Chief Technology Officer and Senior VP of Research & Development (R&D) at Dow, leads an exceptional R&D organization focused on accelerating new product commercialization. Under Sreeram’s leadership, Dow transformed its innovation approach by growing high-throughput experimentation and analysis capabilities while establishing a strong connection to market signals and customers. Sreeram joined Dow in 2006 as VP of Core R&D and then served as VP of R&D for Advanced Materials. Prior to Dow, he held R&D leadership roles at DuPont, Cookson Electronics, and Sarnoff Corporation. Sreeram is a Henry F. Whalen Jr. Award recipient, holds 20 U.S. patents, and served on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. He earned his PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Amy Schumacher is the Chief Executive Officer of The Heritage Group, overseeing the company’s portfolio of more than 50 companies and 6,000 employees. She is also a member of its board of trustees. Amy has been part of The Heritage Group family of businesses since 2008, when she founded Monument Chemical — THG’s specialty chemicals business — and served as Monument’s President and CEO for eight years. In that role, she was responsible for growing Monument from a small, Indianapolis-based business into a global company with operations in Europe and the US. In 2016, Amy transitioned to President of The Heritage Group and was appointed CEO in 2020, marking the fourth generation of Fehsenfeld family leadership. She graduated from Purdue University with a B.A. in Education and B.S. in Civil Engineering and received her M.B.A. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She serves on the boards of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, Calumet Specialty Products and the Purdue Engineering Advisory Council. Amy enjoys spending her free time with her husband, Jim, and her two daughters.

Scott N. Mitchell is President & CEO of Sumitomo Chemical America and Head of the Americas Region. With over 31 years in the agricultural and chemical industries, he has led major innovation, sustainability, and transformation efforts around the globe. Scott drives strategic initiatives that improve performance, compliance, and stakeholder engagement. He serves on Sumitomo’s global Sustainability Promotion Committee and is active in international sustainability networks. A frequent speaker and mentor, he maintains strong ties with Purdue University and volunteers as a local astronomy ambassador. He holds degrees in Agricultural Economics from Purdue and advanced credentials in HR and corporate governance.

Patricia Hubbard is SVP and Chief Technology Officer for Cabot Corporation, where she leads product, process and application technology development, focused on high-growth applications and industrial decarbonization. Patricia has a proven track record of leading innovation in multinational companies, connecting business strategy to technology strategy and resource deployment. Before Cabot, she held roles with Avery Dennison, Avient, General Electric and ICI.
Patricia holds a B.S. in Chemistry from Case Western Reserve University and a Ph.D. in Polymer Science from the University of Akron. She serves on the Board of Directors of Hexcel Corporation and the National Academies’ Chemical Sciences Roundtable.

Marty DeGroot is VP of Technology at DuPont leading the development and acceleration of innovative solutions in high performance industries such as healthcare, aerospace, electronics, automotive and many others. He has led R&D organizations for DuPont Industrial Solutions, Image Solutions and various Electronics businesses. He started his career with Dow, working as a leader and innovator in catalysis, solar and semiconductor fields. He is a co-winner of the ACS Heroes of Chemistry Award for leadership in product development in Chemical Mechanical Planarization. Marty holds a PhD in chemistry from Western and has more than 30 U.S. patents and 25 scientific publications. Marty is on the board of Junior Achievement of Delaware.

Dave Moss serves as Director of Technology and Innovation for Arkema’s ArrMaz division in Florida, where he leads global teams driving advancements in Crop Nutrition and Infrastructure. His work focuses on mineral processing, fertilizer coatings, and road science technologies. With 27 years in the surfactant industry, Dave has also held leadership positions with Evonik, Clariant, and Nouryon, combining technical leadership with business strategy. He has expertise across multiple applications and end-use markets, with a focus on innovation and portfolio development. Dave holds a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of California-Davis and a B.S. in Chemistry from Indiana University.

Dr. Zara Summers is currently the Chief Science Officer at LanzaTech. She spent almost 10 years at ExxonMobil where she held a variety of scientific and leadership positions, all focused on helping to provide biological solutions for navigating the energy transition. Most recently, Zara worked to drive the development of a corporate research strategy on Nature Based Solutions and worked to understand the impacts of subsurface microorganisms on underground CO2 sequestration. Throughout her career, Zara has been most energized by working to identify solutions to enhance economic, environmental, and climate stability. At LanzaTech, Zara leads the passionate and innovative Science team, combining biology and engineering to tackle carbon transformation. The Science team works to provide solutions to address society’s challenge of mitigating climate change while providing the world the energy and products required to not only survive, but thrive.

Zara holds a Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of Massachusetts and completed her postdoctoral work at the University of Minnesota.

Guy Joly has worked in the industry for approximately 18 years. He began his career at 3M in the Corporate Research Materials Laboratory, developing materials for applications ranging from adhesives to dental composites. Guy has held a variety of technical and management positions within 3M and is a coinventor on more than 50 US patents. He was part of a collaborative team that received the 2020 ACS Cooperative Research Award in Polymer Science and Engineering for the development of new monomer technology that has been commercialized in composite dental restoratives. Guy is currently the Vice President and Technical Director of the 3M Corporate Research Materials Laboratory (CRML). The mission of the CRML is to develop material technologies that provide a sustainable competitive advantage for 3M’s businesses. The CRML has research focused on Adhesives & Release Materials Sciences, Films, Fibers & Coatings, Specialty Materials, Ceramics & Glasses and Physics & Optics. Within these focus areas, the CRML invents and develops differentiated materials, protects materials-related intellectual property, deploys materials technologies to the Business Groups, and supports the scale-up and commercialisation of new materials within 3 M. Guy received a B.A. in Chemistry from Hamline University and was an NSF Graduate Research Fellow at Harvard University, where he earned a Ph.D. in Chemistry working in the laboratory of Professor Eric N. Jacobsen. Before joining 3M, Guy spent two years as an American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow at MIT in the laboratory of Professor Timothy M. Swager.