Crude-to-Chemicals: An Opportunity or Threat?

HPE Discover 2017 Madrid in November was huge. Huge in participants (over 10,000+) and massive in insights, changes, direction, for the digital transformation of business and private lives.From potato chips to spaceships, IoT is delivering innovation and efficiency to the world around and above us. The next frontier for IoT creates actions where the data generates the Intelligent Edge. Dr. Tom Bradicich at Discover shared how HPE is putting IoT into action by combining the power of secure connectivity, control and compute at the edge.

Teodoro Laino from IBM presented "Artificial Intelligence for Chemical Reaction Predictions: IBM RXN for Chemistry"as part of the Cognitive Systems Institute Speaker Series

Independent research firm Tech-Clarity conducted a survey to understand how companies are moving to 'digital'. The research uncovers digital priorities and requirements for digital continuity. View this presentation and discover how a digital approach in the lab can improve performance as well as help accelerate time to market. Explore how your peers are reusing company intellectual property and knowledge.Access now to hear the lead researcher, Jim Brown, reveal the survey findings. You can:Review leading companies priorities and approaches to digitalizing the lab.

How does a market adapt in the face of declining growth? Many different sectors across the chemical industry are in a state of oversupply and surplus capacity which has resulted in a slowing of production in multiple areas. In addition, the global balance of the oil market is shifting with OPEC losing its control on the market, China sending signals that its years of incredible growth are winding to a close and possible effects of the Brexit continue to loom. Join Paul Hodges of International eChem and former Chair of the ACS Board William Carroll as they return to give their take on the factors affecting the market areas of growth that still exist.