Wednesday: 10.00to11.00
Stage 1
Packaging Adhesives – the challenges of packaging and food contact regulation on adhesives manufacturers and their customers and suppliers
BASA – The British Adhesives & Sealants Association
CHEMUK2019
NEC, Birmingham, UK
10th & 11th May, 2023
Speaker Programme
Keynote Speakers
Forum Sponsors
2023 Panel Session
- All Categories
- 2023 Keynote
- 2023 Panel Session
- Business & Operations Management
- Digitalisation
- Health, Safety, Environment, Regulatory
- Laboratory, Research & Development
- Logistics, Storage, Handling & Fulfilment
- Plant, Process, Flow & Control
- Policy
- Sector Focus
- Skills, Training, HR & Recruitment
- Sustainability, Green & BioEconomy
Wednesday 10.00to10.40
Stage 2
Solvents, Sustainability & NetZero
Solvents Industry Association General Secretary - Solvents Industry Association
Session Host/Joint Speakers
Andrew Norman
Hosted by Solvents Industry Association (SIA)
Stuart Barker
Head of Business Development, Tradebe Chemicals
Emmanuel Ehenemba
Technical and Product Quality Manager, TotalEnergies Marketing UK, Special Fluids
Wednesday: 10.00to11.00
Stage 3
Wednesday: 10.00to11.00
Stage 5
Wednesday: 11.00to12.00
Stage 1
Wednesday 11.00to12.00
Stage 2
Commercial manufacture of existing chemicals using bio-based process
IBioIC Session Chair - Dr. Liz Fletcher, Director of Business Engagement and Operations, Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC)
Dr. Liz Fletcher
Director of Business Engagement and Operations, Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBiolC)
Dr. Beatriz Domínguez
Technical Manager – Biotechnology, Johnson Matthey
Dr Simon Grant
Project Manager at Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd
Jim Woodger
Managing Director, Lanzatech UK Ltd
Tony Heslop
Senior Sustainability Manager, BASF PLC
Wednesday: 12.00to13.00
Stage 1
UK Government - for a successful and sustainable chemicals sector
UK Government Sector Briefing
Guest Panellists
Dr Matt Penrose
Head of CRD’s Strategy, Evidence and Engagement Unit, Health and Safety Executive
Melanie Foster
Head of Chemicals Strategy, Policy and Trade, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Andrew Waters
Head of Chemicals, Department for Business and Trade
Beccy Eggleton
Deputy Director, Chemicals and Critical Minerals, Department for Business and Trade
Wednesday: 13.30to15.00
Stage 2
Wednesday: 13.00to13.30
Stage 4
"Persistence "
NCEC/Ricardo Caroline Raine, Technical Director – Regulatory, National Chemical Emergency Centre (NCEC)
Caroline Raine
Technical Director – Regulatory, National Chemical Emergency Centre (NCEC)
Wednesday: 13.00to14.00
Stage 5
Session Host/Speakers
Jacqueline Balian (Session Host)
Head of Laboratories Sector - GAMBICA
Wednesday: 14.00to15.00
Stage 3
Ryan Siddall
Head of Technical, North East Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC)
James Rogers
Site Head, Sterling Pharma Solutions
Will Reynolds
Flow Chemistry Development Chemist, Sterling Pharma Solutions
Stephen Byard
Principal Research Fellow, Science & Technology, Candidate Development, Quotient Sciences
Christine Gardner
Inspection and Packaging Technical Lead, GSK
Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies
To be confirmed
Wednesday: 15.00to16.00
Stage 1
Session Chair/Panellists
Dave Dillon (Chair)
Senior Regulatory Compliance Analyst
Wednesday: 15.00to16.30
Stage 2
2023 Bioeconomy ‘Pitch Event’ - Featuring multiple innovators supporting the future bioeconomy
BIOVALE
Session Host / Pitch Companies
Chris Hiscocks (Session Host)
Enterprise Manager - Biovale
Aerseeds Ltd – Nature powered solutions for full ecosystem recovery
Bike Ayaskan & Begum Ayaskan, Founders
Matterhorn Studio – Enabling your first step towards AI-driven materials discovery
Jakob Zeitler, Research Scientist at Matterhorn Studio
LiquiBio Ltd – Edible scaffolding to simplify bioprocessing and create better tasting cultivated meat
Elijah Mojares, PhD, Chief Executive Officer
Nova Extraction – Developing sustainable alternatives to traditional petrochemicals from pulping and agricultural waste streams for flavourings, adhesives, plastics
Alexander Novitskiy CEO and CO-founder
New Wave Biotech – Bioprocess optimisation software to help alternative protein companies get to market quicker, cheaper and better
Zoe Law, CO-Founder & CEO
Mykor – Biotechnology and advanced materials company developing commercially viable and sustainable building materials made from waste and fungi.
Valentina Dipietro
Thursday: 10.00to11.00
Stage 1
Construction Adhesives & Sealants - navigating the broad challenges facing suppliers - Feature Panel, hosted by BASA (British Adhesives and Sealants Association)
BASA – The British Adhesives & Sealants Association
Thursday 10.00to11.00
Stage 2
Dr Anna Zhenova – Session Host
Founder and CEO - Green Rose Chemistry
Dr. Mark Gronnow
Process Development Unit Manager - Biorenewables Development Centre (BCD)
Yvonne Armitage
Director of Biotechnology, CPI
Paul Bello
Innovation Lead Industrial Biotechnology, Innovate UK
Andrew West
Chief Chemist, BioSep Ltd
Neil Renault
Scale-up Facilities Manager, IBIoC
Thursday: 10.00to11.00
Stage 3
Thursday 11.00to12.30
Stage 2
Thursday: 11.00to11.30
Stage 4
Thursday: 11.00to12.00
Stage 5
Thursday: 13.00to14.00
Stage 1
Safe Water – Opportunity and Challenge in Water Treatment.
British Chemical Association (BCA)
Thursday 13.00to14.00
Stage 2
Navigating Net Zero – Practical steps that chemical companies are taking to reduce GHG emissions
BASF Tony Heslop, Senior Sustainability Manager - BASF plc
Joint Speakers
Tony Heslop
Senior Sustainability Manager, BASF PLC
