The majority of the talks in the
2026-27 season will be held in the Hub at the Pavilion on Park Drive, Hethersett, roughly every other Monday starting at 19.30.
Non-members are welcome to attend our meetings as guests, but are expected to join NES if they attend more than 3 meetings.
Since the first Covid lockdown, when we started to hold virtual meetings, meetings have been published live using Zoom
and can be watched afterwards on Youtube using the links in Past Events.
For all meetings, a link to the Zoom meeting will be emailed out in advance of the meeting, to members for whom we have current email addresses.
Any member wishing to take part in a talk via Zoom is advised to download the 'Zoom' client,
if they don't already have the app, onto their computer/tablet/phone.
If you don't have one it takes much longer to join a meeting!
Mon 12th October 2026 at 19:30, Zoom
Council: Council Meeting
by The President,
Mon 19th October 2026 at 19:30, Hethersett Hub + Zoom
Talk: Met Office and beyond
by Steve Palmer, Met Office (rtd)
Summary: Over a long and generally unplanned career, Steve has been interested in weather observations, how to take them and use them and the systems to make them useful to others. So this talk ranges from early equipment through to current systems, including the popular topic of TV weather presentation. Also thinking globally, with the World Meteorological Organization and in many developing countries and small islands.
Mon 2nd November 2026 at 19:30, Hethersett Hub + Zoom
Talk: AI - Myth and reality
by Andrew Breen, Consultant Engineer
Mon 16th November 2026 at 19:30, Hethersett Hub + Zoom
Talk: Creating an F1 engine in the turbo era
by Patrick Peal, Consultant Engineer
Summary:
In the 1980s, F1 heralded some of the highest specific output internal combustion engines since WW2. This talk will give some insights into how Lotus set about designing and building one such engine for a major automaker - but it never saw the light of day. And what was the connection with Iran? Come along and find out!
Mon 30th November 2026 at 19:30, Hethersett Hub + Zoom
Talk: (prov)Keeping a cruise ship sailing safely on the high seas
by Capt Steve Holland, Captain, Princess Cruise Lines
Mon 14th December 2026 at 19:30, Hethersett Hub + Zoom
Talk: Coming soon
by Mel Swift, Head of Electrical Operations GTC-UK
Mon 11th January 2027 at 19:30, Zoom
Council: Council Meeting
by The President,
Mon 25th January 2027 at 19:30, Hethersett Hub + Zoom
Talk: Machine Vision, Past, Present and Future - a personal perspective
by Dr Stephen Impey, Senior Engineer, Lake Image Systems
Summary: Will be available soon.
Mon 8th February 2027 at 19:30, Hethersett Hub + Zoom
Talk: Designing, Constructing, Testing and Operating a Satellite System
by Dr Will OConnor,
Mon 22nd February 2027 at 19:30, Hethersett Hub + Zoom
Talk: Coming soon
by Sean Holden,
Mon 8th March 2027 at 19:30, Hethersett Hub + Zoom
Talk: AI - ups and downs
by Dr Jacob Newman, School of Computing Sciences, UEA
Summary: Not yet available
Mon 22nd March 2027 at 19:30, Hethersett Hub + Zoom
Talk: TBA
by TBA,
Mon 29th March 2027 at 19:30, Zoom
Council: Council Meeting
by The President,
Mon 5th April 2027 at 19:30, Hethersett Hub + Zoom
AGM: AGM+short talks
by TBA,
