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2016 Calendar
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| January 7, 2016 | 2016 Economic Outlook |  |
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The Yale Club |
Speakers: Kevin Swift, PhD, Managing Director and Chief Economist
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| February 4, 2016 | Sparking the Senses: From Flavor to Table |
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The Penn Club |
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| March 9, 2016 | Accelerating Growth and Value through Distribution |  |
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The Penn Club |
Erik Fyrwald, President and CEO |
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| April 7, 2016 | 2016 Biotech Outlook |  |
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The Penn Club |
Speakers: Michael King, Managing Director, BIotech Sr. Equity Research Analyst, JMP and Dr. Nathan Tinker, Executive Director, NY BIO (below left)
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| May 5, 2016 | Latin America Outlook |
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The Penn Club |
Speakers Federico Mennella, Managing Director & Global Head of Lincoln’s International Global Chemical practice (top right). Renzo Merino, Analyst, Moody’s Sovereign Risk Group. Christian Perlingiere, Latin America, Veracity Worldwide (bottom left). Moderators: James S. Rosenstein, Executive Director, Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce (bottom right). George Rodriguez strategy and innovation advisor.
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| June 2, 2016 | NNI 2.0 - The Future of USA Nanotechnology |
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The Penn Club |
Speaker: Michael A. Meador, PhD, is Director of the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO) of the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) of the US government.
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| September 8, 2016 | Sustainable Packaging: What is Next? |
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The Penn Club |
Speakers: Emile Homsi, PhD, LLM, Polymer Application Technology Group Global Leader, SABIC Matt Morrison, DFES, MBA, Leader for Corporate Sustainability, SABIC Americas Moderator: Tamal Ghosh, PhD, (photo below) Independent Packaging Consultant, previously worked at Ciba Specialty Chemicals (now BASF) and PepsiCo.
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| October 6, 2016 | Sharpening the Focus |  |
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The Penn Club |
Speaker: Fred Festa, Chairman and CEO, W.R. Grace and Company |
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| November 3, 2016 | M&A Strategy in Adhesives & Sealants |  |
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The Penn Club |
Speaker: Ted Clark, CEO, Royal Adhesives |
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| December 6, 2016 | 5th Annual Leadership Awards |
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Metropolitan Club |
Honorees (pictures on the right): Speakers (pictures below): Dr. Thomas Connelly, ACS Executive Director and CEO and Dr. Donna Nelson, 2016 ACS President.
Media Sponsors. American Chemistry Council, Andean American Associations, Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Chemists' Club, NY BIO, MedTech New York, Peruvian Business Council, Societe de Chimie Industrielle, SOCMA and others. |
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2017 Calendar
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| January 11, 2017 | Chemical Industry Micro and Macroeconomic Outlook |
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The Penn Club |
Speakers: Ezra Greenberg, PhD, Economist and Strategist. A Senior Expert in McKinsey's center for advanced analytics in strategy, corporate finance, and macroeconomics, and Sam Samdani, PhD, Senior Knowledge Expert, McKinsey & Company. |
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| February 2, 2017 | Cosmetics Innovation |
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The Penn Club |
Speakers: Michael White, Assistant Vice President of Creative Fragrance Development at L’Oreal USA, and Dennis Maroney, Perfumer Vice President, International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF). Others to be announced. |
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| March 2, 2017 | CVC: Powering Manufacturing Industry Reinvention |  |
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The Penn Club |
Speaker: Thomas Kichler, Partner, US Head of Industrials and Energy at CVC Capital Partners. |
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| April 6, 2017 | Industrial Biotechnology |  |
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The Penn Club |
Speaker: Brent Erickson, Executive Vice President, Industrial and Environmental Section, Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) |
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| May 4, 2017 | Latin America Outlook |
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The Penn Club |
Speakers: Lourdes Cassanova, PhD, Director at Johnson School of Business at Corenll University (top right); Marcos Troyjo, PhD, co-founder of the BRICLab at Columbia University (bottom right); Danil Kerimi, Director of the Center for Global Agenda at World Economic Forum USA (bottom left). Moderator: George Rodriguez, BS ChE, MS Industrial Mgt., CME Past Chair.
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| June 1, 2017 | Nexant: Use of Renewables in Specialty Chemicals |
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The Penn Club |
James Virosco, Vice President in Nexant's Energy and Chemicals Advisory.
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| August 22-23, 2017 | 1st ACS NASA Symposium (organized by CME and POLY) |
This symposium was part of the 254th ACS National Meeting & Exposition with 15,000 attendees and 300 exhibitors. |
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Marriott Marquis Hotel 8:30 pm - 5:45 pm 1-min Mars Symposium Promo Video C&EN 5-min Video ACS Symposium: How chemistry will help put humans on Mars (interviews w NASA's Kavandi and Siochi, Clemson's Blenner, MIT's Swager) |
Day 1: Key Developments in Energy, Materials and Life Science. POLY session including Carbon Nanotubes (CNT) solutions. Industry Session (1:00 - 3:45 pm) featuring speakers from NASA, Lockheed Martin, Orbital ATK, Aerojet Rocketdyne, Aerospace Corporation and GWU; Day 2: Advanced Research & Development Advanced Propellants, Space Mining, Support Systems: Sensors, Air/Water Purification, Radiation Shields. |
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| August 22, 2017 | CME Mars Symposium Reception |  |
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National Air & Space Museum 6:30 pm - 10:30 pm |
Spectacular reception at this iconic Smithsonian museum. The CME Leadership Awards Reception organized in honor of the lecturers Human Longevity Chairman Craig Venter, NASA Glenn Director Janet Kavandi and Caltech Professor Harry Gray. Shuttle buses will take you from the hotel to the museum. IMAX Journey to Space 3D -- Complimentary 3D viewing of this 25 min. film in the giant screen of the museum's Lockheed Martin IMAX theater. Narrated by award-winning actor of the Start Trek and X-Men series Patrick Stewart. |
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| October 5, 2017 | ACC: Economic Outlook in Turbulent Times | |
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The Penn Club |
Speaker: Kevin Swift, PhD, Managing Director and Chief Economist
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| November 2, 2017 | Bain & Company: M&A Lessons from Private Equity |
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The Penn Club |
Speakers: Tom Shannon, partner in Bain’s Chicago office and leads Bain’s Global Industrial Goods & Services practice, and Jason McLinn, partner in Bain’s Chicago office and leads Bain’s Chemicals practice in North America.
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| December 5, 2017 | 6th Annual Leadership Awards |
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Metropolitan Club |
Honorees For Lifetime Achievement:: Mr. Roque Benavides, (top right) Buenaventura Chairman, and past Board member of the World Gold Council. Award Press Release Nota de Prensa For Science Involvement:: Dr. David Skorton, (2nd from top) Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the world's largest research and museum complex. Past President of Cornell University. For Corporate Reinvention:: Mr. Christopher Pappas, Trinseo CEO and Chairman of the SOciety of Chemical Industry. Award Press Release For Extraordinary Innovation:: Dr. John Keller, (bottom right) Shionogi Inc. CEO and PResident of the NEw York Pharma Forum. Award Press Release Media Sponsors. American Chemistry Council, Andean American Associations, Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Chemists' Club, NY BIO, MedTech New York, Peruvian Business Council, Societe de Chimie Industrielle, SOCMA and others.
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