Overview

In these exceptional times, we are moving to hold the AGM as a virtual meeting.

The committee would welcome additional involvement from the membership, and in particular we are looking for volunteers for the positions of Vice Chair and Vice Secretary, with a view to becoming the Chair and Secretary next year. Please email specialinterestgroups@icheme.org to volunteer for these positions.

Alternatively, you may wish to participate in an area of specific personal interest.  For example, some of the current initiatives where you could contribute are to:

• Author or co-author a TCE article under the broad topic of “Delivering Healthcare in the 21st Century”.
• Produce a webinar for the series titled “The Role of Chemical Engineers in Pharmaceutical Development”.
• Represent the SIG as a Pharma specialist on the IChemE Learned Society working groups and other industry associations.  The Learned Society has three priority topics in their 2024 strategy, namely Responsible Production (encompassing sustainability/climate change), Major Hazards Identification and Management, and Digitalisation.

Your own ideas would be appreciated as well. Please email specialinterestgroups@icheme.org with any ideas.

Time

Online: 11:00—14:00 BST. Duration: 3 hours.

Please note that although the webinar software has been booked for this time, the meeting may not run the full three hours.

Agenda

1. Chair’s Introduction.
2. Election of committee officers.
3. Treasurer’s report.
4. Feedback from any recent LSC/IChemE meetings, and an update on the Digitalisation and Climate Change Initiatives.
5. Feedback from the COVID-19 response team.
6. TCE articles on “Access to Medicines in the 21st Century”.
7. Webinars on “The Role of Chemical Engineers in Pharmaceutical Development”.
8. Planned events - University of Chester CPD Event.
9. If not covered by the above, review any comments that came in via the request on the AGM notification.
10. Any other business.