April 5-6, 2025 | Hilton Anatole, Dallas, TX
Featured Speakers | Technical Program | Registration Rates | Venue & Accommodation
Enter intrigued and focused. Leave energized with new connections and empowered to deploy new ideas.
Early bird registration ends March 11!
The RAPID DEPLOY Conference Series offers attendees an exclusive opportunity to engage in a mixture of invited talks and active workshop-style sessions culminating in a synthesis activity and an actionable report out. The seventh DEPLOY Conference in the series will focus on the scale up of process technology.
Featured Speakers
- Glenn Cormack: Global Process Innovator Manager at Lubrizol
- Leisl Dukhedin-Lalla: President & CEO at Zeton
- John Flanigan: Senior Manufacturing Technology Manager at 3M
- Bill Grieco: CEO at Refinity
- Kathleen A. Kas: Manufacturing & Engineering Fellow at The Dow Chemical Company
- Joseph Manna: Materials Technology & Energy Sciences Division Director, Environmental & Legacy Management Directorate at SRNL
- Marcos Martinez: Director, Process Innovation at Birla Carbon USA, inc.
- Avani Patel: Sr. Global R&D Director at Dow Consumer Solutions
- Ignasi Palou-Rivera: CTO at Refinity
- Mike Schultz: Managing Director at PTI Global Solutions LLC
- Silvia Szep: Intellectual Property Strategy Laureate at DuPont Electronics & Industrial
- Cheryl Teich: Consultant at RAPID/Teich Process Development LLC
Technical Program
All times listed in CDT.
Please note this schedule is subject to change. Check back for updates.
| Day 1: April 5, 2025 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 AM | 9:00 AM | Check-in and Breakfast |
| 9:00 AM | 9:30 AM | Welcome Remarks: Cheryl Teich, RAPID/Teich Process Development LLC |
| 9:30 AM | 10:15 AM | Keynote: Bill Grieco, Refinity "Innovative Approaches to Commercializing Disruptive Technologies" |
| 10:15 AM | 10:30 AM | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 AM | 11:15 AM | Keynote: Leisl Dukhedin-Lalla, Zeton, Inc. "Scale-up Strategies and Goals – you have to be willing to compromise" |
| 11:15 AM | 12:00 PM | Avani Patel, Dow Consumer Solutions "Improving Probability of Success in Technology Commercialization" |
| 12:00 PM | 1:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00 PM | 1:45 PM | Panel Discussion/ Q&A: "How do you Define Success?" Panelists: William Grieco (Refinity), Leisl Dukhedin-Lalla (Zeton, Inc.), John Flanigan (3M – Specialty Materials Development Laboratory), Glenn Cormack (Lubrizol), and Mike Schultz (PTI Global Solutions LLC) Moderated by Cheryl Teich, RAPID/Teich Process Development LLC |
| 1:45 PM | 2:30 PM | John Flanigan, 3M – Specialty Materials Development Laboratory "Process Technology at 3M: Solutions for Sticky Situations" |
| 2:30 PM | 2:45 PM | Coffee Break |
| 2:45 PM | 3:30 PM | Glenn Cormack, Lubrizol "Navigating the Technology Valley of Death: Process Innovation at Lubrizol" |
| 3:30 PM | 4:15 PM | Ignasi Palou-Rivera, Refinity "Gaps in Scale-up" |
| 4:15 PM | 4:30 PM | Wrap-up Remarks: Cheryl Teich, RAPID/Teich Process Development LLC |
| 4:30 PM | 6:00 PM | On-site Reception |
| Day 2: April 6, 2025 | ||
| 8:30 AM | 9:00 AM | Check-in and Coffee |
| 9:00 AM | 9:15 AM | Day 1 Recap: Cheryl Teich, RAPID/Teich Process Development LLC |
| 9:15 AM | 10:00 AM | Kathleen Kas, The Dow Chemical Company "Process Safety: How to know when you are ready for scale-up?" |
| 10:00 AM | 10:15 AM | Coffee Break |
| 10:15 AM | 11:00 AM | Silvia Szep, DuPont Electronics & Industrials "Critical elements of protecting IP throughout scale-up and commercialization" |
| 11:00 AM | 12:00 PM | Panel Discussion /Q&A: "How do you Measure Success?" Panelists: Kathleen Kas (The Dow Chemical Company), Silvia Szep (DuPont Electronics & Industrials), Joe Manna (SRNL), Marcos Martinez (Birla Carbon USA, Inc.), Ignasi Palou-Rivera (Refinity), and Avani Patel (Dow Consumer Solutions) Moderated by Cheryl Teich, RAPID/Teich Process Development LLC |
| 12:00 PM | 1:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00 PM | 1:45 PM | Joseph Manna, Environmental & Legacy Management Directorate, Savannah River National Laboratory "Savannah River National Laboratory Innovations to Address Environmental & Process Efficiency Challenges" |
| 1:45 PM | 2:30 PM | Marcos Martinez, Birla Carbon USA, Inc. "Implementing New Technology" |
| 2:30 PM | 2:45 PM | Coffee Break |
| 2:45 PM | 3:30 PM | Michael Schultz, PTI Global Solutions LLC "Managing time, cost and risk for scale-up success" |
| 3:30 PM | 4:00 PM | Wrap-up Discussion, Moving Forward, Q&A |
Registration Rates
| Registrant Type | Early Bird | Live/On-Site |
|---|---|---|
| RAPID Members (Premier, Choice, Enabling Levels) | $795 | $945 |
| RAPID Members (Affiliate Level) | $845 | $995 |
| AMPS Members | $875 | $1,025 |
| AIChE Members | $895 | $1,045 |
| Non-Members | $945 | $1,095 |
REGISTER FOR RAPID DEPLOY PROCESS TECHNOLOGY SCALE UP
This meeting is co-located with the 2025 AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety. If you plan on attending both Spring and DEPLOY, please register through the Spring Meeting and add on DEPLOY to your purchase for ease.
Venue & Accommodation
The RAPID DEPLOY Process Technology Scale Up Conference will be held at the Hilton Anatole, Dallas, TX. Sessions and breaks will be in Monet, on the Tower Mezzanine Level. Click here for a floor map of the Hilton Anatole with the room highlighted.
AIChE has negotiated special room rates for the Hilton Anatole. Register at the discounted rate today!
Single Room Rate - $259
Rates Valid - April 2- April 10