Upcoming local society meetings

Programmes of events and evening lectures are organised by the Institute's Affiliated Local Societies. A list of upcoming meetings is shown below.

Find my local society

20 Oct 2026, 10am - 5pm

Career and Professional Development Event

Mining Institute of Scotland (MIS)

20 Oct 2026, 2.45pm - 3.30pm

St Andrews University Student Presentations on Summer Fieldwork

Mining Institute of Scotland (MIS)

20 Oct 2026, 6pm - 8pm

Reminder: Powder metallurgy fabrication of refractory High Entropy Alloys

Coventry & Warwickshire Materials Society (CWMS)

22 Oct 2026, 8.30am - 12pm

GLEAM Presents: Tour of Vaculug

East Midlands Materials Society (EMMS)

27 Oct 2026, 6pm - 7.15pm

Sustainability, Growth or Both? (plus SMEA AGM)

Sheffield Metallurgical & Engineering Association (SMEA)

29 Oct 2026, 6pm - 9.30pm

MPkgS AGM and Visit to the Sherwood Observatory 29 October 2026

Midlands Packaging Society (MPkgS)

2 Nov 2026, 7pm - 9pm

The Shear Audacity: Investigating Periglacial Shear Surfaces at the Proposed Lincolnshire Reservoir

Western Institute of Mining and Minerals (WIMM)

3 Nov 2026, 5.30pm - 6pm

NCMS AGM 2026

Newport & Cardiff Materials Society (NCMS)

3 Nov 2026, 6pm - 7.30pm

NCMS President's lecture - Computational design of nature-learned sustainable materials

Newport & Cardiff Materials Society (NCMS)

4 Nov 2026, 6pm - 7pm

AGM & Technical Webinar

Scottish Association for Metals (SAM)

4 Nov 2026, 6pm - 8pm

November Lecture

Cleveland Institution of Engineers (CIE)

6 Nov 2026, 9am - 4pm

Sustainable Industrial Growth and Energy Security for Teesside & the North

Cleveland Institution of Engineers (CIE)

6 Nov 2026, 7.30pm - 11pm

SMEA Annual Dinner

Sheffield Metallurgical & Engineering Association (SMEA)

10 Nov 2026, 6pm - 10pm

The SMEA Quiz

Sheffield Metallurgical & Engineering Association (SMEA)

12 Nov 2026, 5.30pm - 7pm

Metallurgy and its Applications

North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (NEIMME)

17 Nov 2026, 5pm - 8.30pm

Bridging the Gap

Manchester Polymer Group (MPG)

24 Nov 2026, 6pm - 7pm

Use of Metallographic Replication as a Corrosion Investigation Technique

Mining Institute of Scotland (MIS)

24 Nov 2026, 6pm - 7.15pm

Scrap and Electrical Energy: the challenges facing the UK Steelmaking Transition

Sheffield Metallurgical & Engineering Association (SMEA)

24 Nov 2026, 6pm - 7.30pm

Beyond Traditional Concrete: Rethinking Materials, Manufacturing and Performance

Newport & Cardiff Materials Society (NCMS)

26 Nov 2026, 5.30pm - 7pm

Drones – What are they good for? Commercial use and future promise

North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (NEIMME)

7 Dec 2026, 7pm - 9pm

Mine Shaft Filling Operations

Western Institute of Mining and Minerals (WIMM)

8 Dec 2026, 6.45pm

The 2026 Hatfield Memorial Lecture

Sheffield Metallurgical & Engineering Association (SMEA)

10 Dec 2026, 4pm - 5pm

MIMinE General Meeting

Midland Institute of Mining Engineers (MIMinE)

14 Jan 2027, 4pm - 5pm

MIMinE General Meeting

Midland Institute of Mining Engineers (MIMinE)

14 Jan 2027, 5.30pm - 7pm

The Black Bridge: An Essential Link in the System That Powered Britain

North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (NEIMME)

22 - 23 Jan 2027, 7pm - 1am

MPG Winter Ball

Manchester Polymer Group (MPG)

26 Jan 2027, 6pm - 7.30pm

Lecture from Rolls Royce

Newport & Cardiff Materials Society (NCMS)

1 Feb 2027, 7pm - 9pm

Recent Blasting Projects

Western Institute of Mining and Minerals (WIMM)

9 Feb 2027, 6pm - 8pm

Local NCMS heat of the IOM3 lecture competition YPLC

Newport & Cardiff Materials Society (NCMS)

11 Feb 2027, 4pm - 5pm

MIMinE General Meeting

Midland Institute of Mining Engineers (MIMinE)

24 Feb 2027, 1pm - 5pm

2027 IOM3 Young Persons Lecture Competition - Scotish Heat

Mining Institute of Scotland (MIS)

25 Feb 2027, 5.30pm - 7pm

Lava Dam Engineering in Iceland

North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (NEIMME)

1 Mar 2027, 7pm - 9pm

CPL Boulby Mine

Western Institute of Mining and Minerals (WIMM)

11 Mar 2027, 5.30pm - 7pm

Operations on the East Coast Main Line (ECML)

North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (NEIMME)

12 Apr 2027, 7pm - 9pm

Anglesey Mining and Parys Mountain Project

Western Institute of Mining and Minerals (WIMM)

16 Apr 2027, 8.15am - 4pm

MIMinE Annual Safety Seminar 2027

Midland Institute of Mining Engineers (MIMinE)

29 Apr 2027, 5.30pm - 7pm

Advanced Applications of High Horsepower Diesel Engines

North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (NEIMME)

27 May 2027, 5.30pm - 7pm

Establishing a Value Chain for Subsea Minerals

North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (NEIMME)

4 Jun 2027, 10am - 3pm

The North of England Engineering Annual Golf Competition

North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (NEIMME)

4 Jun 2027, 5.30pm - 7pm

North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers Annual Symposium – celebrating the 175th Anniversary of NEIMME

North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (NEIMME)

10 Jun 2027, 5.30pm - 7pm

The History of Mining and Technological Development as evidenced by North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers

North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (NEIMME)

3 Jul 2027, 6.30pm - 9.30pm

North of England Engineering Annual Dinner Dance – celebrating the 175th Anniversary of NEIMME

North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (NEIMME)

 

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