2025 Presidential Address
20th May 2025
Raffaella Ocone will be inaugurated as IChemE’s 84th President at the Annual General Meeting on 10 June, and to mark the occasion she will be delivering her Presidential Address at The Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BA on Wednesday 11 June 2025 at 18:30 BST.
In her Address, Raffaella will be outlining her vision on “A Multiscale Approach to Global Challenges”.
Join us in person for Raffaella’s Address. IChemE members wishing to attend the event in person should register here by close of business on Wednesday 28 May 2025.
Timetable
- 17:30 - Registration
- 18:30 - Presidential Address
- 19:30 - Networking/drinks reception
- 21:00 - Close
Raffaella’s biography
Raffaella is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Heriot-Watt University, where she has been since 1999, and was the first female professor of chemical engineering in Scotland.
She graduated in Chemical Engineering from the Università di Napoli, Italy and obtained her MA and PhD from Princeton University, US.
Raffaella was appointed the first Caroline Herschel Visiting Professor in Engineering at RUHR Universität, Germany in recognition of her work in ethics and was the recipient of a Visiting Research Fellowship from the Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of Bologna, Italy.
In 2007, Raffaella was appointed Cavaliere of the Italian Republic and in The Queen’s 2019 New Year Honours she was appointed Officer of the British Empire (OBE) for services to engineering.
Raffaella’s expertise lies in the field of complex reactive systems and their application in the energy industry. She has taken the lead in the teaching of engineering ethics and the role of responsible technologies for the energy transition
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