WORKSHOPS

Highlighting our support across subsectors of the nuclear lifecycle, from design to decommissioning, including our role in producing gearboxes for nuclear waste containment.

In collaboration with Make UK Defence, including defence buyer sessions.

Find out about our work with the aerospace industry in panel meetings and walk-in sessions with our Industrial Membership sector manager for aerospace, Martin Wood. The aerospace workshop will deliver four activities in each half-day of the event, allowing you to decide which to attend, as follows:

Day 1

• Session 1: 10am to 11.30am (Open Session)
  TWI Presentation: Friction Welding – Friction Stir Developments
  Member Presentation: Friction Welding Tooling Development (Element 6)

• Session 2: 1.00pm to 2.30pm (Members-Only / Aero Panel Invite Session)
  Aero-Panel Event: Strategy Review
  Current Issues in Aerospace (with links to the TWI Core Research Programme)

Day 2

• Session 3: 10am to 11.30am (Open Session)
  Aero-Panel Event: Technical Review
  TWI Presentation: Composites and Corrosion
  Member Presentation: TBC

• Session 4: 1.00pm to 2.30pm (Members-Only / Aero Panel Invite Session)
  Overview of Membership
  Using TWI Services
  TWI in Aerospace

Find out about our work in the fast-growing space sector, including TWI’s position as the ESA Technology Broker for the UK.

TWI has decades of experience working with many of the biggest names in the international oil and gas industry. This workshop area will feature technical workshops to act as a platform for knowledge exchange as well as masterclasses delivering high-impact, expert-led sessions.

Day 1

• Workshop 1: 9am to 2pm - Materials/Joints Performance in Environments (hydrogen, CO2, seawater, sour service and e-fuels).

• Masterclass 1: 2:30 to 4pm - When and Where Welding Goes Wrong

Day 2

• Workshop 2: 9am to 2pm - Additive Manufacturing in Oil and Gas: Opportunities, Challenges, and Applications

• Masterclass 2: 2:30 to 4pm - Failure Investigation

Showcasing our capabilities and innovations in non-metallic materials, including polymer testing, fast curing, induction heating, and wood welding!

This workshop area includes seminars in the mornings followed by an afternoon of demonstrations and workshops on both days. There will also be videos of our capabilities.

TWI provides Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) services and support for a range of industry sectors alongside research and development of new technologies and processes. This workshop will include a TWI Innovation Showcase, keynote speakers from industry, and panel discussions.

Proposed subjects to be discussed include an overview of the TWI NDT group capabilities, the future of AI in ultrasonic testing, through weld cap inspection, advancements in radiography, NDT non-metallics research innovation, NDT qualification, future innovation in NDT, viability of welding and NDT integration, skills and workforce development and the AI impact, and standards updates for advanced techniques.

There will also be live demonstrations – including interactive Q&As – of the following: digital systems (phased array and eddy current array), non-metallic inspections (polytest and microwave), robotic inspection and autonomous path planning, and a live demo of long range ultrasonic testing.

This open workshop is taking the theme of addressing the skills gap in welding and inspection, including:

• Demo / interactive session – showcasing our Virtual Academy
• Workshop – career mapping group discussion, including sector-specific / trade tests
• Demos – including NDT, PAUT, welding samples and gauges
• Virtual reality welding demo / interactive session

Learn how the certification process works and the different types of certification available.

The TWI Library holds a wealth of technical content including job knowledge articles, eBooks, and content from our archive of rare publications, journals, conferences, seminars and reports – this workshop will include orientation sessions so you can find out more about what the TWI Library has to offer our Members.

The theme for this workshop area is ‘Continued Professional Development (CPD). Topics to be discussed during the event include:

• Discussion Forum: Bridging the skills gap. TED talk, including interactive polls.
• Masterclass: CPD for Career Growth - workshop on how to plan and evidence CPD effectively, including case studies of Professional Members who leveraged CPD logs for career growth, as well as a Q&A session with The Welding Institute's peer CPD reviewers.
• Skills for Progression - From Workshop to Leadership - peer discussion on challenges faced in moving from the shop floor into leadership and how membership of the Institute helped.

This workshop includes the commercial launch of the new Probabilistic CrackWISE® software program. As well as the official introduction of TWI’s next-generation structural integrity software to the market, featuring advanced probabilistic analysis tools that enhance risk-based assessment and decision-making for welded structures, there will be live software demonstrations. These interactive demonstrations will showcase how these digital tools streamline welding procedure management, qualification tracking, and compliance.

This workshop will address systemic barriers and explore actionable strategies for improving representation and inclusion across engineering disciplines, with the aim of inspiring commitment and collaboration towards a more diverse and equitable engineering future.