CHEMUK 2025 Speaker Programme
Keynote Speakers
Forum Sponsors
Textiles' Chemical Hotspots
Dr Sarah Key Senior Analyst - Textiles at WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme). Keynote Speaker
Ensuring Environmental Safety: The Importance of Effective and Robust Spill Response for Chemical Businesses
Dr Tom Richards Chemical & Pollutants Advisor - Adler & Allan
Dr Darren Budd
Managing Director - UK & Ireland at BASF
Lucas Quintanihla
Sustainability Manager, UK & Ireland - BASF
Dr. Chrystelle Egger
Lead MSc Technical Leadership at Keele University
Dr. Peter Clark
Head of Chemistry & Industrial Biotechnology at Innovate UK
Dr. Caroline Kelly
Head of Technology Strategy at CPI
The Digital Compliance Playbook: Automating Data Extraction
Ms Catalina Dobre Compliance Solutions Sr. Consultant - H2 Compliance
Ashley Quigley
Technical Development Manager - Surfachem
Harrison Gellini
Technical Development Manager - Surfachem
Mitigation of Static Ignition Hazards when Handling Solvents and Flammable Liquids
Solvents Industry Association (SIA) Panel Session
Featured Speakers:
Sean Makin
Regional Sales Manager – Newson Gale
Laura Burnell
Product Manager EMEA – Innospec
James Astley
Sales Director – PH Europe Ltd
Karl Shone
Technical Development Manager / European Pipeline Manager – Brenntag
Richard Ellis
Business Development Manager – EXSolutions
Life Cycle Assessment: a vital tool in driving sustainable innovation
Rachel Jobson Senior LCA Consultant LCA Team - Ricardo
Regulatory Affairs Round Up - Feature Panel
Chemical Regulation Self Help Group Panel Session
Samantha Golliker
Lead Engineer - Product Safety and Regulatory Compliance - Smith+Nephew
Stevie Dungworth
Pharmacovigilance Officer - Thornton & Ross
Mick Goodwin
Technical Director - REACH & Product Stewardship - WSP in the UK
Colin Pratt
Director - Dangerous Goods Services Ltd
Alison Potts
Associate Director of Chemical Compliance - WSP in the UK
Janet Greenwood
Principal Consultant and Owner - TT Environmental Ltd
Tony Morrissey
QHSE Manager - Lakeland Laboratories Ltd
Adaptive Experimental Design of Formulated Products
Dr Tom Whitehead Head of Machine Learning - Intellegens Ltd
Formulating 1,4-dioxane free: AOS as SLES alternative
Charlotte Chase Sales Manager - Innospec Performance Chemicals
Don't just dose more, dose smarter
Edwin Jonker Commercial Specialist Digital Services Water Solutions - Kemira
“Drivers that will bring chemical recycling investments to the UK?”
British Plastics Federation (BPF) Panel Session
Helen Jordan
Sustainability Manager - BPF
Tony Heslop
EMEA Regional Lead Sustainability - BASF
Geoff Smith
Chief Technology Officer – Itero
Paul Davidson
Challenge Director, Smart Sustainable Plastics Packaging UKRI.
The big brand debate: Technology, Trends and Truth - What do beauty brands really want from the chemical industry supply chain?
Cosmetics Cluster UK (CCUK) Panel Session
Panel Host - Panellists:
Rachael Davison
Director CCUK - Cosmetics Cluster UK & Technical Director Barentz Personal Care
Deb Farrell
Key Account Manager - Orean
Kristal Goodman
Head of Product Innovation - THG Labs
Joe Basham
Senior Scientific Communication & Partnerships Engagement Manager Deciem
Sam Farmer
Founder - Sam Farmer
Prof. Raffaella Ocone
Deputy President, Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)
Brittany Emmett
Development Engineer with Plastic Energy
Dr James Hendry
Research Associate, Newcastle University
Jonathan Wagner
co-chair, Centre for Circular Chemical Economy
Lisa Craig
Director-Process, BakerHicks
Duncan Lugton
Head of Policy and Impact at IChemE
Dr Gbemi Oluleye
Program Director - Green Skills for a Sustainable Future, Imperial College
Jo Cox
Head of young people’s and student engagement, IChemE
Precision Matters: Enhancing Weighing efficiency in the chemical industry’
Tom Marren Commercial Director - WOMAG
An introduction to the Biocidal Product Regulations - All you need to know about the BPR, and related obligations.
