Past Events - The IET

YM, LS - Yong Members' event which inclded repeat of lecture "Recording the Action Potential and the Discovery of the Nerve Diameter-Function Relationship" by Professor Clamann from the University of Berne. Lausanne 1/07
TV, LS - Visit and talk by Sir Robin Saxby, Pesident of the IET. Lecture entitled "Technolgy Wealth Creation"Article CERN 3/07
AGM - Talk by Dr. Emal Rumi "The Future of Mobile Communications" Neuchâtel 4/07

2006

LS - Lecture "OBAN, the Home Wireless LAN Goes Public" by Charles Francis of Swisscom Innovation. Swisscom Berne 1/06
AGM - Visit to Albert Einstein Exhibition. Berne 4/06
TM - Meeting with Trustee Nick Baines.Kaiseraugst 9/06
TV - Visit to SR Technics, Zürich 9/06
TV - Joint with the British Computer Society. Visit to the Industry Solutions Lab in the IBM Zürich Research Laboratory Zürich 9/06
LS - Lecture "Recording the Action Potential and the Discovery of the Nerve Diameter-Function Relationship" by Prof. Clamann from the University of Berne. Berne 11/06

2005

TV - Visit to the Industry Solutions Lab in the IBM Zürich Research Laboratory.Report. 3/05
AGM, LS - Lecture "Bubbles" by Jane Croucher. Gwatt Centre 4/05
TV - Visit to the Medtronic Plant in Tolochenaz. 9/05
TV - Visit to DRS Swiss Television Studios at Oerlikon. 9/05
LS - Lecture "Nuclear Power in Switzerland" by Peter Hirt, manager of Gösgen Nuclear Power Plant and Director of Swissnuclear. ABB Baden 11/05

2004

LS - Lecture "Simulating Human Functionality" by Dr Chris Joslin, MIRALab, University of Geneva. EMPA in Dübendorf 3/04
LS - Lecture "The Professional Networks of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE)" by Paul Jacson, Director of Professional Networks, IEE London. EPFL, Lausanne 3/04
TV - Visit to the Nuclear Power Station, Leibstadt 4/04
AGM, LS - AGM held jointly with the German branch. Lecture "Whatever Happened to Virtual Reality?" by Professor Robert J. Stone. Constance 5/04
SE - Walking Weekend 6/04 Photographs
TV - Guided Tour of the Electrical Museum, Münchenstein, near Basle.6/04
LS - Agile Software Special Interest Group Meeting. Joint with the British Computer Society. Zürich 9/04
LS - Lecture "Grid Computing" by Professor Irving. ABB, Baden 10/04

2003

AGM, LS - Lecture "Spacecraft Attitude Control" by Stephen James Dodds, Professor of Control Engineering, School of Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of East London. Lugano 5/03
TV- Visit to Solatr Plant at Mont Crosin and the Windmill farm at Mont Soleil 5/03
SE - 10 ^th Anniversary Walking Weekend. Emmental 6/03
LS - Lecture "Swiss Electricity Market - next steps after the rejected Electricity Market Law (EMG)" by Urs Näf from the Swiss Federal Office of Energy. ABB Baden 7/03
LS - Half-day Semiar entitled "Renewable Energies - Applications" Talks by Heinrich Haeberlin and H. Muntwyler about photovoltaics. Also a talk by Paul Rodatz on the hydrogen fuel cell and finally a talk on small vehicles by Andres Fuchs. Burgdorf 10/03
SE - Informal evening get-together. Zürich 12/03

2002

LS - "Introduction to 3G Mobile Radio Access Networks" by Mr. Manuel Dietrich from Ericsson, Switzerland. Bern 1/02
AGM, LS - Lecture "Information - communication from the Middle-ages to the Internet" by Gerhard Riesen. Nyon 4/02
LS - "Regulation of Grid Tariffs in a Liberalised Swiss Market" by Urs Näf from the Swiss Federal Office of Energy. Baden 5/02
SE - Exotic Oriental Meal and visit to power station. Kaiseraugst 9/02
TV - Visit to Bioenergie Schaffhausen AG. The generation of electricity from the fermentation of grass. Schaffhausen 9/02
TV - Visit to Swiss Radio International/swissinfo. Bern 11/02

