Want to jump from intensified to smart processes, thanks to Industry 5.0 ? Intens4Chem is a solution : Meet Julien ESTAGER from Certech to know all about it

The 8^th edition of the International Conferences on Green Chemistry and White Biotechnologies , will eventually take place on 28 & 29 september 2022. It will be dedicated to “Digital Transformation: Innovation booster for Green Chemistry and White Biotechs”. They will be held at the Sart-Tilman University Campus, under the auspices of ULiège.

Chemistry and Life Science is at the core of the Belgian economy with a turnover of € 74 billion, coming from more than 720 companies. In Wallonia alone, it represents more than 95.000 persons working in a related field. This unique position in Europe requires countless and constant evolution to tackle an ever-growing competition, especially coming from countries where manpower and energy is cheaper. As a research institute which mission is to provide innovative solutions to support chemical companies, Certech is a part this transformation and has developed a large expertise in process intensification to answer to the new needs of its industrial partners. This presentation shares our vision regarding this evolution starting from our present intensified processes to the future technologies we want to develop where chemistry, engineering and IT solution are intertwined.

Julien ESTAGER is a Project Manager at Certech (Belgium). He graduated with a MSc. Eng. from CPE Lyon (France) and obtained a Ph.D. from the Université de Savoie (France) in 2007. He then worked for the QUILL Research Center in Belfast (U.K.) with Prof. K.R. SEDDON on the valorisation of ionic liquids for industrial applications in gas purification and infragrances formulation. He joined Certech in 2012 to provide R&D support to various companies in the field of synthetic chemistry and process intensification. Recently, he worked on the development of a flow chemistry platform to provide innovative solutions regarding product and process development to the different industrial partners of Certech.

About the Conferences…

The purpose of the conferences is to screen the digital technology used to boost activities in the fields of green chemistry and white biotechnology around the world, to share knowledge and encourage the creation of new R&D projects in the sector at regional and international scale.

The first day, on 28 September, will focus on Digital Transition while the second one, on 29 September, will focus on Artificial Intelligence. Both days will be animated by Tieneke Van Hooland, from Bio.be by essenscia.

Programme:

DAY 1 - FROM DATA SCIENCE FOR INDUSTRY4.0...

09.30 Welcome by ULiège

09.35 Keynote :
> Baptiste FOSSEPREZ, Pépite & Prayon

10.15 Data4Economy

> Mathieu CURA, Optimistik (FR) - Digital transformation : how to leverage data to secure the transition towards Green Chemistry and White Biotech?
> Sébastien PREYS, Ondalys (FR) - Machine Learning and AI: Some applications for the digital transformation in Industry 4.0

11.15 Coffee Break

11.25 Data4Economy

> David WAROCQUIERS, Matgenix (with UCL) - title to be confirmed
> Julien ESTAGER, Certech - Intens4Chem: From intensified to intelligent processes

12.05 Round Table & Q&A

12.30 Walking Lunch

13.30 Data4Environment

> Jules DELCON & Olivier VERGEYNST Belgian Institute for Sustainable IT - Environmental impacts of digitalisation: challenges for Sustainable Development and solutions through Sustainable IT
> Michele MASCIA, University of Cagliari (IT) - Modelling bio-electrochemical systems for the removal of pollutants from soil and water.
> Jon GORIUP, VCG.AI (LT) - Using AI & big data for circular transition

14.30 Coffee Break

15.00 Data4Environment

> Sergio MARTINEZ VILLAREAL, ULiège - Data mining as a tool to successfully position your green tech application
> Alexander DICK, WideTech (with John Cockerill) - How Data Science Leads to Clean Water

15.40 Round Table & Q&A

16.05 Conclusions by Marc TILMANT, essenscia Wallonie

16.15 Bilateral Meetings & Networking Cocktail

DAY 2 - ...TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR INDUSTRY5.0

09.30 Welcome by Véronique GRAFF, Managing Director - GreenWin

09.35 Keynote

> David ARRANZ , European Commission, DG RTD - A vision on Industry 5.0, AI and funding opportunities

10.15 AI4Economy&Environment

> Thomas GALEANDRO-DIAMANT, ChemIntelligence (FR) - Accelerating chemistry R&D using artificial intelligence
> Robert DAVID, Technord - Software sensors? Quality KPIs in real-time, and optimised control!
> Pierre GUENOUN, Probayes - Explicability of the polymerisation reactor exotherm.

11.15 Coffee Break

11.45 AI4Economy&Environment
> Paul VANABELLE, CETIC (with SIRRIS) - AI4Recycle - Towards mastering the thermoplastic injection process to increase the use of recycled plastic
> Jessica OCAMPOS, Camnexus (UK) - title to be confirmed.

12.25 Round Table & Q&A

12.50 Walking Lunch

13.40 EU & Regional Fundings
> Renaud DELHAYE, AdN
> Emmanuel JOUANY, Sowalfin - How can Sowalfin be your SME’s feasibility and funding partner to its digital transformation ?
> Lison RABUEL , NCP Wallonie - EU funding available for Digitalisation of the Industry

15.00 Round Table & Q&A

15.25 Conclusions : Wrap-Up byTineke Van Hoolan, Bio.be & Prespectives byNathanaël ACKERMAN, AI4Belgium.

15.35 Networking Lunch

For more information and to register, please proceed through this link !

In partnership with essenscia Wallonie, Axelera, BioWanze, ChemIntelligence, Ondalys, Optimistik, ULiège, Wallonia.be, la Wallonie.

02/08/2022