Thursday 24 October 2013 | Royal Institution, London, UK
Free to attend
The lecture and drinks are free of charge for members and non-members of the IET but registration is required to secure your place at this popular event.
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Previous speakers
This section provides a complete list of the past speakers at this Prestige Lecture. You can also find links to related media for some of the more recent lectures.
Past speakers 2005 - 2012
Following a re-brand in 2005, the Young Professionals' Event changed format to a single annual event.
Year | Speaker | Title of lecture | Media |
| 2012 | Eben Upton, Founder of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, SoC Architect at Broadcom
| Inspiring future generations with open hardware - the Raspberry Pi | IET.tv Flyer (PDF) |
| 2011 | Warren East, Chief Executive Officer, ARM
| Digital life on the go - the future of handheld devices
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| 2010 | Professor David M. Howard
| Music technology now and in the future
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| 2009 | Dr Tara Shears
| Back to the Big Bang: The Large Hadron Collider
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| 2008 | Anthony Rose
| Downloading Top Gear Legally: Why I Joined The BBC
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| 2007 | Mike Froggatt
| Game Over …? The Future of Gaming
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| 2006 | Nick Ross
| Murder, Rape and Burglary - How Engineers and Scientists can Help
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| 2005 | Ian Watts
| Direct Your Career: Professional Development with Robots in Action
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Past speakers on tour 1992 - 2004
During this period each lecture toured across the UK.
Tour period | Speaker | Title of lecture | Media |
| 2002 - 2004 | Dr Jon Holt
| There's a Little Engineer in Everyone - Dispelling Engineering Mythconceptions
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| 2001 - 2003 | Jeremy Bliss
| Thrust SSC
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| 2000 - 2002 | Paul Jessop
| Music, Media, Locks and Keys - Protecting the Future of Rock and Roll
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| 1999 - 2001 | Dr Peter N J Dennis
| Seeing in the Dark - An Introduction to Thermal Imaging
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| 1999 - 2000 | Dr Richard Reilly
| Don’t Touch the Computer - Developments in Non-Physical Computer Interaction
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| 1998 - 1999 | Professor Malcolm McCormick MEng FIEE MIMF
| 3D TV - A Virtual Reality
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| 1996 - 1998 | Professor Martin Smith
| From Homo Sapiens to Robo Sapiens - the Future of Artificial Life, Robots and Humans
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| 1995 - 1996 | Chris Hook
| The Cost of Computer Crime
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| 1994 | Dr A J Iles
| Special Effects for Film and Television
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| 1992 -1994 | Professor Robert J Stone
| Whatever Happened to Virtual Reality?
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