Innovation Day 2022

The Science History Institute and the Society of Chemical Industry America presented the 19th annual Innovation Day on September 13, 2022.

We intend to present this event as a combination of in-person and online sessions. In-person sessions of Innovation Day will be held at the Science History Institute Conference Center in historic Old City Philadelphia.

Overview

The Innovation Day Steering Committee built an amazing agenda for the 2022 meeting. We opened with a poster session and networking, followed by the annual Schlinger Symposium with an address from the SCI 2022 Gordon E. Moore Medalist, Kevin M. Maloney of Merck. Next, panel experts offered stimulating presentations and discussions on topics that explore sustainability and digitization with particular focus on the following tracks:

Digitization

• Artificial Intelligence for Manufacturing
  In using AI in manufacturing, we aim to use data to make decisions faster and more accurately than a human can do. Current applications of AI face skepticism, but hold great promise for predictive maintenance and quality, increasing yield, reducing waste, and forecasting. In this session we took a look at how we’ve used AI to meet some of the problems facing manufacturing today and what the future holds for AI in manufacturing.
   
• Artificial Intelligence for Materials Discovery
  Front-end innovation ensures that no opportunities are missed when choosing ideas that represent the best opportunity for development and commercialization. This process is crucial to materials discovery, which is often high-risk and complex. With a seemingly infinite number of possibilities in material discovery, how can we use AI to impact this early and creative phase? In this session we explored the latest in using AI in the materials discovery process, with emphasis on front-end innovation.

Sustainability

• Materials Science
  The demand for new materials is driving innovation in industry. In this session we reviewed new sustainable, smart, and responsive materials that offer improved physical properties, lessen the burden of waste on the planet, and/or provide a boost for circular systems and allow for the implementation of a circular economy. We also discussed the challenges and solutions we’ve discovered while reassessing internal processes from the perspective of materials’ lifecycle.
   
• Carbon Capture and Net Zero Goals
  In this session we explored innovative efforts that are laying the groundwork for a transition to a sustainable energy future. We discussed breakthroughs in carbon management, including carbon capture and storage and other key technologies, that aim to minimize the environmental impacts of fossil fuels and meet climate goals.
   

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Schedule

Attire: Business/Business Casual

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8:30am–10:30am	Check-in Opens (Lobby) Coffee and continental breakfast until 9:45am
9am–10am	Virtual Poster Sessions (remote attendees and all poster presenters)
9am–10am	Museum opens at 9am Museum programming begins at 9:45am and 1:15pm Museum closes at 3:30pm Downstream exhibition talk: 9:45am to 10:15 am Science and Activism museum tour: 1:15pm to 1:40pm
10:15am–11:15am	Virtual Poster Sessions (remote attendees and all poster presenters)
11:30am	Innovation Day Luncheon
12:15pm	Welcome David A. Cole, President and CEO, Science History Institute John Paro, Chair and CEO, Hallstar, and Chair, SCI America The Warren G. Schlinger Symposium Kevin Maloney, Merck, 2022 SCI Gordon E. Moore Medalist 30-minute talk followed by Q&A
1pm–1:45pm	Break and Continuation of Poster Networking Science and Activism museum tour: 1:15pm to 1:40pm
1:45pm–3:15pm	Breakout Panels – Session 1 Sustainability Track 1: Materials Science Organizers: Robert Butterick, Dow Inc. Felicia Parks, Hallstar Speakers: Daniel De Bonis, Department of Defense Commodity Manager for Chemical Agent Resistant Coating (CARC) Jackie DeGroot, Senior Fellow, Dow Inc. Digitization Track 1: Artificial Intelligence for Manufacturing Organizers: Gregory Briner, Hexion, Inc. Robert Li, ExxonMobil Speakers: Jitendra Kadam, Principal Autonomous Technologies Engineer, ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company Chandra Reddy, Senior Technical Staff Member, AI Applications, IBM Research
3:15pm– 3:30pm	Break Museum is open until 3:30pm
3:30pm–5pm	Breakout Panels – Session 2 Sustainability Track 2: Carbon Capture and Net Zero Goals Organizers: Robert Harding, W. R. Grace & Company Deidre Sandrock, Milliken & Company Daniel White, Lyondell Chemical Company Speakers: Raghubir Gupta, Cofounder and President, Susteon Inc., Cofounder and Chief Technology Officer, Sustaera Dan Hancu, Senior Program Manager, Carbon Capture, U.S. Department of Energy Digitization Track 2: Artificial Intelligence for Materials Discovery Organizers: Duncan Coffey, DuPont Chris Killian, Eastman Chemical Company Hai Zhu, DuPont Speakers: Arthi Jayaraman, Centennial Term Professor for Excellence in Research and Education, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering; Affiliated Faculty, Data Science Institute, University of Delaware Gregory J. Mulholland, CEO, Citrine Informatics
5pm–6pm	Cocktails and Networking

Awards

SCI Gordon E. Moore Medal

The Society of Chemical Industry, America Group (SCI America), established the SCI Gordon E. Moore Medal to recognize early-career success in innovation, as reflected both in market impact and improvement to quality of life. By highlighting extraordinary individuals and their work, SCI America aims to promote public understanding of research and development in modern chemical industries, enhance the interest of students in applied chemistry by providing role models, and emphasize the role of creative research in the global economy.

The 2022 Moore Medal was awarded to Kevin M. Maloney.

SCI Perkin Medal

The SCI Perkin Medal was established to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the discovery of mauvene. Today the medal is widely acknowledged as the highest honor in American industrial chemistry. William Henry Perkin was a founding member of SCI, and this medal was first presented in New York to Perkin himself.

The 2022 Perkin Medal was awarded to Dennis Liotta.

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Sponsors

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Steering Committee

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