
The 19th Fuellers Annual Energy Lecture 2025 – Wednesday 10 September

Date
10 September 2025
Time
17:45
Location:
Imperial College London
The 19th Fuellers Annual Energy Lecture 2025
Inaugurated by The Lord Ezra MBE
'A Roadmap to Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)'
Wednesday 10 September 2025
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The 19th Fuellers Annual Energy Lecture, inaugurated by The Lord Ezra MBE, will be held at 1745 for 1820 on Wednesday 10 September 2025 at City & Guilds Building, Imperial College London. It is being given by Professor Hervé Morvan, Chief of Future Platforms at Rolls-Royce's Advanced Concept and Future Proofing, whose subject is 'A Roadmap to Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)'. The lecture will conclude with a panel Q&A session.
Professor Hervé Morvan
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Hervé leads the company advanced concepts team at Rolls-Royce, working for the Group Engineering, Technology & Safety (ETS) directorate and reporting to the Group Director for R&T, on issues in the ‘beyond business as usual’. He also feeds into activities led by the Group Chief Strategy Officer, on topics pertaining to the future such as energy transition and future markets. Prior to joining Rolls-Royce, Hervé spent 15 years at the University of Nottingham where he led the Institute for Aerospace Technology (IAT), receiving a personal chair in 2014 and being elected a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) back in 2016. |
Moderator | ||
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Professor Nigel Brandon OBE FREng FRS is Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Professor of Sustainable Development in Energy |
Panel Speakers | ||
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Professor Laura Mainini is the Chair in Aerospace Computational Design at the Department of Aeronautics at Imperial College London as well as the Associate Director for the Brahmal Vasudevan Institute for Sustainable Aviation | |
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Air Commodore Craig Watson MA BEng (Hons) CEng MIMechE RAF. Craig is Head of Engineering & Logistics in HQ Air Command. | |
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Alex Chikhani MBA is the CEO of CirculAIRity which was born on the premise of a long-term solution, which produces credible and scalable SAF at commercially competitive prices |
TIMINGS
1745 - Doors open
1820 - Lecture starts
2005 - Reception
2115 - Carriages
LOCATION
Lecture Theatre 200, City and Guilds Building,
Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ
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DRESS
Lounge suit and Livery badges
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