Global panel to discuss future of science and chemical engineering

Mark Henderson, Science Editor of The Times will join an international line-up of industry experts to discuss the future of science and chemical engineering at a free IChemE event in London on 22 November.

The forum will be part of the inaugural Sir Frederick Warner prize presentation evening and the theme of the event will be the past, present and future of chemical engineering.

Henderson will be joined by former BP head of major hazards Mike Considine, IChemE deputy president and managing director of Uhde Shedden, Australia, Russell Scott, and Jim French, decomissioning director at Sellafield Limited.

IChemE Chief Executive David Brown said: “Sir Frederick is a past president of IChemE and was the Institution’s longest serving member.  We want to mark his contribution to the profession with an event that both looked back at the chemical engineering innovation achieved during his lifetime, but also look forward to what we might expect to see in the coming years.”

Sir Frederick passed away last year, aged 100. He joined IChemE in 1936 and was a member of council from 1948-50 before becoming honorary secretary in 1953 and held the presidency from 1966-67. He was also a founding member of the Royal Academy of Engineering, knighted for services to chemical engineering in 1968, and elected to the Royal Society in 1976.

Ben Salisbury, the recipient of the first Sir Frederick Warner prize will deliver a presentation on the role of the modern chemical engineer, whilst four senior IChemE members will discuss the chemical engineering contribution during the last century in the fields of water, energy, food and drink, and health and wellbeing.

The evening event will be sponsored by URS and hosted by the Institute of Physics.  For more information click here or contact Jo Sharp to reserve your place.