We are pleased to announce our full agenda and speaker session details!

Agenda

• 08.30 Event Registration and Exhibition opens
• 09.30 Main Stage talks
• 10.45 Refreshment & Networking Break
• 11.05 Conference Zone talks 
• 12.05 Lunch and Networking Break
• 13.05 Main Stage talks
  
  Panel Session – Delivering Net Zero, Skills and Collaboration:
  – Matt Wilson, Head of New Energy Markets, Navigator Terminals
  – Dave Talbot, Chief Executive Officer, CATCH
  – Nishma Patel, Policy Director, Chemical Industries Association (CIA)
  – Daren Smith, Chairperson, Tees Valley Industrial Net Zero Leadership Group
  – Tees Valley Combimed Authority – Speaker TBC
  
• 14.05 – 15.05 Conference Zone Talks
• Business Exchange Appointments will also take place from 14.00 – 16.30
• 16.30 Wrap up and event close

Main Stage Speakers

• Daren Smith, Chairperson, Tees Valley Industrial Net Zero Leadership Group and Chris Rowell, Head of Net Zero, Tees Valley Combined Authority
  The Roadmap to Net Zero 2040 for the Tees Valley Industrial Cluster
  
  
• Joanne Fryett, Chief Executive, NEPIC
  Welcome and Introductions
  
  
• Mark Edge, Director of Sales Northern Europe, Cyolo
  
  
• Dave Robson, External Relations Lead, H2, Kellas Midstream
  Kellas Midstream and our Role in Decarbonising the North East
  
  Kellas Midstream own and operate critical energy infrastructure which transports c. 40% of UK produced gas and we are developing blue and green hydrogen projects. Following a brief introduction to the projects their role in supporting the North East economy and decarbonization will be discussed including how they sit in the wider national context.
  
  
• Abigail Bell, Events and Sponsorship Manager, NEPIC and Professor Justin Perry, Professor of Chemistry and Departmental Head of Research and Knowledge Exchange
  Tees Valley Process Sector Mapping Study

Conference zone speakers

• Sarah Daun, Partner, Womble Bond Dickinson
  Diversity: Women in the Process Sector
  
  Sarah will discuss diversity and women in the process sector, including the benefits of diversity in the workplace.
  
  
• Sean Sargent, CEO, Green Lithium
  Refining Lithium in the 21st Century
  
  The electrification of transport represents a huge opportunity towards global decarbonisation. However, if we continue to make the raw materials required for the Energy Transition in the same way that we have always made them, then some of the benefit is offset by new carbon emissions. This is why we must seek to decarbonise every step of the process.
  
  
• Paul Herman, Vice President – UK Energy, Victaulic
  Engineered Piping Solutions – delivering non-welded piping solutions supporting project
  fabrication & construction
  
  Utilising Victaulic Engineered Piping Solutions can help resolve many of the challenges that new build construction projects currently face. Victaulic provides an alternative non-welded solution to pipe jointing which would traditionally be designed using welded or flange methodology. The benefits Victaulic non welded solutions can bring to fabrication & construction are, reduced project costs & schedule, lower future O&M costs, improve safety, lower carbon emissions, and help solve the current skills shortages that we are seeing in the construction industry.
  
  Victaulic has a long track record of engaging with Owners & EPCs on many global projects to provide a safe, fast, and efficient method of joining metallic (carbon & stainless) and plastic (HDPE) pipes without the requirement of hot work / welding.
  
  
• Brian Gilmer, Business Development Manager – Eastern England & Ireland, Flexitallic (UK)
  The use of EN13555 and EN1591-1 to Ensure Leak Tightness and Reliability in Jointed Connections-Engineering
  
  Understanding gasket behaviour in a bolted flanged connection, during assembly, and subsequent load conditions, is fundamental for predicting seal performance.Many common flange designs and integrity calculations require the generation of gasket factors that are not clearly defined:ASME VIII D1 App2 (m & Y values) and ASME PCC-1 App O (Sgmax, Sgmin-s, Sgmin-o, SgT and øf). BS EN 13555 is a European standard that defines gasket parameters and test procedures required for the application of BS EN 1591-1 (design rules for gasketed circular flanged connections).
  
  Data generated using BS EN 13555 indicates significant differences in the loads required and tightness achieved using different filler materials in spiral wound gaskets. These differences are particularly interesting to those looking to achieve high integrity sealing of small molecular media such as hydrogen.
  
  
• Russ Holmes, Operation Director, JBA Engineering & Darby Tech
  The Plant is no Place to Practice
  
  As part of the TVCA Net Zero Strategy ten-point plan there is a requirement to deliver training and employment opportunities aligned to the new green economy. This presentation focuses on the challenge of delivering the correct skills in the right timeframe for the future workforce and identifying future trends for education and training equipment.
  
  The presentation will also touch on some of the future skills that are required for industry, construction and manufacturing and how DarbyTech are incorporating future skills training in their product development.
  
  
• Frazer-Nash Consultancy
  Topic TBC
  
  
• Professor Phil Dyer, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, Durham University
  Sustainable Chemical Processes: Durham University Capabilities & Opportunities
  
  The presentation will give an overview of the fundamental and applied research being undertaken across the Chemistry for Sustainability group of Durham University’s Chemistry Department, showcasing the group’s work in the areas of green and sustainable chemicals manufacture spanning commodity, platform and fine chemicals. Details of Durham Chemistry’s unique facilities, in particular its integrated high hazard chemical handling laboratory, flow chemistry and associated state of the art research instrumentation, will be highlighted.
  
  
• Peter Ginn, Executive Vice President, Store CO2
  “Beyond the Pipe” – New Thinking to Enable Decarbonisation
  
  Climate change is a pressing issue, and under the 2008 UK Climate Change Act, there is a legal obligation to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Despite successes in various emission reduction areas, the cost and schedules associated with CO2 capture, transportation and disposal remain significant barriers to achieving net-zero emission ambitions by 2050. Traditional approaches using non-pipeline gas value chain thinking lead to familiar but inefficient outcomes in terms of cost and schedule.
  
  StoreCO2 has developed an innovative solution that employs transformational thinking to address the challenges of non-pipeline transportation of CO2 from emitters to geological storage. This solution results in a markedly safer, more cost-effective, and potentially faster project execution that can be tailored for individual Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) projects.
  
  
• Francis Batchelor, Net Zero Technology Officer, Tees Valley Combined Authority
  Topic TBC
  
  
• Stephen Byard, Principal Research Fellow, Quotient Sciences
  Topic TBC
  
  
• Julie Rankin-Perez, Project Manager, Protium
  Topic TBC