We are excited to announce that the Hazardex Live 2026 Call for Speakers is now open! Play your part in the hazardous area industry's leading event by sharing your knowledge & insights with the wider process safety community. Taking place on 25-26 February 2026, Hazardex Live is the perfect platform to help improve standards across the hazardous area safety sector. Submit an abstract now!
For almost three decades, Hazardex Live has been the ideal platform for sharing key industry information and topical discussion on process safety-related topics. The event brings together those with hazardous area and wider safety responsibilities to review best practice and the latest research in areas key to managing process safety effectively.
We are welcoming submissions from contributors with experience and knowledge of the process safety and high hazard sectors. Submissions could be in the form of research, industry developments, lessons learnt from near-misses, investigation findings, good practice for industry, or case studies, to name just a few of the formats we are looking for.
There is no charge to submit or present, although we
ONLY SEEK NON-COMMERCIAL PRESENTATIONS which aim to inform/educate, are of practical use, are technically helpful, or are thought leadership/opinion based.
Scroll down for submission requirements 
As always, we are seeking participation from members of industry where hazardous area operations or process safety are of high importance. These include chemical, petrochemical, onshore and offshore oil & gas, pharmaceutical, water & sewage, nuclear, hydrogen, renewables, food & beverage, utilities, laboratories/clean room, power generation, transport of hazardous materials, manufacturing, agrochemical, battery storage, plus others.
Hazardex Live 2026 will focus on a variety of hazardous area-focused topics including: * Knowledge & Competence
* Asset Management and Maintenance
* Engineering & Design Safety
* Regulation & Legislation
* Risk Assessment and Management
* Best Practice
* Functional Safety
* Intrinsic Safety
* Safety Culture
* Process Safety Leadership
* ATEX/DSEAR, IECEx, UKCA/UKEX
* Non-Electrical Ignition
* Ageing Plant & Decommissioning
* Automation, Robotics, and IIoT
* Hydrogen, Renewables & New Energy
* Security & Cybersecurity
* Decommissioning
* Electrostatics & Arcing
* Human Factors
* Storage & Transportation
* Environmental Protection
* Fire & Explosion Hazards
This list is not exclusive. Anyone with an original take on any aspect of hazardous area operations or process safety is encouraged to get in touch. All speakers will receive an
inclusive pass for
all conference sessions, lunch on the day(s) they attend, plus a seat at the prestigious Awards Gala Dinner on the evening of 25 February 2025 – an attendance package worth over £600!
Submission requirements Please submit abstracts of between 300 to 400 words (in Word document or PDF format) for consideration, accompanied with the following information:
* Full contact details
* Company / Organisation
* Paper title
* Main topic overview
* Presenting author biography
* Author image
Please state if you have an objection to our using your name, company and logo when promoting the event. Please send submissions to: alistair.hookway@imlgroup.co.uk
With subject line: 'Hazardex Live 2026 Speaker Submission'
All abstracts will be reviewed by the Hazardex Committee and if considered to be relevant and of interest, we will invite you to present or offer a place on our speaker reserve list.
The deadline to submit an abstract is
21 November 2025.
For more information on participation, visiting or Exhibiting at the show, contact: Event Director, Russell Goater or Conference Content Manager, Alistair Hookway
Email:
events@imlgroup.co.uk Phone: +44 (0) 1732 359990
https://www.hazardex-event.co.uk/ https://www.hazardexonthenet.net/