2001

LS - Next Generation Cellular Mobile Networks by Monira Abu El-ata, Swisscom and Paul Hulbert, Ericsson. 3/01
SE - Boat trip on Lake Thun. 5/01
AGM, LS - Lecture "Computers for Lunch" by Prof. H. Brandl. Thun 5/01
SE - Visit to Sarner Crystal Glassworks. (Event in parallel with AGM) 5/01
SE - Guided tour of Thun, including the castle. 5/01
TV - Visit to Studer SA in Thun-Steffisburg. Precision Machine Grinding and EMC testing . 5/01
TV - Signalling equipment in the Lötschberg tunnel (Joint visit with Civil Engineers) 10/01
TV - Visit to Phonak hearing systems, Stäfa, manufacturer of hi-tech hearing instrumentation 11/01
TV - Visit to LEMO connector manufacturer, Eculens (Morges) 12/01

2000

TV - Visit to the underground SBB Hydro Power at Amsteg, which is on the Gotthard railway line. 11/00
LS - Lecture and demonstration by MIRALAB at Geneva University ( www.miralab.ch ). Geneva 11/00
SE - Meeting for a meal in forest near Brugg 6/00
AGM, LS - Lecture "Better, Faster, Cheaper" by Lisa Laughner, Bern 5/00
TV, SE - Visit to CERN to see the new Hadron Collider. Joint with the Institution of Civil Engineers. CERN 4/00

1999

AGM - Silvanus P: Thompson Lecture, "Don't touch the Computer - Developments in non-physical computer interaction" by Dr. Richard Reilly. Bern 4/99
TV - Techical Visit to ABB Kraftwerke AG. One of the foremost and largest manufactures of gas turbines in the world. Birr 5/99
TV, SE - Visit to "Project Glacier 3000". Joint with the Institution of Civil Engineers. Les Diablerets 6/99
TV - Visit to Tages Anzeiger, Zurich 6/99

1998

LS - Lecture "International Management," by Cuno Wuethrich, Bern, 1/98
AGM - Silvanus P. Thompson Lecture, 3D-TV, A Virtual Reality by Prof. Malcolm McCormick, De Montford University, Leicester. Bern, 4/98
TV, SE - Visit to Bex Salt Mines, Bex 5/98
LS, SE - Joint French / Swiss Meeting, Geneva, 6/98
LS, TV - Visit to ABB Semiconductors, Dr. K. Thomas, Lenzburg, 6/98
Conference - EPSOM '98 International Conference on Electrical Power Systems Operation and Management, ETH Zurich, 9/98
SE - Pan-European IEE-Meeting in Basel. Included lecture"The Sheriff of Cyberspace - Law and the Internet" by Robert Gaitskell Q.C., FIEE, 10/98
LS - Lecture "Efficient Field Strength Measurements in difficult geological environment" by a member of the Swisscom Mobile Team Bern 11/98
TV - Visit to Contraves Space (Important suppliers of components for Ariane Rockets) Zurich 12/98

1997

LS - Lecture "Die elektronishe Nase," by Herrn Kurt Metz, Kleiner AG, Zurich, 1/97
AGM - International Lecture, Liquid crystal displays in the multimedia age by Dr Shoei Kataoka, Sharp Corp. Bern, 3/97
TV - Technical Visit to the SBB Control Centre, Bern, 5/97.
TV - Technical Visit to the Eurovision Control Centre of the European Broadcasting Union, Geneva, 5/97
LS, TV - Lecture on "Environmental Monitoring" and visit to Eco Physics, Dürnten, Zürcheroberland, 5/97
SE - IEE Switzerland Walking Weekend, Lenk, 6/97

