CHEMUK 2025 Speaker Programme

Wednesday 10.40to11.00 Stage 4
Professor David Knowles FREng

KEYNOTE

Professor David Knowles FREng Chief Executive Officer, The Henry Royce Institute Keynote Speaker

Wednesday 14.00to15.00 Stage 1

UK REACH - How to Survive in '25

Chemical Business Association (CBA) Panel Session

Guest Session Host and Panellists:

Elaine McGavin

Regulatory Lead – Chemical Business Association (CBA)

James Dancy

Head of UK REACH service and policy - Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Nishma Patel

Policy Director – Chemical Industries Association (CIA)

Chloe Alexander

UK Campaigner – CHEM Trust

Darren Abrahams

Partner – Steptoe

Ciara Dempsey

Regulatory Affairs Manager – British Coatings Federation (BCF)

Carmeida Escalona

Regulatory Affairs Consultant - Adler & Allan

Wednesday 14.30to15.30 Stage 3

"Lube Lounge"

United Kingdom Lubricants Association (UKLA) Panel Session

Session Host - Panellists:

David Wright

Director General of the UKLA

Wednesday 15.00to16.00 Stage 4

Joanne Fryett PANEL HOST

CEO, NEPIC (North East of England Process Industry Cluster)

Jane Gaston

CEO- Net Zero North West

Daren Smith

Chair - Tees Valley Industrial Cluster

Jonathan Oxley

Executive Director - Humber Energy Board Ltd

Dr. Edmund Ward

Deputy Director, Industrial Decarbonisation (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero).

Wednesday 15.30to16.15 Stage 1

BADGP/CHCS - Joint

British Association of Dangerous Goods Professionals (BADGP) and Chemical Hazards Communication Society (CHCS) Panel Session

Louise Witter

Chair of the Chemical Hazards Communication Society (CHCS)

Mark Spence

Chair of the British Association of Dangerous Goods Professionals (BADGP

Wednesday 16.15to16.30 Stage 5

TBC 2

Wednesday 16.30to16.45 Stage 3

Green Rose Chemistry ??

Wednesday 16.30to15.45 Stage 5

TBC 3

Thursday 13.00to13.30 Stage 3

Emma Verkaik

CEO of the BCMPA, The Association for Contract Manufacturing, Packing, Fulfilment & Logistics.

Matt Wood

Managing Director HI&I Technical

Martin Usher

Chairman, Grotech Production

Thursday 14.15to14.30 Stage 3

Teadit Group

Thursday 14.30to14.45 Stage 5

TBC 5

Thursday 14.45to15.00 Stage 2

TBC 6

Thursday 15.00to15.15 Stage 5

TBC 7

Thursday 15.15to15.30 Stage 2

Composites UK (2)

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Greg Crawford

Greg Crawford Senior SAP Business One Consultant - Thinc