BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:11@itiscotland.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20200529 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20200601 DTSTAMP:20201020T125620Z URL:https://itiscotland.org.uk/events/summer-workshop-2020/ SUMMARY:Summer Workshop 2020 DESCRIPTION:The 2020 ITI Scotnet Summer Workshop was due to be held in beau tiful Shetland. Sadly\, Covid-19 got in the way. The details are archived below. It is hoped that it will be possible to put on a similar workshop i n Shetland in 2022.\n\nThe broad topic will be renewable energy\, focusing on the specific forms associated with the islands. On Saturday evening we have our traditional dinner and ceilidh to which we also welcome friends and family. An informal meal on Friday evening and an excursion on Sunday complement the event. This page contains all of the information from the C all Notice\, but please also contact Elisa Cristobal to join the participa nts' e-group as we will be circulating further details between now and the end of May. Details regarding the cost and links to the official Call Not ice and Registration Form can be found at the bottom of this page.\n\n[su_ tabs style="default" active="1" vertical="no" mobile="stack" class=""]\n[s u_tab title="Programme" disabled="no" anchor="" url="" target="blank" clas s=""]\n\nThe official programme is currently as follows:\nFriday evening\n 19.00: Informal meal at New Golden Coach restaurant (Baroc)\, 1-3 Commerci al Road\, Lerwick. https://www.newgoldencoach.com/\nSaturday\nIslesburgh Community Centre\, King Harald St\, Lerwick\, ZE1 0EQ\n\n9.00: Warm up wit h one of yoga (Corinne Durand)\, singing (led by Lynda Hepburn) or (unconf irmed) walk around Lerwick. Optional.\n\n9.30: Workshop registration (tea and coffee)\n\n10.30: Workshop 1: talk by Birgit Wagner on Renewable Ener gy: an Overview. Birgit's talk will give an overview of the different tech nologies\, benefits and challenges associated with the utilisation of ener gy from renewable sources\, including power generation\, storage and trans port. She will introduce some basic principles and definitions with the ai m of enabling those with a non-technical background to gain a better under standing of technical texts relating to this topic.\n\n11.30: Coffee break \n\n12.00: Workshop 2: talk by Tom Wills\, marine renewables expert: Mari ne Renewables. Tom’s talk will provide an overview of marine renewables and the pitfalls associated with translating industry texts\, most of whic h he has personally encountered. He will outline the nature and distributi on of marine energy resources\, before examining the different technologie s and the range of services that are required to support such projects. To m will also touch on the potential of marine renewables to help tackle cli mate change and the political changes needed for the industry to realise i ts potential.\n\n13.15: Lunch break – buffet lunch served in venue\n\n14 .15: Workshop 3: Hands on session. Translation workshop:\nAfter lunch dele gates will work in language groups on a short text relating to renewables and the environment in Shetland. Texts will be distributed in advance to g ive delegates the option of researching any unfamiliar terminology. Groups will ideally be made up of three translators with the same language combi nation. Please fill in your language pair(s) in the registration form.\n\n 15.30: Tea break\n\n16.00: Workshop 4: Sue White of the Shetland Amenity Trust: Peatland and its restoration. Sue's talk will be all about peatland s\, or blanket bogs\, how they were formed\, their importance and value\, not only for the wildlife they support\, but also for carbon storage\, reg ulating water flow and purifying water. She will talk about what happens w hen peatland is damaged\, drying out and eroding\, what measures can be ta ken to restore it and specifically about the restoration work undertaken h ere in Shetland.\n\nEvening: Dinner and ceilidh in the Lerwick Sound Hall with the Peter Wood Dance Band\nSunday\nExcursion to the south end of the Shetland Mainland by coach.\n\n9.30 (provisional): leave Lerwick\n\n10.30: Sumburgh – Lighthouse\, museum and seabirds\n\n11.45: Jarlshof prehisto ric and Norse settlement\n\n13.00: soup and sandwich lunch at the Sumburgh Hotel\n\n14.00: depart for walk at St. Ninian’s Isle (not an island!) o r wet weather alternative\n\n16.00-17.00: return to Lerwick\nNotes:\nBirgi t has organised an all-in price of approx. £30 for the day including coac h\, museum entrance\, entrance to Jarlshof and lunch.\n\nAnyone with a fli ght from Sumburgh Airport on Sunday afternoon can be dropped off at the ai rport at lunchtime.