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.
13 Oct 2026, 6pm - 7.30pm
A history of the Newport and Cardiff Materials Society
Newport & Cardiff Materials Society (NCMS)
15 Oct 2026, 11am - 2pm
Escorted visit to Cononish Gold Mine, Tyndrum, Stirlingshire
Mining Institute of Scotland (MIS)
15 Oct 2026, 5.30pm - 7pm
The Woodsmith Mine Mineral Transport Tunnel, Associated Shafts and Adits
North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (NEIMME)
15 Oct 2026, 6pm - 7.30pm
Evaluating Perovskite Solar Cells for High-Altitude Aerospace Applications
South Wales Materials Association (SWMA)
20 Oct 2026, 10am - 5pm
Career and Professional Development Event
Mining Institute of Scotland (MIS)
20 Oct 2026, 6pm - 8pm
Powder metallurgy fabrication of refractory High Entropy Alloys
Coventry & Warwickshire Materials Society (CWMS)
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, 6pm - 7.30pm
NCMS President's lecture - Computational design of nature-learned sustainable materials
Newport & Cardiff Materials Society (NCMS)
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)
12 Nov 2026, 5.30pm - 7pm
Metallurgy and its Applications
North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (NEIMME)
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
Self healing concrete - Dr Ana Blanco Alvarez (Loughborough University)
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)
8 Dec 2026, 6.45pm
The 2026 Hatfield Memorial Lecture
Sheffield Metallurgical & Engineering Association (SMEA)
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)
9 Feb 2027, 6pm - 8pm
Local NCMS heat of the IOM3 lecture competition YPLC
Newport & Cardiff Materials Society (NCMS)
25 Feb 2027, 5.30pm - 7pm
Lava Dam Engineering in Iceland
North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (NEIMME)
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)
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)
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