IET Solent Network

Click on the individual section titles:

Main Network
Isle of Wight
Young Professionals
Retired Members

for summaries (with links to the detail pages) of the forthcoming programme in the relevant section.  These summary pages will also show any planned events which may not appear in the Events Calendar because full details are not yet available.

Geographical coverage

The Solent Network includes the Isle of Wight and all of Hampshire south of a line drawn to the north of Alton and Winchester.

Events programme

Almost all of the annual programme of events takes place between late September and the following June and always includes events in Havant, Newport, Portsmouth and Southampton as well as occasional events in Fareham and Winchester.  

In addition to lectures and workshops the programme includes technical visits to various establishments in the area. 

All events in the programme are open to both IET members and the general public and are free of charge, although occasionally organisations hosting technical visits to their premises specify that only IET members may be accommodated.

The activities in Hampshire are arranged by the main network committee and there is a separate committee responsible for the activities on the Isle of Wight.  A programme of daytime events, mainly in the Portsmouth area, is arranged by an active retired members section.

Young professionals

There is a particular focus on events for young professionals (loosely defined as young engineers between their first year of tertiary education and the tenth year following completion of their studies). Events in this programme are frequently, but not exclusively, arranged in collaboration with the 'IET on Campus' student groups in the various educational establishments in the area.

Partners

Three groups of partners are the focus of work in the area:-

• academic partners, i.e. the higher and further education establishments offering courses relevant to the IET's interests and particularly those which are engaged in the IET's Academic Partner programme;
• industrial partners, particularly those which are engaged in the IET's Business Partners programme and
• schools, where IET local members participate in the STEM Ambassadors scheme.

Southern Region

The Solent Network together with the Hampshire North and the Dorset & South Wiltshire local networks form the IET Southern Region. This arrangement not only enhances working together but also provides opportunities for working with the communities in the IET's Knowledge Network on major regional events.

The Solent Network can be found on Twitter at http://twitter.com/IETSolent

The Solent Network Committee is concerned to try to reflect the interests of all members and is always glad to receive suggestions, constructive criticism and offers of help.  Contact either the Secretary or the Events Committee Chairman, as appropriate.