Our 2025 speaker line-up brings together renowned industry leaders, technical experts, and respected market analysts from across Europe and beyond. From technical innovations to emerging market trends, these thought leaders will share insights, strategies, and real-world expertise to help you stay ahead in a rapidly evolving landscape.
Andreas Kuesters
Department Manager/Global Chief Engineer Validation
FEV
Dr. Albert Boddien
Senior Manager R&D – Technical Formulations
SASOL International Chemicals
Dr. Ariane Viat
Aluminium Rolling Lubrication Engineer
Constellium
Aurelie Grange-Chivrac
Executive Sales Account Manager
Infineum France
Dr. Axel Figge
Head of R&D Special Lubricants
Carl Bechem
Bart Zwitser
Manager, Technical Support Lubricants & Business Development / Metalworking Specialist
TotalEnergies
Brian Paliotti
President
Afton Chemical Corporation
Christian Hartmann
Strategic Advisor
TAYRAŞ
Dr. Christine Fuchs
Laboratory Manager Europe
Master Fluid Solutions
Dr. Christoph Kuhlmann
Managing Director
Metall-Chemie
Crystal O'Halloran
Executive Director
NLGI
Dr. Dirk Drees
CEO
Falex Tribology
Dr. Dixit Parmar
Sustainability Manager
Lubrizol
Elisa Swanson-Parbäck
Business Development Director – Sustainable Lubricants
Perstorp
Emir Çetin
Global Packaging Manager
TotalEnergies
Dr. Erik Willett
President
Functional Products
Dr. Eva-Maria Mautner
Head of Application Engineering
Klüber Lubrication
Dr. Florian König
Head of Tribology
RWTH Aachen University
François Tournesac
CEO Impleon & EMEA OCP Community
Impleon
Dr. Gabriela Macías
Senior Researcher
LEITAT
Gabriella Twining
Global Editor Base Oils
Argus Media
Gema Del Olmo
R+D director
FUCHS LUBRICANTES
James Moorhouse
Director
ABN Resource
Jérôme Valade
Head of Base Oil Purchase, Supply & Sales
TotalEnergies
Johan Larsson
Manager, Lubrication Management Team, One Nordic
SKF Sverige
Joris van der List
Technology Manager
Q8Oils
Dr. Jose Pereira
Director – Client Advisory Services
Frost & Sullivan
Joshua Park
CEO
Chemical Engineering Partners
Dr. Kathleen Havelka
Senior Vice President, Research, Development & Applications
Advancion Corporation
Dr. Ksenija Topolovec Miklozic
Director
POWERTRIB
Laura Batlle
Principal Researcher
LEITAT
Leonard Kieckebusch
Project Leader Transmission- and E-Fluid Development
Shell Global Solutions
Dr. Liwen Wei
President & CTO
Novitas Chem Solutions
Manuel Zürcher
Specialist Sustainable Lubricants
Schaeffler
Marcelo Murad
Global Base Oil Director
LWART
Marco Digioia
President
ATIEL
Mark Wheeler
Group Sustainability Manager
Axel International
Mathias Werner
Senior Director of Product Management
NobleAI
Mattia Adani
President
UEIL
Dr. Matthew Kriech
CEO
Biosynthetic
Mehdi Fathi-Najafi
Independent Senior Advisor
Nynas
Melissa Quinn
Expert Industrial Products – Grease
Castrol
Merle Reimers
Group Lead Lubricating Films and Boundary Layers
RWTH Aachen University
Michael Holloway
President
5th Order Industry
Michael Sandler
Technical Director
Next Lubricants
Michael Seemann
OEM Relation Manager
Evonik
Mike McCabe
Consultant
MDM Insight
Milind Phadke
VP, Energy Practice
Kline + Company
Dr. Mirko Plettenberg
Head of Verification, Validation & Reliability
AVL
Dr. Modestino De Feo
Senior Lubricant Technologist
Aramco Fuel Research Center
Dr. Nick Garabedian
CEO
datin
Partho Choudhury
President & CEO
Lyde Supplía
Patrick Bell
Managing Director / Industrial Sales Director Central Europe
Castrol
Perry Peters
CEO
Matrix Specialty Lubricants
Dr. Peter Berlet
Senior Coordinator Business Development
IAVF
Petra Matzat
Managing Director Lubricants
Shell Deutschland
Pierre-Yves Teyssier
Regional Product Line Manager Automotive Engine Oils, Viscosity Modifiers, Small Engines
Chevron Oronite
Dr. Piotr Niemiec
ATIEL BoD member/Sponsor of ATIEL’s QMS Committee
Orlen Oil
Rafe Britton
Technical Specialist
Lubrication Expert
Dr. Rai Singh Notay
Senior Tribology Research Engineer
Lubrizol
Dr. Ramin Rahmani
Senior Lecturer
Loughborough University
Raul Fernandes
Lubrication and Reliability Engineer
Interlub
Dr. Riccardo Pedriali
Supply Chain & Sustainability Manager
A&A Fratelli Parodi
Robert Outram
Vice President Consulting, Chemicals, Materials & Nutrition
Markets & Markets
Roger Dohmen
Head of Lube Oil Additives & Chemicals, Specialty Chemicals
BRB International
Roland van Liere
Commercial Manager
LBC Tank Terminals
Rolf Luther
Senior Expert
FUCHS
Sabrina Craciun
Director, Business Development, Energy
Kline + Company
Sarah Hüttner
Category Manager, Food Grade Lubricants
Setral
Sebastian Pohl
CEO
Greif-Velox
Dr. Sergio Gusman
Commercial Director
Q8Oils Italia
Simon Johns
Managing editor of Lube Report
Lubes'n'Greases
Dr. Simon Quinn
Applications Development Manager
PCS Instruments
Dr. Stefanie Deuser
Head of Product Stewardship Performance Chemicals
BASF
Dr. Stephan Baumgärtel
Managing Director
Verband Schmierstoff-Industrie
Dr. Steven Brennan
CEO and Co-founder
Foresight
Su Mi Beack
Head of Product Management, Transportation Additive
LANXESS
Tara Loosmore
R&D Chemist, Engine Oil Global Development
Afton Chemical
Terry Dicken
Chairman
ELGI
Thomas Roussay
Product Marketing Expert – Metalworking
CONDAT
Sebastian Deuster
Research Associate
RWTH Aachen University
Til Landwehrmann
CEO & Founder
FoxInsights
Dr. Tim Naundorf
Product Development – Driveline & EV Transmission Fluids
Castrol
Trevor Gauntlett
Principal Consultant
Trevor Gauntlett Consulting
Valentina Serra-Holm
Vice President
Perstorp
Dr. Vladimir Totolin
Project Manager – Chemistry, Surfaces & Energy
Freudenberg Group
Wayne Mackwood
Global Head of Detergent and Grease Technology
LANXESS
Wojciech Majka
CEO
Ecol
Yana Wilkinson
Global Lead and VP, Energy Practice
Kline + Company