MARCH 12, 2025 | Sustainable Wednesday
08:00-10:00
Session 5: Sustainability strategies and initiatives in the EU
Chair : Rodger Battersby, EBRC
20’
Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability – the aims and key priorities
Christian Gründling, FCIO
20’
The green deal and the clean industrial deal – an industry view
Paul Ylioja, Merck
30’
EU approach for sustainable innovation in advanced materials and chemicals
Javier Sanfelix, European Commission DG RTD
20’
Essential use concept – an analysis
Jerker Ligthart, ChemSec
30’
EU Taxonomy regulation, Corporate Sustainability Reporting and Corporate Sustainability Due Dilligence Directives – what needs to be done
Meglena Mihova, EPPA
10:00-10:15
Q&A
10:15-10:45
Coffee break
10:45-12:45
Session 6: Product sustainability assessment – the substitution to safer alternatives
Chair : Angélo Blanken, Royal HaskoningDHV
20’
Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program
Kevin Debell, US EPA
20’
EU policy to support substitution
Joel Tickner, Change Chemistry
20’
TURI's substitution planners approach
Baskut Tuncak, TURI
20’
Safer Materials Strategy
Beth Uhlhorn, Dow
20’
Artificial Intelligence - an interesting tool to find safer chemicals
Ethan Mirsky, NobleAI
20’
Future-Proof Profits: The Power of Safer Alternatives
Sonja Haider, ChemSec
12:45-13:00
Q&A
13:00-14:00
Lunch break
14:00–15:40
Session 7: Sustainability ambitions and consequences in the value chain
Chair : Bart vander Velpen, Royal HaskoningDHV
20’
Global Framework on Chemicals – For a Planet Free of Harm from Chemicals and Waste
20’
Transition pathway European chemicals industry as the sustainable motor for the green and digital transformation
Christian Gründling, FCIO
20’
Advanced Recycling experiences
Melanie Bower, ExxonMobil
20’
Global plastic treaty
Jean-Cyril Walker, Keller and Heckman
20’
How do investors think about chemicals management
Caroline Boden, Mercy Investment Services, Inc.
15:40-16:00
Q&A
16:00-16:30
Coffee break
16:30-18:25
Session 8: Technological developments supporting sustainability implementation
Chair : Javier Sanfelix, DG RTD
25’
How can QR codes, blockchain technology and Artificial Intelligence enhance transparency and sustainability in the value chain
Michael Siebold, Merck
25’
Artificial intelligence for vendor SDS data extraction and management
John Falk, opesus
25’
Self-Driving Laboratories for Chemistry and Materials Science
Melissa Schisler, Dow
20’
Ecodesign for sustainable products – a European initiative
Christian Gründling, FCIO
20’
Digital Product Passports – a multi tool for companies
Lorenzo Zullo, 3E
18:25-18:45
Q&A
18:45
End of Sessions - Day 2