Dr Helen Pye Senior Regulatory Affairs Consultant - Enviresearch Ltd
Speakers:
Thomas Breton
Solution Advisor EMEA, Boyum
Greg Crawford
Senior SAP Business One Consultant - Thinc
Danish Azri
Sustainability Lead - CBA
The Future of the Global Chemical Supply Chain: Trends, Challenges, and what part will the UK play?
Chemical Business Association (CBA) Panel Session
Tim Doggett
CEO - Chemical Business Association
Alastair Gardner
Head of Trade and Investment - Chemicals, Department for Business and Trade
Philip Tarleton
Managing Director, Meade-King Robinson
Robyn Taylor
Senior Procurement Specialist - Chemicals, DSV - Global Transport and Logistics
John Covill
Managing Director, Blackburn Chemicals Ltd
Raj Patel
Managing Director, Newport Industries Ltd
The new PMT/vPvM hazard classes - trouble brewing for industry and regulators alike?
Christopher Hughes Director - Embark Chemical Consulting
Session Host - Speakers
Dr. Suze Kundu
Freelance Science Communicator and Journalist
Dr Alexander Reip
member of RSC’s Board of Trustees / CTO, Oxford nanoSystems
Yvonne Baker
Chief Executive Officer - Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)
Dr Darren Budd
Managing Director - UK & Ireland at BASF
Dr Steven Rossington
Lecturer in Organic Chemistry University of Salford
Helen Harden
Science Curriculum Specialist (Chemistry), CSciTeach, and former Chair of The Association for Science Education (ASE)
Justine Fosh
Chief Executive Officer at Cogent Skills
Jane Evison
Director, Cosmetics Cluster UK / Board member, Global Cosmetics Cluster
Smarter, greener, cleaner: Advances in HI&I formulation and consumer experience
British Chemicals Association (BCA)
Eve De Maesschalck
Global Strategic Marketing Manager for Home Care Applications at Lubrizol
Valeska Mentzer
Business Development Manager, in Home and Personal Care at Stepan Company, Europe
Martyna Dyjak
Application Technologist - Sensient Industrial Colors
Implementation of cutting-edge digital tools and AI for R&D and chemical manufacturing
Innovate UK Business Connect Panel Session
Michael Burnett
Knowledge Transfer Manager, Process Manufacturing - Innovate UK Business Connect
Andrew Currin
Chief Scientific Officer and Co-Founder - Imperagen Ltd
Andrei Leonard Nicusan
CTO - EvoPhase
Lindsey Melnecsuk
Business Development Manager - Intellegens
Sustainability in the materials and chemicals sector from Cradle to Gate to Grave – industry case studies
Henry Royce Institute Panel Session
Dr Lorraine Ferris
Henry Royce Institute, University of Manchester
Tony Heslop
EMEA Regional Lead Sustainability - BASF
John Williams
CTO, Aquapak Polymers
Richard Lock
Managing Director - Holifern
Josie Lefevre
Head of Green Feather Innovations, Thomas Swan & Co Ltd
How outsourcing to 3rd party contract manufacturers enables you to get your products to market quickly and safely and allows for all important growth in your own business….
BCMPA – The Association for Contract Manufacturing, Packing, Fulfilment & Logistics Panel Session
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
Eduardo Moriya
Technical Director - Expac
“Safety Culture: Key Considerations in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing”
Claire Edwards CEng FIMechE Pharmaceutical Committee Chair - IMechE Process Industries Division Keynote Speaker
Export to the EU - What the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) means to you
Nick Keeble Consultant - Compliance Services International
Smart Solutions for Compliance: Leveraging Technology to Model and Prevent Pollution Incidents in line with C736 and BAT Standards
David Cole Technical Director - Sandfield Penstock Solutions
Transforming Thermal Processes: The Impact of innovative Electrification in chemistry to Achieve Higher Efficiency and Yield in Chemical and Petrochemical
Grégoire Quéré Global Power Applications Manager - WATLOW
How Enhanced Reality technology increases operator competency and reduces human error
Bas Janssen Sales Director - Voovio Technologies SL
Navigating Global Chemical Compliance: Overcoming Regulatory Complexity with Automated Solutions
Ms Ziannah Dehlle Pasion Regulatory affairs specialist - EPY
AI-Enhanced Formulation Development in Modern ELN Software
Jun Liu Senior Marketing Manager - Revvity Signals Software
Increase productivity and reduce operational costs with Coriolis Flow technology
Julian Spadaccini Flow Product Manager - Emerson
How to remain compliant under UK REACH through regulatory uncertainty
Amy Fearon Associate - WSP
“10 Minutes To Digital Manufacturing - How To Get Moving.”
