Agenda
Wednesday 16 May | |
| 10:00 | Welcome - Dr Graham Lawson, Global Forum Chairman |
| Video link to President of Trinidad & Tobago, His Excellency George Maxwell Richards | |
| 10:10 | Opening Address |
| Professor Sir David King, Chief Scientific Advisor to HM Government | |
| 10:40 | Plotting the Path for the Future - Launch of Technical Strategy Statements |
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Ian Shott, IChemE Technical Vice President Technical Theme Presentations Video link to Australia - Professor Robin Batterham, Rio Tinto Ltd Summary of session with Q & A - Dr Graham Lawson |
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| 11:30 | Food Case Study |
| Engineering the future for diet and health Paul Hebblethwaite, Cadbury Schweppes |
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| 12:00 | Bio Systems and Bio Engineering Case Study |
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Better Faster Bioprocesses for the 21st Century Adding Value to Development - Adding Value to Biomanufacturing Andrew Sinclair, BioPharm Services |
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| 12:30 | LUNCH |
| 14:00 | Sustainability Technical Session |
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Chair - Miles Seaman 2006 IChemE Award Winner Environmental Solutions that Capture Carbon: Remediation of contaminated soil and industrial wastes with CO2 gas Professor Stef Simons, Carbon8 Sustainable Technologies Roadmap – what are the opportunities for the chemistry and engineering communities? Dr Neville Hargreaves, CIKTN Meeting the Environmental Challenges in Research & Development Carol Bye, Pfizer Summary of session with Q & A Video link to North America - Earl Beaver, AIChE |
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| 15:30 | AFTERNOON TEA |
| 16:00 | Water Technical Session |
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Chair - Chris Short 2006 IChemE Award Winner The Aldermaston Waste Treatment Plant Steven Frier, AWE Sustainable Development - Maximizing Water Efficiency Nick Hodgson, Genzyme Ltd Water in Australia – Is it an Issue for Chemical Engineers? Professor David Wood, University of Melbourne Summary of session with Q & A |
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| 17:45 | Address by President Elect - Dr Ramesh Mashelkar |
Thursday 17 May | |
| 08:45 | Keynote Address |
| Dr Oliver Sparrow | |
| 09:30 | Safety Technical Session |
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Chair - Mr John Atherton 2006 IChemE Award Winner The Offshore Access System - one year in operation and looking to the future Graham Mapes, Fabricom Chemicals upside down or downside up? Wise up to REACH Peter Douben, REACHWise Summary of session with Q & A |
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| 11:00 | MORNING COFFEE |
| 11:30 | AGM and Presentation to 2006 Medal Winners |
| Dr David Brown, CEO IChemE - Future Direction for IChemE | |
| 12:30 | LUNCH |
| 13:40 | Energy Technical Session |
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Chair - Prof Jim Harrison 2006 IChemE Award Winner CO2 Geological Storage at In Salah, Algeria. How CO2 Geological Storage can Contribute to Tackling Climate Change and Help to Build a Bridge to the Hydrogen Economy Iain Wright, BP Biomass, Biofuels and Biorefineries Professor Tony Bridgwater, Aston Solar Thermal Power Plants - On the Way to Commercial Market Introduction Professor Hans Muller-Steinhagen Summary of session with Q & A |
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| 15:10 | AFTERNOON TEA |
| 15:30 | Launch of Jubilee Report |
| Professor Dame Julia Higgins | |
| 15:45 | Global Forum Debate |
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Is the Chemical Engineering profession ready to meet the challenges of the next 50 years? Speakers For: Dr John Sofranko, AIChE Shahana Mirza, Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd Against: Professor Roland Clift OBE, University of Surrey Dr Malcolm Wilkinson, Chairman, Sustainability Subject Group |
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| 17:00 | Global Forum Closes |

