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How are you meeting sustainability requirements?
Join Rethinking Materials, a two-day international innovation and investment summit showcasing and connecting pioneering companies reimagining how materials are produced, consumed, repurposed, and financed.
offers innovation-leaders and decision-makers the opportunity to explore shared challenges, form partnerships, and source sustainable, deployable, and circular material solutions.
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WHAT TO EXPECT The summit presents perspectives from brands and corporate leaders facing big
questions on sustainability, business continuity, and regulatory requirements. Converters and manufacturers sourcing viable, scalable, and sustainable new solutions can benchmark strategies with start-ups and producers developing innovative technologies and exploring new markets; while investors scout the next ground-breaking innovations and solutions ready to scale now.
With an audience of C-Suite and director-level decision makers including CEOs, CTOs, CSOs and heads of innovation, R&D and investment, the summit has an emphasis on thought leadership, targeted one-to-one networking and start-up pitching. This is a rare opportunity to dig deeper into debates surrounding: Net Zero Strategies: How can materials innovation aid the race to decarbonisation? Next-Gen Solutions: The role of packaging in driving innovation in materials Regulation & Legislation: How to comply with fast-changing legislation Supply Chain Transformation: Rethinking the building blocks for sustainable materials Designing for Sustainability: End-to-end product innovation to achieve ESG objectives Investment Trends and Partnerships: Commercialising new innovation for materials. See the full agenda with speakers and networking breakouts at
www.rethinkingmaterials.com
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE AGENDA Panel with DS SMITH: Highly Functional Barrier Coatings Enabling the Circular Economy Presentation by TEKNOR APEX: Scaling Up into Factories: How do New Materials Scale? Panel with KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION: Agile Innovation: Discovering New Applications and Markets for Today’s Solutions Panel with LANZATECH and DOW: Net Zero Strategies: Material Innovation Aiding the Race to Decarbonisation
SOURCE INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS Are you looking to develop or source sustainable materials that offer a scalable alternative to petrochemical and virgin forest feedstocks? Early-stage innovation is an integral part of the Rethinking Materials Summit, from start-ups looking for investment, to consumer product and packaging leaders searching for next generation material solutions.
For exciting new material discoveries and viable, scalable solutions on the programme, head to
www.rethinkingmaterials.com/start-ups
THE FUTURE OF SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS “Beiersdorf has an ambitious sustainability agenda, so we are keeping an open mind as to solutions and look forward to this event to find collaborators from across the value chain.”
aking place at the Hilton, London Bankside on May 16-17, the summit
- Senior Scientist, Start-up Scouting, Beiersdorf
“Companies like Kimberly Clark are facing existential questions about sustainability and business continuity. We need to innovate to survive, including completely rethinking the materials our products are based on and whole supply chains, so I look forward to discussions with like- minded leaders.” - GM – Alternative Fibers BU, Kimberly-Clark Corporation “Cross sector and cross value chain dialogue about the direction of novel material innovation and investment is crucial for progress, and this event is top tier when it comes to enabling that conversation. We are delighted to participate again!” – Partner, Emerald Technology Ventures “We share challenges with brands and corporates across multiple industries as we strive to reach net zero and adopt sustainable packaging. Our long term vision is to transform corporate value chains, so this event is key to spotting opportunities to collaborate and accelerate the transition.” – Global Sustainability and Innovation Director, Anheuser-Busch InBev
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