Speaker | Giles Edwards McChem PhD MRSC

Giles Edwards McChem PhD MRSC Speaker Giles is Trainer and Consultant at Anthias Consulting. Giles obtained his MChem master of chemistry degree from Liverpool John Moores University concentrating on analytical chemistry and his PhD from the University of Manchester. Giles has more than 20 years’ experience within the fields of mass spectrometry and the separation […]

Speaker | Diane Turner PhD FRSC

Diane Turner PhD FRSC Speaker Diane Turner is the Founder, Director and Senior Consultant of Anthias Consulting. A Warwick University Graduate, Diane completed her Masters in analytical chemistry working on LC-MS and GC-MS. Diane started her career in environmental chemistry, later gaining significant experience as an Applications Chemist. She has developed methods for, given support […]

Speaker | Andy Evans

Andy Evans Speaker For the last 10 years I’ve been breaking new ground in lab equipment sustainability. I now do this independently and can help any lab operator save money and hit their energy & carbon targets. I can audit and assess your lab equipment and provide you with the means to make both instant […]

Speaker | Mark Miodownik

Mark Miodownik Speaker Widely known for his broadcasting and outreach work, Mark Miodownik is a materials scientist, engineer, broadcaster, and writer at University College London. Previously, he was the head of the Materials Research Group at King’s College London, and a co-founder of Materials Library. Awarded the American Association for the Advancement of Science Prize […]

Speaker | Vivek Tandon

Vivek Tandon Speaker Dr Vivek Tandon is an experienced international entrepreneur with an extensive background in growing environmentally sustainable technology companies. He is the Founder and CEO of perPETual Global Technologies Limited, a company with a breakthrough technology enabling the reverse engineering of used plastic bottles into sustainable ester which can be used to produce […]

Speaker | Gareth Crapper

Gareth Crapper Speaker Gareth has spent 30 years in industrial product development in performance coatings. The enduring challenge has been connecting market needs with new technology. In advanced materials, products must perform (for extended periods): assuring long-term performance via accelerated testing is especially challenging, and will form the focus of the discussion. Return to conference […]

Speaker | Stuart Coles

Stuart Coles Speaker Dr Stuart Coles is an Associate Professor at WMG, University of Warwick. His work focuses on the use of sustainable materials in industrial products and processes. Feedstocks are typically from commercial waste sources and the research uses environmentally-friendly chemical treatments to improve material properties in a desired manner. Return to conference page […]

Speaker | Tara Schiller

Tara Schiller Speaker Dr Schiller is an academic within WMG at the University of Warwick. She is a Fellow of IOM3 (inaugural Chair 2016-2020) and MRSC (treasurer 2019-current) and works within the Materials and Manufacturing remit Her research focusing on structure property analysis of materials. Return to conference page What to expect at Lab Innovations […]

Speaker | Timandra Harkness

Timandra Harkness Keynote Timandra Harkness presents BBC Radio 4 documentaries including Divided Nation and the FutureProofing series. Since winning the Independent newspaper’s column-writing competition she has written for many print and online publications, including BBC Science Focus and Unherd, and Big Data: Does Size Matter? was published by Bloomsbury Sigma in June 2016.  Timandra speaks […]