On Wednesday, 16 October, we hosted our Professional Members’ Day - Hydrogen for Power: Materials Behaviour and Associated Challenges Event.

Our morning session began with an introduction by TWI Ltd Interim CEO David Wrathmall welcoming everyone to the event. This was then followed by a series of technical talks focusing on ‘Hydrogen for Power - Materials Behaviour and Associated Challenges’ by industry experts.

Speakers and their presentations included:

Paul Woollin, Director of Research, TWI Ltd - Past, Present and Future Hydrogen-related Activities and Initiatives at TWI Ltd.

Elizabeth Simon, Green Energy Partnerships Director, Hydrogen Safe, The Hydrogen Industry – Coming to a Town or City Near You

Prof Gareth Hinds, Senior NPL Fellow and Science Area Leader, Electrochemistry, National Physical Laboratory - Overview of NPL Hydrogen Research

James Hunt, Future Propulsion Lead, The University of Sheffield AMRC - Challenges for Materials in Hydrogen Propulsion Systems

Dr Angel Izquierdo Sanchez, Engineer, ROSEN (UK) Ltd. -Materials Challenges when Repurposing Pipelines to Hydrogen

Kate Kell, Operations Manager, TWI Ltd - MAST3RBoost: Materials Innovation for Next Generation Hydrogen Storage

Dr Bernadette Craster, Technology Fellow - Polymeric Materials and Ageing through Permeation Processes, TWI Ltd - Non-metallics and Hydrogen

These presentations were extremely informative and gave us a look at hydrogen for power and its associated challenges. It was great hearing from so many speakers with a range of background knowledge and experience. Our Members found this really beneficial.

Throughout the day we also had our TWI Certification, Professional Membership and Digital Library stands, for Members to enquire and learn more about. During the day we also had a drop in sessions running such as; A deep dive into the archive with the Digital Library and Membership Review Meetings with our Professional Membership Team. In addition we had a lab tour running throughout the morning.

Our afternoon session was all about our Members and giving them a chance to have their say.

Workshops were hosted focusing on our Members and Member benefits such as:

• Enhancing support to Branches
• Development for future skills requirements to meet industry demand
• Making more of membership benefits

These sessions gave our Members a chance to have their say and learn more about their membership.

Finally, to conclude the day, we ended with an awards ceremony to recognise longstanding Professional Members of The Welding Institute. Receiving recognition for their work spanning decades and being commended for their commitments to The Institute.

Thank you to all who could attend our Professional Members’ Day here at TWI Abington – if you were unable to attend we hope we can see you at the next event.