Overview

This extremely popular event is an ideal opportunity to network with colleagues involved in Scotland’s chemical and process industries and other local chemical engineers, entertain clients and reward key staff. The dinner also includes prizes for professional excellence awarded by the north of Scotland Member Group committee.

This year’s awards will be particularly prestigious, with high-profile figures from the chemical engineering industry attending the dinner and presenting the awards.

The awards for this year are:

• The Chairperson’s Award
• Best Technical Presentation Award
• Young Chemical Engineer of the Year Award
• Diversity and Inclusion Award

Nominations should be submitted no later than 17:00 on Friday 18 September 2026.

The winners of each award will be decided by a subcommittee appointed by the North Scotland Member Group, and those shortlisted will be advised in advance of the Annual Awards Dinner.

Honeywell is the headline sponsor for the dinner.

Speaker

David Whitehouse, CEO Offshore Energies UK

As an industry leader with 30 years of experience, David Whitehouse is a longstanding champion of OEUK, the leading trade association for the UK’s integrating offshore energies industry. Its membership includes over 400 organisations with an interest in offshore oil, gas, carbon capture and storage, hydrogen and wind.

Working together with its members, OEUK is a driving force supporting the UK in ensuring security of energy supply while helping to meet its net zero ambitions. It works on behalf of the sector and its members to inform understanding with facts, evidence and data, engage on a range of key issues and support the broader value of this industry in a changing energy landscape.

David is respected across the sector for his strategic and hands-on leadership in the North Sea and around the world, including the USA, Netherlands and Philippines. His passion for energy, engineering and innovation is built on a PhD in Theoretical Chemistry from Cambridge University and a first-class degree in Chemistry from Manchester University. He has started a Masters in Renewable Engineering at the University of Aberdeen, an area of key growth and interest for OEUK and its members.

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Time

18:00–23:00 BST.

Price

Price includes VAT.

• Student member: £25.00
• Member: £75.00