Call for Speakers 2025
Share Your Expertise with Industry Leaders!
Join UK Metal Expo as a speaker and share your industry expertise with top professionals. Submit your proposal for a chance to present at this premier event and make a lasting impact.
UK Metals Expo offers a dynamic and highly structured platform for industry experts to connect, inspire, and drive innovation. Engage with key decision-makers as you discuss major initiatives, challenges, and successes across the entire metals supply chain.
How to become a speaker
- It is FREE to submit a speaker proposal
- Deadline: 30 May 2025
- Guidelines – how to submit a speaker proposal
Would you like to be considered as a panellist?
Throw your hat into the ring by using the online application form so we can contact you if we have a panel discussion matching your area of expertise.
Anyone with a career in the metals industry will want to attend, any organisations providing goods or services to this industry will want to be represented at UKME.
Through exclusive content, unique experiences, and outstanding networking, UK Metals Expo aims to deliver a yearly agenda driven by the new Governing Body chaired by Lord Rupert Redesdale. Business leaders from the entire metals supply chain are represented, from primary metal manufacturing, supply chain management, processing metals, fabrication, surface coatings, and recycling, to leading vendors and trade attendees.
→ Introduction
UK Metals Expo is a free to attend annual event that takes place at the NEC, Birmingham in September with exclusive content in four seminar theatres including case studies, research, technical and practical expert presentations, and the first look at important legislative changes.
We’d like to invite you to submit your proposal by following the guidelines below.
- The seminar programme focuses on providing attendees with practical advice, best practise guidance and inspiration so they can take something of real value back to the office.
- We ask every speaker to provide a “Take Away” statement that clearly summarises what a delegate can expect to get out of your session.
- If you are a provider proposing a case study, we strongly advise bringing your client to co-present with you.
- We do not accept sales pitches – if you would like to promote your company, service or product to our visitors, please contact us to find out exhibiting and sponsorship opportunities available.
→ Theatres & Topics
4 areas of expertise have been defined and will be hosted across 4 dedicated theatres as follow:
- The Big Issues
Competitivity | Trade | Skills | Best practice - Net Zero, Resources and Recycling
Strategies | Sustainability | Ethical | Design | Circular Economy | Founding - R&D, Technology & Innovation
Engineering | Manufacturing | Process | Productivity | Digital | Case Studies - Supply Chain, Trade & Policy
Integration | Local Sourcing | Policy | Logistics | Resilience
→ Session Formats
Single Session format should be issue-based, provide concrete examples or case studies and may contain both practical and theoretical information. There is normally only one speaker, however if you can demonstrate that another speaker is necessary or of value then we will accept more than one. Please include time for Q & A within your time slot – Duration: 20 mins.
Panel sessions are a forum for debate, where many different viewpoints are aired on a single topic or issue. When you submit a panel session you will be responsible for proposing appropriate panellists. If your session is selected we’ll work with you to confirm the final panel. Audience participation should be encouraged in panel sessions. We recommend a maximum of 4 panellists plus a chairperson. Duration: 50 mins.
