Events

From technical group webinars and global institute webinars to branch activities featuring technical talks, visits, and social events, you’ll find plenty of opportunities to grow both your professional and social networks.

Forthcoming events:

Upcoming events

    • 16 Apr 2026
    • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    • The York Room, Lancaster Hall Hotel, 35 Craven Terrace, London W2 3EL/Online (TEAMS)
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    London Branch April Technical Presentation (in-person and online)

    Composite Repairs for damaged pipework - approvals, methodology, and application


    The Welding Institute London Branch invite you to their April Technical Presentation: 


    What will the event cover?

    The use of composite materials for the repair and rehabilitation of damaged pipework had become an increasingly critical solution within the Oil and Gas industry, enabling significant reductions in downtime, cost, and operational disruption.

    Download poster here:


    Meet the speaker: 

    Stuart McKay is the Engineering Manager for Europe, Middle East, and Asia at CSNI Composites Branch.


    Benefits from attending the event:

    • Information transfer from experts
    • Discussion, questions and answers on the specific topics
    • A broader understanding of the extent of standards in the industry
    • Attendance of this event qualifies for CPD 

      Continuing Professional Development (CPD):

      The Welding Institute awards points towards CPD for delegates attending this webinar. Every hour attendance of an event will earn 2 points towards your continuing professional development.

      • 17 Apr 2026
      • 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
      • Middlesbrough Football Club, Riverside Stadium, Middlehaven Way, Middlesbrough TS3 6RS


      Teesside Branch 71st Annual Dinner

       

      The Welding Institute Teesside Branch invite you to their 71st Annual Dinner


      Location: Legends' Lounge, Middlesborough Football Club


      Timings: 1900hrs arrival for 1930hrs dinner


      Dress: Lounge suits


      Tickets: £50 


      For more information and payment details please download the invite here or email teessidebranch@theweldinginstitute.com

      • 21 Apr 2026
      • 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      • Online (Teams)
      • 0
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      Membership Matters

      As part of our Membership Matters campaign, we are pleased to open the next session of Professional Membership Pathways: Your Next Step (previously known as CV Clinics) for registration. 

      This is a fantastic opportunity to get expert, one-to-one support with your membership journey.

      Whether you're just starting to think about applying for Professional Membership or you're ready to go, these sessions are here to help you put your best foot forward.

      What’s Included?

      • 20 minute one-to-one session with our Membership Officer
      • Insights into how we assess qualifications
      • Support with choosing the right route to membership
      • Answers to your questions about the process and timelines

      Who Should Attend?

      Any members considering Professional Membership or Engineering Council registration. Whether you're just curious or ready to apply – we’re here to support your journey.

      Please ensure you are logged in to book this appointment. 

      Register Now 
      • 22 Apr 2026
      • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
      • Online only
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      Wales and Northumbria Branch Technical Presentation: Improving National Welding Capability


      The Welding Institute Wales and Northumbria Branches invite you to their April technical presentation:  Improving National Welding Capability (NWC) through Education, Training, Skills, and Careers

      What will the event cover:

      The International Institute of Welding (IIW) recently published its NWC guidance note implementing the Educations, Training, Skills, and Careers Building Block authored by Chris Smallbone with the next NWC guidance note - Implementing the Technology Transfer and Diffusion Building Block (to be published soon):  https://iiwelding.org/iiw-jointothefuture/nwc-gn/


      This presentation will highlight some of the strategies and actions which can assist individuals, organisations, and countries to improve the national welding capability and benefit through enhanced skills, employment opportunities and security in various forms:


      • The need to create a national model and plan to implement the Education, Training, Qualification, and Certification (ETQC), Skills and Careers NWC building block.
      • The plan-on-a-page approach to ETQC, Skills, and Careers as well as technology transfer and diffusion.
      • Analyses of industry's needs in terms of welding related personnel and companies including the Welding Co-ordination Team (WCT) in line with ISO 14731 and ISO 3834.
      • Industry Sectoral Project (ISP) approaches including establishing sector demands.
      • The creation of formal networks of competent education, training, and career providers.
      • A situation analysis of all education, training, qualification, and certification centres including how they would meet future technological directions.
      • Upgrading of resources including trainers, educational materials, facilities, and equipment.
      • The ideal practical welding training centre.

      Our industry expert:

      Chris Smallbone FWeldI, FIIW

      Meet the speaker:

      Chris Smallbone has been at the forefront of many unique and pioneering major innovations, including a Executive Director, building up two world-class national welding institutes South African Institute of Welding (SAIW) (1980-1993), and Welding Technology Institute of Australia (WTIA) (1995-2014).

