Details of this conference are given below.  If you would like to attend, please contact me for details and a booking form.

 

Anne Locker
IET Archivist

The Institution of Engineering and Technology
www.theiet.org/archives

Savoy Place
London
WC2R 0BL
United Kingdom

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Gwahoddiad - Invitation

 

34th IET Summer Weekend Meeting on the History of Science and Technology

 

7th-9th July 2006 at the University of Wales, Swansea

 

The IET History Group and the University of Wales, Swansea, would like to invite you to the 34^th Summer Weekend Meeting on the History of Science and Technology.  This annual event attracts IET members and non-members interested in the history of science, engineering and technology.

 

Themes this year include the 50th anniversary of the first transatlantic telephone cable (TAT 1), engineering in wartime, rural power supplies and TV standards conversion.  There will also be papers on other subjects related to the history of science, engineering and technology.  A full programme will be issued to delegates in due course.

 

The University of Wales, Swansea

The University of Wales, Swansea hosted a previous History Weekend in 1989, organised by Vivian Phillips and the late Roy Barker. The Campus and the City have both seen substantial changes since 1989, including a new National Waterfront Museum, opened in September 2005. The lecture session normally held after dinner on the Saturday will take place instead in the late afternoon at the historic Swansea Museum, (formerly the Royal Institution of South Wales). There will be an informal trip to the power station of the Mumbles Railway on Friday afternoon.

 

Getting there

Swansea is on the main railway line from Paddington, and the journey time is just under three hours. The M4 passes a few miles to the North of Swansea and is easily accessed. The University is located on the seafront at the centre of Swansea Bay, about two miles from the railway station.

 

Accommodation

Swansea is a campus-based university and the halls, catering facilities, and lecture rooms are all very close together. Accommodation will be in a new en-suite hall of residence about 150m from the lecture room. Lectures will take place in the Faraday Lecture Theatre, part of the School of Engineering.

 

PROGRAMME

 

Friday 7th July

1400-1700         Arrive on campus. Reception area in foyer of Faraday Building.

 

1500     Afternoon trip to Blackpill for early arrivals. Bus to Blackpill, tea and biscuits at the former power station for the Mumbles Railway. Meet with local historian from the  Swansea Museum for brief history of Mumbles Railway. Return to Campus at 4:30pm.

 

1700-1800         Registration in the foyer of the Faraday Building.

 

1830-1930         Informal conference dinner, Fulton House.

 

1945-2130         Session 1, Faraday Lecture Theatre.

 

Saturday, 8th July

0800                 Breakfast, Fulton House

 

0900-1030         Session 2, Faraday Lecture Theatre

 

1030-1100         Coffee Break, Foyer of Faraday Building

 

1100 -1230        Session 3, Faraday Lecture Theatre.

 

1230                 Lunch, Fulton House

 

1330     Meet bus outside Fulton House (1.5 miles trip).  Assemble in National Waterfront Museum at 1400 for welcome from the Director, followed by tour

 

1530                 Walk to Royal Institution of South Wales (RISW) via Transport Annex

 

1600                 Tea and cakes at the RISW, welcome from Collections Officer, Bernice Cardy

 

1630-1800         Session 4 at the RISW lecture theatre

 

1815                 Bus back to Campus

 

1930                 Conference dinner, Castle Room, Fulton House

 

Sunday, 9th July

0800                 Breakfast, Fulton House

 

0900-1030         Session 5, Faraday Lecture Theatre

 

1030                 Coffee Break, Foyer of Faraday Building

 

1100-1230         Session 6, Faraday Lecture Theatre

 

1230                 Lunch, Fulton House  (end of conference)