First digital European Chemistry Partnering: 3rd ECP Summer Summit on September 17 – 18, 2020

• 103 start-ups from 23 countries are already using the first online speed dating event in the chemical industry
• More than 350 participants have already registered, and more than 300 online partnering conversations have been arranged - in 20-minute slots across all time zones
• 43 nations from all continents represented: Participants from Japan, Canada, USA and Chile, from Africa Morocco and South Africa will join the event

7 September 2020, Frankfurt am Main

The 3rd ECP Summer Summit will take place for the first time as an online event on September 17 and 18. With his keynote speech, Dr. Daniel Teichmann, founder and CEO of Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies will open the industry's two-day online speed dating event.

With his company Hydrogenious, Teichmann has developed a technology to bind hydrogen in a liquid so that it can be transported safely over long distances. In 2014, his company won the Science4Life Venture Cup. In 2018, Teichmann and his two doctoral supervisors, Prof. Peter Wasserscheidt and Prof. Wolfgang Arlt, were nominated for the German Future Prize 2018 for the development of this key technology.

The panel discussion "Sustainability: How does our financial ecosystem influence innovations in the chemical industry?" will address the need for innovation with regard to global challenges such as population growth, climate change and the coronavirus. Among others, Florian Theyermann, Director of FCF Fox Corporate Finance GmbH, and Kristina Jeromin, Head of Group Sustainability of Deutsche Börse Group and Deputy Chair of the Advisory Council for Sustainable Finance of the German Government will discuss the topic.

Furthermore, ORONTEC GmbH & Co. KG will present the issue "Sustainability in the coating industry" with the support of several partner companies. A workshop will be organized in a World Café format: 4 moderated groups will be formed for 4 main topics, between which the participants can switch back and forth.

Dr. Holger Bengs, CEO of BCNP Consultants GmbH and initiator of the European Chemistry Partnering: "For two years we have been working on a digital version of ECP to bring together creative people worldwide. During the lockdown, we immediately started to implement this idea. This ECP is more international than ever. The formats are the same, only digital. And networking with 'the guy with the orange tie' and meetings at the virtual coffee machine are also possible. We are very excited about the growing chemical community."

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BCNP Consultants is a German consulting firm specialized in the biotech, chemical, nanotech and pharmaceutical (BCNP) industries. BCNP's unique selling points are its scientific and technical expertise, distinctive networks and industry knowledge. The company offers strategy and sales consulting in the business areas BCNP strategy and BCNP connect. Special areas of expertise are market and technology analysis as well as innovation scouting. Since 2015, BCNP has published the annual Compass to Europe's Innovative Chemical Companies (www.chemistry-compass.eu) to promote entrepreneurship in the chemical industry. Since 2017, the marketplace "European Chemistry Partnering" has been in existence to bring creatives and decision makers together on an international level.

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