Schedule – Webinars for Chemical Manufacturers

2:00pm ET

Capital Markets Outlook for 2021

Continued economic uncertainty continues to be in the news. This session provides an overview of the U.S. economic and capital market outlook amidst the on-going pandemic and post-Presidential election.

2:00pm

Strategies for Uncertain Times: Management and Legal Perspectives for the Specialty Chemicals Industry

Key Topics: Market Volatility; Supplier Dispute; Liability Risk

Supplier disputes, supply chain disruption, bankruptcies, liability risk, and market volatility are just a few of the current challenges facing chemical sector leaders. Join Womble Bond Dickinson and their panel of legal experts, management consultants and financial professionals for an informative discussion to help you navigate these and other issues facing the chemical sector. This timely and important discussion will be moderated by SOCMA President and CEO Jennifer Abril.

Key questions and issues that will be discussed:

• What are the most pressing issues facing the industry?
• How do we develop sound operational strategies and minimize risk in this ever-changing environment?
• What are best practices for dealing with these challenge areas?
• What are the most reliable resources to use to keep on top of changes in the sector in these areas?

2:00pm ET

SOCMA Annual Business Meeting

Join us for SOCMA’s Annual Meeting for association updates and celebrate our 2020 Performance Improvement Award Winners.

This meeting is closed for SOCMA Members Only. Contact meetings@socma.org to register for the Annual Business Meeting.

2:00pm ET

Executive Roundtable: The Horizon for Chemical Business Operations

Key Topics: Commercial Trends; Industry Outlook

Panelists from Howard Industries and SK Capital will share their unique perspectives, representing family owned and private equity companies, on value creation within specialty chemicals. Learn about how their strategies have evolved and what they see as key drivers for industry moving forward. What headwinds are working for or against the specialty chemical industry in the new normal?

Speakers: Cynthia Peterson, President, Howard Industries; Steven D’Incelli, Partner, SK Capital; Barry Penney, Managing Director, SK Capital

2:00pm ET

Exploring the Whole Supply Chain: Obligations to Emergency Response

Key Topics: Manufacturing/Operations; Supply Chain; Risk Mitigation

The chemical supply chain is typically complicated, with a potential combination of raw material suppliers, intermediate manufacturers, finished product manufacturers, downstream users, shippers, transporters, drivers, port managers, members of the public and disposal / recycling organisations involved from start to finish.

This presentation will map out a typical chemical supply process, and investigate the different types of incidents that can take place throughout the products’ journey, who is likely to receive the call, what support they’d be expected to provide, and what considerations need to be taken from all parties perspectives to add value back into the supply chain.

Speaker: Craig Thomson, Associate Director, National Chemical Emergency Centre; Tim Kennedy, New Business Development Manager, National Chemical Emergency Centre

2:00pm ET

Recent Developments in the world of RCRA

Key Topics: Regulatory; Environmental, Health and Safety; Waste Management

During this webinar, Brian Burns, Director of Responsible Care, WTS, Inc., provides an overview of recent significant Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) rule makings including the Hazardous Waste Generators Rule, Electronic Hazardous Waste Manifest Rule and the new Definition of Solid Waste (2015) rule for recycling of hazardous wastes.

Speaker: Brian Burns, Director of Responsible Care, WTS, Inc.

2:00pm

Cyber Risk Mitigation in the Chemical Sector

Key Topics: Manufacturing/Operations; Cyber Security

This panel will discuss the evolution of data privacy and cybersecurity laws applicable to the chemical sector and best practices that an organization can undertake to prepare for, and prevent, a data security breach, with a particular focus on the different types of cyber liability coverage on the market today. In addition, the panel will address data security breach mitigation measures and what steps every company should undertake in the first twenty-four hours of a security incident in order to minimize potential harm and damages.

Speakers: Steven G. Stransky, Partner, Thompson Hine LLP; Aarti Soni, Cyber Director & Product Innovation Counsel, McGriff

2:00pm

Executive Roundtable: Framing Messaging and Communications to Customer During Crisis

Remaining agile and ahead of external forces has been a theme of this year, but a keen sense of messaging and the right press messaging are an ever green topic in the chemical industry. SOCMA affiliate member, AKCG – Public Relations Counselors will delve into the best practices around communicating with customers and employees as we transition to the new normal.

