Chemistry makes the World go around! – 97 percent of all products contain at least one chemical process step: renewable raw materials, enzymes, industrial biotechnology, new processes, products from residual materials, digitization, etc. are changing the processes in chemical value creation: starting with purchasing logistics on to production and finally marketing and sales. Interdisciplinary exchange is gaining in importance. At the center of this change: the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, (SDGs), of the United Nations.
Chemistry is undergoing fundamental change at the beginning of the 21st century. The road leads to higher efficiency, increased sustainability and more environmentally friendly products with more efficient production methods. The associated goals can only be achieved in an interchange across regional, cultural, systemic and cross-disciplinary boundaries in shared cooperation; to master the challenges of food production, global health care, a continuous supply of energy and ever-increasing mobility, to name just a few examples.
The European Chemistry Partnering, ECP, is an event format in which the focus is on discussion about innovation in production along the chemical value chain. It is aimed at decision makers, innovation managers and investors in the chemical industry and its user industries, as well as industry-focused stakeholders and qualified service providers and consultants.
With the 3rd ECP the organizers are taking a first step in the further development of the ECP into a Think Tank for topics related to chemistry and chemical value creation, and invite participants to network and discuss content, to exchange information and experience, and to promote topics related to industry, politics and society in general.
The final panel of 3rd European Chemistry Partnering goes under the title “New Plastics Economy”. The development of new plastics, handling of plastics and the problem of plastic pollution on land and in the sea – as one of the major problems of our time – is in the focus.
This panel is the 1st World Chemistry Forum.
