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EVENTS

WHETHER NEAR OR FAR

While life is slowly getting back to normal for many, the pandemic or on behalf of landlords.
has had a lasting effect on how IGEM serves the gas community. HSE’s Caroline Lane, HM Inspector of
With a new digital platform and tons of content to enjoy from the Health and Safety and Downstream Gas
Safety Operational Policy Lead, joined
comfort of your home office, our events programme is busier than Danny McFarlane, Head of Technical
ever. Find out how IGEM has stepped up the challenge and what the Assurance for Centrica/British Gas, to
coming months have in store share the latest advice and guidance.
In addition, our membership
BRINGING THE MAIN EVENT TO YOU consumer vulnerability and net zero team has been running membership
The launch of IGEMtv was just the first and the energy system transition. workshops online:
step in our plan to make more of our Introduction to IGEM Membership was
content accessible online and to make We covered projects including: for those looking to join our community
it easier than ever for our members to The Valve Toolbox with National Grid of gas professionals, Professional
undertake CPD activities in a way that Gas Transmission Registration catered for those who
suits their busy lifestyles. My Dart, Northern Gas Networks wish to become a professionally
While Covid-19 has made it more Rhino OLM, Northern Gas Networks registered engineer and Technical
difficult to meet face to face, we’ve Dark Data, SGN Report Option offered an alternative
accelerated our digital plans, delivering Ramp Up, Wales & West Utilities route to IEng or CEng for those
a brand new webinar programme. Incident Management, SGN who do not hold the exemplifying
Oxygen Deficiency Sensors, Cadent qualifications for registration.
Our webinar programme kicked Additionally, our webinars have been
off in June with: Also in July, we delivered the complimented by a host of new video
Biomethane and its Role in following webinars: content uploaded online to IGEMtv.
Decarbonising the Gas Network The ‘New Normal’ Mains and Service
A New Approach to Line-stopping in Replacement LEARNING GOES DIGITAL
Steel and PE Pipes Maintaining Safe Operations We are delighted to announce that
‘ElectroConfusion’ - Dispel the Myths Future Billing Methodology IGEM’s technical training programme
has moved online.
Later that month, we hosted the Our Young Persons Network hosted Now, you can access IGEM’s most
157th AGM - the first ever annual its first webinar, Tomorrow’s Leaders, popular technical training courses from
general meeting in the institution’s at which IGEM Past President Antony anywhere in the world.
history to be held online. Green and Chair of IGEM’s London, So far, we’ve delivered our ever-popular
Southern & Eastern Section Andrew Hydrogen and the Natural Gas Network
All of these courses have been Musgrave shared details of their career course and we’re looking forward to
our Introduction to IGEM/TD/3 and
journeys and what they’re looking for in
made easily accessible from the engineers of the future. Introduction to IGEM/SR/25 courses,
wherever you may be working, We teamed up with our colleagues scheduled for delivery during August.
In addition, we will shortly be
helping to keep our members and at ENA to review the gas industry’s adding two further opportunities to
latest campaign, Gas Goes Green, and
our critical infrastructure safe the peer review of IGEM’s industry expand your knowledge: the combined
during these turbulent times consultation on gas quality ahead of the Introduction to IGEM/TD/1 and IGEM/
proposed changes to GS(M)R. TD/2, plus Introduction to IGEM/GM/8.
The Midlands Section delivered its All of these courses have been made
But that’s not all; July 2020 was first webinar, Considering Human easily accessible from wherever you
designated Innovation Month, during Performance, at which delegates may be working, helping to keep our
which we ran a series of webinars discussed some of the human factors members and our critical infrastructure
highlighting just some of the many and psychology topics essential to health safe during these turbulent times.
innovation projects currently taking and safety leadership and performance. Visit the events and courses section
place across the UK gas network. Our must-attend webinar, Regulation of our website for more information,
Each Tuesday throughout the month, 36 and Covid-19: What Does it plus details of our latest additions to
we discussed two projects designed to Mean for You? was tailored for those the programme.
address one of the themes identified in working in the social housing sector,
the Gas Network Innovation Strategy: local authorities and those with LOOKING AHEAD
optimised assets and practices, responsibility for installation and Our theme for the month of August
flexibility and commercial evolution, maintenance of gas safety working with is hydrogen and we have a plentiful

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