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• Wales Branch Annual General Meeting 2026 (online only)

  • When
    14 Jan 2026
  •  
    6:00 PM - 7:15 PM
  • Location
    Online only

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  Wales Branch Annual General Meeting (2026) (online only)

  
  

  The Welding Institute Wales Branch invite you to their AGM:

  The AGM will take place on 14 January 2026 at 6pm online only

  Benefits from attending the AGM:

  • Have your say in the running of the Branch
  • To offer ideas and support
  • Help shape the future of branch events and activities
  • Ensure the continued success of the branch
  • 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.

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• Southern Counties Branch Annual General Meeting (2026) and Technical Presentation on Diffusion Bonding

  • When
    15 Jan 2026
  •  
    7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    King Rufus Pub, 135 Winchester Road, Chandlers Ford, Eastleigh SO53 2DU
  • Spaces left
    30

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  Southern Counties Branch Annual General Meeting 2026 and

  Technical Presentation on Diffusion Bonding:  Applications and Latest Developments

  
  

  The Welding Institute Southern Counties Branch invite you to their AGM:

  The AGM will take place on 15 January 2026 at 7pm at the King Rufus Pub, 135 Winchester Road, Chandlers Ford, Eastleigh SO53 2DU.  Following on from the AGM there will be a Technical Presentation.

  Industry expert will be presenting on:

  Diffusion Bonding: Applications and Latest Developments

  Presentation Overview:

  Diffusion bonding is normally used to bond the alloys, composites, and ceramics which cannot be joined using conventional welding processes such as arc or laser welding.  Applications of solid-state diffusion bonding of similar or dissimilar alloys and latest developments in the field will be outlined.  Exemplary applications include fabrication of key components for vaccine sterilisers during the COVID-19 pandemic and sapphire-based chips to study biological samples under 1000 bar hydrostatic pressure.

  Some samples will be available for viewing.

  
  

  The presentation should be of interest to academics and particularly the research engineers who are looking for new value-based manufacturing processes.

  Meet the speaker:

  Dr Amir Shirzadi Director at Cambridge Joining Technology Limited.  

  Speaker details:

  Dr Amir Shirzadi has a PhD in Diffusion Bonding from the University of Cambridge and holds several patents in the field.  He has established a state-of-the-art laboratory in Cambridge where he develops novel methods for joining un-weldable materials.  He is a Chartered Engineer and also a Fellow of The Welding Institute, The Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (IoM3) as well as a Visiting Fellow of The Open University.

  Benefits from attending the AGM:

  • Have your say in the running of the Branch
  • To offer ideas and support
  • Help shape the future of branch events and activities
  • Ensure the continued success of the branch
  • Attendance of this event qualifies for CPD 

  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.  

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• North Western Branch Annual General Meeting (2026)

  • When
    21 Jan 2026
  •  
    5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    Four Alls Inn, Higham Hall Rd, Higham, Burnley BB12 9EZ
  • Spaces left
    30

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  North Western Branch Annual General Meeting 2026 

  
  

  The Welding Institute North Western Branch invite you to their AGM:

  The AGM will take place on 21 January 2026 at 5.30pm at the Four Alls Inn, Higham Hall Rd, Higham, Burnley BB12 9EZ.  

  Benefits from attending the AGM:

  • Have your say in the running of the Branch
  • To offer ideas and support
  • Help shape the future of branch events and activities
  • Ensure the continued success of the branch
  • 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.  

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• Northumbria Branch In-person Event combined with the IMechE: Getting the most out of failures

  • When
    22 Jan 2026
  •  
    6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Neville Hall, The Common Room of the Great North, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 1SE
  • Spaces left
    44

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  Northumbria Branch In-person Event combined with the IMechE:

  Getting the most out of failures

  What will the event cover?

  This talk will discuss what we can learn from analysing weld failures to help us avoid them in the future and prevent problems with operational plant.

  What will you learn?

  Failure investigation is only a small, but essential part of the root cause analysis process.  This presentation highlights the difference between failure investigation and root cause analysis, considers the methodology of a failure investigation, and using examples, covers some of the pitfalls related to interpreting the data arising from failure investigations.  Some of the challenges associated with failures which occur frequently, or occurred due to repairs being carried out without investigation of the failure are also considered.

