CPD Courses and Events

Chem4Energy is pleased to announce the 2026 conference on ‘Materials and Processes for a Sustainable Energy Future’. 

The Chem4Energy community has grown out of a number of collaborative UK-Africa consortium programmes and 2026 will see the fifth in this series of annual meetings, which focus in particular on:

• Highlighting the synergy between experiment and computation
• Offering opportunities for early career researchers to disseminate their work in oral and poster presentations - often their first conference talk!
• Allowing plenty of opportunity for discussion of the research presentations

The Chem4Energy conferences aim to bring together local academic and industrial researchers and developers from South Africa with colleagues from Europe, the USA and further afield, to discuss the latest developments in sustainable energy materials and processes, build new collaborations, and influence and support future directions in the field of sustainable energy research.  

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Join the 50th Anniversary Edition of the Chemical Plant Commissioning short course (1–3 July 2026) at the University of Leeds. Approved by the Institution of Chemical Engineers, this intensive course blends industry-led insight with practical exercises to strengthen your expertise in plant commissioning, start-up, and best practice across process industries.

Day one: Spray Drying and Atomisation Basics: Industry and academic experts provide the essential scientific background as well as a mix of pre-recorded and practical hands-on laboratory demonstrations.

Day two: Industrial Formulation Case Studies: Experienced specialists will show how the science of spray drying has been applied to influence the properties of real, formulated products across a wide range of business sectors. Including more laboratory demonstrations.

Day three: Powder finishing, modelling and future developments of spray drying.

During the course you will have an opportunity to highlight problems/individual challenges for discussion with experts in the field.

What will I learn?
This three day short course will outline the fundamental science and engineering of crystallisation processes. The programme embraces digital transformation and weaves together the best experimental and computational workflows. The course will include laboratory experimental sessions to demonstrate crystallisation processes, application of advanced process analytical technologies (PATs) and particle characterisation techniques. The delegates will also have first-hand opportunities to use crystallisation modelling software. The course will be delivered by leading academic and industrial experts in the field and will include case studies.

Course aims
Delegates will leave with core knowledge that they can use in their industrial work and a deeper understanding of crystallisation science and technology to assist in process development and scale-up of the manufacture of crystals for desired properties. The course will also give delegates the tools and a knowledge framework to be able to better support company project teams and engage experts where needed.