Wednesday: 10.40to11.00
Stage 1
Innovation for tax savings - Patent Box
Greg Stepney Partner | EP and UK Patent Attorney - Withers & Rogers
CHEMUK2019
NEC, Birmingham, UK
10th & 11th May, 2023
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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: 10.00to10.15
Stage 3
Formulation Stability: What is it, Why does it fail and What can I do about it?
Dr Jim Bullock Director, iFormulate Limited
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: 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: 12.00to12.20
Stage 4
Applied machine learning to accelerate development of formulations and chemical processes
Dr Gareth Conduit CTO, Intellegens
Wednesday: 12.20to12.40
Stage 4
Workforce Transformation with Data Science and Analytics
Allison Buenemann Industry Principal, Seeq Corporation
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: 13.40to14.00
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: 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: 15.00to15.20
Stage 4
Optimising the costs of UK REACH registrations - lessons learned from EU REACH registrations
Jana Travnickova Regulatory Queen, REGARTIS
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
