Future Talks – Voiced by Industry, Powered by Siemens
Future Talks is a platform for dialogue between industry and technology. We give the floor to industry representatives to jointly identify development priorities and propose tangible actions.
Overview
During the first edition of Future Talks, leaders of the chemical industry, together with technology experts, discussed the competitiveness of the European chemical sector, the challenges the industry is facing and the role of technology in building its resilience.
Key Topics
1 Cost competitiveness
2 EU regulations
3 Investments in digitalization
Learn about challenges facing the chemical industry
A strategic perspective on the chemical industry
In the strategic debate, Katarzyna Byczkowska (BASF Poland), Kamil Majczak (Qemetica), Paweł Bielski (Grupa Azoty) and Maciej Zieliński (Siemens Poland) analyzed the key challenges of the sector, focusing primarily on solutions and actions that can strengthen its competitiveness in the years ahead.
Three themes dominated the discussion: cost competitiveness, EU regulations and investments in digitalization.
Key market trends
Dr Arkadiusz Majoch (Łukasiewicz Research Network – Industrial Chemistry Institute), Henryk Kubiczek (Grupa Azoty) and Przemysław Kubaszewski (Envag) took part in a discussion on the main technological trends in the chemical industry. The conversation focused on the role of technology as a response to cost and regulatory pressure and on the need for closer cooperation between science and industry.
Chemical technologies
Mateusz Kidoń (Siemens Poland) and Sebastian Kubiak (Spyrosoft) demonstrated how specific solutions – from data integration to advanced analytics and digital twins – translate into higher efficiency, operational stability and long-term competitiveness of chemical operations.
Future Talks is a space where the comprehensive voice of the industry can be heard and can influence the direction of its development.
