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InnoDay'05_Prog_v2 8/23/05 9:21 AM Page 1 6—7 September 2005 DAY Warren G. Schlinger Symposium Bringing together N industry leaders and young innovators at the frontiers of O chemical innovation VAT I O C CHEMICAL H HERITAGE F FOUNDATION INN InnoDay'05_Prog_v2 8/23/05 9:21 AM Page 2 1 The chemical industry faces many challenges and opportunities at the start of the 21st century, including the rapid emergence Premier Sponsor of new fields and the maturing of existing methods The Warren and Katharine Schlinger Foundation for research and manufacturing. Only a renewed Presenting Sponsors focus on innovation will harness promising tech- Air Products and Chemicals The Dow Chemical Company nologies and spur industry growth. DuPont To promote early career innovation, the Merck & Company NOVA Chemicals Chemical Heritage Foundation and Society of Shell Chemicals Chemical Industry jointly organize an annual Sunoco Innovation Day, consisting of the Warren G. Supporting Sponsors Arch Chemicals Schlinger Symposium, the SCI Gordon E. Moore Celanese Chemicals Medal, and the SCI Perkin Medal. The Schlinger Eastman Chemical National Starch and Chemicals Symposium brings together promising young Rohm and Haas Company scientists and technology leaders from across the chemical industries with a focus on frontiers of chemical R&D. Plenary and breakout sessions are oriented to areas where the chemical industry interfaces with other emerging business sectors. In combination with the medal ceremonies, the Schlinger Symposium offers attendees the opportunity to learn about cutting-edge science and technology, exchange ideas with peer indus- trial researchers and entrepreneurs, and prepare to be innovation leaders. InnoDay'05_Prog_v2 8/23/05 9:21 AM Page 4 2 3 September 6 10:00–11:30 a.m. Morning Breakout Sessions 6:00–9:00 p.m. Reception and Dinner ULLYOT MEETING HALL “Innovation and the Technology Paradox” Feedstocks of the Future BEN FRANKLIN HALL, APS Jay Paap, President, Paap Associates Invest in everything that might be the next MODERATOR: Rich Myers, R&D Vice President, great breakthrough, and you are guaranteed Performance Chemicals and Thermosets, bankruptcy. Wait until it is clear where the The Dow Chemical Company next innovations are coming from, and SPEAKERS: Theo Fleisch, Distinguished Advisor, chances are you will be too late. In between BP America going broke and being late, there has to be Mark Finkelstein, Vice President of a way to drive corporate growth through Bioscience, Luca Technologies innovation. Jay Paap will explore the roots Nanomaterials of this paradox and describe ways that firms 2ND FLOOR can anticipate emerging needs and tech- MODERATOR: Steven Freilich, Director of Materials nologies and use those insights to help Science and Engineering, them innovate responsibly. DuPont Central R&D SPEAKERS: Jack Solomon, Chariman, Vision2020 September 7 Alan Rae, Vice President of Market and Business Development, NanoDynamics 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast ULLYOT MEETING HALL Electronic Chemicals 9:00–9:45 a.m. Opening Plenary ROOM 603 ULLYOT MEETING HALL MODERATOR: Gary Calabrese, Vice President “Chemical Research in the 21st Century” and Chief Technology Officer, Anthony Cheetham, Director, Rohm & Haas Company International Center for Materials Research, University of California, Santa Barbara SPEAKERS: Elsa Reichmanis, Director, Materials Research Department, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies Marie Angelopoulos, Manager, Advanced Lithography Materials and SCHLINGER SYMPOSIUM SCHLINGER PROGRAM SYMPOSIUM Process Group, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, IBM InnoDay'05_Prog_v2 8/23/05 9:21 AM Page 6 4 5 Chemistry of Energy Sources 11:45 a.m.– Luncheon and OTHMER CONFERENCE ROOM 1:45 p.m. SCI Gordon E. Moore Medal Ceremony MODERATOR: Paul Clark, Vice President, Research and Technology, ULLYOT MEETING HALL NOVA Chemicals Gordon E. Moore Medal Lecture by Jeffrey John Hale, Director of SPEAKERS: Judith Stein, Chief Technologist, Medicinal Chemistry, Merck & Co. Emerging Technologies, GE Global Research 2:00–3:30 p.m. Horst-Tore Land, President & CEO, Afternoon Breakout Sessions PEMEAS Same as Morning Breakout Sessions Environmental Chemistry 3:30–4:00 p.m. Networking PRESIDENT’S ROOM, APS Coffee Break DOW PUBLIC SQUARE MODERATOR: Miles Drake, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, 4:00–5:00 p.m. Closing Plenary Air Products and Chemicals ULLYOT MEETING HALL SPEAKERS: Paul Anastas, Director, ACS Green Chemistry Institute MODERATOR: Arthur Daemmrich, Director, Cecil Chappelow, Vice President, Center for Contemporary History and Gases and Equipment Technology, Policy, Chemical Heritage Foundation Air Products and Chemicals SPEAKERS: Jay Ihlenfeld, Senior Vice President, 3M Research and Development Innovating for a Geographically Michael Schrage, Senior Advisor, Shifting Value Chain MIT Security Studies program, MIT Media Lab SAMUEL FELS ROOM, APS Alfred Hackenberger, President, MODERATOR: Jim Alder, Vice President, Specialty Chemicals Research Division, Operations and Technical, Celanese BASF SPEAKERS: Mike Silverman, Director, DINNER Chemicals Technology, KBR 6:00 p.m. SCI Perkin Medal Jennifer Holmgren, Director, Exploratory Reception and Dinner and Fundamental Research, UOP SCHLINGER SYMPOSIUM SCHLINGER PROGRAM SYMPOSIUM HYATT REGENCY HOTEL, PENN’S LANDING Robert W. Gore will be honored with the SCI Perkin Medal. InnoDay'05_Prog_v2 8/23/05 9:21 AM Page 8 6 7 aboutTHE PLENARY SESSIONS aboutTHE BREAKOUT SESSIONS Chemical Research Feedstocks of the Future in the 21st Century Anthony Cheetham The U.S. chemical industry is currently facing a Recent breakthroughs in chemical research have major challenge from high prices of energy and feedstocks. Fifty years of innovation have led to brought to the fore advances in many areas of materials a vast array of products based on oil and other chemistry, including nanomaterials, high throughput non-renewable hydrocarbons. Research in the experimentation, and hybrid organic-inorganic systems. industry is now investigating solutions to this predicament, including clean coal, bio-industrial At the same time, patterns of innovation that were technologies, and other options. Clean coal offers established in the 20th century have undergone a the potential for an integrated gasification cycle transition, especially in relation to the proportion of that turns coal into hydrogen and then into elec- tricity with low emissions of greenhouse gases. cutting-edge research being done in start-up companies Bio-industrial methods could provide both future rather than major corporations. Anthony Cheetham will feedstocks and energy sources. Presentations explore these issues in the light of evolving global R&D and discussion in this session will explore the strategies, both for identifying new sources of innovation challenges and benefits of these new technologies and new routes to innovation. and for expanding industrial research labs overseas, particularly into India and China. Nanomaterials There has been much hype about the novelty of nanotechnology in recent years, and expectations Closing Plenary Jay Ihlenfeld are running high for breakthrough products in Michael Schrage such diverse areas as microrobotics, manufactur- ing, and health care. Yet chemists have worked Alfred Hackenberger on nanoscale materials for at least a century Each panelist will present a short talk describing com- (e.g., carbon black, pigments, and coatings). peting approaches to innovation and current challenges Current nano concepts may lay the groundwork for a new industrial revolution, but to succeed, in industrial R&D. The discussion will focus on the chal- the field will need to focus on materials chem- lenges faced by younger R&D scientists and what they istry and applications to current manufacturing can do to help build a vibrant chemical and materials challenges in electronics and other sectors. Practical applications will likewise necessitate science industry. successful scale-up to mass production, an area of chemical industry expertise. Presentations and discussion in this session will examine current breakthroughs and will inform participants about the unique methods and challenges of making nanomaterials. InnoDay'05_Prog_v2 8/23/05 9:21 AM Page 10 8 9 aboutTHE BREAKOUT SESSIONS Electronic Chemicals Environmental Chemistry In recent decades, the electronics sector has In order to simultaneously replace natural become a major purchaser of chemicals and a materials and lessen the impact of industrial significant force in industrial innovation more chemistry on the environment, innovative chemical generally. With specialized product requirements research has turned to developing sustainable and tightly structured innovation timetables, outputs. Fuels high in sulfur (like traditional this industry has transformed communications, diesel fuel) produce emissions containing air commerce, and science. Yet at its core, the elec- pollutants. Likewise, solvents used in chemical tronics industry is engaged in chemical research processes have created environmental problems. and manufacturing; making semiconductors and Key new processes include removing sulfur from other electronics relies on the chemical transfor- fuels, cleaner aqueous processes, and fluorocarbon mation and processing of materials. Presentations chemistry. Innovative products of the future and discussion in this session will focus on several will thus replace not just natural products, but new developments in materials research and also chemicals that are