Ten Minutes With An Expert

TWEX – Ten minutes With an EXpert - Get your free 10-minute consultation!

TWEX is a completely new type of activity at exhibitions and conferences, and this is its first outing!

A wide variety of experts (we call them TWEXperts) will be offering their advice for free, for no longer than 10 minutes at a time, during the EMC & Compliance International event at Newbury Racecourse, 20th and 21st May, www.emcuk.co.uk.

To help you decide whom best to see, please see the 'TWEXperts Bios'

To see when each 'Twexpert' will be available please see the 'TWEXpert Timetable'

Phil Carter
17025 Assessments Ltd

• ISO 17025
• Test Lab Accreditation
• Calibration
• Military EMC Testing
• Commercial EMC Testing
• Radio Testing
• EMC For Medical devices
• Complying with the RED
• Complying with the EMCD

Jonas Lannoo and Tim Claeys
Faculty of Engineering Technology, Mechatronics Group, University of Leuven, Bruges, Belgium

• Managing Functional Safety Risks that can be caused by EMI
• EMC Pre-Compliance Testing for CE
• Highly Accelerated Life Testing

Michael Derby
TCB, CB, Notified Body, Regulatory Reviewer at ACB (American Certification Body, Inc.)

• RED (Radio Equipment Directive) compliance
• RED EU Type Examination Certificates
• FCC USA Radio Certifications
• ISED Canada Radio Certifications
• FCC and ISED Electronics compliance (sDoC)
• Test Planning and Test Reduction
• Test Standards, Test Labs, Measurements
• Radio Module approvals
• Installing Radio Modules
• Combining radio and non-radio equipment
• Surfing, Karate, Mexican food, beach life

Ian MacDiarmid
Visiting Professor in Applied Electromagnetics at University of Liverpool, 35 years in aerospace electromagnetic engineering. The final twelve years as Head of Electromagnetics at BAE Systems

• Electromagnetic Hazards (e.g. HIRF, EMC, EMP, DEW)
  – design, development, verification, qualification
• Installed antenna performance – design, development, verification, qualification

Andy Degraeve
Cherry Clough Consultants Ltd

• Quick and Easy EMC Education using low-cost test equipment
• Quick and Easy EMC Diagnostics using low-cost test equipment

Geraldine Salt
BSI Standards Development Manager for EMC, Energy, Oil, Gas,

• The standards-making process
• How to participate in International and European standards bodies
• How to join a BSI Committee
• Demonstration of BSI standards development portal
• BS Online
• Ecommittees

James Pawson
EMC Problem Solver, Unit 3 Compliance

• EMC problem solving
• Design for EMC
• EMC Pre-Compliance Testing
• CE marking
• Reducing costs of EMC testing

Neil Bonter
CE & FCC Compliance Consultant (TCFs), Member of the REDCA

• RED (Radio Equipment Directive) compliance (EU)
• EMC Directive compliance (EU)
• Machinery Directive compliance (EU)
• LVD & Electrical Safety
• Electromagnetic Exposure Safety
• Technical file construction
• RISK assessment
• On-site EMC Testing

Charlie Blackham
Sulis Consultants Ltd

• Radio Equipment Directive compliance – self declaration or using Notified Body
• EMC Directive compliance
• LVD compliance
• CE marking Technical Files
• RoHS Directive compliance
• FCC/IC/EU radio testing
• Radio modules and integrating radios into non-radio products
• Efficient EMC test planning
• Do I need to use an accredited test lab?

Jeremy Smallwood
Electrostatic Solutions Ltd

• Static electricity and electrostatic discharges (ESD)
• Real world ESD: What they’re like and how they happen
• Electrostatics and ESD standards