NEC, Birmingham, UK
15th & 16th May, 2024
Speaker Programme
Keynote Speakers
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- Sustainability/ Decarbonisation/Green Chemistry
Packaging Adhesives – the challenges of packaging and food contact regulation on adhesives manufacturers and their customers and suppliers
BASA – The British Adhesives & Sealants Association
Featured Speakers:
George Atkinson
Head of Policy -Valpak
Lorna Williams
Executive Officer and General Secretary, British Adhesives & Sealants Association.
Dr. Geoff Mackey
UK Country Manager – Plastics Europe
Caroline Raine
Independent Consultant
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
KEYNOTE: Accelerating sustainability in the chemical industry with research databases
Dr. Suze Kundu Director of Researcher and Community Engagement at Digital Science - Dimensions
Panellists:
Tim Doggett
Chief Executive, Chemical Business Association (CBA)
Richard Ward
Business Director – Airedale Group
Sarah Taylor
Managing Director – Grace Overseas
Yvonne Malewski
Commercial Integrations Manager – Brenntag
Liam McCarroll
Global Director of Sustainability - Univar Solutions
Alastair Gardner
Trade Specialist, Chemicals Export & Investment Team - Department for Business & Trade
Trevor Mathers
Managing Director – Alfa Chemicals
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
Panel Host -Tony Heslop
Senior Sustainability Manager, BASF PLC
KEYNOTE: Realising Green Chemical Industries
Prof. Mercedes Maroto-Valer Champion and Director UK Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC)
Scaling up batch to flow to cut costs and energy in halve
Dr. Nikolay Cherkasov Managing Director - Stoli Chem
UK Government - for a successful and sustainable chemicals sector
UK Government Sector Briefing – Featuring: Opening pre-recorded video address from: George Freeman, Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation
Opening pre-recorded video address from: George Freeman, Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation
George Freeman
Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation - Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Guest Panellist: Dr Matt Penrose
Head of CRD’s Strategy, Evidence and Engagement Unit, Health and Safety Executive
Guest Panellist: Melanie Foster
Head of Chemicals Strategy, Policy and Trade, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Guest Panellist: Andrew Waters
Head of Chemicals, Department for Business and Trade
Guest Panellist: Beccy Eggleton
Deputy Director, Chemicals and Critical Minerals, Department for Business and Trade
Innovating for Sustainability - Designing for consumer trust
Chris Finnegan Safety and sustainability science leader - Unilever SEAC
The Application of PAT and Advanced Instrumentation to Support R&D, Manufacturing, Onshoring and the Circular Economy
Martin Gadsby CEO - Optimal Industrial Technologies Limited
How to gain a minimum 5% energy saving on your production processes
Jisha Panikar Global Market Manager - Process Industries - Klüber Lubrication
Breaking Records Together - Operational and Reliability Excellence
Gary Tyne Director - Pro-Reliability Solutions Limited
‘Process Intensification’ Feature session – hosted by the Process Intensification (PI) Group at Newcastle University
Process Intensification Group
Joint Speakers
Prof. Adam Harvey
Professor of Process Intensification - Newcastle University
Dr. Jonathan McDonough
Lecturer - PI Group at Newcastle University
Revolutionizing Heat Transfer: Innovative Solutions to Reduce Fouling and Improve Efficiency
Amol Palve Sales Manager- KLAREN Technology, Taprogge GmbH
Online monitoring of Chemical and Bioprocesses using Raman Spectroscopy "The Lab comes to the Sample"
Kevin Fernandes Process Analytical Sales Specialist, Endress+Hauser
Circa Group – Changing Chemistry For Good
Dr. Sarah Hickingbottom General Manager - Circa Group
“Finding your inner Green Kid”
Dr. Robert McElroy Senior Lecturer in Green Chemistry, University of Lincoln and Circa Group
Ensuring sustainability through the constant of change
Tim Doggett Chief Executive, Chemical Business Association (CBA)
Sustainability and net zero: driving resilience for the chemicals sector
Thomas Birk Managing Director - BASF UK & Ireland
KEYNOTE: Chemistry: a catalyst for change - Royal Society of Chemistry
Professor Gill Reid CChem FRSC FRSE President of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2022 - 2024)
