Thursday: 11.30to12.0
Stage 4
CHEMUK2019
NEC, Birmingham, UK
15th & 16th May, 2024
Speaker Programme
Keynote Speakers
Forum Sponsors
Skills/Training/HR & Recruitment
- All Categories
- 2023 Keynotes
- 2023 Panel & Feature Sessions
- Business, Operations & Asset Mgmt
- Chemical Process/Plant & Control
- Continuous Flow Chemistry/Processing
- Digitalisation/Automation & Enabling Tech
- Energy Mgmt/Process Intensification
- Health Safety Environ/Regulatory
- Lab/R&D/Analysis/Test/Innovation/Scale-up
- Logistics/Supply Chain/Storage/Handling/Fulfilment
- Pharma Focus
- Policy & Regs/Trade/Brexit/Support/Market Outlook
- Sector Focus
- Skills/Training/HR & Recruitment
- Sustainability/ Decarbonisation/Green Chemistry
Wednesday: 11.00to12.00
Stage 1
Panellists:
Tim Doggett
Chief Executive, Chemical Business Association (CBA)
Richard Ward
Business Director – Airedale Group
Sarah Taylor
Managing Director – Grace Overseas
Yvonne Malewski
Commercial Integrations Manager – Brenntag
Liam McCarroll
Global Director of Sustainability - Univar Solutions
Alastair Gardner
Trade Specialist, Chemicals Export & Investment Team - Department for Business & Trade
Trevor Mathers
Managing Director – Alfa Chemicals
Wednesday: 11.00to12.00
Stage 3
Dr. Keri Goodwin – CPI Session Host
Chief Technologist - CPI
Dr. Mark Copley
Chief Engineer - Electrochemical Materials and Manufacturing - WMG, University of Warwick
Dr. Vishal Nayar
Business Development – UK-BIC - The UK Battery Industrialisation Centre
Wednesday: 11.00to11.20
Stage 4
KEYNOTE: Engineering Ethics – Let’s be open about it
David Bogle Professor David Bogle - President of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)
Wednesday: 11.30to11.45
Stage 5
Scaling up batch to flow to cut costs and energy in halve
Dr. Nikolay Cherkasov Managing Director - Stoli Chem
Wednesday: 12.00to13.00
Stage 1
UK Government - for a successful and sustainable chemicals sector
UK Government Sector Briefing – Featuring: Opening pre-recorded video address from: George Freeman, Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation
Opening pre-recorded video address from: George Freeman, Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation
George Freeman
Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation - Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Guest Panellist: Dr Matt Penrose
Head of CRD’s Strategy, Evidence and Engagement Unit, Health and Safety Executive
Guest Panellist: Melanie Foster
Head of Chemicals Strategy, Policy and Trade, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Guest Panellist: Andrew Waters
Head of Chemicals, Department for Business and Trade
Guest Panellist: Beccy Eggleton
Deputy Director, Chemicals and Critical Minerals, Department for Business and Trade
Wednesday: 12.45to13.00
Stage 3
Breaking Records Together - Operational and Reliability Excellence
Gary Tyne Director - Pro-Reliability Solutions Limited
Wednesday 12.30to12.45
Stage 5
“Finding your inner Green Kid”
Dr. Robert McElroy Senior Lecturer in Green Chemistry, University of Lincoln and Circa Group
Wednesday: 13.00to13.20
Stage 1
Ensuring sustainability through the constant of change
Tim Doggett Chief Executive, Chemical Business Association (CBA)
Wednesday: 13.40to14.00
Stage 1
KEYNOTE: Chemistry: a catalyst for change - Royal Society of Chemistry
Professor Gill Reid CChem FRSC FRSE President of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2022 - 2024)
Wednesday: 13.00to14.00
Stage 3
Dr Lukas Kuerten
Principal Scientist, Data Analytics - CPI
Wednesday: 13.45to14.00
Stage 4
30 months after BREXIT - a cost or an opportunity for Biocides & Pesticides?
Murray Smedley Managing Director, Barkwith Associates Limited
Wednesday: 14.00to15.00
Stage 1
Session Host/Guest Panellists:
Neil Hollis
Regulatory Affairs Manager - BASF plc
James Dancy
Head of UK REACH service and policy - Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Mel Biring
Global Regulatory Strategies & Advocacy Manager – LUBRIZOL
Nishma Patel
Policy Director - Chemical Industries Association (CIA)
Chloe Alexander
UK Campaigner CHEM Trust
Darren Abrahams
Partner at Steptoe and Johnson LLP
Ciara Dempsey
Regulatory Affairs Manager - British Coatings Federation (BCF)
Wednesday: 14.00to15.00
Stage 3
Ryan Siddall
Head of Technical, North East Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC)
James Rogers
Site Head, Sterling Pharma Solutions
Will Reynolds
Flow Chemistry Development Chemist, Sterling Pharma Solutions
Stephen Byard
Principal Research Fellow, Science & Technology, Candidate Development, Quotient Sciences
Christine Gardner
Inspection and Packaging Technical Lead, GSK
Dr. Charles Heise
Associate Director - Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies
Wednesday 15.00to15.30
Stage 4
The benefits of outsourcing chemical manufacturing – a BCMPA hosted panel discussion around the value added by 3rd party manufacturing and the ways in which CMO’s help to find solutions for their customers.
