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Pigments and Colour Science Forum is Coming to Cleveland in 2023!
October 2023
Cleveland, Ohio
Pigment & Colour Science Forum 2023
October 2023 | Cleveland, Ohio
The Pigment and Colour Science Forum will be making it's way toCleveland, Ohio in October 2023! The industry is clearly excited to come together and find out about the latest innovations and how to move the industry forward.
Combining more than 25 years of experience in working with the industrial pigments and colorants sectors and titanium dioxide supply chain, Smithers co-located Pigment and Color Science Forum & TiO2 World Summit regularly unites key players from across the entire value chain for 2-days of the latest market insights, imformative presentations, collaborative discussions, and valuable networking opportunities, building on the inherent synergies between the pigments and TiO2 industries.
This is the only event specifically on pigments and will address key topics like radical innovations, sustainability, supply chain and market outlook. Book your ticket today to join the likes of Akzo Nobel, IKEA, Renault, Sensient, Jaguar Land Rover, Sun Chemical, Schlenk, Ecolean and TU Delft who have already confirmed their attendance.
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Lotta has a rich IKEA experience in range, home furnishing solutions and interior design, and most recently her assignment was as Better Homes Leader where she has been responsible for all CMF (colour materials and finishes) for BA Livingroom IKEA of Sweden. Lotta has proven strengths in leading and securing IKEA identity through home furnishing solutions and range development and is always curious and and passionate about creativity, customers, and their life at home needs. IKEA’s point of view on better homes is to create the dream for the many people - a home that is functional, beautiful, healthy, safe, smart, comfortable, personal, warm, family-friendly, and possible for everyone to achieve.
In her new role as a Range & Product Design Leader starting in mid-Agust 2022, Lotta will take lead of the creation of better homes throughout the range and product development process and will enable world class home furnishing solutions to enable the homes IKEA wants to be known for. Lotta brings with her many years of home furnishing experience; educated in interior design she has worked in advertising, styling, and film production before joining IKEA.
After holding positions in graphic design for Landor associates and product planning in the Office furniture industry for Haworth, FRANCOIS FARION joined his long-time industry of choice, automotive, in year 2000 for PSA-Peugeot Citroën, then joined Nissan North America in 2005 for 13 years, including responsibility for Bodycolors for the Nissan group in Atsugi, Japan from 2015 to 2018.
He has been Director of CMF (Color Material & Finishes) for Groupe Renault since 2018, based in Technocenter near Paris.
He’s married to Nathalie, with whom he had a daughter Anaïs, 22, a bachelor in Neurology, Physiology & Behavior of UC Davis, who now studies Cosmetics formulation in Italy.
Their son Mahé just started engineering at McGill in Montreal.
He’s an avid photographer, cyclist and skier. Among other Italian cars, he has owned and enjoyed a Bianco Fuji 2005 Maserati GranSport.
Paola Andrea Sanchez Cely is Sensient’s Beauty Color Innovation Manager based in Paris.
Following an extensive on boarding in which she worked through all departments including sales and marketing to acquire a complete overview of the cosmetic market and consumer needs, her research has been focused the last 5 years on innovative pigments, dyes and mineral filters for cosmetic formulations.
She holds a Chemical Engineering MSc from the National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA) Rouen and a Polymer Engineering and Cosmetic Formulation MSc from the National College of Chemical Engineering (ENSCMu).
Brian has a PhD in Genetics and over 25 years of experience in both industry and academia. In academia, Brian has worked in multiple disciplines and is the author of numerous publications. In industry, he has worked in the R&D department of a large biotech company and was routinely involved with the scaling up of research projects to large fermentations. His work has lead to several patents.
Elodie Carpentier is a biotechnology engineer with a passion for entrepreneurship and art history.
EDUCATION:
2004- 2008 University of Applied Science, Esslingen – Chemical Engineering Colours & Paints
2000- 2002 Technical College of Design, Master Craftsman’s Diploma and
State- certified designer 2002
1998- 1999 Collage of further training design, entrance qualification for a collage 1999
WORK HISTORY:
2021 – today: SUN Chemical, Color Materials
Development Inorganic Pigments for Coatings and Plastics
2018 – 2021: BASF Colors & Effects
Development Inorganic Pigments for Coatings and Plastics
2016 - 2018: BASF Colors & Effects
Technical Industry Management for Architectural Coatings
2011 – 2016: BASF SE
Technical Industry Management for Architectural Coatings
2008 – 2010: BASF SE
Pigment Development Group: Member of laboratory team, after one year with project responsibility
2008 – 2008: Diploma theses in BASF SE from March – July: “Ausarbeitung neuartiger Farbtöne mit borosilikatbasierenden Effektpigmenten”
2002 - 2004: Paint master and colour designer, Wolff, Tübingen
Working in the high-quality sector with private customers, making colour- and
design suggestions for interiors, customer advisory service and look after the trainee
1999- 2000 Paint journeyman, Wolff, Tübingen
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Sensient Beauty is your trusted partner that provides a broad portfolio of multi-sensorial beauty and personal care ingredients, focusing on consumer centered sensory experiences. As we like to say, we add life to products.
As part of the Sensient Technologies Corporation, we are a leading global manufacturer and marketer of colors and other specialty ingredients. We use advanced technologies and robust global supply chain capabilities to develop specialized solutions for cosmetics and personal care, as well as products that serve the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, food and beverages industries.
Founded in 1882 as a distillery, our company has undergone several transformations: from Meadow Springs Distillery to Red Star Yeast & Product Company to Universal Foods and, since 2000, Sensient Technologies.
Iluka is an Australian based mineral sands company with expertise in exploration, development, mining, processing, marketing and rehabilitation.
With over 70 years’ industry experience, Iluka is a leading producer of zircon and the high grade titanium dioxide feedstocks rutile and synthetic rutile. Additionally, Iluka also established a significant position in rare earth elements (rare earths).
