Join the SCHEMA team for a Manufacturing Challenge Workshop to discuss the future of elastomer and plastics sustainability: from design to manufacturing and application in end-use sectors including transportation, energy generation & storage, and the built-environment. Please note that this workshop will not consider packaging applications.
You will have the opportunity to hear from SCHEMA academics and our partners about their operations and challenges in the development and innovation for sustainable elastomer and plastic materials. Target outputs from this workshop are the identification of field challenges and technology gaps where collaborative R&D between SCHEMA and its partners could be instrumental in developing novel technology and translating research to commercialisation.
As a reminder, the SCHEMA Hub has budget set aside to fund research projects co-created by academia and industry that address manufacturing challenges. Our Manufacturing Challenges Workshops are the primary mechanism for identifying and developing these co-creation opportunities.
Agenda
11:30 – 12:30 Arrival & Lunch
12:30 – 12:40 Workshop Introduction
12:40 – 14:10 TechTalks – short (10 min) technology and case study outlines from the SCHEMA team and our partners.
14:10 – 14:30 Tea & Coffee break
14:30 – 15:15 Scoping session 1 – Challenges and Technology Gaps, e.g. what are the top 5 innovation opportunities in sustainable elastomer/plastic design and manufacturing?
15:15 – 16:00 Scoping session 2 – Structuring the Solutions, e.g. framing the questions to be addressed through SCHEMA co-creation projects.
16:00 – 16:30 Summary and next steps
16:30 Close
