Dr Bridget Stewart

Innovation & Bid Development Lead

Glass Futures

Bridget’s work focuses on connecting industry, academia and government to accelerate the decarbonisation of glass manufacturing and other foundation industries. She has a strong track record of creating and delivering collaborative R&D programmes, helping to secure more than £40 million in grant funding to support the development and industrial demonstration of low-carbon technologies. Her work spans technically creative concept development, pilot-scale trials and scale-up.

Previously, Bridget held senior scientific and research leadership roles at the Materials Processing Institute and Tata Steel Research & Development, delivering internationally funded projects to improve efficiency, product quality and environmental performance. Bridget also brings experience from academia as a former Senior Lecturer in Materials Engineering, with a long-standing passion for knowledge sharing and developing people. She holds a PhD in Glass Chemistry and brings a pragmatic, industry-focused approach to innovation

Dr Bridget Stewart will be speaking at the following sessions.

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