\n\n[/su_tab]\n[su_tab title="Speakers" disabled="no" a nchor="speakers" url="" target="blank" class=""]\n\nTom Wills is an engine er and language enthusiast who has been working in wave and tidal energy f or 13 years. After studying mechanical engineering with an Erasmus year in Bordeaux\, Tom worked at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney\, be fore completing an Erasmus Mundus MSc in Marine Engineering at the Norwegi an University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. He has lived and wor ked in Chile and Indonesia\, speaks fluent French and Spanish and has made a start on a few other languages. Tom is the author of a chapter on tidal energy in the Encyclopaedia of Marine and Offshore Engineering and now wo rks for Nova Innovation on the Shetland Tidal Array.\n\nSue White is a Cha rtered Environmentalist (CEnv) and full member of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM). Her background is in ecol ogy\, archaeology and as a Farm Conservation Adviser. She currently works as the Peatland Restoration Project Officer in Shetland\, promoting the im portance of peatlands for carbon storage\, water quality and biodiversity and developing and implementing peatland restoration projects throughout S hetland. Her work is funded by the Scottish government through SNH “Peat land Action”.\n\nBirgit Wagner is a freelance technical translator speci alising in patents who has been based in Shetland for the past 20+ years a nd an MITI and ScotNet member for nearly as long. She has a degree in Engi neering Mechanics from the Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany an d has worked in materials testing and air filter development and testing i n Switzerland. With renewables being a hot topic in Shetland and through t ranslating numerous patents for new developments\, Birgit has developed a keen interest in the field.\n\n[/su_tab]\n[su_tab title="Venue" disabled=" no" anchor="venue" url="" target="blank" class=""][pt_view id="98017f6scn" ][/su_tab]\n\n[su_tab title="Social" disabled="no" anchor="social" url="" target="blank" class=""]\n\nThe workshop is part of ScotNet’s annual sum mer meeting and all attendees – plus their families and friends – are warmly invited to the social events on the Friday and Saturday evenings an d on Sunday. Everyone is also welcome to the pre-workshop activity on Satu rday morning at 9 am. Please fill in your choice of social activities in t he registration form and pay any additional costs as detailed there.\nFrid ay evening\nOn Friday evening there will be an informal dinner at The Grea t Wall Chinese Restaurant\, Lerwick. This event will have a set menu to sh are (see call notice for details) at £20 per head. Please tick the releva nt box on your reply form\, so that we can give the restaurant numbers.\nS aturday Dinner and Ceilidh\nOn Saturday evening at 7.00 pm\, we will meet again in the Sound Hall with spouses\, partners\, families and friends to enjoy a 3-course dinner with locally sourced ingredients\, followed by a c eilidh with the Peter Wood Dance Band.\nA form with menu choices is attach ed on the last page of this Call Notice. Menu choices will be collected fr om delegates and their friends/family in early May.\nSunday Coach Excursio n\nThe south of Mainland Shetland: all inclusive cost £30 pp\n On Sunday we will have an all-day coach excursion to the south of Mainland Shetland\ , visiting Sumburgh Head with its lighthouse\, visitor centre and seabirds \; Jarlshof Prehistoric and Norse settlement\; and St. Ninian’s Isle\, a n island linked to the mainland by a beach known as a tombola.\nWe are boo ked for lunch at the Sumburgh Hotel. In the event of bad weather\, the wal k in the afternoon will be replaced with a wet weather option.\nAnyone wit h an afternoon flight out of Sumburgh can leave the excursion at lunchtime as the airport is very close to the Sumburgh Hotel.\n\n[/su_tab]\n\n[/su_ tabs]\n\nWe have put together a page with information on travel and accomm odation options.\n\nContact: convenor@itiscotland.org.uk\n\nScotnet member fee: Workshop only £60\; Workshop\, dinner &\; ceilidh £90\; Dinner &\; ceilidh only £30\; Friday evening dinner £20\; Sunday coach excur sion £30\n\nITI member fee: Workshop only £80\; Workshop\, dinner &\; ceilidh £110\; Dinner &\; ceilidh only £30\; Friday evening dinner £20\; Sunday coach excursion £30\n\nNon-member fee: Workshop only £95\; Workshop\, dinner &\; ceilidh £125\; Dinner &\; ceilidh only £30\ ; Friday evening dinner £20\; Sunday coach excursion £30\n\nDownload reg istration_form (PDF)\n\nDownload call notice (PDF) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://itiscotland.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/20 19/12/Summer-Workshop-2020_Shetland_final.jpg CATEGORIES:Summer workshop LOCATION:Islesburgh Complex\, King Harald Street\, Lerwick\, Shetland\, ZE1 0EQ\, Scotland GEO:60.1532406;-1.1486652999999478 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=King Harald Street\, Lerwic k\, Shetland\, ZE1 0EQ\, Scotland;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Islesburgh Co mplex:geo:60.1532406,-1.1486652999999478 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200329T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR