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CHEMUK2019
NEC, Birmingham, UK
15th & 16th May, 2024
2023 Speakers
Keynote Speakers
Forum Sponsors
Thursday: 10.00to11.00
Stage 1
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
Thursday 10.00to11.00
Stage 2
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
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: 10.00to10.20
Stage 4
Introduction of new hazard EU CLP classes and possible label impacts
Katherine Peabody REACH and Chemicals Regulatory Manager, Staphyt
Thursday: 10.20to10.40
Stage 4
Thursday 10.40to11.00
Stage 4
Brexit: Ongoing impacts on the label and SDS
Janet Greenwood Director, TT Environmental Ltd
Thursday: 10.00to10.20
Stage 5
The chemical and processing industries as the foundation to a successful circular economy
Dr Ann Stevenson Head of Circular Economy, Resource Futures
Thursday: 10.20to10.40
Stage 5
"Saving the Planet one mass spectrometer at a Time”
Jitendra Waghela Technical Sales Specialist - Providion
Thursday: 10.40to11.00
Stage 5
Patents in the chemical sector and how to secure protection for your invention
Dr John Fisher Partner - Gill Jennings and Every
Thursday: 11.00to12.00
Stage 1
Panellists & Session Hosts
Kate Mingay
Chair of the Chemical Business Association and Managing Director of Dakram Materials Ltd
Liran Mallar
Group Director of HR and PR - 2M Holdings Group
Mollie Williams
Technical Sales Manager UK & Benelux - Nordmann U.K.
Richard Lock
Managing Director, Holiferm ltd
Hannah Drake
Customer Experience Specialist – Crafted Ltd
Danish Zaiful Azri
Regulatory and Supply Chain Support - Chemical Business Association
Josh Leech
Member's Services Representative - Chemical Business Association (CBA)
Thursday 11.00to12.30
Stage 2
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
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: 11.00to11.30
Stage 4
How do you know if your emergency response is fit for purpose? – An exercise in testing
Craig Thomson Sales & Client Director – Ricardo Energy & Environment
Thursday: 11.30to12.00
Stage 4
Neil Smith – Session Host
Head of Workforce Development - Cogent Skills
Justine Fosh
Chief Executive Officer - Cogent Skills
Thursday: 11.00to12.00
Stage 5
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
Thursday: 12.00to12.20
Stage 1
Challenges (post-Brexit, post-Covid) facing UK chemical companies
Ian Cranshaw Head of International Trade and Regional Affairs - Chemical Industries Association
Thursday: 12.20to12.40
Stage 1
Creating the next generation of talent through collaboration
Phil Roe Generation Logistics & Logistics UK President - LOGISTICS UK
Thursday 12.40to13.00
Stage 1
KEYNOTE: How to get the chemistry right in your ESG and Net Zero disclosures
Dan Hulme Head of Sales, Inspired PLC
Thursday 12.30to13.00
Stage 2
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
Thursday: 12.00to12.15
Stage 3
Next generation batch reactor productivity and efficiency: An introduction to the PI QFlux Batch Reactor System
Andrew Wills Managing Director - Thermal Fluid Systems Ltd
Thursday: 12.15to12.30
Stage 3
Fibre optic temperature sensing of exothermic reactions in packed bed column reactors
Dr Lars Kahlman Engineering and Sales Consultant - Proximion AB
Thursday: 12.30to13.00
Stage 3
Joint Speakers
Prof. Adam Harvey
Professor of Process Intensification - Newcastle University
Dr. Sharon Velasquez Orta
PIGroup at Newcastle University
Thursday: 12.00to13.00
Stage 4
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
Thursday: 12.00to12.30
Stage 5
RSC Support through Company Accreditation - featuring Johnson Matthey
RSC – Royal Society of Chemistry
Session Speakers
Patrick Deneny
Session Host: Industry Member Engagement Executive- Royal Society of Chemistry
Ian Murray
Global Analytical Standards Manager for the Clean Air Sector of Johnson Matthey
Thursday: 12.30to12.45
Stage 5
ISO 8655:2022 - A new challenge is imminent – so how compliant is your use of pipettes?
Chris Hoskyn Sales Manager - ESSLAB
Thursday: 12.45to13.00
Stage 5
Sustainable Chemistry: How Laboratories Can Reduce Environmental Impact
Helen Newson Chemical Application Specialist – Avantor/VWR
Thursday: 13.00to14.00
Stage 1
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
Thursday 13.00to14.00
Stage 2
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
Thursday: 13.00to13.30
Stage 3
Jonathan Gunnell
Business Development Manager at CPI Biologics
Thursday: 13.00to13.30
Stage 4
KEYNOTE: Chemical Engineering meets the Real World
Professor Jonathan Seville Professor of Formulation Engineering, University of Birmingham (Past President, IChemE)
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: 13.45to14.00
Stage 5
Microplastics in formulations: Challenges and possible solutions
Dr Jim Bullock Director, iFormulate Limited
Thursday 14.00to15.00
Stage 1
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
Thursday: 14.00to14.20
Stage 2
Biotechnology needs Chemistry to enable the most Sustainable Solutions
Phil Ruxton Chief Sustainability Officer - CRODA
Thursday: 14.20to14.40
Stage 2
Novel biosurfactant manufacturing offering new options formulations to achieve Net Zero sustainable formulations.
Richard Lock Managing Director, Holiferm ltd
Thursday: 14.40to15.00
Stage 2
Market ready and high performance - bio-based levulinates as a genuine replacement for petrochemical solvents
Jonathan Lane Global Business Development Manager - GFBiochemicals
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: 14.00to16.00
Stage 4
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
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: 14.30to14.45
Stage 5
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
Thursday: 15.00to16.00
Stage 5
Danny Lazell
Virtual Events Manager - AZoNetwork
Thursday: 13.00to13.30
Stage 3
Deliver tomorrow's vaccines and therapeutics though next-generation medicine manufacturing innovations
Jonathan Gunnell Business Development Manager at CPI Biologics