ACI’s 8th World Elastomer Summit will be taking place in Lyon, France on the 1st-2nd March 2023. The two day event will bring together the senior executives from petrochemical companies, elastomers & rubbers producers, end-products manufacturers, technology providers, chemical intermediate suppliers, researchers, as well as other influential stakeholders from the value chain.

The summit will discuss market developments in the automotive, medical and raw materials, as well as highlighting progress towards sustainability; including bio-based materials, recycling and Net Zero objectives. New innovations, technologies and smart elastomers will also be discussed.

Keynote speakers Include:

• Massimo Cialone, Chief Specialist, Product Development Team, Hankook Tire
• Ulrich Giese, Managing Director, German Institute of Rubber Engineering (DIK)
• Senentxu Lanceros-Mendez, Scientific Director, BC Materials
• Ad van Oorschot, Sales and R&D Director, Black Bear Carbon
• Philippe Lodefier, R&D Business Development Director, TotalEnergies
• Andraz Resetic, Researcher, Jozef Stefan Institute
• Chris Hardiman, Global Director Of Technology, Dynasol and others…

Key topics include:

• Effects of Geopolitical Instability on Elastomer Supply Chains.
• Elastomer Design for Medical Applications.
• Achieving and Securing Sustainability in the Elastomers Industry.
• Understanding New Requirements for the Automotive Industry – Focus on Electric Vehicles.
• Recycling Elastomers and End-of-Life Tyres.
• Bio-Based Elastomers Material Developments.
• Innovations in Thermoplastic Elastomer (TPE) Formulations and Applications.
• Multifunctional Elastomers and Smart Materials.