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The RSC Management Group and the Industry & Technology Forum
28 April 2004 - Creating Business through Trading Technology.
    
Companies have in recent years radically changed their internal structures, with R&D
functions having either been downsized and/or forced to recognise that the acquisition
of key technologies cannot follow traditional pathways. However, it remains that in the
absence of state of the art technology, companies cannot compete in the market place or
realise shareholder value, and stagnation becomes the most optimistic option. The nature
of the chemical industry itself has also changed, with many familiar names no longer
existing due to mergers and acquisitions and many of those which are currently recognisable,
being merely transient. Under such circumstances, those organisations whose research departments
can adapt to the new ways of acquiring information and key technologies will be the ones to
survive.
In this latest in the highly successful "Creating Business Through" series we will focus on
developments in trading technology, such as the use of internet based technology acquisition
engines. The meeting will also cover specialised companies and the latest generation of
university spin outs. As always, we have assembled a number of experts in the field to help
guide you through some of the opportunities available and advise you on where to focus your
resources to ensure the technology out there can be made available to your company.
| Date: |
28 April, 2004 |
| Location: |
Institute of Physics, 76 Portland Place, London, W1B 1NT |
| For Further Information: |
Please contact Michele Sahrle , see "Contact Us". |
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| Wednesday 28 April 2004 |
| 9:30 |
Registration and Coffee |
| 10:00 |
Chairman: David Giachardi Chief Executive, Royal Society of Chemistry |
| 10:15 |
Change in the Chemical Industry.
Professor Willi Keim, University of Aachen |
| 10:45 |
An Introduction to Internet Based Technology Access
Ian Walker, Ian Walker Associates. |
| 11:15 |
COFFEE |
| 11:45 |
Internet based Technology - A Suppliers Perspective
Charles Brez, NineSigma |
| 12:15 |
Internet based Technology - A Users Perspective
John Walker, P & G |
| 12:45 |
LUNCH |
| 13:45 |
Chairman: Mike Green, Chairman, RSC Management Group |
| 14:00 |
A New Research Laboratory in South Africa
Steve Ley, University of Cambridge |
| 14:30 |
The SASOL Laboratory at St Andrews University
Jannie Steynberg, SASOL |
| 15:00 |
COFFEE |
| 15:20 |
Active Technology Management Adds Value
Roger Harrison, BTG International |
| 15:50 |
Trading Technology - A University Perspective
Susan Searle, UCL |
| 16:20 |
CLOSING REMARKS |
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