IRDG 237 Sponsor Meeting 2025

Theme: 
Metrohm House, Evenwood Close, Daresbury Court, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 1LZ
Date: 
Thursday, 10 September 2026, 10.00am
Meeting number: 
237
Venue: 
Metrohm House, Evenwood Close, Daresbury Court, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 1LZ
Programme: 

10:00  Registration, tea and coffee

10.30  Introduction from Metrohm UK Ltd & Neil Everall (IRDG)

11:00  Sulaf Assi, Molly Thompson & The Robot (Liverpool John Moores University), Non-destructive analysis of adulterated cocaine using near-infrared, infrared and Raman spectroscopy.

11:30  Donna Arnold (University of Kent)

12:00  Abdullah Al Abdulghani (University College Dublin), Expanding the operando toolbox in catalysis with modulation excitation Raman spectroscopy

12:30  Richard Wilbraham (Lancaster University), The Application of Raman Spectroscopy to UK Nuclear Materials

13:00  Lunch & Tour of Onsite Laboratories

14:00  Sandra Potin (Metrohm Process Analytics), Applications for inline monitoring using process Raman Spectroscopy

14:30  Keith Paton (National Physics Laboratory), Raman as an in-line measurement tool for Graphene Analysis

15:00  Joe Stradling (University of Liverpool), Out of The Lab and Into the Field: Rapid On-site Raman Testing For Food Security.

15:30  Final Speaker TBC

16:00  Close, Tea and Coffee

Registration details: 

Registration will close Tuesday 1st September 2026. Places are limited, so you are advised to book early if you wish to attend this meeting.

Fees:

£35 for unemployed/retired delegates/bona fide students

£65 for employed delegates who are members of the IRDG

£80 for employed delegates who are not members of IRDG*

Please note that no registrations will be possible on the day of the meeting.

* £80 rate includes membership of the IRDG for 2026. Unless you opt-out (see below) you agree to be enrolled as a member, and to receive email notifications of upcoming IRDG events / business.

Registration and payment should be made online via the following link (link here).