The Welding Institute upcoming events

Wales Branch Technical Visit: TWI Port Talbot (4 Nov 2026)

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 17:30:00 GMT

The Welding Institute Wales Branch invite you to a technical visit: TWI Technology Centre (Wales)

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS AN IN-PERSON EVENT ONLY

Downloadable poster here:

Industry Representative:

Nathan Hartley

Benefits from attending the event:

Attend in-person For a friendly, low-pressure way to see what the branch is like (come along even if you don’t know anyone.)
Meet local peers and make useful connections wherever you join from. It’s a welcoming, inclusive space for new voices and first-time attendees.
Practical takeaways you can use straight away, shared by people working in the industry right now.
Interactive discussion and Q&A with questions taken from the room. Bring your real questions and get honest, helpful answers.
Get involved at your own pace. Attend in-person to see what events and branches are like, and then you can help shape what the branch does next.

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.

Teesside Branch Online Technical Presentation: An Overview of WeldNet (9 Nov 2026)

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 18:00:00 GMT

The Teesside Branch invite you to their November online technical presentation: An Overview of WeldNet

Presentation overview:

In this session, Ben Unthank introduces WeldNet, the welding management platform he founded and is building, and the thinking behind it.

Ben will tell the story from the welder's side of the bench to founder, explain why he started building it, show where the build has reached with a preview of the procedure and qualification chain, and set out what is coming next. WeldNet is still in build, so this is an early and candid look at the direction, with time for questions and discussion.

What will the event cover:

WeldNet is a welding management platform for regulated projects where it is not enough to say a weld is done: you have to prove it. One system carries a project from personnel and drawings through the weld register, WPS and WPQR, welder qualification and validation, material and consumable certificates, inspection, NDE and PWHT planning, work packs, execution, results and repair, to a lifetime quality record generated by the work rather than assembled afterwards. Ben, a welder turned welding engineer and founder, will share where WeldNet came from, the philosophy behind it, where the build stands and what is coming.

Meet the speaker:

Ben Unthank IEng MWeldI IWE/EWE Company Founder/Director of WeldNet

Our industry expert:

Ben Unthank IEng MWeldI IWE/EWE began his career as a welder and has spent more than 25 years working through every layer of the trade: repair supervisor, inspector, welding engineer, Responsible Welding Coordinator, QA/QC lead, works manager and quality manager, across power generation, oil and gas, LNG, offshore and nuclear in the UK and Europe. He is currently Senior Welding Engineer at Hinkley Point C, runs his own welding and quality consultancy, and is the founder of WeldNet, the welding management platform he is building to give regulated projects one system for welds, qualifications, materials, inspection and lifetime quality records.

Benefits from attending the event:

Join online A friendly, low-pressure way to see what the branch is like (join even if you don’t know anyone.)
Meet peers virtually and make useful connections wherever you join from. It’s a welcoming, inclusive space for new voices and first-time attendees.
Practical takeaways you can use straight away, shared by people working in the industry right now. Accessible to all members.
Interactive discussion and Q&A with questions taken from the online chat. Bring your real questions and get honest, helpful answers.
Get involved at your own pace. Attend online, and help shape what the branch does next.

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.

London Branch November Technical Presentation (in-person and online): Friction Welding - From Process Understanding to Application (11 Nov 2026)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 18:00:00 GMT

The London Branch invite you to their November hybrid Technical Presentation given by Dr Anthony McAndrew BEng PhD CEng MWeldI, Business Development Lead at KUKA Systems UK Ltd.

Download poster here:

Benefits from attending the event:

Join in person or online A friendly, low-pressure way to see what the branch is like (come along even if you don’t know anyone.)
Meet local peers and make useful connections wherever you join from. It’s a welcoming, inclusive space for new voices and first-time attendees.
Practical takeaways you can use straight away, shared by people working in the industry right now. Accessible to both room and remote attendees.
Interactive discussion and Q&A with questions taken from the room and the online chat. Bring your real questions and get honest, helpful answers.
Get involved at your own pace. Attend once online first, or come in person when you’re ready, and help shape what the branch does next.

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.

Northumbria Branch Online Presentation: Professional Membership and Engineering Council Registration through The Welding Institute (11 Nov 2026)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT

The Northumbria Branch invite you to their November online presentation: Professional Membership and Engineering Council Registration through The Welding Institute

What will the event cover:

This technical presentation will introduce all membership grades of The Welding Institute (AWeldI, TechWeldI, MWeldI, and FWeldI) and the pathway to progress through these. We will also cover Engineering Council Registration Grades (EngTech, IEng, and CEng) and other international grades (EUR ING, IntPE) which can be achieved through The Welding Institute.