Joint Speakers
Ashley Quigley
Technical Development Manager for Home, Industrial & Institutional Care, Surfachem
Jacob Simpson
Marketing Coordinator, Surfachem
Laundry detergents that care for your clothes and the planet
Gesche Rauch Technical Application Manager, Clariant
Dr. Catherine Mort
Knowledge Transfer Manager, Industrial Biotechnology - Innovate UK KTN
Amy Elliott Peace
Innovation Lead - Circular Economy at Innovate UK
Dr Alastair Sanderson
Unilever - Flue2Chem
Dr Holly A. Reeve
CEO and Co-founder of HydRegen Limited
Dr. Patrick Dodds
Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Hexigone
Stefano Cocchi
Sales Development Manager - Kew Technology
Dr Lukas Kuerten
Principal Scientist, Data Analytics - CPI
Session Host/Guest Panellists:
Neil Hollis
Regulatory Affairs Manager - BASF plc
James Dancy
Head of UK REACH service and policy - Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Mel Biring
Global Regulatory Strategies & Advocacy Manager – LUBRIZOL
Nishma Patel
Policy Director - Chemical Industries Association (CIA)
Chloe Alexander
UK Campaigner CHEM Trust
Darren Abrahams
Partner at Steptoe and Johnson LLP
Ciara Dempsey
Regulatory Affairs Manager - British Coatings Federation (BCF)
Delivering Sustainable Operations through Collaboration on Emissions Reduction
David Anderson Director, Score Group
Pathways to a Net Zero Chemical Industry
Dr Nicolas Nouvel Head of Partnership and Business Development, Aster Fab
Water Reuse Case Study from Dow Benelux
Colin Robinson Business Manager UK & Ireland, Evides Industriewater UK
Speakers:
Panel Host -Tony Heslop
Senior Sustainability Manager, BASF PLC
Scott Winston
CEO - Pulpex
Vikki Callaghan
Packaging Lead, BASF PLC
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
KEYNOTE: Energy cost reductions and sustainability delivered
David Kipling Chief Executive Officer - On-Site Energy Ltd
"Staying Competitive with a User-Centric Approach to Manufacturing Software"
John Papastylianou CEO - Cyzag Ltd
The benefits of outsourcing chemical manufacturing – a BCMPA hosted panel discussion around the value added by 3rd party manufacturing and the ways in which CMO’s help to find solutions for their customers.
BCMPA – The Association for Contract Manufacturing, Packing, Fulfilment and Logistics
Panellists:
Panel Host: Emma Verkaik
Membership & Marketing Director - BCMPA – The Association for Contract Manufacturing, Packing, Fulfilment and Logistics
Steve Meyer
Managing Director - Cod Beck Blenders
Dave Roberts
Managing Director, Rutpen Ltd.
Martin Usher
Managing Director - Grotech Production Ltd
A pharmaceutical manufacturer’s net zero journey
Anushka Devaser Associate Director - WSP UK Ltd
Construction Adhesives & Sealants - navigating the broad challenges facing suppliers
BASA – The British Adhesives & Sealants Association
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Jane Thornback
Sustainability Policy Advisor - CPA (Construction Products Association)
Jenny Barnett
SHEQ Manager - F. Ball and Company Ltd
Sam Hodson
Technical Manager, Hodgson Sealants Ltd
Caroline Raine
Independent Consultant
Lorna Williams
BASA Executive Secretary - BASA
Session Host & Panellists
Dr Anna Zhenova – Session Host
Founder and CEO - Green Rose Chemistry
Dr. Mark Gronnow
Process Development Unit Manager - Biorenewables Development Centre (BDC)
Dr. Yvonne Armitage
Director of Biotechnology, CPI
Dr. Paul Bello
Innovation Lead Industrial Biotechnology, Innovate UK
Dr. Andrew West
Chief Chemist, BioSep Ltd
Dr. Neil Renault
Scale-up Facilities Manager, IBioIC
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
The chemical and processing industries as the foundation to a successful circular economy
Dr Ann Stevenson Head of Circular Economy, Resource Futures
Dr. Sheena Hindocha
Knowledge Transfer Manager for Materials Chemistry - Innovate UK KTN
Jeff Townsend
Founder - Critical Minerals Association
Dr Martyn Cherrington
Innovation Lead - Innovate UK KTN
Dr Matthew Reeves
Knowledge Transfer Manager - Materials Chemistry and Formulation UK - Innovate UK KTN
Professor Julie Staunton
Physics Department - University of Warwick
Dr Emma Schofield
Platinum Group Metals Research Fellow at Johnson Matthey
Dr Fergal Coleman
Ionic Technologies
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
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
Session Host: Kirsty Mawhinney
Director CCUK, Sustainability Pillar Lead
Joana Pereira
