chicken Phd, MSc, BSc, MIED, C Eng, Eur Ing.

15-Feb

The River Gipping Trust

18-Mar

Spring Dinner - Flynn Valley Golf Club

21-Mar

Suffolk Work Houses - Ray Whitehand

18-Apr

Chain Home System - Development of Radar

16-May

Annual General Meeting and Supper

 

2014-15

15-Sep

Chairman's Evening - Pat Godbold's life with Ipswich Town F.C.

20-Oct

High Street Campus Redevelopment of the Ipswich Museum and Art School - Mark Hunter IBC / SCC

17-Nov

Energy Management in the Home - Roger Coote - Honeywell "Centraline"

19-Jan

President's Evening - Ipswich Flood Management Strategy - Andrew Unsborn, Environment Agency

16-Feb

Air to Water Heat Pumps - Stuart Gadsden, Dakin

6-Mar

Spring Dinner - Flynn Valley Golf Club

16-Mar

History of Local Newspapers - Pip Wright

20-Apr

What Smart Meters can do for improving overall electrical system efficiency and customer service - UK Power Networks

18-May

Annual General Meeting and Supper

 

2013-14

16-Sep

Chairman's Evening - The History of Magic, Colin Hooper

21-Oct

Energy from Waste -Clifford Matthews -Sita Construction and Operation of the Waste Incinerator at Gt Blakenham

18-Nov

Pathway 2050 & Wave Generator - Malcolm van den Burg - Trident Energy Exploring how the UK can meet the 2050 emission reduction target and Up date on the Wave Generator.

20-Jan

President's Evening - Creating the London Overground - Huw Edwards - Transport for London

17-Feb

Metal Recycling - Nigel Slinn - Commercial Director - Responsible for 'Total Waste Management'

14-Mar

80th Aniversary Dinner - Flynn Valley Golf Club

17-Mar

Ipswich Travel Project for the 21st Century - Suffolk County Council

14-Apr

Switched ON - Alick Barnett (Ex EEB) - Ipswich Transport Museum A history of the development of the electrical supply in East Anglia

21-May

Annual General Meeting and Supper

 

2012-13

17-Sep

Chairman's Evening: -

15-Oct

History of the Future - Ian Neild - BT Futurologist

15-Nov

Visit to Orwell Park Observatory - Nacton near Ipswich

21-Jan

President's Evening - Cancelled due to weather conditions.

18-Feb

Disabled Toilet Assist & Refuge Alarms - Cooper Safety

18-Mar

Electrical Infrastructure at the Olympic Park. - Bill D Albertanson - UK Power Networks

15-Apr

The Hubble Space Telescope - Paul Whiting - Orwell Park Observatory

21-May

Annual General Meeting and Supper

 

2011-12

19-Sep

Chairman's Evening: - Rev. (Wg,Cdr) Andrew Turner, Senior Chaplin at RAF Honington

17-Oct

PV Installations - Chris Powell & John Eley, C J Solar

21-Nov

Future Hybrid Transport -Prof John Midwinter

16-Dec

Christmas Meal

16-Jan

President's Evening: Being a Member of Parliment - Chris Mole the former Labour MP for Ipswich.

20-Feb

Power Management & Control - Lee Gardner

19-Mar

Introducing Intelligent Street Lighting in Suffolk - Richard Webster SCC.

16-Apr

Electrical & Mechanical Suspension Systems - Peter Moore & Joe Cameron-Wallace - Gripple Ltd

21-May

Annual General Meeting and Supper

 

2010-11

15-Sep

Chairman's Evening: The old Ipswich dock area - John Norman, The Ipswich Society.

18-Oct

Rex Garrod - TV Presenter & Inventor

15-Nov

Made in Ipswich - Brian Dyes - Ipswich Transport Museum

10-Dec

Christmas Meal

17-Jan

President's Evening: - Sharon Cozens RGN RM DMS MBA - Age UK Suffolk

21-Feb

Recycling and the Environment (including WEEE Regs) - Rob Guy - Waste Recycling Group

21-Mar

Megger Instruments - Mark Hadley - New Product Research Manager, Megger Instruments Ltd

18-Apr

Visit to Ipswich Transport Museum

16-May

Annual General Meeting and Supper

 

2009-10

21 Sept

Chairman's Evening: Climate Change - Prof. John Midwinter

19 Oct

Wave Power Energy - Malcolm van den Bergh - Trident Energy

16 Nov

Wind Generation & the London Array - Ian Baker - London Array

18 Jan

President's Evening: Churchill's Secret Army - Parham Airfield Museum - By members of the Museum

15 Feb

Energy Saving Lamps - Terry Rowney - Megaman

15 Mar

Energy Audit & Measurement - 4 Steps to Energy Efficiency. - Roger Good & Roger Pitt - Schneider Electric.

19 Apr

Nuclear Power "Sizewell and Beyond" Colin Tucker - Nuclear Safety Engineer British Energy

17 May

Annual General Meeting and Supper

 

2008-09

15 Sept

Chairman's Evening: Marines in Tights - Colonel Mervyn Lemon

20 Oct

In Search of Secret Suffolk - Robert Leader

17 Nov

Ipswich Through the Ages - John le Mare.

16 Jan

President's Evening: Law and Order - Ray Condon Deputy Chairman South East Suffolk Courts

16 Feb

L2 Building Regulations - Tyco Electronics & Dorman Smith

16 Mar

Moving Weekend - Bob Bishop (Member)

20 Apr

Life of a Submariner - Steve Harrison

18 May

Annual General Meeting and Supper

 

2007-08

14 Sept

Chairman's Evening: Transport in Ipswich Road, Rail & Sea from the 17th Century

15 Oct

Dali Controls - Larry Reardon Supalux Lighting

19 Nov

Suffolk at the Time of the Plague - Pip Wright

21 Jan

President's Evening: Sizewell A, B & C

18 Feb

Dirty Weekends (Traction Engines) - Stuart Hart (Member)

17 Mar

Developments in Meter - Kewtech Corp Ltd

21 Apr

The History of Royal Mail Coaches - Mike McCauley

19 May

Annual General Meeting and Supper

 

2006-07

18 Sept

Chairman's Evening: Otley College - Philip Wright (Principle)

15 Oct

Presentations by Members

20 Nov

Woodland Advisory Trust

15 Jan

President's Evening: Falklands War

19 Feb

Snoasis, an Introduction Godfrey Spanner, Managing Director, Onslow Suffolk,

19 Mar

Supalux Lighting (Cancelled at last moment)

21 Apr

Team Spectrum Kite Flying - Brian Wright (Member)

19 May

Annual General Meeting and Supper

 

2005-06

19 Sept

Chairman's Evening

17 Oct

Hilclaire Lighting - Recent developments in lighting technology. With Review of current standards and legislation

11 Nov

Annual Ball - Hotel Elizabeth, Copdock

21 Nov

Fire Fighting Enterprises - Not a Fireman's helmet in sight! This lecture will solve the mystery of what should happen if a ladder is erected in the atrium at Endeavour House.

16 Jan

President's Evening

20 Feb

Emergilite Addressable Emergency Lighting. Product applications and relevant British standards

20 Mar

IDEA Retrospective - with Bob Boardley. With over 30 years experience in contracting and as a Crompton Lighting Sales Engineer, Bob has many an anecdotes to share with us.

17 Apr

No Lecture

15 May

Annual General Meeting and Supper