BCMPA – The Association for Contract Manufacturing, Packing, Fulfilment and Logistics
Panellists:
Panel Host: Emma Verkaik
Membership & Marketing Director - BCMPA – The Association for Contract Manufacturing, Packing, Fulfilment and Logistics
Steve Meyer
Managing Director - Cod Beck Blenders
Dave Roberts
Managing Director, Rutpen Ltd.
Martin Usher
Managing Director - Grotech Production Ltd
Wednesday: 15.30to15.45
Stage 4
Leadership Matters - Good practice examples of process safety leadership
Ashley Hynds Technical Director, Process Safety - WSP UK Ltd
Wednesday: 15.30to16.00
Stage 5
RSC support for industry challenges
RSC – Royal Society of Chemistry Ian Knibbs, Strategic Partnerships
Ian Knibbs (Session Host)
Strategic Partnerships Lead, Royal Society of Chemistry
Thursday: 11.00to12.00
Stage 1
Panellists & Session Hosts
Kate Mingay
Chair of the Chemical Business Association and Managing Director of Dakram Materials Ltd
Liran Mallar
Group Director of HR and PR - 2M Holdings Group
Mollie Williams
Technical Sales Manager UK & Benelux - Nordmann U.K.
Richard Lock
Managing Director, Holiferm ltd
Hannah Drake
Customer Experience Specialist – Crafted Ltd
Danish Zaiful Azri
Regulatory and Supply Chain Support - Chemical Business Association
Josh Leech
Member's Services Representative - Chemical Business Association (CBA)
Thursday: 11.00to11.15
Stage 3
From Data to Insight: Using Self-Service Analytics to Extract Value from Time-Series Plant Data
Darren Steele Technical Advisor, IT Vizion, Inc.
Thursday: 11.00to11.30
Stage 4
How do you know if your emergency response is fit for purpose? – An exercise in testing
Craig Thomson Sales & Client Director – Ricardo Energy & Environment
Thursday: 11.30to12.00
Stage 4
Neil Smith – Session Host
Head of Workforce Development - Cogent Skills
Justine Fosh
Chief Executive Officer - Cogent Skills
Thursday: 12.20to12.40
Stage 1
Creating the next generation of talent through collaboration
Phil Roe Generation Logistics & Logistics UK President - LOGISTICS UK
Thursday: 12.00to13.00
Stage 4
UK and Ireland Spill Association SPRING TECHNICAL CONFERENCE - (PART 1)
UK and Ireland Spill Association Mark J Orr, Executive Director, UK and Ireland Spill Association
Session Host
Mark J Orr (Session Host)
Executive Director, UK and Ireland Spill Association
Bill Atkinson
Chief Scientific Advisor - Adler and Allan
Thursday: 12.00to12.30
Stage 5
RSC Support through Company Accreditation - featuring Johnson Matthey
RSC – Royal Society of Chemistry
Session Speakers
Patrick Deneny
Session Host: Industry Member Engagement Executive- Royal Society of Chemistry
Ian Murray
Global Analytical Standards Manager for the Clean Air Sector of Johnson Matthey
Thursday: 12.30to12.45
Stage 5
ISO 8655:2022 - A new challenge is imminent – so how compliant is your use of pipettes?
Chris Hoskyn Sales Manager - ESSLAB
Thursday: 13.00to13.30
Stage 4
KEYNOTE: Chemical Engineering meets the Real World
Professor Jonathan Seville Professor of Formulation Engineering, University of Birmingham (Past President, IChemE)
Thursday: 13.30to13.45
Stage 4
Next Generation Emergency Response Information Provision
Chris Scott Crisis Services Manager - CHEMTREC®
Thursday: 13.45to14.00
Stage 4
Valuation of the Environment for COMAH Cost-Benefit Analysis
Carolyn Nicholls Managing Director - RAS Ltd
Thursday: 13.30to13.45
Stage 5
PAT as a Critical Keystone in any Smart R&D, Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 Strategy
Martin Gadsby CEO - Optimal Industrial Technologies Limited
Thursday 14.00to15.00
Stage 1
Session Host/Guest Panellists:
Jenny Butcher – Session Host
Senior Consultant - Ramboll UK
Chris Howick
Head of Product Regulation - INOVYN
Mike Potts
Chemicals Regulation Division, Principal Enforcement Officer Health and Safety Executive - HSE
Tom Griffiths
Senior Managing Consultant - Ramboll
Tom Gillett
Associate, Steptoe & Johnson UK LLP
Thursday: 14.00to14.20
Stage 3
“Take a holistic approach to sustainable chemical production - combine energy, automation & digital systems"
Markus Brahmann Sales Director- EURA for Process Instrumentation Business - Schneider Electric
Thursday: 14.20to14.40
Stage 3
Improving Efficiency and Sustainability in the Process Industry
Michael S Blair MIET UK Executive Strategic Sales Manager & Client Business Transformation at Siemens
Thursday: 14.40to15.00
Stage 3
Your Roadmap to Technology Mastery
Rob Munro Industrial Associate with IfM Engage at Institute for Manufacturing, Cambridge University
Thursday: 14.00to16.00
Stage 4
UK and Ireland Spill Association SPRING TECHNICAL CONFERENCE - (PART 2)
UK & Ireland Spill Association
Session Host/Speakers
Mark J Orr (Session Host)
Executive Director, UK and Ireland Spill Association
Graeme Warnell
Managing Director - GW Environmental
Dr. Ken Scally
Technical and Quality Director - SUEZ UK
Duncan Sanders
Director/Owner - ATG Group
Thursday: 15.00to16.00
Stage 5
Danny Lazell
Virtual Events Manager - AZoNetwork