Business Development Manager - Holiferm
Dr Kyla Orr
Scientific Director and co-founder - KelpCrofting Ltd
Dr. Andrew West
Chief Chemist, BioSep Ltd
Creating the next generation of talent through collaboration
Phil Roe Generation Logistics & Logistics UK President - LOGISTICS UK
KEYNOTE: How to get the chemistry right in your ESG and Net Zero disclosures
Dan Hulme Head of Sales, Inspired PLC
KEYNOTE: Changing global chemical market, against the backdrop of current and future economic, environmental and performance trends and challenges
Richard Haldimann Chief Technology & Sustainability Officer, Clariant
Next generation batch reactor productivity and efficiency: An introduction to the PI QFlux Batch Reactor System
Andrew Wills Managing Director - Thermal Fluid Systems Ltd
Joint Speakers
Prof. Adam Harvey
Professor of Process Intensification - Newcastle University
Dr. Sharon Velasquez Orta
PIGroup at Newcastle University
UK and Ireland Spill Association SPRING TECHNICAL CONFERENCE - (PART 1)
UK and Ireland Spill Association Mark J Orr, Executive Director, UK and Ireland Spill Association
Session Host
Mark J Orr (Session Host)
Executive Director, UK and Ireland Spill Association
Bill Atkinson
Chief Scientific Advisor - Adler and Allan
Sustainable Chemistry: How Laboratories Can Reduce Environmental Impact
Helen Newson Chemical Application Specialist – Avantor/VWR
Safe Water - Opportunity and Challenge in Water Treatment
British Chemicals Association (BCA)
Session Host/Speakers
Panel Chair – Tom Laffey
Technical Director - ISHEM
Sean Forsythe
Technical Manager (Chemicals) at Feedwater Limited
Stuart Caldwell
Regulatory Manager, Biocide Regulation at Solenis
Wayne Thomas
Operations Director at Total Water Products Limited
Navigating Net Zero – Practical steps that chemical companies are taking to reduce GHG emissions
BASF Tony Heslop, Senior Sustainability Manager - BASF plc
Panel Participants
Panel Host -Tony Heslop
Senior Sustainability Manager, BASF PLC
Gal Maller
Group Board Member, Strategy, Corp Dev & Sustainability - 2M Group
Cameron Day
Business Development Manager William Blythe Ltd
Liam McCarroll
Global Director of Sustainability - Univar Solutions
KEYNOTE: Chemical Engineering meets the Real World
Professor Jonathan Seville Professor of Formulation Engineering, University of Birmingham (Past President, IChemE)
Microplastics in formulations: Challenges and possible solutions
Dr Jim Bullock Director, iFormulate Limited
Session Host/Guest Panellists:
Jenny Butcher – Session Host
Senior Consultant - Ramboll UK
Chris Howick
Head of Product Regulation - INOVYN
Mike Potts
Chemicals Regulation Division, Principal Enforcement Officer Health and Safety Executive - HSE
Tom Griffiths
Senior Managing Consultant - Ramboll
Tom Gillett
Associate, Steptoe & Johnson UK LLP
Biotechnology needs Chemistry to enable the most Sustainable Solutions
Phil Ruxton Chief Sustainability Officer - CRODA
Novel biosurfactant manufacturing offering new options formulations to achieve Net Zero sustainable formulations.
Richard Lock Managing Director, Holiferm ltd
Market ready and high performance - bio-based levulinates as a genuine replacement for petrochemical solvents
Jonathan Lane Global Business Development Manager - GFBiochemicals
“Take a holistic approach to sustainable chemical production - combine energy, automation & digital systems"
Markus Brahmann Sales Director- EURA for Process Instrumentation Business - Schneider Electric
Improving Efficiency and Sustainability in the Process Industry
Michael S Blair MIET UK Executive Strategic Sales Manager & Client Business Transformation at Siemens
Your Roadmap to Technology Mastery
Rob Munro Industrial Associate with IfM Engage at Institute for Manufacturing, Cambridge University
UK and Ireland Spill Association SPRING TECHNICAL CONFERENCE - (PART 2)
UK & Ireland Spill Association
Session Host/Speakers
Mark J Orr (Session Host)
Executive Director, UK and Ireland Spill Association
Graeme Warnell
Managing Director - GW Environmental
Dr. Ken Scally
Technical and Quality Director - SUEZ UK
Duncan Sanders
Director/Owner - ATG Group
Reducing Costs Of New Product Development And Manufacture Using Safe And Sustainable By Design Principles
Andrew Bourne Associate - WSP
Innovation Routes via M&A in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the Americas for UK firms
John Marcantonio Technology Director - Chief Marketing Advisor, CCD Partners