Plenary and keynote speakers

3-5 September 2019, The International Centre, Telford, UK 


Tuesday 3 September
 Speakers  Title
Professor R Gr Maev
Opening Plenary Paper – Roy Sharpe Prize Lecture: Advances in modern
mass-manufacturing using NDE 4.0 process based on artificial intelligence
Professor R SmithPlenary Paper – RCNDE Showcase
A Wooldridge and S Druce Plenary Paper – Book Launch: Golden Egg or Poisoned Chalice?:
The Story of Nuclear Power in the UK
T Armitt Plenary Paper – The fingerprint of an invisible killer
  
Wednesday 4 September
 Speakers  Title
M Ochiai
Plenary Paper – Recent industrial applications of laser ultrasonic testing in Toshiba
D Gilbert
BINDT's strategy for serving the NDT, CM and SHM community: a 2018/2019 update
R Lyon
Apprenticeships: the NDT success story
Professor R Smith
President's Honour Lecture – The future of NDT – crisis or opportunity?


Thursday 5 September
 Speakers  Title
R Peacock and Professor R A Smith
Plenary Paper – The restoration of Merchant Navy-class 'Canadian Pacific' and an
update on NDT requirements for heritage railway boilers
K Kirk
Plenary Paper – Changing 1000 small things – How we are working for diversity
and inclusion in NDT



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Bedford Road, Northampton NN1 5NX, UK.
Tel: +44 (0)1604 438300; Fax: +44 (0)1604 438301; Email: conf@bindt.org