Wednesday: 14.00to15.15
Stage 1
UK REACH : UK REACH: What’s New in ’22 !
Ciara Dempsey Regulatory Affairs Manager - British Coatings Federation
CHEMUK2019
NEC, Birmingham, UK
10th & 11th May, 2023
Speaker Programme
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Forum Sponsors
Health, Safety, Environment, Regulatory
- All Categories
- BREXIT
- Business & Operations Management
- Chemicals, Ingredients, Raw Materials
- Digitalisation
- Health, Safety, Environment, Regulatory
- Laboratory, Research & Development
- Logistics, Storage, Handling & Fulfilment
- Plant, Process, Flow & Control
- Sector Focus
- Skills, Training, HR & Recruitment
- Sustainability, Green & BioEconomy
Wednesday: 10.00to11.00
Stage 2
‘Transitioning to bio-based chemicals'
Session Host: Caroline Wilcock Stakeholder Engagement Manager - BioVale
Guest Speakers:
Adrian Higson
Managing Director, NNFCC
Helen Shiels
Business Development Manager, Biorenewables Development Centre (BDC
Svea Braak
Technical Applications Manager, Clariant
Wednesday: 10.15to10.30
Stage 3
Polymeric-based drug delivery systems for veterinary use
Shilpa Mistry Head of Pharma, UK & Ireland at Chemlink Specialities
Wednesday: 10.30to11.00
Stage 4
KEYNOTE: Is Energy Efficiency really your biggest lever to curb CO2 emissions?
Will Leonard CMgr FCMI Digital, Innovation and Technology Lead – ABB Energy Industries
Wednesday: 11.00to12.00
Stage 4
Participants in Session:
Dr David Pugh
Head of Sustainability, Digital Catapult
Rukmini Prasad
Product and Partnerships Manager, Digital Catapult
Richard Head
IT Digital Strategy Partner - Johnson Matthey
Wednesday: 12.40to13.00
Stage: 1
Chemcycling and resource efficiency
Dr. Geoff Mackey and Dr. Darren Budd Dr. - Geoff Mackey - Corporate Affairs & Sustainability Director, BASF plc / Dr. Darren Budd - Commercial Director, BASF UK & Ireland, BASF plc
JOINT SPEAKERS
Dr. Geoff Mackey
Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Director - BASF
Dr. Darren Budd
Commercial Director, BASF UK & Ireland, BASF plc
Wednesday: 12.30to13.00
Stage 2
What does emerging environmental policy tell us about the future of chemical regulation?
Session Host: Caroline Raine Technical Director - National Chemical Emergency Centre (NCEC)
Panellists
Chris Hughes
Head of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology - National Chemical Emergency Centre (NCEC)
Nishma Patel
Policy Director - Chemical Industries Association (CIA)
Simon Tilling
Partner, Steptoe & Johnson UK LLP, UK
Wednesday: 12.00to13.00
Stage 3
Building a world-class low carbon hydrogen economy – make it, store it, use it….
Philip Aldridge Chief Executive Officer - North East Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC)
Panellists
Dave Robson
Hydrogen External Relations Lead at Kellas Midstream
Daren Smith
Site Director, SABIC UK Petrochemicals Limited
Matthew Wilson
Energy Transition Manager, Navigator Terminals
Lee Taylor
Senior Business Development Manager at Doosan Babcock
Wednesday: 12.40to13.00
Stage 4
The Rise of Private Networks and How Your Organisation Will Benefit
Martin Green Head of UK Business Development at Cellnex
Wednesday: 13.00to13.40
Stage 2
FEATURE SESSION: How the Solvents Industry is adapting to a greener future
Session Host: Andrew Norman General Secretary - Solvents Industry Association
Guest Speakers
Luke Goldsmith
Commercial Manager - Coryton Advanced Fuels Ltd
Dr Elske Leenders
Marketing Manager Solvents - Shell Chemicals & Sustainability
Wednesday: 13.20to13.40
Stage 4
How Plant Process Management in a chemical plant supports the most important 15 minutes of your day
Charles Douthwaite Business Development, eschbach GmbH
Wednesday: 13.40to14.00
Stage 4
Process Analytical Technology (PAT) - a Key Component in Your Digitalisation and Industry 4.0 Initiative
Martin Gadsby CEO - Optimal Industrial Technologies Limited