Our industry expert:

Georgia C Griffiths MEng(Open) IEng MIET MWES AWeldI

Meet the speaker:

Georgia is an electronics engineer by background, having spent 26 years in the Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers starting off on the workshop floor repairing Surface-to-air missile systems, but quickly working her way through promotion and management courses. This led to managing her own workshop on a number of occasions including high intensity operations abroad. During this time Georgia completed a HND in Electronic and Electrical Engineering, following by an BEng (Hons) and MEng with the Open University and successfully gaining IEng registration with The Institution Engineering and Technology. Once successfully registered, she then started volunteering for The IET conducting Professional Review Interviews. Upon leaving the Army, Georgia carried out a number of roles for the NHS, but when an opportunity arose to work for The IET she jumped at the chance and worked as the Senior Registration and Standards Advisor in the Registrations Team for 4 years. This then led nicely into her current role as the Volunteer and Engagement Advisor with The Welding Institute.

Benefits from attending the event:

Join online A friendly, low-pressure way to see what the branch is like (join even if you don’t know anyone.)
Meet peers virtually and make useful connections wherever you join from. It’s a welcoming, inclusive space for new voices and first-time attendees.
Practical takeaways you can use straight away, shared by people working in the industry right now. Accessible to all members.
Interactive discussion and Q&A with questions taken from the online chat. Bring your real questions and get honest, helpful answers.
Get involved at your own pace. Attend online, and help shape what the branch does next.

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.

Eastern Counties Branch Online Presentation: Energy Storage Solutions (18 Nov 2026)

Wed, 18 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT

The Eastern Counties Branch invite you to their November online technical presentation: Energy Storage Solutions

Download the poster here:

Benefits from attending the event:

Join online A friendly, low-pressure way to see what the branch is like (join even if you don’t know anyone.)
Meet peers virtually and make useful connections wherever you join from. It’s a welcoming, inclusive space for new voices and first-time attendees.
Practical takeaways you can use straight away, shared by people working in the industry right now. Accessible to all members.
Interactive discussion and Q&A with questions taken from the online chat. Bring your real questions and get honest, helpful answers.
Get involved at your own pace. Attend online, and help shape what the branch does next.

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.

Scottish Branch November In-person Technical Presentation on Weld Purging - Best Practices and Techniques (19 Nov 2026)

Thu, 19 Nov 2026 19:00:00 GMT

The Welding Institute Scottish Branch invite you to their November Technical Presentation:

The presentation will take place on Thursday 19 November 2026 at 7pm at Double Tree by Hilton, Glasgow Central, 36 Cambridge Street, GLASGOW, G2 3HN.

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS AN IN-PERSON EVENT ONLY

Presentation Overview:

The Presentation will be on Weld Purging - Best Practices and Techniques for Zero Colour Welds

Our industry expert:

Luke Keane is the Director of Huntingdon Fusion Techniques

Benefits from attending the event:

Attend in-person For a friendly, low-pressure way to see what the branch is like (come along even if you don’t know anyone.)
Meet local peers and make useful connections wherever you join from. It’s a welcoming, inclusive space for new voices and first-time attendees.
Practical takeaways you can use straight away, shared by people working in the industry right now.
Interactive discussion and Q&A with questions taken from the room. Bring your real questions and get honest, helpful answers.
Get involved at your own pace. Attend in-person to see what events and branches are like, and then you can help shape what the branch does next.

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.

Southern Counties Branch November In-person Technical Presentation: Catastrophic Failures - Revisiting the John Thompson Pressure Vessel (26 Nov 2026)

Thu, 26 Nov 2026 19:00:00 GMT

The Welding Institute Southern Counties Branch invite you to their November Technical Presentation: Catastropic Failures - Revisiting the John Thompson Pressure Vessel

The presentation will take place on 26 November 2026 at 7pm at King Rufus Pub, 135 Winchester Road, Chandlers Ford, Eastleigh SO53 2DU

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS AN IN-PERSON EVENT ONLY

Presentation Overview:

As engineers, we try at every stage to ensure that catastrophic failures don’t occur. This presentation revisits one of the key failures from 1965, after which many changes were made to ensure that such failures do not occur again.

