WED 15 MAY – DAY PROGRAMME (ALL STAGES) IN BRIEF
10.00 - 10.15: Stage 1: The latest Updates from China’s Chemical Regulations - Bryan Zhou, General Manager - CIRS
10.00 - 11.00: Stage 3:
PANEL: Sustainable Products: The intersect between sustainability and regulation – Hosted by Ricardo
Sub-topics: Emerging concerns on chemical properties and the regulatory impact
Introduction to Eco-design for Sustainable Products Regulation
EU Green Claims and implications on sustainable marketing
Ricardo personnel panel - Craig Thomson – Head of Chemical Risk; Chris Hughes – Technical Director – Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology; Sam Hinton – Life Cycle Assessment Technical Area Lead & Liv Judge – Senior Consultant
10.10 - 10.30: Stage 2: Empowering Energy Transformation towards Carbon Neutrality in the Chemical Industry - Jeff Parr-May Manager UK – Commercial Asset Solutions Europe – Uniper
10.10 - 10.30: Stage 4: Reduce False Alarms by Matching Gas Detection Technology to Your Application, Operating and Environmental Requirements Nicholas Shorter Product Manager - Flame and Gas Detection Systems - Emerson
10.15 - 10.30: Stage 1: Korea REACH and how to prepare for the 2024 deadline - Frederik Johanson, Partner-Sales Director – REACHLaw
10.30 – 11.30: Stage 1: PANEL: “Transitioning into the Digitally-enabled Age” – How equipped is your Chemical Supply Chain? Hosted by Chemical Business Association (CBA)
10.30 - 11.30: Stage 2:
Panel Host, Tim Doggett the CEO of the CBA
Panellists from: Road Haulage Association; The Stort Group; CWC UK National Authority – Department for Energy Security & Net Zero & CBA
PANEL: Designing Ingredients Safely and Sustainably – Hosted by British Chemicals Association (BCA)
Speakers from: Personal Care Group; Innospec Performance Chemicals; Holiferm; Croda
10.30 – 12.00: Stage 4: ICHEME MINI CONFERENCE: ‘Towards sustainable production: the scaling up challenge’ – Hosted by IChemE: Institution of Chemical Engineers
Session Speakers:
• Rob Peeling, Chair of IChemE Congress and Functional Fellow Representative
Chris Hamlin, Vice Chair - IChemE’s Process Management and Control SIG
Nigel Hirst, President - Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)
Dr. James Winterburn, Reader in Chemical Engineering at The University of Manchester
Anna Parsons, Associate Director - Process Engineering at AstraZeneca
• Dr Andy Ingram, Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering - University of Birmingham
10.30 – 12.00: Stage 5: Engineering Biology MINI CONFERENCE: ‘Build and Scale for a Biobased Future’ - Hosted by IBioIC (Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre)
Chair: Dr Lynsey Dunbar, IBioIC / Speakers from: University of Edinburgh; Impact Solutions; Edinburgh Genome Foundry; EdinOmics; Biorenewables Development Centre & CPI
11.00 – 11.30: Stage 3: KEYNOTE: The future of the UK chemical industry - Ian Cranshaw Head of International Trade and Regional Affairs - Chemical Industries Association
11.30 - 12.00: Stage 1: CBA KEYNOTE BRIEFING – Sector intelligence summary - Tim Doggett Chief Executive - Chemical Business Association (CBA) 11.30 - 12.00: Stage 2: KEYNOTE: The plastics industry perspective on chemicals - Philip Law, Director General - British Plastics Federation 11.30 – 13.00: Stage 3: MINI CONFERENCE: “Unlocking the Potential of Process Intensification for Net Zero” Hosted by The Process Intensification Group (PIG) at
Sub-themes include:
Illustrations of sustainability improvements in cosmetics/beauty products in the No.7 Beauty Company - Steve Owen, No 7 Beauty Company From raw materials impact to choosing the right packaging, the importance of LCA in manufacturing - Laurie Gerrish, Orean
Nature-based packaging – Present and Future - Sunny Ubale. Flex-Sea
• Towards more sustainable cosmetics through Green Chemistry - Professor James Clark, Addible and University of York
12.00 - 12.20: Stage 4: KEYNOTE: “Net Zero – the ultimate scale-up challenge?” - Nigel Hirst President - Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)
12.00 - 13.00: Stage 5: PANEL: Connecting the dots - The UK innovation ecosystem – ScotCHEM
Panel Host: Dr Alan Wiles, Director of Operations – ScotCHEM, The Alliance for the Chemical Sciences in Scotland
Panellists from: Celtic Renewables; CPI; Department for Science, Innovation and Technology; University of St Andrews & Innovate UK Business Connect
12.20 - 12.40: Stage 4: KEYNOTE: An Engineers Perspective – Improving Safety, Increasing Production and Reducing Costs - Alan D’Ambrogio Regional Chair for the IMechE
12.40 - 13.00: Stage 4: KEYNOTE: The North East Process Sector – A Hub for Circular Economy - Ryan Siddall Head of Technical – NEPIC
13.00 - 14.00: Stage 1: PANEL: PFAS & Emerging Chemicals of Concern – Hosted by Ramboll
Session Speakers from: Royal Society of Chemistry; Squire Patton Boggs (UK) LLP; Chemical Business Association (CBA); Ramboll
13.00 – 13.15: Stage 3: Continuous membrane-based separation to improve batch extraction productivity - Lorenzo Gazzola Technical Sales Representative – Zaiput
13.00 - 14.30: Stage 4: MINI CONFERENCE: Evolution of the Chemicals Industry” - Hosted Innovate UK and BBSRC
Session Chairs: Dana Heldt, Knowledge Transfer Manager for Synthetic Biology, Innovate UK Business Connect & Sarah Hickingbottom, VP - Chemicals and Materials - FutureBridge Themes/speakers: Reducing the reliance of the chemicals industry on fossil feedstocksAdrian Higson, Managing Director, Lead Consultant Biobased Products, NNFCC The Bioeconomy Consultants & Jen Vanderhoven, FREY Consulting Circularity and Decarbonisation of the Plastics Value Chain - Steve Garbutt, Project Director, Mura Technology • How to Make Chemicals – and Profit – from CO2 - Nick Smith, Commercial Director, ViridiCO2 Ltd Biomass feedstocks for sustainable fuels production - Robert Hardy, Business Development Manager, Gidara Energy
13.00 – 13.15: Stage 5: Formulating Biology - New Challenges for Chemists - Dr Jim Bullock Director - iFormulate Ltd 13.15 – 13.30: Stage 3: Process Intensification
Stage 2: KEYNOTE: “Scaling-up our ambition: the role of UK bio-based manufacturing in making the future” Dr Mark Corbett Director - Biorenewables Development Centre (BDC)
– 14.00: Stage 2: The industry standard for Product Carbon Footprints - Steven Hughes EMEA Sustainability Manager, Azelis – Speaking on behalf of TfS (Together for Sustainability)
13.45 – 14.00: Stage 3: Optimisation Of Product Properties Through Fluid Bed Technology - Swen Schumann Sales Manager - Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH 13.45 – 14.00: Stage 5: Ultimately the behaviours of people determine whether a business is successful or not - Ron Ramshaw Associate - Cogent Skills 14.00 - 15.00: Stage 1: PANEL: “UK REACH: What’s the Score in ’24?” Hosted by Neil Hollis, BASF plc
Panellists from: Defra; BP; Chemical Industries Association; CHEM Trust; Steptoe; British Coatings Federation
14.00 - 15.30: Stage 2: MINI CONFERENCE: “Constructing with Confidence in Chemicals” The challenges, trends, and innovation opportunities for the Construction sector - Hosted by BASA Setting the scene – it’s not all about UKREACH – Caroline Raine, Caroline Raine Chemical Consultancy Limited
• Developing Sustainable Products for safer construction with Chemicals – Tim Boarer, Head of Specifications – London & South, Mapei (UK)
The challenges of sustainable construction products packaging and future innovation – Jenny Barnett, F Ball and Co. Ltd.
How to leverage supplier engagement for effective Scope 3 tracking for sustainable construction – Sam Hodgson, Hodgson Sealants Ltd
• Can retailers have confidence in their product suppliers to develop sustainable construction products – Spencer Salek, Chemicals Regulation Manager, Kingfisher plc. The future of road building without asphalt. A look at the realities of net zero policies without consideration of the loss of refined chemicals in future – Lorna Williams, BASA CEO
• Transforming traceability for safer construction with chemicals – Ross Matthews, BSI Identify The challenges of conformity assessment and does it really solve issues with performance defects in safer construction – Lorna Williams, BASA CEO 14.00 – 15.00: Stage 3: PANEL: Navigating Net Zero – The Scope 3 Conundrum. How Chemical companies are dealing with the topic of Scope 3 emissions - Hosted by BASF plc
Session Host: Tony Heslop, EMEA Regional Lead Sustainability - BASF plc
Speakers from: Croda Europe Ltd; Univar Solutions: Synthomer 14.00 – 14.30: Stage 5: KEYNOTE: Chemistry: a catalyst for change - Professor Gill Reid, President - Royal Society of Chemistry 14.30 – 14.45: Stage 4: Improving the Utilisation of Observations using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning - Morgan Walters Data Scientist – Empirisys 14.30 – 16.00: Stage 5: MINI CONFERENCE: How do we build a positive science culture? - Hosted by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
• Scientific practice – the way science and innovation are conducted Participation in science – who is able and enabled to take part in science and innovation
Wellbeing and development – how people are treated and empowered to achieve their potential
Session chair:Suze Kundu, Director of Researcher and Community Engagement, Digital Science Featured speakers and panellists from: HydRegen; RSSL; AWE; Carbogen Amcis; AM Technology & Royal Society of Chemistry
14.45 – 15.00: Stage 4: Navigating the storm - Utilising
Manager - ACI Group 15.00 - 15.15: Stage 1: The on-going financial implications of a UK & EU REACH Registration - Mick Goodwin Technical Director - WSP UK 15.00 - 15.20: Stage 4: Prepare your Chemical and COSHH Management processes for CSRD