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08:45 – 08:50 Welcome address by Professor Muhammed Basheer,
Executive Dean for the School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society (EGIS).
08:50 – 09:00 Welcome address by Professor Steve McLaughlin,
Vice-Principal and Provost of Heriot-Watt University
Morning session 1 (9:00 -11:00)
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Inaugural address | Professor Anusha Shah (President of ICE). |
| title: | Four timeless lessons for the engineers of today. | |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Keynote presentation | Professor Roland Paxton (Heriot Watt University) |
| title: | John Smeaton: Legacy of an Innovator. | |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Keynote presentation | Professor Gordon Masterton (University of Edinburgh) |
| title: | Smeaton’s enduring influences: science, intellect and experimentation. | |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Keynote presentation | Professor Paul Jowitt (Heriot Watt University) Roderick Macdonald (RAEng Visiting professor, Heriot Watt University) |
| title: | Systems Thinking in a Complex World. | |
Coffee break (11:00 – 11:20)
Morning session 2 (11:20 -12:50)
| 11:20 – 11:50 | keynote presentation | Professor Mike Forde (University of Edinburgh) |
| title: | Data analysis of cable stayed bridge sensors. | |
| 11:50 – 12:10 | presentation | Jon Muir (Owner of High Mill in Alston) |
| title: | Smeaton’s High Mill – Alston. | |
| 12:10 – 12:30 | presentation | Jim Stirling (Director, Scotland for British Waterways and Project Director for The Millennium Link) |
| title: | The Falkirk Wheel. | |
| 12:30 – 12:50 | presentation | Peter Robinson (AECOM) |
| title: | The Glasgow Smart Canal – unlocking Smeaton’s legacy for 21st Century Society’. | |
Lunch break / Access to exhibits (12:50 – 13:30)
Afternoon parallel (technical) sessions 1 & 2 (13:30 -15:10)
Session 1: Analysis and AI applications; Room: Scott Suite (EBS)
Session 2: Railway Engineering; Room: EF26
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Coffee break (15:10 – 15:30)
Afternoon parallel (technical) session 3 and 4 (15:30 -17:10)
Session 3: Materials; Room: Scott Suite (EBS)
Session 4: Structural assessment; Room: EF26
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17:10 – 17:20 Closing address