John Thompson Pressure Vessel

Our industry expert:

EUR ING Joanna Nicholas CEng FWeldI, 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:

Attend in-person For a friendly, low-pressure way to see what the branch is like (come along even if you don’t know anyone.)
Meet local peers and make useful connections wherever you join from. It’s a welcoming, inclusive space for new voices and first-time attendees.
Practical takeaways you can use straight away, shared by people working in the industry right now.
Interactive discussion and Q&A with questions taken from the room. Bring your real questions and get honest, helpful answers.
Get involved at your own pace. Attend in-person to see what events and branches are like, and then you can help shape what the branch does next.

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.

Back-to-Basics: Fitness-For-Service Methodologies (27 Nov 2026)

Fri, 27 Nov 2026 09:30:00 GMT

What will you learn?

Across a range of industries, equipment operates at the limit of its design every day. In some cases, equipment may be operating outside its original design basis, whether due to higher operating loads, unexpected temperatures, or degraded material properties. Damage may have occurred over time, or fabrication flaws may have been uncovered during commissioning, threatening the integrity of the equipment.

Fitness-for-service methodologies allow engineers to take these “beyond design” considerations into account and determine whether equipment can continue to operate safely, without resorting to unnecessary repairs or shutdowns.

This presentation will provide an introduction to fitness-for-service methodologies, along with examples of how these techniques have been successfully applied.

Who should attend?

This presentation will be useful for engineers, operators and owners alike who are not familiar with fitness-for-service methodologies, to give them insight as to when it may be appropriate for these types of studies to be carried out, and what the benefits could be.

Meet the speaker:

Dr Rob Kulka

Section Manager – Fatigue and Fracture Integrity Management, TWI Ltd

Rob Kulka is a chartered mechanical engineer and undertook an engineering doctorate at the University of Manchester, developing the understanding of fracture mechanics behaviours in complex configurations. He has spent twenty years as a structural integrity expert and is now Section Manager for Fatigue and Fracture Integrity Management at TWI.

Rob has significant experience in analysis of material performance and the demonstration of structural integrity of components in the power, petrochemical, and transport industries, through the use of complex computational analysis, defect tolerance and design code assessments. He is an expert in a range of areas of structural integrity, including fitness-for-service.

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.

You will also benefit from:

Discounted registration fees for Technical Group events (£25 + VAT)
Free attendance at Branch events
Access to our knowledge database including our library and information services

Branches Online Presentation: Psychological Safety in Engineering: Creating the Conditions to Speak Up, Learn, and Perform (10 Dec 2026)

Thu, 10 Dec 2026 18:00:00 GMT

The Welding Institute extends an invite to all Branches for this completely different online presentation covering one of the 'softer skills' in engineering: Psychological Safety in Engineering: Creating the Conditions to Speak Up, Learn, and Perform

Presentation:

This is an interactive engineering-focused session exploring how psychological safety supports speaking up, learning, constructive challenge, and high performance.

Overview:

What happens when an engineer sees a concern but does not feel able to raise it? This session looks at psychological safety in engineering teams and why the ability to question, challenge, admit uncertainty and learn from mistakes matters. Drawing on Challenger, Google's Project Aristotle, and Royal Academy of Engineering work, the session connects the evidence to practical behavious that can strengthen technical decision-making, quality, learning and team performance.

Our industry expert:

Dr Gervasio (Gerry) Salerno, CEng MWeldI MRAeS

Special Processes and Manufacturing Laboratory Manager, ITP Aero UK

Meet the speaker:

Dr Gervasio (Gerry) Salerno, CEng MWeldI MRAeS, is a Special Processes and Manufacturing Laboratory Manager at ITP Aero UK. His career has developed from hands-on welding and manufacturing engineernig into technical and people leadership. He leads multidisciplinary engineering and laboratory activities supoprting special manufacturing processes and has a particular interest in how leadership communication and team culture influences engineering quality, learning, and performance.

Benefits from attending the event:

Join online A friendly, low-pressure way to see what the branch is like (join even if you don’t know anyone.)
Meet peers virtually and make useful connections wherever you join from. It’s a welcoming, inclusive space for new voices and first-time attendees.
Practical takeaways you can use straight away, shared by people working in the industry right now. Accessible to all members.
Interactive discussion and Q&A with questions taken from the online chat. Bring your real questions and get honest, helpful answers.
Get involved at your own pace. Attend online, and help shape what the branch does next.

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.