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
Gregory Briner
NA R&D Technology Manager
Hexion, Inc.
Robert Butterick
Northeast Dow Center Site Leader
Dow Inc.
Duncan Coffey
Field Engineering and Supply Chain Development Program Leader
Engineering Technology Center
DuPont
Robert Harding
Senior Technology Advisor
W. R. Grace & Co.
Chris Killian
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Eastman Chemical Company
Felicia Parks
Technical Director, North America
Hallstar
Deidre L. Sandrock
Director of Sustainability and Innovation
Elizabeth I. Ross-Medgaarden
Sr. Manager, Acetyls and Basic & Fundamental R&D
Houston Technology Center
Lyondell Chemical Company
Christopher Simpson
Head of Application Technology NORAM Business Unit Polymer Additives
LANXESS Corporation
Innovation Day Sponsors 2022
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