b'Member News November 2019 5IET headlinesRaisingPublic Affairs standardsupdatein the Royal Corps ofDespite uncertain political times in the UK, weve continued our public affairs activities Signals to engage with key stakeholders, including parliamentarians, peers and civil servants.Over the last few months, we haveWeve been working with the been working closely with the UKsGovernments Chief Scientific Royal Corps of Signals to enableAdvisers, most recently with the their electricians to gain professionalDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media registration qualifications.and Sports Professor Tom Rodden.IET volunteer Eur IngThe new RecognisedIn June, IET experts met with Graham Kenyon CEngElectricianMember of the House of Lords, MIET led a seminarEngTech StandardMichael Heseltine, to brief him on with electricians incontextualises genericour Mobility as a Service report.July, explaining howstandards so they areIn July, we welcomed MPs to they could becomerelevant to electricians,Engineering Open House Day events EngTech registeredyet remain fullyin their constituencies. Bill Grant via a new Recognisedcompliant with the(Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock) went Standard.Engineering Councils to Dumfries House, Marcus Jones A follow-up workshoprequirements set(Nuneaton) to RS Components and Sir is planned in November.out in the UK-SPEC. Graham Brady (Altrincham and SaleScottish Conservative MP Bill Grant with IET staffTo find out more about arranging a workshop,West) to an Amazon event. conferences. Were also planning our for military personnel or electricians As Member News went to press,annual event in the House of Lords, working in other sectors, please email:the IET was holding fringe events atfocused on our communications and electechs@theiet.org the Labour, Conservative and SNPdigital activities.PhD students explore the smart gridOver 100 PhD students, The Electrical Engineering AcademicStudents shared research with industry from universities across Forum, co-organised by the IET andand Chinas journal publishers, as well as China, attended our Tsinghua University, invited students toTsinghua University and representatives present papers and participate in posterfrom the IET. forum in May to discusssessions on topics related to the smart technologies behind grid. Topics included power systemThe best papers will bethe smart grid. control and simulation technology, highrecommended for publication in our voltage materials and technologies, newopen access, peer reviewed journal, power electronics, electric drive andThe Journal of Engineering, available control and new electrical technology.at: theiet.org/joe'