(MS Teams details will be emailed to all those who have registered)
Please join us to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Institute of Acoustics. This FREE event is hosted by Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) and is sponsored by the IOA and Pliteq UK Limited. The event will start with an informal lunch, followed by presentations, a hands-on workshop, and a tour of the BE-ST factory. Please note that online attendance will be limited to the 13:00-15:00 sessions.
12:30 Arrive for informal lunch
13:00 - 13:05 Welcome to our 50th anniversary event by Anne Budd (Scottish Branch Chair)
13:05 - 13:45 Recollections of 50 years of the IoA in Scotland (and beyond) from guest speakers (Dick Bowdler, Robin MacKenzie, Bob Craik, Murray Campbell)
13:45 - 14:15 Quantifying and Reducing Embodied Carbon in the Acoustic Design of Mass Timber Buildings (Tim Patzke, Acoustic Engineering Manager, Pliteq UK Limited)
14:15 - 15:00 Future Construction: The role of acoustic professionals (Professor Sean Smith, Chair of Future Construction, School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh)
15:00-16:00 (in person only) BE-ST factory tour and demonstrations
16:00 - 17:00 (in person only) Refreshments
Address
Getting there
Located 15 miles south-east of Glasgow on the A725, BE-ST is well-connected in Scotland's central belt by the motorway network – M74, M8 and M77 - and is well served by both bus and rail services.
Train: Glasgow Central to Blantyre or Hamilton West
Bus: First Bus service 263 operates from Glasgow’s Buchanan Bus Station to High Blantyre.
Parking: Free parking available on site.
Note: electric vehicle charging is not yet available on site while we await an infrastructure upgrade.
If you have any queries about this meeting, please contact Laurent Galbrun (Heriot-Watt University) L.G.U.Galbrun@hw.ac.uk.
| In Person | £0.00 |
| By Teams | £0.00 |