Agenda

Welcome Address

Prodromos Daoutidis
College of Science and Engineering Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, University of Minnesota
Kim Chaffin
Vice President, Corporate Technologist, Medtronic

Keynote Talk

Ken Washington
Senior Vice President & Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, Medtronic

AI in Chemicals and Materials: Current Status and Future Opportunities

Hergen Schultze, Head of Data Analytics in Group Research, BASF SE
Alison Main, Vice President, Discovery & Innovation Platforms, Corporate R&D, P&G

Break

AI in Chemicals and Materials: Current Status and Future Opportunities

Deepanjan Bhattacharya, Vice President, Specialty Plastics and Circular Polymers, Eastman Chemical
Albert Goldfain, Director, Data Science, Ecolab

Break

Panel: Accelerating AI Adoption: From R&D to Enterprise

Cynthia Arnold, Facilitator
Hergen Schultze, Head of Data Analytics in Group Research, BASF SE
Alison Main, Vice President, Corporate R&D, P&G
Deepanjan Bhattacharya, Vice President Technology, Specialty Plastics and Circular Polymers, Eastman Chemical
Albert Goldfain, Director, Data Science, Ecolab
Greg Mulholland, CEO and Founder, Citrine Informatics

Lunch

Digital Innovation Across Sectors: Lessons Learned

Nasir Mohammed, Senior Fellow, Aerospace AI & Autonomy, Honeywell
Arthur Andrews, Principal Data Scientist, DuPont
Andrea Browning, Director - Polymer Simulations, Schrödinger
Zack Ulissi, Research Scientist, Meta

Break

Panel: Breaking Boundaries through AI: Envisioning the next 10 Years

Gillian Morris, Facilitator US Head of Chemicals, KPMG
Barbara Humpton, President and CEO, Siemens USA
Surya Iyer, President, POLAR Semiconductor
Mary Shelman, Founder, Shelman Group
David Smart, CFO and Chief Digital Officer, Milliken & Co.

Closing Remarks