      In the International Institute of Welding (IIW) he has played pivotal roles including major accomplishments and technical impacts across many fronts including being IIW president (2005-2008) and leading various IIW Education, Training, Qualifications, and Certification groups from 1992 to 2017 on the IIW Board, the IIW IAB, Commission XIV, and the ongoing National Welding Capability (NWC) project in working group regional activities.

      Benefits from attending the event:

      • Information transfer from experts
      • Discussion, questions and answers on the specific topics
      • A broader understanding of the extent of standards in the industry
      • Attendance of this event qualifies for CPD 

      Continuing Professional Development (CPD):

      The Welding Institute awards points towards CPD for delegates attending this webinar. Every hour attendance of an event will earn 2 points towards your continuing professional development.

      • 27 Apr 2026
      • 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
      • TWI Technology Centre, Wallis Way, Catcliffe, Rotherham S60 5TZ
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      Sheffield Branch Presentation: TWI's Research Programme and its Impact on Industry


      What will the event cover:

      Research at TWI: Past, Present, and Future:

      TWI’s research addresses challenges in the successful industrialisation of material systems, from manufacture, though operation, to decommissioning and recycling. Welding and allied technologies enable the design and manufacture of a wide range of high integrity components, structures and systems that would otherwise be unachievable. However, when welded, materials become more susceptible to failure via a variety of mechanisms localised at the joints. Pushing the boundaries of welding, joining and surface engineering is at the heart of TWI’s service to Members, whilst establishing pragmatic solutions to the avoidance of weld failure is critical for the safety and commercial viability of engineered systems. The presentation gives an overview of the past, present and future of TWI's research activity, including looking at developments in process technology and assurance that ‘flaws’ can be managed safely.


      Our industry expert:

      Dr Paul Woollin FREng, FWeldI, FIMMM, Chief Technology and Quality Assurance Officer at TWI Ltd

      Meet the speaker:

      Paul Woollin is Chief Technology and Quality Assurance Officer TWI Ltd, responsible for setting the research direction and technical quality standards of services provided to TWI’s Members worldwide. He joined TWI in 1992 and was appointed to the Executive Board in 2010. His research concentrates on the integrity of welds, particularly in stainless steels, including the generation of data and microstructure-performance relationships that underpin standards for the avoidance of hydrogen induced stress cracking in ferritic-austenitic stainless steels.

      Benefits from attending the event:

      • Information transfer from experts
      • Discussion, questions and answers on the specific topics
      • A broader understanding of the extent of standards in the industry
      • Attendance of this event qualifies for CPD 

      Continuing Professional Development (CPD):

      The Welding Institute awards points towards CPD for delegates attending this webinar. Every hour attendance of an event will earn 2 points towards your continuing professional development.

      • 28 Apr 2026
      • 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
      • Online only
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      Northumbria Branch Online Presentation: Friction Stir Welding - Past and Future



      The Northumbria Branch invite you to their April online technical presentation


      What will the event cover:

      This presentation will explain the principles behind friction stir welding (FSW), provide a review of the latest industrial applications, leading onto new developments being undertaken to extend the range of materials, joint configurations and materials thicknesses currently being welded in industry.

      Our industry expert:


      Jonathan Martin CEng FWeldI


      Meet the speaker:


      Jonathan Martin is a Friction Stir Welding and Processing Fellow at TWI.  Jonathan joined TWI in 2005 and has more than 25 years’ of experience in Friction Stir Welding activities. A metallurgist by training but over the years has gained experience in all aspects of FSW including participating in FSW standard working groups, developing FSW training courses and delivering engineering solutions across the world. Currently Chair of IIW C-III-B-WG-B6, ISO Standard for Friction Stir Welding of Steel. Since 2008, he has run the International Symposium on Friction Stir Welding and has published/presented over 40 scientific research reports and papers.


      Benefits from attending the event:


      • Information transfer from experts
      • Discussion, questions and answers on the specific topics
      • A broader understanding of the extent of standards in the industry
      • Attendance of this event qualifies for CPD 

        Continuing Professional Development (CPD):


        The Welding Institute awards points towards CPD for delegates attending this webinar. Every hour attendance of an event will earn 2 points towards your continuing professional development.

        • 30 Apr 2026
        • 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
        • Online (Teams)
        • 380
        Register

        What will you learn?

        This is a back-to-basics webinar, looking at the fundamental reasons for the difficulties and challenges faced when fusion welding the aluminium alloy. Methods of overcoming the problems of strength loss, oxide film removal, porosity and hot cracking will be covered, together with the sources of useful and helpful additional information .


        Who should attend?

        Welding engineers and managers, project and production engineers, designers, quality assurance and control personnel, welders and welding apprentices.

