ECTG Winter Meeting 2025

Synopsis

As part of our ongoing programme in Industrial Electrochemistry, the SCI Electrochemical Technology Group is pleased to announce our winter technical meeting, taking place on 5 December. The event will be primarily online, with an option to attend in person at SCI Headquarters, 14/15 Belgrave Square, London.

This technical meeting brings together leading international; researchers and innovators to explore how applied electrochemistry can address some of the most urgent challenges in energy, sustainability, advanced materials, and next-generation manufacturing. Electrochemical technologies now sit at the centre of global efforts to accelerate decarbonisation, enable circular material flows, and create new modes of sensing, power storage, and clean-energy production.

Through four invited presentations, the event examines this landscape from complementary perspectives: emerging electrochemical platforms for bioelectronics; electro- and mechano-chemical routes for transforming waste into valuable chemicals; next-generation supercapacitors designed for future energy systems; and novel approaches to sustainable hydrogen production. Collectively, these talks highlight how electrochemistry is reshaping technologies from healthcare to heavy industry, and how scientific advances are moving rapidly toward commercial deployment.

Aimed technically interested parties including members of SCI and RSC, it is open in hybrid format to maximise accessibility through registration. The meeting offers both scientific depth and strategic insight. Key questions include: How can electrochemical systems accelerate the transition to low-carbon energy? What new materials and processes are required to support industrial scale-up? And where do the biggest opportunities lie for innovation at the science-industry interface?

We are especially honoured to host Professor John A. Rogers from Northwestern University—one of the world’s leading figures in bioelectronics and a major international contributor to electrochemical materials and device innovation.

Alongside this keynote, three outstanding UK organisations will present cutting-edge developments in supercapacitors, sustainable hydrogen, and electro- and mechano-chemical waste valorisation, showcasing the breadth of innovation across the electrochemical sector.

The meeting is free to attend and open to all SCI and RSC members, as well as non-members. It offers a timely opportunity to explore new technologies, hear from global leaders, and engage with the growing community shaping the future of industrial electrochemistry.

Speakers

Dr Hui Luo: Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow/Lecturer in Engineering Materials, School of Engineering, University of Surrey

Dr Hui Luo is an RAEng research fellow in the School of Engineering, and part of the Surrey Circular Economy Group at the University of Surrey. She is also a Fellow of the Institute for Sustainability, member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC), the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) and the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (MIMMM). She obtained her PhD in Queen Mary University of London in 2019, working on carbon materials for solar hydrogen conversion. in Oct 2019 she moved to Imperial College London working as a research associate, developing biomass electrolyser for green hydrogen and bio-chemical co-production. In Sep 2022 she worked as a senior test engineering at Ceres, before join Surrey in May 2023. She leads the Catalysis for Chemical Circularity group (C4CC), and her research interests include developing and up-scaling efficient mechanocatalytic and electrolysis technologies to convert biomass and plastic wastes into green hydrogen and high-value commodity chemicals.

Dr Hugh Sutherland: Co-founder and CTO of Super 6 Ltd,

Dr Sutherland is CTO and Co-Founder of Super6, a supercapacitor company developing a new generation of technology with substantial performance benefits. Over the past 20 years Hugh has worked on electrochemical devices (fuel cells/supercapacitors), predominantly for startups. These roles have included work as a scientist, leading technology development, factory trials, scale-up and customer demonstration. Hugh has a PhD and an MBA and is a named inventor on patents in the fields of supercapacitors and fuel cells. In his role at Super6, Hugh is shaping technical strategy, translating groundbreaking science from the lab for initial pilot trials and then further scale-up and product deployments.

Professor John A. Rogers: Louis Simpson and Kimberly Querrey Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University

Professor John A. Rogers obtained BA and BS degrees in chemistry and in physics from the University of Texas, Austin, in 1989. From MIT, he received SM degrees in physics and in chemistry in 1992 and a PhD degree in physical chemistry in 1995. From 1995 to 1997, Rogers was a Junior Fellow in the Harvard University Society of Fellows. He joined Bell Laboratories as a Member of Technical Staff in 1997 and served as Director of the Condensed Matter Physics Research Department from 2000 to 2002. He then spent thirteen years on the faculty at the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, finally as the Swanlund Chair Professor and Director of the Seitz Materials Research Laboratory. In the Fall of 2016, he joined the faculty at Northwestern University where he is Director of the Querrey-Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics. His research has been recognized by many awards, including a MacArthur Fellowship (2009), the Lemelson-MIT Prize (2011), the Smithsonian Award (2013), the Benjamin Franklin Medal (2019), a Guggenheim Fellowship (2021), the James Prize (2022) and the IEEE Biomedical Engineering Award (2024). He is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering, of Sciences, of Medicine and of Inventors, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Royal Society.

Dr Hannah Rogers: Senior Research Scientist, SurreyH2

Dr Rogers completed her undergraduate degree and PhD at the University of Bath within the Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies, specializing in heterogeneous catalysis for hydrogen evolution. Following her doctoral research, Hannah joined Oxford nanoSystems, gaining hands-on experience with alkaline electrolyzes and creating novel coating technologies designed to enhance energy efficiency and system performance. She now works at Surrey H2, where she contributes towards the development of innovative and sustainable processes for producing green hydrogen in an increasingly competitive market. Passionate about clean energy technology, Hannah is committed to driving forward practical solutions that support the global transition to a low-carbon future.

Programme

Friday 5 December 2025

Venue and Contact

Booking Process/Deadlines

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Contact

Sudipta.roy@strath.ac.uk or chris.jones@edwardsvacuum.com