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The IET provides guidance and support to enable members to undertake planned and structured Initial Professional Development (IPD) and Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
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Code of Practice for Electrical Safety Management
Managing electrical safety effectively is vital in avoiding accidents, delays and unseen costs to your business. IET Standards' newest publication will help non-technical managers manage electrical safety in their organisations. The Code of Practice is now available to pre-order.
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Open access publishing now available in all existing IET research and letters journals, plus our new fully open access online journal, The Journal of Engineering. Now accepting submissions.
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Events
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Highlighted events
14 June 2013 | IET London: Savoy Place
Call for papers deadline: 28 June 2013
19 September 2013 | Strand Palace Hotel, London, UK
Call for papers deadline: 18 October 2013
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Media centre
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Catch up on the latest IET and engineering developments with our regular IET News video.
Share what’s on your mind through this series of interactive webcasts for members of the IET.
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Key topics offer summaries of the IET’s positions on many of the most important policy topics.
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The IET serves the specialist requirements of the legal profession by nominating expert witnesses to present technical information in court.
Strengthening the debate between engineers, policy-makers and wider society on technology solutions for 21st Century global issues.
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Welcome to the Design and Production Sector
A video introduction to the sector
Here Gordon Attenborough, IET Design and Production Sector Head, gives an overview of the sector and its aims for the future.
E&T magazine news
World’s largest ship named after former Maersk CEO
The world’s largest ship has been named after Danish shipping magnate Arnold Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller at an official ceremony.
Nicaragua agrees canal deal to rival Panama
Nicaragua has granted a 50-year concession to a Chinese firm looking to build a shipping channel to rival the Panama Canal.
Latest events
24 Jun
IAM Annual Conference 2013
Exeter , United Kingdom
25 Jun
Smart Technologies for Assisted Living & Bristol Network AGM
Bristol, United Kingdom
26 Jun
Does effective stakeholder management avoid project disasters?
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Resources
National Manufacturing Debate 2013: Does the UK need a manufacturing strategy?
This fourth national debate focussed on whether a national manufacturing strategy is needed and if it could achieve a 20% GDP by 2020.
Why I volunteer for the IET
Morgan David is Divisional Director, R&D at Sony Europe Ltd and Chair of the Design and Production Sector. Here he discusses why he chooses to volunteer for the IET.
UK Manufacturing Summit 2013
On 18 April 2013 the IET hosted this year’s UK Manufacturing Summit at Savoy Place London. With keynote speeches and a substantial Question Time panel session delegates took advantage of a real breadth of content as well as the time and opportunity to ask their questions and express their views.
Forums
Control & Automation forum
Join the Control and Automation discussions covering topics such as safety, robotics & mechatronics and visual information
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Publications and Case Studies
Design and Production Sector Newsletters
Bringing you all the latest on IET Design & Production Sector initiatives, partnerships and thought leadership together with details of upcoming events, Sector highlights on IET.tv and opportunities for you to get involved!
IET Sectors 2012: A year in review
This high-level review summarises the major outcomes from a remarkable year of activity for IET Sectors.
Long range, lower cost flight - Hybrid Air Vehicles Ltd
View the latest Design and Production Sector case study on Hybrid Air Vehicles Ltd - an organisation focused on pioneering applications in the energy, mining, government / defence and logistics markets.
Qinetiq: A Disruptive Design For Life
View the latest Design and Production Sector case study on Qinetiq, a UK defence, aerospace and security renowned for pushing innovation boundaries.
Contact us
If you would like to find out more about or get involved with the Design and Production Sector, please email: design-production@theiet.org
Virtual library
Virtual library
IET members can access for free electronic books and journals from: EBSCO, Engineering and IT Reference Library, Faulkner reports, Knovel, Wiley, and Key Note.
Design and production articles
Sports Tech: Goal-line technology
20 May 2013
Goal line technology is set to put an end to the age-old argument about the decisions made by football referees.
Engineers Without Borders profiled
20 May 2013
Whenever there is a humanitarian disaster, urgent effort is always focused on more medicines, blankets and food. But engineers work throughout the year to develop better solutions.
ICT innovation: the history of the hybrid
20 May 2013
Many of the ICT technologies that are now taken for granted came about through lucky accidents or unintended consequences as the equipment vendors attempted to 'cross fertilise' different disparate types of product line – a tradition that continues to this day.
IET.tv videos
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Policy and Factfiles
Government policy
The IET represents the views of its members on a wide range of professional and technological issues.
Inquiry on small to medium sized enterprises
Submitted on 14 September 2012 to House of Lords Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Select Committee
Submitted on 14 September 2012 to House of Lords Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Select Committee
Fostering UK high tech growth through public procurement
Examining the role of the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) in driving innovation and growing UK SME's through public procurement.
