Advances in the Digitalisation of the Process Industries Conference

Technical committee

All content presented at Advances 2025 is peer reviewed by a technical committee of process automation and control experts. Technical committee members lead on:

  • identifying key topics in, and related to, process automation and control and ideas for keynote speakers
  • reviewing and providing feedback on abstracts and papers submitted for the conference
  • contributing or soliciting contributions to the conference through their own professional network
  • helping to raise awareness of sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities throughout their own professional network
  • advising and helping IChemE staff with the future development of the conference
  • attending the conference where possible and chairing appropriate technical sessions.

Current committee members:

  • Zaid Rawi, Co-chair (BP International)
  • Bhavik Mehta, Co-chair (Siemens Industry Software Ltd)
  • Helen Kilbride (Fluor Ltd)
  • Jin Xuan (University of Surrey)
  • Duygu Dikicoglu (UCL)
  • Joseph Isimite (Wood)
  • Andrew Ogden-Swift (Ogden-Swift Consulting LTD)
  • Catherine Stefou (BP)
  • Doug Nicholson (Spiro Control)
  • Marcus Cook (Dow Performance Silicones)