Wednesday: 14.00to15.00
Stage 1
Guest Panellists:
Nishma Patel
Policy Director - Chemical Industries Association (CIA)
Mel Biring
Global Regulatory Strategies & Advocacy Manager – LUBRIZOL
Darren Abrahams
Partner at Steptoe and Johnson LLP
Graeme Towell
Senior Project Manager - REACH at KnoellConsult Ltd
Ciara Dempsey
Regulatory Affairs Manager - British Coatings Federation
Simon Johnson
EU Exit Team: Chemicals and Pesticides - Defra
Wednesday: 14.00to15.00
Stage 2
FEATURE SESSION: Bioeconomy offers Net Zero solutions for the chemicals supply chain
Session Host – Dr. Liz Fletcher Director of Business Engagement and Operations, Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBiolC)
Guest speakers:
Dr. Russell Clarke
Senior Business Engagement Manager - Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBiolC)
Dr. Fraser Brown
Head of Chemistry, Ingenza Ltd
Dr. Stephen Wallace
UKRI Future Leaders Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Biotechnology - School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh
Nikos Tsiapis
Research Lead, Impact Solutions Ltd
Miranda Lindsay-Fynn
Commercial Director - Bio-Sep
Wednesday: 15.00to16.00
Stage 2
A Sustainable future for Adhesives and Sealants - Hosted by BASA
Session Host: Jim Palmer J P Consultancy Ltd - BASA Technical Officer
Guest Panellists:
Steve Farnworth
Managing Director - Itac Adhesives
Jenny Barnett
SHEQ Manager - F Ball and Co Ltd
Lorna Williams
Executive Officer and General Secretary, British Adhesives & Sealants Association.
Dr. Norman Keane
Director of Innovation Ingevity
David Park
Public Affairs Manager British Coatings Federation Limited
Caroline Raine
NCEC & BASA Consultant
Dr. Geoff Mackey
Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Director - BASF
Wednesday: 15.00to16.00
Stage 3
Guest Panellists:
Tracy Hughes
Operations Manager, Prax
Joe Hodgson
Head of business development, Engie Fabricom
Jenny Sutcliffe
Principal Consultant, Regulatory Affairs, P66
Ian Livingston
Project Manager – Humber Cluster, Equinor
Ian Nunn
Apprenticeship Programme Manager – Syngenta
Joe Castle
2nd year apprentice – Syngenta
James McIntosh
COO & Director of Skills – CATCH
Wednesday: 15.00to15.20
Stage 4
Optimising the costs of UK REACH registrations - lessons learned from EU REACH registrations
Jana Travnickova Regulatory Queen, REGARTIS
Wednesday: 15.20to15.40
Stage 4
Wednesday: 15.40to16.00
Stage 4
India's Draft Chemical (Management and Safety) Rules: Know your obligations and start preparing
Shisher Kumra Executive Director, Global Product Compliance
Wednesday: 16.30to16.50
Stage 1
Keynote presentation
Dr Jo Bray Deputy Director, Head of Chemicals & Plastics, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
Wednesday: 16.00to16.20
Stage 2
AESSEAL NET ZERO & Betterworld Solutions - Working together to make a difference for future generations.
Martin Challoner Head of Marketing - AESSEAL
Wednesday: 16.00to16.20
Stage 4
Thursday: 10.00to10.20
Stage 2
Green Thermal & Clean Molecules: Introducing The Next Generation of Decarbonised Energy Solutions
Valentin Fontaine Manager, Sustainability Solutions ENGIE Impact
Thursday: 10.20to10.40
Stage 2
Biosurfactants- revolutionising green sustainable surfactants
Richard Lock Managing Director, Holiferm ltd
Thursday: 10.00to10.15
Stage 3
Boiler house risk assessment considerations
Matthew Walton Senior Contracts Manager, Bosch Thermotechnology
Thursday: 10.15to10.30
Stage 3
Thursday: 10.30to10.45
Stage 3
The Application of PAT and Knowledge Management. From the Laboratory Through to GMP Manufacturing
Martin Gadsby CEO - Optimal Industrial Technologies Limited
Thursday: 10.45to11.00
Stage 3
Case Study - Integrating Process Safety into the design and build of new plant for production of a key ingredient for a COVID-19 vaccine.