Speaker: Chris Lukach, APR, President, AKCG – Public Relations Counselors

2:00pm

Revised Toxic Substance Control Act at Year 4: Taking the Pulse

Key Topics: Regulatory, Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)

Initially it seemed that the most significant effect of revised TSCA on the chemical industry would be the prioritization and evaluation of existing substances. It turns out that changes to the Premanufacture Notice (PMN) program for addition of “new” substances that were not listed on the original inventory has had a much larger immediate impact. But the prioritization and risk evaluation of “existing substances” has begun in earnest. And, as with most new regulatory paradigms, unintended consequences only become evident during implementation. This talk will provide an overview of what TSCA has become in 2020 for new and existing substances, and look into the crystal ball for 2021 and beyond.

Speaker: Jeffrey Hafer, Senior Regulatory Scientist, knoell USA, LLC

1:00pm-3:30pm

Environmental, Health and Safety Roundtable

Join SOCMA’s Compliance & Stewardship team and Performance Improvement Committee, for a 2-day virtual roundtable event on October 14 & 15.

By joining this event you’ll hear a discussion on EHS&S and management strategies

• SOCMA GR team will provide updates on regulation, policy and the upcoming election
• A panel discussion on best practices for implementing the Chemical Operations Training Tool
• Network with your peers and fellow EHS&S Managers

2:00pm

COVID-19 Response, Recovery, and Preparedness: Emerging Lessons for Resilience

Key Topics: Supply Chain; Business Resilience; Response Plans

The onset of COVID-19 is testing business resilience across all industries. A broad implementation of social distancing combined with local governments’ seemingly haphazard designations of essential businesses have resulted in interruptions of supply chains in the short term. These interruptions will likely lead to liquidity shortages even as recovery begins. Companies with pandemic response plans in place are faring better than those that didn’t. Our presentation will outline the COVID-19 lessons learned and will introduce the process we use (Respond, Restore, Prepare) to recover from and prepare for potential future pandemics.

Speaker: Peter Linn, M.Ed., Managing Director, Marsh

2:00pm ET

More of the Same or a New Ballgame? Scenario Planning for Sudden Changes in Trade Policy

Key Topics: Supply Chain Trends & Research, Policy, Trade

In light of the increasing global uncertainty surrounding trade policy, this session would highlight the work that our company has done to game out and prepare for various scenarios that could result from changes in trade policy and impede our ability to get products to our customers around the world. This presentation would seek to give an overview of recent trade policy trends and how they have shaped the chemicals industry, provide a model for scenario planning that other companies could implement, and highlight certain trends that companies should pay attention to depending on the outcome of the U.S. general election in November going into 2021 and beyond.

Speakers: Paul Treadgold, U.S. Corporate Affairs, EMD Performance Materials; Stephanie Frye, U.S. Corporate Affairs; EMD Performance Materials

2:00pm ET

EPA MON and Ethylene MACT Changes: Planning for Compliance

Recent EPA MON and Ethylene MACT regulation changes affect a large number of existing chemical facilities.  This discussion will summarize the detailed changes along with a practical discussion of how facilities are preparing to comply.  Topics for discussion include EPA’s removal of provisions for SSM (startup, shutdown and malfunction), flare systems, ethylene oxide controls, and monitoring and testing changes.

Speakers: Tiffany L. Dillow, REM, Senior Project Scientist, POWER Engineers, Inc.;  Eric Quiat, P.E., Project Manager, POWER Engineers, Inc.

2:00pm ET

Executive Roundtable: Specialty Chemicals: The landscape of digital sales and business

Specialty chemical procurement is utilizing digital platforms to screen, explore and identify the best candidates for partners to meet their custom toll manufacturing needs at an increasing rate. Companies who remain in the era of analog will miss out on an ever growing number of potential new business relationships; in order to keep up to speed, companies must constantly revisit their marketing effectiveness and assure they are optimizing and showcasing their expertise.

2:00pm ET

Pandemics to Spills: Logistics Risks for Chemical Shippers and How to Address Them

Key Topics: Supply Chain and Logistics; Business Operations

Chemical companies face various logistics risks that can unexpectedly disrupt their business or increase costs. These risks may arise from pandemics, road accidents, regulatory changes, and many other events that can be difficult to predict. This panel will identify key logistics risks that tend to catch shippers off guard and how to address them, including thorough logistics contracts and developing relationships with logistics providers.

Speaker: Jason Tutrone, Associate, Thompson Hine LLP

2:00pm ET

Duty Drawback and the 301 Exclusion Process

Speaker: Alessandra Mediago, Senior Manager – Drawback Operations, Charter Brokerage