Name: Meet the President – East of England
Start: 2026-01-26T16:30:00+00:00
End: 2026-01-26T21:30:00+00:00
Location: Skempton Building

$Meet the President \u2013 East of England$

IStructE President’s Visit of North Thames Region
About this Event

Opportunity to tour Structural Research Labs at Imperial College followed by an address from the new 2026 President of the Institution of Structural Engineers. This will be a great chance to see ground breaking research being undertaken by PhD students at Imperial College and hear about the President's plans for the Institution’.

Agenda

16:30 Lab tour

17.30 Tea and coffee

18:00 Introduction by Professor Leroy Gardner from Imperial College

18:05 Welcome by the Immediate Past Chair, Jack Howard and handover to new Chair, Tehseen Furqan

18:10 Chair announce: Fellowship certificates

18:15 Address by the Chair

18:25 Chair announce: The Student Prize Competition

18:35 Address by Deputy Chief Executive, Darren Byrne (15 minutes)

18:50 Address by the President (55 minutes) – Inaugural speech

19:45 Q&A chaired by the Chair, Tehseen Furqan

20:00 Concludes

20:00 – 21:30 Buffet

Speaker

Name: Brian Uy

Brian was born in Sydney in 1970, schooled in the Netherlands and Australia and graduated with a BE (Hons 1) and PhD from the University of New South Wales in 1992 and 1995 respectively.

He is currently Scientia Professor of Structural Engineering in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Brian has held positions at Wargon Chapman and Partners (now Arcadis), Wholohan Grill and Partners (now Worley) and Arup in Sydney where he was involved in design of building and offshore structures.

He has held a Chair in Structural Engineering since 2004 and has worked at the Universities of Sydney, Western Sydney and Wollongong where he has also held roles as Dean, Head of School and Director.

He currently Chairs the Australian/New Zealand Standards on Steel and Composite Structures for Buildings and Bridges, BD-032 and BD-090-06 and he is a Vice President of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE).

Location

Room 301 Skempton Building

Imperial College London