DAME JUDITH HACKITT TO DELIVER SIR DENIS ROOKE MEMORIAL LECTURE

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IGEM IS PROUD to announce that Dame Judith Hackitt wiLl deliver the 2019 Sir Denis Rooke Memorial Lecture following her crucial research in the wake of the Grenfell tragedy.Dame Judith is a chemical engineer and graduated from Imperial College in 1975.She worked in the chemicaLs manufacturing industry for 23 years before joining the Chemical Industries Association(CIA)in 1998.She became Director General of CIA(from 2002 to 2005)and then worked in Brussels for the European Chemical Industry CounciL(CEFIC).She was elected Fellow of the RoyaL Academy of Engineering in July 2010 and currently chairs its External Affairs Committee.