Wednesday: 10.20to10.40
Stage 1
The Chemicals Industry: The end of business as usual
David Hughes CEO, New Normal Consulting
CHEMUK2019
NEC, Birmingham, UK
10th & 11th May, 2023
Speaker Programme
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Sustainability, Green & BioEconomy
- 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: 10.30to11.00
Stage 3
PROCESS INTENSIFICATION - Feature session Hosted by Process Intensification Network (PIN) & PI Group at Newcastle University
Prof. Adam Harvey Professor of Process Intensification - Newcastle University
GUEST PRESENTER
Dr. Jonathan McDonough
Lecturer - PI Group at Newcastle University
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 3
Revolutionising Medicines Manufacturing Takes Serious Collaboration Feature session - Hosted by CPI
Dr. Neil Sheddan Business Development Director, Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre at CPI
Additional Speakers/Panellists
Dr. Sam Neill
Business Development Director - CPI’s Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre
Dr. Caroline Kelly
Head of Technology Strategy, Formulation
Dr. Barrie Cassey
Grand Challenge Lead - CPI
Dr. Dave Berry
Grand Challenge and Digital Strategy Lead (Medicines Manufacture) CPI
Dr. Katie Murray
PANEL HOST: Technical Director Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre - CPI
Dr. Marcus Cook
Head of Engineering, Exactmer
Terry Reed
Director of Business Development, AstraZeneca
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: 12.00to12.20
Stage 2
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: 12.20to12.40
Stage 4
Workforce Transformation with Data Science and Analytics
Allison Buenemann Industry Principal, Seeq Corporation
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: 13.40to14.00
Stage 2
Chemistry: a catalyst for change - Royal Society of Chemistry
Professor Gill Reid President-Elect of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2020 - 2022)
Wednesday: 13.00to14.00
Stage 3
Transitioning of the Chemical Laboratory through Digitalisation
Session Host: Brian Attwood Editorial Director, Laboratory News
Guest Speakers
Professor Tim Albrecht
Director of Research & Knowledge Transfer, School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham
Iwona Anna Kandpal
Industrial Digital Technology Adviser - Made Smarter UK
Peter Rhodes
Digital Transformation for Scientific Research, Dotmatics
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: 16.00to16.30
Stage: 1
RSC SME Showcase - supporting UK deep tech chemistry, for people and the planet - featuring presentations from Stoli Chem and Barton Blakeley
Session Host: Andrew Waterworth Industry Engagement Manager at Royal Society of Chemistry
Guest Speakers:
Dr. Nikolay Cherasov
Founder and Managing Director -Stoli Chem
Christopher Barton
CEO - Barton Blakeley
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
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: 10.40to11.00
Stage 2
Lubrication and its impact on Green Chemistry
Jonathan Venditti Global Market Manager - Chemical Industry, Klüber Lubrication
Thursday: 10.15to10.30
Stage 3
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: 11.00to12.00
Stage 2
RSC Sustainability Panel Session
Session Host: Jessica Evans Membership Recruitment Executive - Industry Royal Society of Chemistry
Featured Panellists:
Dr Florence Gschwend
CTO and Co-founder – Lixea
Maria Conway
Section Leader II- Wind & Marine & Protective Coatings RD&I – AkzoNobel
Thursday: 11.00to11.15
Stage 3
Online Raman Spectroscopy for monitoring Chemical Processes
Kevin Fernandes Process Analytical Sales Engineer, Endress+Hauser Ltd
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: 12.40to13.00
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 12.20to12.40
Stage 2
“Changing Chemistry for Good: using waste, non-food biomass to produce sustainable, safer chemicals that replace NMP/DMF at scale with new, short. local, resilient supply-chains."
Dr. Sarah Hickingbottom General Manager - Circa Group
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: 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: 13.40to14.00
Stage 4
“Navigating the UK Innovation Ecosystem” with Innovate UK KTN and CPI
Graeme Cruickshank, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, CPI and Debra Jones, Knowledge Transfer Manager, Chemistry – Innovate UK KTN
Joint Speaker
Debra Jones
Knowledge Transfer Manager, Chemistry - Innovate UK KTN
