Thursday: 11.30to12.0
Stage 4
CHEMUK2019
NEC, Birmingham, UK
15th & 16th May, 2024
Speaker Programme
Keynote Speakers
Forum Sponsors
Digitalisation/Automation & Enabling Tech
- All Categories
- 2023 Keynotes
- 2023 Panel & Feature Sessions
- Business, Operations & Asset Mgmt
- Chemical Process/Plant & Control
- Continuous Flow Chemistry/Processing
- Digitalisation/Automation & Enabling Tech
- Energy Mgmt/Process Intensification
- Health Safety Environ/Regulatory
- Lab/R&D/Analysis/Test/Innovation/Scale-up
- Logistics/Supply Chain/Storage/Handling/Fulfilment
- Pharma Focus
- Policy & Regs/Trade/Brexit/Support/Market Outlook
- Sector Focus
- Skills/Training/HR & Recruitment
- Sustainability/ Decarbonisation/Green Chemistry
Wednesday 10.40to11.00
Stage 2
KEYNOTE: Accelerating sustainability in the chemical industry with research databases
Dr. Suze Kundu Director of Researcher and Community Engagement at Digital Science - Dimensions
Wednesday: 12.00to12.15
Stage 3
Principals To Successfully Combine Operations And Distribution Digital Transformation Technologies Into A One Platform Approach For The Chemical Industry
William Brown IIOT Solutions Architect - PowTechnology
Wednesday: 12.15to12.30
Stage 3
The Application of PAT and Advanced Instrumentation to Support R&D, Manufacturing, Onshoring and the Circular Economy
Martin Gadsby CEO - Optimal Industrial Technologies Limited
Wednesday: 12.45to13.00
Stage 4
Online monitoring of Chemical and Bioprocesses using Raman Spectroscopy "The Lab comes to the Sample"
Kevin Fernandes Process Analytical Sales Specialist, Endress+Hauser
Wednesday: 13.00to14.00
Stage 3
Dr Lukas Kuerten
Principal Scientist, Data Analytics - CPI
Wednesday: 13.00to14.00
Stage 5
Session Host/Speakers
Jacqueline Balian (Session Host)
Head of Laboratories Sector - GAMBICA
Steve Smith
Innovate UK Edge Scaleup Director at Inventya Ltd
Wednesday: 14.30to15.00
Stage 5
Digitalisation of the Chemical Industry – How will this impact labs of the future? - Laboratory News magazine - hosted GUEST KEYNOTE
Mike Lancaster Head of Innovation and Events at Chemical Industries Association
Introduced by:
Brian Attwood
Editor - Laboratory News
Wednesday: 15.00to16.30
Stage 2
2023 Bioeconomy ‘Pitch Event’ - Featuring multiple innovators supporting the future bioeconomy
Session Host: BIOVALE
Session Host / Featured Innovators
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 Biochem Ltd – 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
Confirmed Judging Panel includes:
HASSAN MAHMUDUL – Judge
Investment Partner - Future Planet Capital
JONATHAN TUDOR – Judge
Partner – Clean Growth Fund
DR. GEOFF MACKEY – Judge
UK Country Manager – Plastics Europe
Stuart Ferguson – Judge
Investor - Sustainable Ventures
Wednesday: 15.15to15.30
Stage 3
OT Cyber Security in the Chemical Industry
Ben Caley Lead for Connectivity and Cyber Security Products - Siemens
Wednesday: 15.30to15.45
Stage 3
"Staying Competitive with a User-Centric Approach to Manufacturing Software"
John Papastylianou CEO - Cyzag Ltd
Wednesday: 15.45to16.00
Stage 3
Importance of data from process valves, to ensure water treatment and other process plant
Greg Wainhouse Industry Manager Water - Burkert UK
Thursday: 10.30to11.00
Stage 3
Minding the gap: why monitoring your process is the counterintuitive next step in advancing your maintenance and reliability.
Peter McToal Digital Solutions Architect ABB Energy Industries
Thursday: 11.00to11.15
Stage 3
From Data to Insight: Using Self-Service Analytics to Extract Value from Time-Series Plant Data
Darren Steele Technical Advisor, IT Vizion, Inc.
Thursday: 11.15to11.30
Stage 3
Navigating Supply Chain Multiverses: Understand the impacts of emerging AI, Cybersecurity, Digital themed legislative instruments, and how they are likely to impact your future state business model
Dr Raj Takhar Regulatory and Sustainability Expert: Product Sustainability - Assent
Thursday: 11.30to12.00
Stage 3
BASF and Siemens DI Leading the Digital Transformation in Chemicals Production
BASF and Siemens DI
Dr. Darren Budd
Commercial Director, BASF UK & Ireland, BASF plc
Ajay Blah
Business Development Manager - Service at Siemens Plc
Thursday: 13.00to13.30
Stage 3
Jonathan Gunnell
Business Development Manager at CPI Biologics
Thursday: 13.30to13.45
Stage 4
Next Generation Emergency Response Information Provision
Chris Scott Crisis Services Manager - CHEMTREC®
Thursday: 13.45to14.00
Stage 4
Valuation of the Environment for COMAH Cost-Benefit Analysis
Carolyn Nicholls Managing Director - RAS Ltd
Thursday: 13.15to13.30
Stage 5
Is this regulated? Making chemical regulations searchable by chemical structure
Joe Bradley CEO, Scitegrity Limited
Thursday: 13.30to13.45
Stage 5
PAT as a Critical Keystone in any Smart R&D, Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 Strategy
Martin Gadsby CEO - Optimal Industrial Technologies Limited
Thursday: 14.00to14.20
Stage 3
“Take a holistic approach to sustainable chemical production - combine energy, automation & digital systems"
Markus Brahmann Sales Director- EURA for Process Instrumentation Business - Schneider Electric
Thursday: 14.20to14.40
Stage 3
Improving Efficiency and Sustainability in the Process Industry
Michael S Blair MIET UK Executive Strategic Sales Manager & Client Business Transformation at Siemens
Thursday: 14.40to15.00
Stage 3
Your Roadmap to Technology Mastery
Rob Munro Industrial Associate with IfM Engage at Institute for Manufacturing, Cambridge University
Thursday: 14.00to14.15
Stage 5
Reducing Costs Of New Product Development And Manufacture Using Safe And Sustainable By Design Principles
Andrew Bourne Associate - WSP
Thursday: 15.00to16.00
Stage 5
Danny Lazell
Virtual Events Manager - AZoNetwork