1996

LS - Faraday lecture: "From A to B without C" (Eurotunnel), 2/96
LS - Lecture "Solar Cell Technology" by W. Maag, Fabrimex, Zurich, 3/96
LS - Lecture "Environmental Problems in Electronics Assembly" by B. Ellis, Protonique, Lausanne, 4/96
AGM - Kelvin Lecture, Venus Exposed by Dr Peter Cattermole, Bern, 4/96
LS - Lecture "Taking inspiration from biology to realise robust and real-time perceptive systems" by Dr Xavier Arreguit and Pierre Marchal, CSEM, Neuchatel, 5/96
TV - Technical Visit, Batrec AG, 22.5.96, Wimmis / Be, 5/96
TV - Technical Visit and Lecture, CERN, 05.6.96, Geneva, 6/96
TV - Technical Visit, EMPA, Duebendorf, 6/96
SE - IEE Switzerland Walking Weekend, Lenk, 6/96
TV - Brugg Kabel AG, Brugg, 7/96
LS,SE - Strassbourg Weekend (joint event, benelux, D, F, CH), Strassbourg (F), 9/96
SE - Sri Lankan barbeque organised by Rangie Amitirigala, Windisch, 9/96
TV - Technical Visit to PTT sorting office, Zurich, 10/96
LS - Lecture "The handling of big data bases" by R. Henrich and T. Bauer, Knight Ridder Information AG, Bern, 11/96
LS - Lecture "Power System Reliability" by Prof. R.N Allen, UMIST. Baden and Geneva 11/96

1995

LS - Faraday Lecture "Making Waves," satellite broadcast, Zurich 2/95
TV - SEV Laboratories, Fehraltdorf, 2/95
TV - Landis and Gyr, Zug, 3/95
TV - Visit to PTT Sorting Office, Geneva, 3/95
LS - Lecture "ISO 9000," Geneva, 3/95, Zurich 4/95
LS - Lecture "Renewable energy sources," M de Loriol, Acad. de l'Environment, Geneva, 4/95
AGM - Lecture "Superconductors," Dr Locquet, IBM Research, Olten, 4/95
TV - Schafner AG, Luterbach, 5/95
SE - Walking weekend, Adelboden, 6/95
TV - (LS, SE!) Visit to Feldschloessen Brewery, Rheinfelden, 6/95
TV - PrimeTime Studio, Schlieren, 9/95
LS - Symposium on the "Data Highway," Chairman G. Riesen, 10/95
TV - Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, 11/95

1994

SE - Ski weekend, Grindelwald, 1/93
AGM - Lecture "Accurate measurement of time," Dr Kartaschoff, PTT, Neuchatel, 4/93
SE - Walking weekend, Engelberg, 6/93
LS - Lecture " Tomorrow's television," E. Wilson, EBU, Zurich 6/94
TV - Ralston Energy Systems SA, La Chaux-de-Fonds, 6/94
TV - Muehleberg Power station, 9/94
LS - Lecture "Saudi oil refinery telecommunications project," Prof. Bichara Geneva, 9/95
LS - Lecture "Swissmetro," Prof. Jufer, EPFL, Geneva, 10/93
LS - Lecture "Artful aids in command of prosperity," Prof Johns, Univ Bath Baden, Geneva 11/94

1993

SE - Ski Weekend, Gstaad, 1/93
TV - MGC - Plasma, Basel, 2/93
TV - Charmilles Technology, Geneva, 3/93
LS - Lecture "Artificial neural networks," Drs Marchal & Arreguit, CSEM, Zurich 3/93
AGM - IEE International Lecture "Lightning never strikes twice", Prof. Braunstein, Freiburg, 4/93
TV - Laufenburg power switching centre, 6/93
SE - Walking weekend, Hasliberg, 6/93
LS - Lecture " Tomorrow's television," E. Wilson, EBU, Geneva 10/93
LS - Lecture "Swissmetro," Prof. Jufer, EPFL, Zurich, 12/93

1992

LS - Lecture "Chaos and Fuzzy Logic, " G. Riesen, 3/92
LS - Lecture "A sound future for broadcasting" given by EBU, Zurich, 11/92
AGM - IEE International Lecture "Unveiling the mysterious planet," ESA, Bern, 5/92
SE - Walking weekend, Emmental, 6/92
LS - Lecture "Neural networks," Drs Marchal and Arreguit, CSEM, Geneva 10/92
TV - SBB signalling centre, Lucerne, 10/92
TV - Erowa Inter AG, 11/92

1991

Inauguration. Lecture: Buried Treasures in Africa IEE International Lecture, Bern, March 1991

TV - CERN Geneva, 6/91
TV - Swisscontrol, Geneva Airport, 10/91
TV - Swisscontrol, Zurich Airport, 10/91
LS - Lecture "A sound future for broadcasting" given by EBU, Geneva, 11/91

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