Upcoming WCRAQ Events


Energy Fuels and Vehicles Working Party

Theme: Shaping the UK toad transport Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS)

  • 18 March, 2025
  • 14:00 – 16:00
  • Chair Jason Airey, Executive Director, WCRAQ
  • Location: online
  • Free to attend for qualified audience

14:00 – 14:05: Welcome and protocol – Sally Cumner, Executive Director, WCRAQ

14:05 – 14:15: WCRAQ update – Barry Sheerman, Chairman, WCRAQ

1415 – 14:30: Introduction to energy fuels and vehicles and WCRAQ strategy for 2025 – Jason Airey, Executive Director, WCRAQ

14:30 – 15:00: Shaping the UK toad transport Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS)Florencio Cuervo, CEO, LEVE Mobility 

  • Find out how the ETS Policy Framework is gearing up and what it means for you.
  • Discover the options for the UK road transport ETS – what are the risks and opportunities
  • See the government and industry forums for soft power and implementation schemes.

15:00 – 15:45: Debate and questions – Jason Airey, Executive Director, WCRAQ

15:45 – 15:55: Conclusion and further actions – Jason Airey, Executive Director, WCRAQ

15:55 – 16:00: Close of event – Sally Cumner, Executive Director, WCRAQ

Request to attend: [email protected]


Air Monitoring Working Party

Time to confront the toxic elephant in the room – Let’s talk about the impact of ULTRAFINE PARTICLES (UFPs)

  • Date: 10 April, 2025
  • Time: 15:00 – 17:00
  • Chair Air Monitoring: Ralph Wilce, Owner, Wijs Air
  • Location: online
  • Free to attend for qualified audience

Programme

15:00 – 15:05: Welcome and protocol – Sally Cumner, Executive Director, WCRAQ

15:05 – 15:15: WCRAQ update – Barry Sheerman, Chairman, WCRAQ

15:15 – 15:20: Introduction to Air Monitoring Working Party – Ralph Wilce, Chair, Air Monitoring

15:20 – 15:35: Important aspects for the measurement of ultra-fine particles (UFP) in the European regulatory framework Dr Sebastian Schmitt, Applications Engineer, TSI GMBH

  • Learn about state-of-the-art instrumentation to measure particle number concentration and particle size distribution according to EN16976:2024 and CEN/TS17434:2020.
  • See the characterisation results of instruments as well as the environmental sampling lines.
  • Address the challenges of such measurements close to UFP sources.

15:35 – 15:40: Questions

15:40 – 15:55: Diffusion charging-based instruments for ambient air quality measurementProf Dr Martin Fierz, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland

  • Learn what can be measured with diffusion-charging-based nanoparticle detectors.
  • Learn about cost and maintenance benefits compared to traditional nanoparticle detectors such as CPCs / MPSSs.
  • Learn more about alternative metrics, which may be better than the particle number.

15:55 – 16:00: Questions

16:00 – 16:15: Ultrafine particles in ambient air – Emerging technologies bridging the gap between emission and immission legislation – Dr Florian Huewe, MD, nanoDust

  • Gain insights into ultrafine particles in the air we breathe.
  • Understand the critical differences between nanoparticles in ambient air and regulated emissions.
  • Explore the importance of technology openness in air quality monitoring.

16:15 – 16:20: Questions

16:20 – 16:45: General Q&A and debateRalph Wilce, Chair, Air Monitoring

16:45 – 16:55: Future Actions – Ralph Wilce, Chair, Air Monitoring

16:55 – 17:00: Close of Working Party – future dates – Sally Cumner, Executive Director, WCRAQ

Request to attend: [email protected]

Date TBC (postponed)

  • 11:00-12:30: in-person event only
  • WCRAQ Hydrogen Working Party
  • Location: ULEMco HQ, Liverpool
  • Chair: Jason Airey

Speaker: Amanda Lyne, MD, ULEMco – Timescales and specification/sweet spots for hydrogen commercial vehicle solutions that will deliver CO2 reduction and improved AQ before 2030.

12:30 – 16:00: in-person event only

Email Sally Cumner to request a place at [email protected]


  • Date TBC (postponed)
  • WCRAQ Energy Fuels and Vehicles Working Party
  • 11:00 – 15:00: in-person event only.
  • Chair: Jason Airey

Speaker: Charles Stephenson – JCB HQ Stafford – HICE (hydrogen internal combustion engine)

Email Sally Cumner to request a place at [email protected]



25 November 2024 

  • WCRAQ Air Health Working Party 
  • 14:00-15:30, Teams meeting only
  • Chair: Prof Sir Stephen Holgate 

Speaker: Prof Rosie McEachan, Born in Bradford – Air Pollution and health inequalities.

Email Sally Cumner to request a place at [email protected]


25 November 2024 

  • WCRAQ Education WP
  • 14:00-15:30, Teams meeting only
  • Chair: Larissa Lockwood

Speaker: Nathan Wood, Ventil8 Day on 8 November 2024

Request to attend by emailing Sally Cumner at [email protected]