Speaking and Media

Speaking and media

I speak about emerging technologies from the perspective of a founder, operator and commercialisation specialist who has spent more than 25 years separating technical promise from deployable reality.

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Speaker profile

Hydrogen, deep tech, energy transition and commercialisation speaker

I am available for selected keynotes, panels, executive briefings, webinars, broadcast interviews and media commentary. I bring founder and operator experience to subjects including hydrogen, energy transition, technology commercialisation, deep tech, advanced materials, nanotechnology, robotics, industrial sensing and emerging-technology investment.

Conference organisers and journalists engage me when an audience needs a clear explanation of what a technology can do, where the commercial barriers sit and what decision-makers should do next.

What I bring to an audience

I have spoken about emerging technologies since the early nanotechnology market began to form. The subjects have changed, from nanoparticle measurement and advanced materials to graphene membranes, hydrogen infrastructure and physical AI, but the core question has remained the same: what has to happen before this becomes commercially useful?

I connect science to markets, capital, policy, infrastructure and operating reality, using examples from companies I have built and technologies I have helped take towards market.

Selected recordings

Watch and listen

Cutting-edge technology for humanity

My TEDxCibeles talk on emerging technology, materials and human outcomes.

Hydrogen and logistics on BBC News

My interview at Teesside International Airport on heavy transport and hydrogen infrastructure.

The future of green hydrogen

A Z/Yen and China Development Institute webinar with energy, investment and policy experts from China and Europe.

Commercialising health innovation at MIT linQ

My IDEA3 workshop contribution on moving ideas, inventions and discoveries towards impact.

EmTech Spain interview

An interview from MIT Technology Review’s EmTech Spain event during the earlier emerging-technology cycle.

Entrepreneurship at Buy Yorkshire

A conversation about entrepreneurship, science-based ventures and the realities of building companies.

Topics

Subjects I speak about

Technology Commercialisation

Why technically successful innovations fail to become dependable businesses, how to find the valuable application, and what evidence customers and investors need.

Evidence base: Cientifica market work, venture building, MIT linQ and my Seven Barriers to Deployment.

Hydrogen, Infrastructure & Energy Transition

Where hydrogen creates value, why infrastructure sequencing matters, and how fleet operations, utilisation and fuel economics change the answer.

Evidence base: Element 2, live fleet trials, BBC News and my hydrogen analysis.

Graphene, Nanotechnology & Advanced Materials

What two decades of nanotechnology teach us about hype cycles, platform technologies, industrial adoption and application-led commercialisation.

Evidence base: Cientifica, G2O Water, Parliamentary evidence and the Nanotechnology Archive.

Robotics, Sensing & Physical AI

Why intelligent machines need reliable sensing, dexterity, systems integration and measurable operational value before impressive demonstrations become businesses.

Explore my Robotics & Physical AI analysis.

Water Technologies

How advanced materials become industrial membrane and separation systems, and why integration, energy, fouling, reliability and customer economics matter as much as laboratory performance.

Space & Frontier Technologies

How my ESA engineering background in semiconductor and materials failure shaped a systems-level view of frontier technology, reliability and commercial readiness.

Public record

Selected appearances and contributions

Forecourt Summit

I spoke about the commercial journey involved in building a national hydrogen-refuelling network.

World Economic Forum

My contributor record covers emerging materials, nanotechnology and energy, graphene and clean water, and materials-by-design.

The Nanotech Economy, Tokyo

An international presentation on industrial applications, global strategy and the economic impact of nanotechnology.

Publications and research

I have published and contributed across Nanotechnology, Nature, Microscopy and Analysis, the World Economic Forum and sector publications. I co-authored the Nanotechnology Opportunity Report and developed market and funding analysis through Cientifica. The site’s Nanotechnology Archive preserves selected reports, interviews and talks from 2002-2019, while my current analysis covers hydrogen, energy systems, robotics, infrastructure and commercialisation.

Speaking and media enquiries

Bring commercial reality into the conversation

Tell me about the audience, format, topic, deadline and the decision or question you want the session to inform.

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Frequently asked questions

What formats do I offer?

I speak at keynotes, panels and fireside conversations, and I provide executive briefings, private leadership sessions, webinars, broadcast interviews and background media briefings.

Can I tailor a session to a specific audience?

Yes. I connect the wider commercialisation picture to the audience’s technology, market, investment or policy decisions.

Am I available for media comment at short notice?

Potentially, subject to availability and topic. Include the deadline, format and specific question in your enquiry.

Selected external references


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