Agenda: 16th Global Chemicals Think Tank

9:00 - 9:15                               

Welcome

Wolfgang Falter, Deloitte Global Chemicals & Specialty Materials Sector Leader

9:15 – 9:35

What will we be eating in 2030? And where will it come from?

Shay Eliaz, Deloitte Crop Science Specialist Leader

9:35 – 9:55

Digital Nutrition

Joachim Schneider, Head of Bayer Crop Science Vegetable Seeds

9:55 – 10:20

Q&A session: Challenges in feeding the world

With Shay Eliaz and Joachim Schneider

10:20 – 10:50

Break

10:50 – 11:10

Blockchain meets chemicals and agriculture

Jens Paulsen, Deloitte Blockchain Institute

11:10 – 11:30

Optimization of food processing with cryogenic gases

Silvia Henke, Leader of Market Development Food at Linde AG

11:30 - 11:50

Digital business models in the ecosystem

Ben Ninio, Head of Digital at Syngenta International AG

11:50 – 12:10

Smart Progress in Agriculture: Mechanical, Digital, Biological

Ricardo Gent, Executive Director German Association of Biotechnology Industries

12:10 – 12:40

Q&A session: Innovation and digitalization

With Jens Paulsen, Silvia Henke, Ben Ninio, and Ricardo Gent

12:40 – 13:30

Lunch

13:30 – 13:50

Transforming to a digital organization

Stefan Weiss, Deloitte Germany Learning Leader

13:50 – 14:10

The future of work

TBD

14:10 – 14:30

Q&A session: The future of work 

With Stefan Weiss

14:30 – 14:50

Break

14:50 – 15:50

Panel: M&A and Ecosystems
Moderator: Tim Hanley, Global Consumer & Industrial Products Leader

Panelist:
Liana Logiurato, Former Global Head of M&A at Syngenta Intl. AG
Ralph Schmidt, Global Group Controller at Olam
Frank Lelek, Head of Integration Office at Evonik
Dan Schweller, Deloitte Global Chemicals & Specialty Materials M&A Leader

15:50 – 16:00

Closing remarks

Wolfgang Falter, Global Chemicals & Specialty Materials Sector Leader