Events

Seminars 

EEMUA seminars are an excellent way to gain knowledge and hear first-hand about industry developments and lessons learned with industrial plant. Our annual programme of seminars, held in the UK and continental Europe, attracts delegates from across the engineering community. 

The seminar programme is developed by EEMUA’s technical team, working in close collaboration with experts from member companies – some of whom share their expertise as speakers. While key areas such as tank storage and inspection feature regularly, EEMUA aims to cover a broad and varied range of topics of high relevance to industry. Seminars also provide the chance to network with others who face similar challenges in optimising plant safety, quality, cost and performance.

Seminars are designed with Members in mind but also offer strong benefits to Associate Companies and non-members. In addition, they provide opportunities for companies to be event supporters. This adds to the overall knowledge shared at seminars, and enables supporters to showcase their products or services and benefit from the networking opportunities.

Webinars

EEMUA webinars also cover a broad range of relevant topics and are designed to promote EEMUA’s training, upcoming seminars, and new publications. They aim to provide useful information and do not have any sales function. Webinars generally have a single host, who may be a member of the EEMUA team or an external speaker with special knowledge about the webinar topic.  They typically last for an hour, with a 45-minute presentation and about 15 minutes of questions and answers.

Broadly, EEMUA aims to run webinars about every two months, but this schedule is flexible, with a maximum of about eight webinars a year. Webinars have the advantage of having no geographical barriers and they enable EEMUA to reach out to potential new members beyond the UK. This also offers the option of tailoring webinars to particular geographies, such as the US, where EEMUA is looking to develop its membership.

Biennial conference

EEMUA’s biennial Conference allows members to address the practical engineering problems that arise during the operating life of industrial assets. It provides the platform for users to share insight into current issues for site operations, and develop more effective, industry-wide strategies to improve process safety, asset integrity and performance. 

The most recent: EEMUA Conference 2025: Managing Engineering  Excellence –  Safety and Integrity challenges since 1950.

From the opening keynote from Adrian Webster, the internationally recognised author on engagement, through to the closing keynote on action beyond compliance from Steve Rae, Piper Alpha survivor and advocate for improvement in safety culture, the 2025 EEMUA Conference inspired, informed and, at times, shocked. As ever the focus was on usability; ideas and approaches that could be applied at attendees’ sites immediately. Technical topics such as bolted joints and dead legs, through to systems for the management of change, and the consideration of human factors filled a programme with a wealth of knowledge and potentially life saving experience.                              

This was EEMUA’s 75th anniversary Conference, chaired by Dave Bright, held in Cheshire, UK on 26 and 27 March. The formal dinner on the evening of the first day featured music from Smoke and Honey, silhouettes from a roving artist, and a “best man’s speech” from the conference chair, as EEMUA renewed its vows with its Members to continue working with them to, in the words of the 1950 Memorandum of Association, “improve the safety, environmental and operating performance of industrial facilities” for the next 75 years. Thank you to everyone who attended, whether as delegates, presenters, exhibitors, or sponsors – it was a fantastic event, and a fitting tribute to 75 years of engineering excellence.