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JEC Forum comes with new format

23 May '19

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JEC Group is organising JEC Forum Chicago 2019 in its new format that combines business meetings with conference sessions. The forum will see representations from 35 countries. There will be over 150 participating companies and 10 startups. The conference will have talks by more than 25 speakers while innovations awards will add further attraction.

The forum to be held during June19-20 in Chicago will include partners showcase presenting how and why composites offer benefits and opportunities through innovation markets such as automotive, transportation, construction, aerospace, energy, and sport; and pre-arranged business meetings involving industry buyers from the composites value-chain.

Conference sessions will discuss the use of composite materials in ground transportation, infrastructure and construction. The session on Construction and Infrastructure will be chaired by Mark Goulthorpe, associate professor at MIT, and include experts from McKinsey, Stanford University, MIT Department of Architecture, Persico Architecture and Shell. The session on Ground Transportation will be chaired by Dale Brosiusc, chief commercialisation officer at IACMI, and have experts from Bloomberg, Hennecke, Lanxess, Chomarat, Siemens.

There will also be the first edition of Startup Booster in North America. The forum will present a unique networking approach to engage business exchanges and create the framework for collaborative research and development to target critical impediments that are currently limiting composite uptake (fire, cost, material supply, and codes).

The programme will also include the results of the global composite market observatory, The JEC Observer, providing 2018 market data and a growth forecast to 2023, by region and application markets.

After a third edition of Startup Booster during JEC World 2019, the leading startup competition in the world of composites, JEC Group will organise the first North American session. It will enable local companies to find and assess innovations with a potential impact on their industry.

JEC Innovation Awards will identify, promote and reward the most innovative composite projects worldwide. (SV)

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