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Chemical Reactions: UK Chemicals Conference 2026
This joint initiative by the Chemical Industries Association (CIA) and Steptoe, exploring UK REACH developments, PFAS regulatory and litigation risks, and the evolving landscape of UK chemicals regulation and policy. Last year’s speakers included Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), First Tier Tribunal, Health and Safety Executive (HSE), and industry representatives.
CIA Sustainability Conference 2026
The CIA Annual Sustainability Conference 2026, a leading platform for exploring the latest sustainability trends, policies, and technologies shaping the chemical and pharmaceutical sectors. The conference will bring together industry leaders, policymakers, innovators, and sustainability professionals to discuss decarbonisation, circularity, reporting and disclosure, green finance, and the transition to net zero. Hear from a range of expert speakers showcasing innovative solutions, best practices, and strategic collaborations driving a more sustainable future for industry.
CIA Hydrofluoric Acid Users Annual Conference 2027
The CIA Hydrofluoric Acid Users Annual Conference brings together organisations from across the HF supply chain for a practical, member-led day of technical learning, peer exchange, networking and Responsible Care.
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Digital Waste Tracking (DWTS) Compliance for Chemical Sites: What October 2026 Means for Your Facility
Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Vaste Technologies exploring Digital Waste Tracking (DWTS) compliance for the chemicals sector. From October 2026, permitted waste receiving sites must submit digital records of every controlled waste movement to Defra via API.
Problem Solving in Production – Applying Structured Problem-Solving Tools to Daily Issues
This course will cover a range of problem solving tools and techniques that can be used on a day to day basis to deal with issues and problems as they arise and rapidly develop actions to address them, quickly regain control, minimise disruption, and prevent repeat issues in the future. We will examine what tools and approaches are available, when to use them, when to avoid them, how to systemise the use of problem solving tools – and explore how to get the best out of the techniques.
Human Reliability Analysis – Reducing Human Failure in Operations and Maintenance for Safety Critical Tasks
This course is an introduction Human Reliability Analysis (HRA, sometimes known as Safety Critical Task Analysis or Human Failure Analysis) – and is targeted at personnel wanting to know more about the topic, including those charged with ensuring Human Reliability Analysis is conducted at their site, those who wish to lead simple HRAs, team members who participate in HRAs, and personnel who commission and procure HRAs for their site.
From LEAP to Disclosure: TNFD Reporting for the Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sector
This practical webinar explores how to prepare a TNFD-aligned disclosure and move from assessment to reporting. Attendees will gain an understanding of the core components of a TNFD disclosure, learn how outputs from the LEAP integrated assessment process inform disclosure development, and explore market examples and emerging practices. The session will also provide an opportunity for facilitated peer-to-peer discussion on common challenges, approaches, and lessons learned.
Process Safety Awareness: What Is Process Safety and the Key Principles of Process Safety Management
The coursse enables candidates to understand the basic principles of process safety, the key elements of a process safety management framework, the main process safety hazards and control measures.The course will use Process Industry case studies and draw on the experiences of industry professionals to illustrate lessons learned and best practices to aid continual improvement.
Value Stream Mapping in the Process Industries - Creating Flow in Chemicals
Value Stream Mapping is a key tool in understanding how your operations function, and so is an enabler in developing a plan to improve. This course is for those looking at, or charged with finding, opportunities to drive business improvements such as reducing lead times/ increasing stock turns, improving on-time-in-full (OTIF) deliveries, removing waste and improving productivity, or perhaps just making operations simpler and easier day to day.
Chemical Reactions: UK Chemicals Conference 2026
This joint initiative by the Chemical Industries Association (CIA) and Steptoe, exploring UK REACH developments, PFAS regulatory and litigation risks, and the evolving landscape of UK chemicals regulation and policy. Last year’s speakers included Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), First Tier Tribunal, Health and Safety Executive (HSE), and industry representatives.
Media and Press Release Masterclass - Raise Your Profile & Increase Your Influence Through Media Coverage - Online
This course is aimed at those who would like to increase the coverage their business receives in the local, national and trade media. Whether you want to promote good news stories about your company and employees, or learn how to interest editors and publications in your scientific achievements, this masterclass will give you the tools to do so.
Climate Change and COMAH - Bristol
The training aims to provide learners with an understanding of the potential local and global effects of climate change, to assist with the implementation of a suitable and sufficient risk assessment and adaptation plan. The training will include both presentations and workshop sessions.
CIA Sustainability Conference 2026
The CIA Annual Sustainability Conference 2026, a leading platform for exploring the latest sustainability trends, policies, and technologies shaping the chemical and pharmaceutical sectors. The conference will bring together industry leaders, policymakers, innovators, and sustainability professionals to discuss decarbonisation, circularity, reporting and disclosure, green finance, and the transition to net zero. Hear from a range of expert speakers showcasing innovative solutions, best practices, and strategic collaborations driving a more sustainable future for industry.
Root Cause Analysis (DP) - Stopping problems from happening again
This course will take delegates through some principles of RCA and incident investigation processes, highlight pitfalls and challenges likely to be encountered in implementing effective RCA processes, and then provide a methodology for undertaking effective RCAs. This methodology will include how to get to true root causes without getting stuck at the superficial “human error” level; it will include models and theories that allow an investigation to dig deep into underlying, latent or systemic root causes, so addressing both the problem at hand and potential future incidents – moving RCAs from being a reactive investigation tool to a pro-active improvement methodology.
Changeover Reduction for Chemicals (SMED)
Changeover Reduction, also known as SMED, is a powerful tool that can be applied to greatly enhance operational flexibility leading to many business benefits. If you are looking to increase available production time and capacity, minimise stock without increasing risk, reduce factory lead times or perhaps even reduce planned outage durations, this course will be of interest to you.
CIA/HSE Webinar on Human Factors: “Human Factors in Alarm Management”
The webinar will cover “Human Factors in Alarm Management”, drawing on Topic 2.2 Alarm Management of the HSE Human Factors COMAH Delivery Guide. The choice of topic reflects recent HSE interventions in this area and provides an opportunity to hear directly from HSE on a topic of current regulatory interest.
Protecting Your Reputation: Crisis Management Masterclass Online Training Event
Now is the time to re-assess the risks your organisations faces and ensure you have a strategy in place to help you avoid a PR disaster at the most critical times.
Safety and COMAH Critical Comms (Radio) - Communicating Clearly and Safely
This course covers methodologies of verbal communication and how to avoid errors in understanding. Included within the course are good practices for formulating questions, relaying information, checking for understanding, making requests of read backs of information and instructions to confirm correct receipt and understanding of same, the protocols used for describing valves, and defining when to speak and when to wait quietly.
Lean Supply Chains – Workshop - Exploring the bigger picture
The workshop consists of exercises and simulations to demonstrate both some of the issues and the benefits likely to exist. Using Lean concepts and principles, ways of improving a supply chain to make it more integrated and effective are explored in the context of the specifics and business drivers of the process industries.
CIA Hydrofluoric Acid Users Annual Conference 2027
The CIA Hydrofluoric Acid Users Annual Conference brings together organisations from across the HF supply chain for a practical, member-led day of technical learning, peer exchange, networking and Responsible Care.
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