Carolyn Nicholls Managing Director - RAS Ltd
Thursday: 10.00to11.00
Stage 4
How to build and operate green hydrogen facilities more efficiently and at scale? FEATURE PANEL SESSION- Hosted by ABB
Host: Troy Stewart Head of Energy Industries UK and Ireland - ABB
Guest Panellists include:
Annet Stones
Business Transformation Consultant, Advisor on Climate Change, Energy Transition, CO2 Technology and Sustainability – Industry Centre of Excellence, IBM Consulting
Diana Raine
Hydrogen Advisor - Worley
Thursday: 11.30to12.00
Stage 3
Day 2 PROCESS INTENSIFICATION Feature Session - Hosted by Process Intensification Network (PIN) & PI Group at Newcastle University
Prof. Adam Harvey Professor of Process Intensification - Newcastle University
Joint Speaker
Dr Anh Phan
Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering – Newcastle University
Thursday: 12.00to12.20
Stage 1
Chemical Industries Association KEYNOTE presentation
Stephen Elliott Chief Executive - Chemical Industries Association
Thursday: 12.20to12.40
Stage 1
‘The Value of Outsourcing Your Chemical Projects to a Contract Manufacturer’
Rodney Steel – BCMPA and Dr. Adrian J Wiggett – Libra Speciality Chemicals Ltd
JOINT SPEAKERS/PRESENTERS
Rodney Steel
Chief Executive, BCMPA
Dr. Adrian J Wiggett
Contract & Toll Manufacturing Sales Manager - Libra Speciality Chemicals Ltd
Thursday: 12.40to13.00
Stage 1
Quo vadis, European chemical industry? - The Brussels perspective
Dorothee Arns Director General, Fecc
Thursday: 12.00to12.20
Stage 2
"Bio-Based and Biodegradable Industries Association (BBIA) keynote presentation "
David Newman Managing Director, Bio-Based and Biodegradable Industries Association (BBIA)
Thursday: 12.00to13.00
Stage 3
Meeting your customers’ needs for sustainability
Session Host: Jacqueline Balian Head of Laboratories Sector - GAMBICA
Guest Speakers
Martyn Fordham
Managing Director, Asynt
David Martin
UK Market Manager, BUCHI UK Ltd
Shailesh Kavedra
Applications/Business Development Manager EMEA Vibrational Spectroscopy, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thursday: 12.00to12.20
Stage 4
Digitisation of processes...making it happen and maximising the value
Christian Oram Manager, Elisian Limited
Thursday: 12.20to12.40
Stage 4
Using an innovation pipeline approach to introduce a self-service, plant data analytics system to the workforce.
Darren Steele Technical Advisor, IT Vizion, Inc.
Thursday: 12.40to13.00
Stage 4
Thursday: 13.30to13.45
Stage 1
Post BREXIT regulatory challenges for those supplying Plant Protection Products to the GB market
Murray Smedley Managing Director, Barkwith Associates Limited
Thursday: 13.45to14.00
Stage 1
The Magic Chemicals Tree and other myths: tips on educating policymakers in chemical realities.
Janet Greenwood Director, TT Environmental Ltd
Thursday: 13.00to14.00
Stage 2
How on Earth do you get from source to bottle?
Session Host: Kirsty Mawhinney Director CCUK, Sustainability Pillar Lead
Judi Beerling
Technical Director - Pertech Associates Ltd
Lawrence Clarke
Technical Sales Manager - Holiferm
Richard Lock
Managing Director - Holiferm
Rachael Davison
Technical Services Manager - Barentz EMEA
Narinder Bains
Managing Director - Ineuvo
Melanie Geer
Business Development Manager – Formulation - CPI
Thursday: 14.00to15.00
Stage: 1
Guest Panellists:
Douglas Leech
Technical Director - Chemical Business Association
Jane Lawson
Senior PSRA manager - Croda International PLC
Chloe Alexander
UK Campaigner CHEM Trust
Craig Kelly
Director/Senior Consultant - ACRE Consultancy & representing British Chemicals Association (formerly BACS)
Simon Tilling
Partner, Steptoe & Johnson UK LLP, UK
Dr. Andrew Smith
Head of REACH-CLP-PIC Technical Delivery, and Toxicology, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Fate Chemicals Regulation Division - Health & Safety Executive
Thursday: 14.00to14.20
Stage 4
Is trying to save energy a waste of energy
Scott Harding Sales Director & Joint Owner - Woodcock & Wilson Ltd
