Richard Sadler‚ Lloyd’s Register Chief Executive Officer‚ will be guest speaker at the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) Annual Lecture‚ which is taking place at Turner Sims on Wednesday 8 December at 6pm.
Richard heads up Lloyd’s Register that celebrates its 250th anniversary this year. Since 1760‚ it has worked to enhance the safety of life‚ property and the environment at sea‚ on land‚ and in the air by helping its clients to ensure safe‚ responsible and sustainable supply chains.
The lecture‚ ‘250 years of improving marine safety through engineering and regulation’‚ reviews the history of Lloyd’s Register‚ which has seen remarkable technological developments, including the advent of steam propulsion, computers, and nuclear power. It will include lessons learnt from influential disasters, from the Titanic in 1912 to the Torrey Canyon in 1967.
Richard will also talk about the future, concluding with a message about striking a balance between regulation and freedom, and performance improvement against safety, to help develop and achieve levels of safety and environmental protection that are acceptable to society.
The RNLI Annual Lecture celebrates the lifesaving charity’s Advanced Technology Partnership with the University of Southampton. Set up in 2001, the partnership aims to develop research and education in subjects of common interest to the two institutions, and to raise the profile of engineering sciences as an essential function in the design, build and operation of high-performance marine craft.
The partnership involves research into lifeboat design, construction and operation. The knowledge and good practice developed through the partnership is shared with audiences both inside and outside the RNLI and the University.
Professor William Powrie, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and the Environment says:
“The University is delighted that Richard Sadler has agreed to deliver this prestigious lecture. University of Southampton staff and students have been engaged in research activities and collaborations with Lloyds Register for some time now and Richard’s talk will offer a stimulating insight into the commercial application of research conducted within maritime safety engineering.”