William Brown IIoT Solutions Architect - PowTechnology
EU/GB Divergence – the gap is starting to grow
Caroline Raine Chemical Consultancy Panel Session
Caroline Raine
Caroline Raine Chemical Consultancy Limited & BASA Consultant
Dr. Kathryn Tearle
Regulatory Affairs Manager - British Coatings Federation (BCF)
Chloe Alexander
Senior Campaigner - CHEM Trust
Chris Hughes
Managing Director - Embark Chemical Consulting
Dr. Barry Brogan
Senior Regulatory Efficacy Consultant - Enviresearch
John Adams
Product Safety Manager - Dr Knoell Consult Ltd.
Josh Leech
Hibiscus PLC
Andrew Bedford
Head of Sales & Marketing at Hibiscus PLC
Gavin Thurston
Business Systems Channel Account Manager - Epson UK
Edward Platt
Responsible Care Lead - Chemical Business Association
James Wigzell
Technical Support - Avery Dennison
3D imaging + AI: a short route to the reconstruction of digital twins for existing process plants
Thomas Grand Chief Operating Officer - Samp
Safe Handling of Powders and Granules under containment requirements
Reiner Lemperle Team Manager - HECHT Technologie GmbH
The Interface Between Formulation and New Technologies
Dr David Calvert Director - iFormulate Limited
Navigating Ukraine REACH Pre-registration: Compliance Strategies for Non-Ukrainian Suppliers
Frederik Johanson Partner - Sales Director - REACHLaw Ltd
Electrochemical Oxidation for the Elimination of PFAS from Contaminated Water
Dr.Olga Efremova Materials Chemist - Arvia Water Technologies Ltd
Beyond the Lab: The Crucial Role of Chemical Reaction Hazard Modelling in Process Safety
Paulo Oliveira Director of Consulting - DEKRA Organisational & Process Safety - DEKRA UK
Chemical Spill Prevention and Immediate Response
UK & Ireland Spill Association Panel Session
Session Host - Panellists:
Richard Baker
Executive Director - ISAS Director - UK & Ireland Spill Association
Dr Tom Richards
Chemical & Pollutants Advisor - Adler & Allan
Daniel Harbour
Scientific Advisor - OHES Environmental
Visual Intelligence The missing piece of the science automation puzzle
Joe Mawby Business Development Manager - Reach Industries,
Saving Costs and Carbon
Dan Pardesi Chartered Energy Manager and Head of New Business - Sustainable Energy First
Avoiding catastrophic failure of your process using relevant data
Dr Oliver Armstrong CPE Laboratory Manager - Sigma-HSE Ltd
Grouping of substances in regulatory fields, where to get the good balance?
Staphyt Regulatory
Speakers:
Dr.Elena Campagnoli
REACH Team Leader - Staphyt Regulatory
Ms Kathrine Peabody
REACH Project Manager, Staphyt Regulatory
Sustainable wooden packaging and standardisation as opportunities to mitigate waste and material handling in manufacturing businesses (UK supply chain reduces supply risk and transport impact)
Lianne Richards Head of Business Development - Scott Pallets
MET-OL™- Thermoplastic Composites-making a vital contribution towards circularity and net zero goals.
Richard Russell Composites and Manufacturing Engineer - Hive Composites
How an Evolving Regulatory Landscape Will Shape the Bioplastics Market
James Kennedy Technology Analyst - IDTechEx
Accelerating industrial Net Zero: Integrating process innovation, circular economy, and pilot-scale testing to de-risk clean technology adoption
Dr Hichem Hakka Group Leader, Energy and Process Decarbonisation - Materials Processing Institute
Pricing the nascent bio-chemical markets
James Elliott – VP Business Development Chemicals - Argus Media
“Imagining a Hydrogen-fuelled World: Creative reflections on hydrogen research”
Brunel Hydrogen at Brunel University of London
Dr Stuart Andrews
Senior Lecturer in Theatre - Brunel University London
Dr Averil Horton
Head of Business Development and Innovation - Brunel University London
Elinor Coleman
UK based actor and filmmaker, and founder of Ask Mother Productions
Myles Worsley
Senior Scientific Officer - Brunel University
Dr. Alex Reip
Society Entrepreneur in Residence for Brunel University
Accelerated Biodegradation: Fast-Tracking Benign by Design Materials
Idriss Elkettani Business Development Manager - Impact Solutions
The ACE Pico Protocol: A Breakthrough in Multi-dosing Cellular Therapy for Pharmaceutical and Biotech Application
Dr. Alaa Abdelkarim Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry and founder of ACE Cells Lab Limited