November 26-28, 2024
InnoCHEM®
A CHEMINDIX PRECONFERENCE YOUTH EVENT
InnoCHEM PURPOSE
The purpose of this CHEMINDIX event is to introduce local young talent, especially students pursuing undergraduate degree in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering in Gulf Cooperation Council countries, to the challenges that the global energy and chemicals sectors are facing and give them historical perspectives on the roles that chemists and chemical engineers have played in these two important sectors. A secondary objective is to collaborate with local universities in the preparation of the future workforce in these sectors, for which the region have gained global outstanding reputation over the past 80 years.
InnoCHEM TITLE
“The Role of Technology and Innovation Teams in Advancing Future Economies”
InnoCHEM COURSE
DESCRIPTION
The course of this training event consists of workshop-style discussions and lectures. The discussions and lectures are designed to focus on the following topics:
- Most Influential Chemists and Chemical Engineers in the history of the Global Chemicals and Energy Sectors.
- The Innovation Process: Its Elements and its relevance to Inventions and Economy of Nations.
- Chemists and Historical Perspectives on their Role in Advancing Today Chemical Industry.
- Chemists and Historical Perspectives on their Role in Advancing Today Global Energy Sector.
- Future Challenges for the Global Chemicals and Energy Sectors.
- Examples of what chemists and chemical engineers do to address some of these challenges.
TOPICS COVERED DURING
THIS TWO-DAY TRAINING
Morning
- Most influential Chemists and Chemical Engineers in History
- Roles of chemists in Advancing Industrial Production: Historical Background
- Technology and its dissemination: Historical Background
- The Innovation Process and Its Elements
Afternoon
- Laboratory as Matter Factory
- Examples of Chemists who contributed to the advancement of modern chemical industry
- Innovation Example 1: 550 BCE_ River Soil to Coins
- Innovation Example 2: 704 CE -1363 CE_ Establishments of Laboratory Practice
- Innovation Example 3: 1782 CE_ Common Salt to Soap, Glass and Clothes
Morning
- Innovation Example 3: 1782 CE_ Common Salt to Soap, Glass and Clothes
- Innovation Example 5: 1906 CE_ Air to Bread
- Innovation Example 6: 1937 CE_ Crude Oil to Clothes
- Innovation Example 7: 1926 CE_ Crude Oil to Transportation Fuels
Afternoon
- Current Status of Global Energy and Chemicals Industries
- Challenges for Future Chemists and Chemical Engineers
- Addressing Challenges_ Example 1: Computational Power for Better Processes and Material Design
- Addressing Challenges_ Example 2: Advanced Adsorbents Utilization for Green Energy
- Addressing Challenges_ Example 3: Green Batteries
Day 1 - SUNDAY November 24, 2024
Local Time
(GMT+3)
Speaker
Activity
7:15 – 7:59
NA
Registration
8:00 – 8:15
Ghada M. Al-Dhafeeri
(SIPCHEM)
Short Presentation on Safety & SIPCHEM
8:15 – 8:30
Rashid Al-Othman
Short Presentation on InnoCHEM Objectives & Activities
8:30 – 9:30
ALL STUDENTS + INNOCHEM TEAM
TABLE ACTIVITY & DISCUSSION #1
9:30 – 10:15
Rashid Al-Othman
Main Presentation: New Perspectives on Most Influential Chemists/Chemical Engineers in History
10:15 – 10:30
NA
Coffee Break + Tour Of The Exhibit
10:30 – 11:30
ALL STUDENTS + INNOCHEM TEAM
TABLE ACTIVITY & DISCUSSION #2
11:30 - 12:30
NA
Lunch Break + Tour of the Exhibit + Prayer
12: 30 – 13:00
Rashid Al-Othman
Presentation on Laboratory as Matter Factory and Technology Dissemination
13: 00 – 14:00
Rashid Al-Othman
Main Presentation on “A Revised List for Major Events in the History Chemistry & Chemical Industry”
14:00 - 14:15
NA
Coffee Break + Tour Of The Exhibit
14:15 - 14:45
