Hall 5, NEC, Birmingham, UK

20th & 21st May, 2026

NEC, Birmigham UK

20th & 21st May, 2026

Dr. Jamie Elliott

Jamie Elliott has over fifteen years of experience as an Open Innovation strategist and consultant. Prior to joining the West Midlands Combined Authority as their Innovation Lead in 2019, Jamie played an instrumental role in implementing the IXC Consultancy service in 2006 which supported high tech innovation in companies. Jamie has worked in companies ranging […]

Dr. Jenny Readman

With a background in Fine Chemicals, Jenny is now a Business Development Manager at CPI working with companies ranging from early-stage Start-ups to major Global organisations – helping them to develop new products and processes in the materials, agri and food sectors. She supports projects requiring a broad range of technologies including fermentation, formulation, traditional […]

Dr. Kathryn Tearle

Kathryn is one of the British Coating Federation’s Regulatory Affairs Managers and Vice-Chairman of the Chemical Hazards Communication Society.  Kathryn has a wealth of experience having worked in Emergency Response and Consultancy before joining the BCF, where she is the lead on chemical regulations such as CLP, BPR and also, as a DGSA, on the […]

Dr. Laura Driscoll

Dr Laura Driscoll is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham and part of ReLiB – Reuse and Recycling of Lithium-Ion Batteries – a multidisciplinary collaboration between the universities of Birmingham, Edinburgh, Leicester, Newcastle, Oxford, and Imperial College London. Since its establishment in 2018, the Faraday Institution-funded ReLiB project has been pioneering in […]

Dr. Lynn Donlon

Lynn leads CPI’s project delivery in automated formulation and has many years of experience in translating customer workflows on to CPI’s automated systems, across various sectors. Working with Labman Automation, she designed and implemented CPI’s flagship Formulation systems, which has supported battery material and slurry development across numerous collaborative projects. Her current focus is on […]