Kenneth (Ken) Lane is executive vice president, Global Olefins & Polyolefins (O&P) for LyondellBasell, one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world. Lane will have responsibility for the O&P Americas and O&P Europe, Asia and International (EAI) segments.
Prior to joining LyondellBasell, Lane was with BASF since 2006, holding several positions including president of the Monomers Division and president of BASF Catalysts. He also served...Read more
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Dr. Yadunanda Budigi has more than 11 years of experience in the biotechnology industry and joined Tychan in 2017 as its Director of R&D. At Tychan, Dr. Budigi has led the development of rapid response platforms for infectious disease therapeutics that resulted in three IND submissions in record timelines. Previously, Dr. Budigi served as Associate Director of Research at Visterra Inc where he also focused on developing novel antimicrobial treatments. Prior to this, Dr. Budigi conducted postdoctoral research at Duke University as well as Singapore MIT Alliance for Research and...Read more
Stephen Hardt is the Vice President Supply Chain and External Manufacturing for Allogene Therapeutics, overseeing a broad network of contract manufacturers and suppliers and leading Allogene’s planning, logistics and distribution functions. Stephen has over 25 years of experience in technical operations, supply chain strategy, manufacturing and portfolio management. Prior to joining Allogene, he worked for Genentech for 15 years where he held various global leadership roles most recently as the Vice President of Technical Product Management and Network Strategy. In this...Read more
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The RAPID DEPLOY Conference Series offers attendees an exclusive invite-only crowd providing opportunities to engage in a mixture of invited talks and active workshop-style sessions culminating in a synthesis activity led by RAPID staff. Attendees will leave energized with new connections and empowered to deploy new ideas. The first in the series, RAPID DEPLOY: Waste-to-X, will focus on developing new routes for converting waste biomass to products.
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February
2021
Within a 100-day span, a U.S. company had fires at two of its locations. Both fires were caused by static sparks that ignited flammable liquids and vapors.