WORKSHOPS

Engage with experts at our industry-led and professional workshops

Experts from across TWI and The Welding Institute will be conducting a suite of workshops during WeldJoinExpo 2026, covering a range of industry sectors, capabilities and services. Our experts have accumulated decades of knowledge in a range of industry sectors. Working independently and impartially, we advise many of the biggest names in industry, using our experience from different sectors together to find the best solutions to specific challenges. 

More details will be released closer to the event date, but these will include:

  • Nuclear Workshop - Chair, Jon Savage, Senior Nuclear Sector Manager, TWI Ltd
  • Defence Workshop - Chair, Charlotte Blake, Senior Defence Sector Manager, Defence, TWI Ltd and Make UK Defence
  • Aerospace Workshop  - Chair, Martin Wood, Industrial Membership Sector Manager, Aerospace and ECM, TWI Ltd
  • Space Workshop - Chair, Vito Di Pietro, Senior Industry Sector Manager - Space, TWI Ltd
  • Oil and Gas Workshop - Chair, Amina Salman, Industrial Member Sector Manager - Oil and Gas, TWI Ltd
  • Non-Metallics Workshop - Chairs, Ewen Kellar, Consultant, Chris Worrall, Technology Fellow, Alan Taylor, Technology Fellow, TWI Ltd
  • NDT Workshop - Chair, Michelle Forster, NDT Group Manager, TWI Ltd
  • Training Workshop - Chair, Jason Gregory, Director of Training
  • Certification Workshop - Chair, Emma Frecklingham, Head of Company Certification
  • Library Workshop - Chairs, Paul Jones, Section Manager, Information Services, Kath Millard, Information Scientist, Sophie Hobbs, Apprentice Library, Information and Archive Services Assistant
  • Professional Workshop - Chair, Lotte Qvist, Section Manager, Professional Affairs Group
  • TWI Software Launch - Yin Jin Janin, Consultant and Rob Kulka, Fracture and Fatigue Section Manager

Highlighting our support across subsectors of the nuclear lifecycle, from design to decommissioning, including our role in producing gearboxes for nuclear waste containment.

In collaboration with Make UK Defence, including defence buyer sessions.

Find out about our work with the aerospace industry in panel meetings and walk-in sessions with our Industrial Membership sector manager for aerospace, Martin Wood. The aerospace workshop will deliver four activities in each half-day of the event, allowing you to decide which to attend.


The planned activities are as follows*:


Day One (10am-12pm) – Presentations: NDT for Aerospace, Modelling for Processes, plus 2 Members’ Presentations


Day One (1pm-3pm) – Aerospace Panel Meeting (Problems and Strategy), including updates from previous meeting.


Day Two (10am-12pm) – Aerospace Panel Meeting (Technical): Composites in Aerospace, Corrosion Considerations, plus 2 Members’ Presentations


Day Two (1pm-3pm) – Non-Members’ Workshops: Overview of Membership, Overview of TWI in Aerospace, TWI Presentation, Members’ Presentation


(*More details to be added, details subject to change)


Find out about our work in the fast-growing space sector, including TWI’s position as the ESA Technology Broker for the UK.

TWI has decades of experience working with many of the biggest names in the international oil and gas industry – find out more at this workshop.

Showcasing our capabilities and innovations in non-metallic materials, including polymer testing, fast curing, induction heating, and wood welding!

TWI provides non-destructive testing (NDT) services and support for a range of industry sectors alongside research and development of new technologies and processes – find out more at this workshop

Learn about the training offering at TWI.

Learn how the certification process works and the different types of certification available.

The TWI Library holds a wealth of technical content including job knowledge articles, eBooks, and content from our archive of rare publications, journals, conferences, seminars and reports – this workshop will include orientation sessions so you can find out more about what the TWI Library has to offer our Members.

Find out how Professional Membership of The Welding Institute can support and enhance your career at this interactive workshop. There will also be 'back-to-basics' welding lectures on the second day of the event.

Launch and demonstrations of the new TWI probabilistic CrackWISE 6 software program.

 

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