Innovation Day

About Innovation Day

This year’s Innovation Day will be held Tuesday, September 12, 2023 at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia, with a concurrent virtual component.

Member companies may send groups of their most promising young researchers to this event which exposes them to topics on the frontiers of today’s chemical research. Plenary sessions and a series of interactive discussion groups address currently relevant subjects. The event also gives attendees plenty of time for informal interaction and networking with their peers from other companies. First held in 2004, the program is organized by the Innovation Day Steering Committee, an advisory group of SCI member chief technology officers, who help organize and moderate discussion groups. The Gordon E Moore medal is presented at lunch on Innovation Day.

2023 Innovation Day Format

The Innovation Day Steering Committee has built an amazing agenda for this year’s meeting. We open with a poster session and networking, followed by the annual Schlinger Symposium with an address from the SCI 2023 Gordon E. Moore Medalist (TBA). Next, panel experts offer stimulating presentations and discussions on topics that explore biomaterials and bioprocessing, life cycle analysis, and plastics recycling. Cocktails and networking close out the event. Most of the events and sessions will have an online component for those unable to attend in person.

Innovation Day Steering Committee

Robert Butterick

Northeast Dow Center Site Leader

Dow Inc.

Jeff Carbeck

Vice President, Corporate Innovation

Eastman Chemical Company

Michael Demko

Technology Director, Tedlar

DuPont

Robert Harding

Senior Technology Advisor

W. R. Grace & Co.

Robert Li

Novel Products Research Manager

Felicia Parks

Technical Director, North America

Hallstar

Elizabeth I. Ross-Medgaarden

Sr. Manager, Acetyls and Basic & Fundamental R&D

Houston Technology Center
Lyondell Chemical Company

Deidre L. Sandrock

Director of Sustainability and Innovation

Milliken & Co.

Christopher Simpson

Head of Application Technology NORAM Business Unit Polymer Additives

LANXESS Corporation

Dave Slinkman

SVP of R&D and Chief Technology Officer

Quaker Houghton

Chris Wren

NA OSB R&D Leader

Hexion, Inc.

Innovation Day Sponsors 2023

We are grateful to The Warren and Katharine Schlinger Foundation
and our member companies whose support makes Innovation Day possible.

Premier Sponsor

The Warren and Katharine Schlinger Foundation

Presenting Sponsor

Eastman Chemical Company
ExxonMobil Chemical Company
Hexion, Inc.
Trinseo
Westlake

Sustaining Sponsors

BASF Corporation
Chemours
Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP
Covestro LLC
DuPont
LyondellBasell
Olin
The Dow Chemical Company
Univar Solutions
W. R. Grace & Company

Contributing Sponsors

Air Liquide NA
Arkema Inc
Hallstar
Milliken & Company
Synthomer

Past Innovation Days