lab 2026 dates

Speaker | Dr. Steve Rannard – KEYNOTE

Dr. Steve Rannard Keynote speaker Steve holds a personal Chair at the University of Liverpool (UoL), before working in UK industry for over 16 years including Cookson (Oxford), Courtaulds (Coventry) and Unilever (Port Sunlight Laboratories). He has cofounded two Unilever Ventures funded spin-out companies: IOTA NanoSolutions Limited and Hydra Polymers Limited; and is currently Chief […]

Speaker | Alok Jha – KEYNOTE

Alok Jha Keynote speaker Alok Jha is a science correspondent for The Economist, writing on everything from cosmology to particle physics and stem cells to climate change. He also presents the paper’s weekly “Babbage” science podcast.  Before that, he was science correspondent for ITN and the Guardian, covering daily news and current affairs for more […]