MINI CONFERENCE
"Technologies that will disrupt chemical manufacturing" - Part 2 of 2-day mini-conferences programme - Hosted by Innovate UK and BBSRC.
Time & Location
Thursday: 13.00 to 14.30, Stage 3
Panellists:
Zoe BurrellPortfolio Manager, BBSRC
About this Session
Technologies that will disrupt chemical manufacturing
We will join the dots and highlight technologies that will disrupt chemical manufacturing, from new chemistries through to enabling technologies and methodologies.
Latest confirmed themes include:
- Reimagining Materials & Manufacturing Together
- Redeeming CO2: Key learnings from commercialisation of a sustainable chemistry technology
- IUK & BBSRC Opportunities & Next Steps
Session Chair: Amy Peace, Innovation Lead, Innovate UK
Session Speakers include:
- Michael Burnett, Knowledge Transfer Manager – Process Manufacturing, Innovate UK Business Connect
- Mary Jenkinson-Finch, Senior Portfolio Manager – Industrial Biotechnology, BBSRC
- Freddie Dudbridge, Commercial Development and Strategy Manager, ConstructiveBio
- Mike George, Professor of Chemistry, University of Nottingham
- Jill Dearnaley, Chief Operations Officer, Econic Technologies Ltd
- Zoe Burrell, Portfolio Manager, BBSRC
Session Chair: Amy Peace
Innovation Lead, Innovate UK
Michael Burnett
Knowledge Transfer Manager – Process Manufacturing, Innovate UK Business Connect
Freddie Dudbridge
Commercial Development and Strategy Manager, ConstructiveBio
Mike George
Professor of Chemistry, University of Nottingham
Mike George is a Professor of Chemistry at The University of Nottingham. From 2014-16 he was Vice-Provost for Research and Knowledge Exchange at the University of Nottingham Ningbo working in China. From 2016 he has been the Director of Global Engagement for the Faculty of Science at UoN. He led (2017-23) a EPSRC Programme Grant, a multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional research group focused on innovating fine chemical, agrochemical, and pharmaceutical manufacturing in the UK using continuous photo-, electro-, and thermo-chemistry. A key output is a new Vortex reactor technology platform for continuous manufacture which already is on a scale equivalent >10 kg/day with a small footprint reactor. Recent awards include the RSC 2022 Interdisciplinary Award and the RSC 2023 Emerging Technology Competition Enabling Technologies prize for the “Nottingham Vortex: scalable process platform to accelerate discovery to production”.