        Don't miss this opportunity to upskill, ask questions and gain clarity on an essential aspect of your role.


        Meet the speaker:

        EUR ING Gene Mathers CEng, MSc, Dip IIM, FWeldI, EWE, IWE

        Consultant, Chair of The Welding Institutes Technical Group 2

        Gene has over 40 years industrial experience working in pipeline, power generation, heavy engineering, nuclear and the pressure vessel fabrication industries. He worked for NEI-International Combustion Ltd. as the company’s Welding and Metallurgy Manager and latterly Quality Manager for some 10 years before joining TWI Ltd in 1991 as Manager, School of Welding Technology, where he controlled and administered courses ranging from hands on skills training to classroom based welding engineering courses for postgraduate engineers.

        He then moved into the role of Principal Consultant in the Manufacturing Services Group before taking retirement in 2007. Since then he has provided a welding engineering consultancy service as a private consultant.


        Please note that payment must be made before the event in order to receive the joining instructions for the event.

        Fees:

        Category Price
        Professional Members of The Welding Institute – AWeldI £25 + VAT (£30)
        TechWeldI / MWeldI / FWeldI Free
        Industrial Members of TWI Ltd £25 + VAT (£30)
        Non-members £95 + VAT (£114)
        Retired Members £25 + VAT (£30)
        Student Associate Members (The Welding Institute) £25 + VAT (£30)
        TWI Staff Free
        TWI Training Customers £75 + VAT (£90)
        TWI Training School Customers with The Welding Institute membership (within last 12 months) Free:  Please contact us with your Training Customer ID Number and membership number


        Can’t Attend Live?

        No problem - if you can’t join us on the day, you won’t miss out. By registering in advance and completing payment, you’ll receive full access to the webinar recording after the event, along with any presentation materials (subject to presenter consent).

        Please note: access to the recording and materials is only available to free and paid registrants.

        Associate Membership (AWeldI) of The Welding Institute

        Registering on this Technical Group webinar as a non-member or a TWI Training Customer without Professional Membership gives you full Associate Membership (AWeldI) for one year. To activate your membership, just complete the highlighted fields on the event registration form.

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        • 18 May 2026
        • 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
        • Online only
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        Sheffield Branch Presentation: The Evolution of the Mobile Access Tower T-Joint and its Welding Processes



        The Sheffield Branch invite you to their May online technical presentation


        What will the event cover:


        The Evolution of the Mobile Access Tower T-Joint and its Welding Processes.  Werner UK is a well established Aluminium Mobile Access Tower Manufacturer, over the years our associated businesses have pioneered various techniques of joining the towers together, through simple heavy duty castings or pressings using TIG welding through to now fully automated robotic cells using the latest MIG processes.


        Our industry expert:


        Neil Terry, Quality Manager and Weld Co-ordination at Werner UK Sales and Distribution Limited


        Meet the speaker:


        Neil holds a BSc in Manufacturing Systems Management and has worked at NELP, MK Electric, Automotive subcontractor to Ford GM and in the speaker industry. Having been with Werner for 26 years specialising in aluminium welding of mobile access towers, scaffolding equipment and manufacturing quality engineering. Also qualified to IWS and EWS 2011, as well as certified the business to Level 2 red dye PT and VT SNTC1A specific to our welding processing and practices 2011. Subsequently certified the business to Zulassung Typenprufung FMPA 2006, DIN 4113-3 2009 SLV then obsoletion of standard to EN 1090-1 and 3, 2017 EN ISO 3834-2 2013 TUV UK. Neil has also worked in the following areas: MOD project coordination and submission; Supplier Quality Auditor Europe, Asia; Outsourcing Manufacturing projects India, Asia Europe and UAE; and Type approval testing projects for Access Equipment and Lighting. TUV, BSI, NF, RDW, RIISE and FMPA.


        Benefits from attending the event:


        • Information transfer from experts
        • Discussion, questions and answers on the specific topics
        • A broader understanding of the extent of standards in the industry
        • Attendance of this event qualifies for CPD 

          Continuing Professional Development (CPD):


          The Welding Institute awards points towards CPD for delegates attending this webinar. Every hour attendance of an event will earn 2 points towards your continuing professional development.

          • 13 Jun 2026
          • 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
          • The Tank Museum, Bovington, DORSET, BH20 6JG


          Virtual Welding Competition


          Southern Counties Branch invite you to their Annual Virtual Welding Competition:

          The competition will take place on Saturday 13 June 2026 from 1000hrs at The Tank Museum, Bovington, DORSET, BH20 6JG.  

          Poster can be downloaded here:

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