The Institution has a new President each May. As part of the
inauguration, the incoming President presents an address. There is no
prescribed subject for these and Presidents vary in what they choose for
a focus. Many have a strong autobiographical component, but also
usually have a considerable amount of technical and sometimes historical
detail. Earlier Presidential addresses were published in the <a title="Proceedings of the
Institution of Mechanical Engineers" href="http://archive.pepublishing.com/">Proceedings of the Institution of
Mechanical Engineers.