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Speaker: Simon Maddison FIET, Project/Technical Director, TTXGP

This lecture will explain how TTXGP has taken the Isle of Man TT Motorcycle race into its second century by staging the world's first zero emission motorcycle race as part of the June  2009 TT Race series.  The talk explains how the race, by imposing stringent 'zero emission' rules on the bikes, aims to promote the acceptance and commercial reality of zero emission vehicles for everyday use. Its intention is also to inspire a new generation of engineers to step up and address the challenges and problems of the 21st Century.

There will be footage of the bikes in action, and photographs of the entries, with plenty of discussion of the technologies deployed. The talk will also cover some key aspects of the rules and how they encourage innovation.  The IET has been heavily engaged in supporting TTXGP, and provided the technical expertise for assessing the entries, advising teams on compliance issues, as well as the scrutineers for practice and the race itself.

Simon Maddison is Chairman of the IET Technical Advisory Panel to TTXGP and Technical Director of TTXGP. Graduating from Imperial College with a first class honours in Electrical Engineering, he is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the IET.  In this lecture he draws on over 35 years of experience at the cutting edge of managing the development, deployment and commercialisation of new technology.