2025 Presidential Address
Raffaella Ocone will take over 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 on Wednesday 11 June 2025, 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
Venue: The Library, The Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BA, UK.
The Presidential Address will be held at The Royal Society of Chemistry, London. IChemE members wishing to attend the event in person should register below.
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
Watch the live stream
Members who are unable to join us in person will be able to watch the event live on our YouTube channel.