ALL STUDENTS + INNOCHEM TEAM
TABLE ACTIVITY & DISCUSSION #3: WHAT SPARKS INNOVATION AND THE ELEMENTS OF INNOVATION
14: 45 – 15:15
Rashid Al-Othman
Innovation Example 1: From Common Salt to Glass, Textile, and Soap
15:15 – 15:30
Rashid Al-Othman
Innovation Example 2: From Coal to Medicine & Dyestuffs
15:30 – 15:45
Rashid Al-Othman
Innovation Example 3: The Claus Process
15:45 – 16:00
ALL STUDENTS + INNOCHEM TEAM
PREPARATION FOR INNOCHEM COMPETITION
Day 2 - SUNDAY November 25, 2024
Local Time
(GMT+3)
Speaker
Title
7:30 – 8:00
NA
Student Gathering + Exhibit Tour + Coffee
8:00 – 8:45
Rashid Al-Othman
Innovation Example 4: From Air to Bread
8:45 – 9:15
Rashid Al-Othman
Innovation Example 5: From Crude Oil to Clothes
9:15 – 9:45
Rashid Al-Othman
Innovation Example 6: From Crude Oil to Transportation Fuels
9:45 – 10:15
ALL STUDENTS + INNOCHEM TEAM
Table Activity & Discussion #4 (Challenges for Future Chemists and Chemical Engineers)
10:15 – 10:30
NA
Coffee Break + Tour of the Exhibit
10:30 – 11:00
Georgios Lithoxoos
Presentation: Molecular Simulation Techniques for Natural Gas Upgrading Applications
11:00 – 11:30
Ahmad Hammad
Presentation: New Advances in Sustainable Energy Storage Systems
11:30 – 12:30
NA
Lunch Break + Tour Of The Exhibit + Prayer
12: 30 – 13:10
Wajdi Sadat
Presentation: Design Strategies for Developing CO2 Adsorbents
13: 10 – 13:40
Nada Qari
Presentation: Nonmetallic Pipes and Structure
13: 40 – 14:15
Ahmad Khan
Presentation: E-Fuels and Circular Carbon Economy
14: 15 – 14:50
NA
Coffee Break + Tour of the Exhibit
14: 50 – 15:20
InnoCHEM Team
Mentee Competition
15: 20 – 16:10
InnoChem Participants
6 10-minute Presentations by InnoCHEM Participants + Announcing Competition Winners
SPONSORS
TARGET AUDIENCE
INNOCHEM target audience are mainly students who have completed at least two years as regular students in universities of the GCC countries. Young engineers and scientists, who have joined companies or institutes working on advancement of the local chemicals and energy industries in the GCC countries within the past three years, are second target audience.
PRE-REQUISITES
Completion of the academic courses for science and engineering department of universities, especially chemistry courses.
COURSE DURATION
Two (2) days
CERTIFICATION
Upon the completion of INNOCHEM activities, participants will receive a “Certificate of Achievement”.
INSTRUCTOR BIOGRAPHY
Rashid M. Al-Othman has a Ph.D. in Chemistry, which he obtained from the University of Washington in 1997. He has worked in the industry for more than 35 years, covering research on natural gas and crude oil treatment, and is currently working as a Principal Scientist at Saudi Aramco Research & Development Center.
He co-authored more than 15 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals and presented in more than 15 regional and international gathering in the areas of refining and gas processing research. He is also a co-inventor in more than 33 international patents on many technological areas, such as natural gas storage, sulfur recovery, tail gas treating, removal of carbon dioxide from air, crude oil refining, and use of adsorbents for oil & gas treatment.
He co-authored more than 15 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals and presented in more than 15 regional and international gathering in the areas of refining and gas processing research. He is also a co-inventor in more than 33 international patents on many technological areas, such as natural gas storage, sulfur recovery, tail gas treating, removal of carbon dioxide from air, crude oil refining, and use of adsorbents for oil & gas treatment.
Dr. Rashid M. Al-Othman
Principal Scientist
Saudi Aramco Research & Development Center