Sector Events

These events are run by companies in the sector including the HSE, the Chemical Industries Association, the IChemE and members of Chemicals Northwest. For further details please click on the individual event.

Sector Events

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UK Chemical Reactions Conference 2025 - 16 October - Hyatt Regency Manchester

2025-10-16T07:00:00

Please join us on Thursday, October 16 in Manchester for Chemical Reactions: UK Chemicals Conference 2025. The 2nd edition of our annual conference will offer a deep dive into the evolving landscape of UK chemicals regulation and policy. Further details here.

IChemE - CANVA

Bowtie Analysis and Barrier-based Risk Management

2025-10-21T07:00:00

This course will develop your understanding of the bowtie risk assessment methodology and how to conduct a bowtie analysis effectively in process safety management and environmental or asset integrity scenarios. It will demonstrate how the bowtie methodology provides the right level of detail to facilitate understanding and risk-based decision making, ...

Focus 2

Free webinar: Achieving safety culture excellence

2025-10-22T07:00:00

Free webinar: Achieving safety culture excellence

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Hazards Process Safety Conference - 4–6 November 2025, Birmingham, UK

2025-11-04T07:00:002025-11-06T21:00:00

Hazards is widely recognised as one of the world’s leading process safety conferences. 

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NEBOSH HSE: introduction to incident investigation, 4th & 5th November, HSE Science and Research Centre, Buxton

2025-11-04T07:00:002025-11-05T21:00:00

By investigating and analysing work-related accidents, organisations can make improvements and prevent similar incidents occurring in the future.

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Management of Change - A Practical Approach - 7 November - Manchester

2025-11-07T07:00:00

If a proposed modification is made to a hazardous process without appropriate review, the risk of a process safety accident could increase significantly. This course has been specifically designed for those requiring to increase their underpinning knowledge of management of change systems, including those who initiate, evaluate and implement change ...

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Quantified Risk Analysis - 10th November

2025-11-10T07:00:00

Learn how to evaluate risk using the Quantified Risk Analysis (QRA) method – the numerical combination of severity of consequence with frequency of event.

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Process Risk Assessment

2025-11-11T07:00:00

Learn about risk assessment in the process industries and why it is key to protecting businesses against the potentially devastating impact of process safety incidents.You will develop the skills and knowledge needed to identify, assess and communicate process risks from a safety, environmental or business perspective – from a simple ...

Legislation

Human Factors in Accident and Incident Investigations

2025-11-18T07:00:002025-11-19T21:00:00

Accident and incident investigations should consider why human failures occurred. Finding the underlying causes is key to reducing the risk of similar adverse events and lessons learned provide insights to effective improvements.

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NEBOSH HSE Award in Managing Risks and Risk Assessment at Work

2025-11-18T07:00:002025-11-19T21:00:00

HSE and NEBOSH have jointly developed a one-day qualification structured around HSE’s approach to controlling the risks caused by workplace hazards. This qualification has been designed to assist employees or volunteers involved in managing workplace risks and who undertake risk assessments, to confidently identify sensible and proportionate precautions to control ...

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Occupied Building Risk Assessment Technical Briefing - Thursday, 20th November 2025

2025-11-20T07:00:00

Occupied buildings situated on major hazard sites must be designed to withstand all foreseeable events including fires, explosions, and toxic releases.

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COMAH: Compliance for Lower Tier Establishments

2025-11-20T07:00:00

The Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH) Regulations 2015 place duties on establishments storing or processing quantities of hazardous materials above thresholds defined for each substance. Establishments where the quantities exceed the lower of the thresholds are known as ‘lower tier establishments’.

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Lunchtime Technical Talk: Impact of Creeping Change on Pressure Relief Devices - Thursday, 4th December 2025

2025-12-04T07:00:00

Pressure relief devices provide a key layer of protection for process equipment against overpressure, but these devices are sized for specific scenarios and operating conditions

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Prague Chemicals Management Cruise

2026-04-15T07:00:002026-04-16T21:00:00

Navigating through the latest chemical regulations

Business of Science

Save The Date - Business of Science Conference 2026

2026-05-14T07:00:00

Plans are now underway for the next exciting Business of Science Conference, to be held at The Jubilee Conference Centre, Jubilee Campus, University of Nottingham on Thursday 14th May 2026.

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CHEMUK 2026

2026-05-20T07:00:002026-05-21T21:00:00

CHEMUK is now established as the UK’s largest trade show supporting the chemicals, process engineering, and formulated product sectors.