Luxembourg will host The Economist’s Future of Materials Summit on 13 and 14 November 2017 at the European Convention Centre at the Luxembourg Congrès.
Next month, Luxembourg will play host to the first global summit, organised by The Economist, bringing together business executives and leading politicians to debate the future of materials.
The Future of Materials Summit will bring together practitioners from across the fields of aerospace, energy, construction automotive, health care and consumer goods to explore how new materials are opening the way for new industries as well as helping solve some of humanity’s greatest challenges during the “fourth industrial revolution”.
The summit discussions, chaired by science editor at The Economist Geoffrey Carr will be led by around 50 industry speakers with Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel giving the keynote speech. Up to 700 participants are expected to attend and demonstrations of the latest new technologies will be available over the two days.
The other speakers at the summit are: The Economist technology correspondent, and moderator of the summit, Hal Hodson; Anatoly Chubais (Chairman of RUSNANO); Christian Weimer (General Manager of Materials, Head of Materials X, Airbus); Jean Claude -Kihn (president of EMEA, Goodyear); Jennifer Holmgren (CEO of Lanza Tech); Michael Saltzberg (Global Business Director of DuPont Industrial Biosciences); Tim Weber (Global head of 3D materials and advanced applications, HP); Sanjay Chandra (Chief of Research and Development and Scientific Services at Tata Steel); Christina Lomasney (President and CEO of Modumetal); Hugues Després( VP Global Sales & Marketing of Ujet Group); Karen Hanghoj (CEO of EIT Raw Materials); Sheetal Handa (associate director of BP-ICAM, BP International Limited); Amy Heintz (senior research scientist at Battelle); Mark Sommer (chief executive officer at Gamma Alloys).
Questions to be addressed at the summit include the way in which advances in material science unlock new opportunities for innovation, how the supply chain can be more efficient and sustainable and what can be done to improve materials’ performances throughout their life cycles from first use through to recycling. Other questions will be looking at how governments can encourage manufacturers to develop new materials and drive the economy forward and how new ways of designing and manufacturing things are reshaping industry.
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