  

  Our industry expert:

  Joanna Nicholas, Consultant Welding Engineer at TWI Ltd

  Meet the speaker: 

  Joanna joined TWI Ltd in 1999, and has been involved in research, materials selection, and failure investigations, mainly with ferritic steels, alongside welding consultancy.  She has also been involved in various aspects of computer modelling of weld phenomena and welding software supporting standardisation of weld procedures and welder qualifications.

  Joanna has a broad knowledge of ferritic steels with particular emphasis on hydrogen cracking and hydrogen diffusion, HAZ hardness, mooring chains, fasteners, in-service welding and 9% Ni steels.  She has carried out numerous investigations in these areas including failure investigation as well as production qualification and research.

  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.

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• The Welding Institute Scottish Branch 52nd Annual Charity Dinner in aid of The Kris Boyd Charity

  • When
    6 Feb 2026
  •  
    7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
  • Location
    Radisson Blu Hotel, 301 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G2 8DL

  
  

  Scottish Branch 52nd Annual Charity Dinner in aid of The Kris Boyd Charity

   

  The Welding Institute Scottish Branch invite you to their 52nd Annual Dinner in aid of The Kris Boyd Charity

  
  

  

  You can find out more about the charity here:

  
  

  https://www.thekrisboydcharity.co.uk/who-we-are/
  

  
  

  Event Speakers:

  
  

  Toast to The Welding Institute/TWI: 

  Mr Ian Limpitlaw EWE IWE (Chairperson The Welding Institute Scottish Branch)

  
  

  Reply from TWI: 

  Dr Caroline Gumble (CEO TWI)

  
  

  Toast to the City of Glasgow: 

  A. Hakan Gonenc CEng MSc EWE IWE (President The Welding Institute Scottish Branch)

  
  

  Football Q&A Session: 

  Mr Arthur Numan (Former player with Glasgow Rangers Football Club)

  Mr Aiden McGeady (Former player with Celtic Football Club)

  Mr Mark Guidi (Football writer)

  
  

  Reply to the City of Glasgow: 

  Mr Jim Leishman (Retired Football Player/Manager and Provost of Fife)

  
  

  For more information and to book please get in touch with Iain MacLeod Scottish Branch Secretary via email:  iain.macleod@msn.com

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• Sheffield Branch Technical Presentation and Annual General Meeting (2026) (In-person only)

  • When
    23 Feb 2026
  •  
    6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    TWI Technology Centre, Wallis Way, Catcliffe, Rotherham S60 5TZ

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  Sheffield Branch Technical Presentation:  Insights into the welding of plastic and

  Annual General Meeting (2026) (In-person only)

  
  

  The Welding Institute Sheffield Branch invite you a Technical Presentation followed by their 2026 AGM:

  The Presentation and AGM will take place on 23 February 2026 at 6pm at TWI Technology Centre, Wallis Way, Catcliffe, Rotherham, S60 5TZ

  Presentation:  Insights into the welding of plastic

  What the presentation will cover/what you will learn:  

  
  

  Part 1: Identifies the two key structural features controlling the behaviour of polyethylene (PE) materials.  This is to assist pure metallurgists.

  Part 2: Looks at the behaviour of welds on thin (30um) PE films, and how molecular weight is key to their behaviour.

  Part 3: Explores ho the molecular weight of PE used to manufacture pressure pipes has profound influence on the toughness of welds made between pipes.

  Part 4: Discusses the different welding conditions used by the UK gas and water industries for pressure pipes made from the same PR materials, suggesting that harmonisation of the welding parameters can bring benefits to both utilities.

  Industry Expert:  Jeremy Bowman, Retired, PEW Training Ltd

  Meet the Speaker:  Jeremy Bowman has a first degree in metallurgy and materials science and a PhD from Liverpool University for work on polymer processing.  He was for 11 years a lecturer in materials science at Brunel University, then worked for 25 years in polyethylene pipe manufacturing companies.  From 1994 to 2000, he was on the Research Board of TWI Ltd, and was also co-chairperson of two international conferences on plastic pipes.  He has multiple papers and three patents to his name; one patent for artificial bone was exploited to aid the recovery of hearing.

  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 

  Benefits from attending the AGM:

  • Have your say in the running of the Branch
  • To offer ideas and support
  • Help shape the future of branch events and activities
  • Ensure the continued success of the branch
  • 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.  

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• The Welding Institute Teesside Branch 71st Annual Dinner

  • When
    17 Apr 2026
  •  
    7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
  • Location
    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

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