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Former ACC chief economist Kevin Swift joins the podcast to discuss his decades-long career covering the industry from an economist's perspective. This episode was recorded in late September.

CW editior-in-chief Rob Westervelt joins the podcast to discuss CW's Billion-Dollar Club issue, released last month, and the big changes the industry has seen since 2020.

Eric Byer, president of the National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) and Scott Barrows, CEO of digital marketplace start-up Bluepallet, join the podcast to discuss their partnership and building a digital platform that works for distributors.

Mohamed Zied-Ouertani of ABB Energy joins the podcast to discuss the future of the digital twin concept, a digital reproduction of a facility, and how it can help organizations further sustainability goals.

Jorge Soto, sustainable development director at Braskem, joins the podcast to discuss the company's philosophy and initiatives around sustainability. This episode is sponsored by Braskem.

Kylie Wittl of 3M and Amelia Greene of Wego Chemical join the podcast to discuss Women in Chemicals, a new nonprofit dedicated to advancing women in the chemicals industry.

Kevin Swift, chief economist at the American Chemistry Council, joins the podcast to discuss the economic outlook at the mid-point of 2021.

Kevin Milici, executive vice president with Kurita America, joins the podcast to discuss the company's approach to digitalization in water treatment, and its role in reuse and recycle of water.

Brian Loftus, vice president with Koch Modular, joins the podcast to discuss the benefits and challenges of modular construction for chemical facilities, with a particular eye towards sustainability.

Erik Viens, director with digital platform start-up ChemVM, joins the podcast to discuss the long, and often surprising, history of efforts to bring the chemical industry into the digital world.

Anne Kolton, executive vice president/sustainability, market outreach and communications at the American Chemistry Council (ACC), and Ross Eisenberg, vice president/federal affairs at ACC, join the podcast to discuss climate policy in the Biden administration and ACC's climate priorities.

In this sponsored episode, Natalia Scherbakoff, global director/technology and innovation at Trinseo, discusses how to embed sustainability into the operations of an R&D organization at a major chemical maker, including challenges, opportunities, and best practices for agenda-setting. This episode is sponsored by Trinseo. To hear more from Natalia Scherbakoff and other leaders in specialty chemicals, register for Chemical Week's Specialty Strategies Forum on April 14. To learn more click here: https://chemweek.com/specialtychemicalsforum

Dan Yergin, IHS Markit vice chairman, chats with Chem Week publisher and IHS Markit vice president Lyn Tattum about his latest book, The New Map. Live from the 2021 World Petrochemical Conference. To access session from this year's WPC on-demand, go to wpc.ihsmarkit.com.

Nariman Behravesh, senior economic advisor with IHS Markit, joins the podcast to discuss the economic outlook as vaccines start to blunt the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and stimulus boosts sentiment.

Berk Birand, CEO of machine learning software firm Fero Labs, joins the podcast to discuss what this emerging technology can do for chemical production, including key applications in sustainability and circular economy.

Greg Bock, vice president and general manager at Anue Water Technologies, joins the podcast to discuss how digital tools underpin the company's technology.

CW editors Rob Westervelt and Vincent Valk discuss the outlook for 2021, a year that should see a rebound in demand as the COVID-19 pandemic fades, but with significant uncertainty around that. Sustainability, the energy transition, and geopolitical instability remain major longer-term themes.

Leon de Bruyn, CEO of Lummus Technology, and Debdas Sen, CEO of TCG Digital, join the podcast to discuss their new joint venture, Lummus Digital. They also discuss some of the challenges faced by chemical companies in digitalization, and the practical meaning of some digital-adjacent buzzwords.

In this sponsored episode, UBQ Materials' Sophie Tuviahu and Mainetti's Jeffrey Hsu join the podcast to discuss a partnership that's turning household waste into useful everyday products. This episode is sponsored by UBQ Materials, a start-up that has found a way to transform unsorted household waste into a bio-based thermoplastic. To learn more, visit www.ubqmaterials.com.

Dirk Elvermann, president/corporate finance at BASF, joins the podcast to discuss the company's green bond issue this past spring, a first for the industry.