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Hans Werink has been working in the plastics industry since 1988. He joined Holland Colours in 1990 and has held several positions in the laboratory, technical service, sales and project management at the headquarters of Holland Colours in the Netherlands.

Currently he is Global Product Manager Dairy and in this position, he is responsible for new developments and market introduction of additives for light-sensitive applications in PET packaging.

Hans has a degree in Industrial Engineering & Management.

Raymond Jongman is Sales Manager EMEA for Holland Colours Division Europe BV with over 15 years of experience in the PET packaging market, ranging from resin production to recycling and colour concentrates.

Raymond holds a Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering and has been on the forefront of expanding the PET Packaging business for Holland Colours for the last 11 years. Raymond specializes in understanding the needs of customers and anticipating the ever changing regulations and requirements, focussing on bringing innovations to the market. As a father of five, his kids inspire him in their process of growing up. His motto is to never give up, never take things for granted and certainly to not be afraid to think outside of the box – perseverance and creativity pays off.

Lewis Jones is a Global Technical Manager at Sensient Flavors EMEA.  Within his current role, he is responsible for research and development in Natural Extracts, Sensory and Analytical Chemistry.  Lewis has 20 years’ experience working in the food and flavor industry having worked previously for Danisco, Firmenich and Mars.  Lewis holds a Master degree in Chemistry and is a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, where he is vice-chair of the Separation Science Interest Group.

Estelle has joined Kayentis, a global eCOA solutions provider, in 2019, to consolidate the scientific expertise of the company and drive patient and site centric developments.

Estelle has more than 20 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry, in both pre-clinical and clinical research. She joined Pfizer in early 2012 after having worked for both other big pharmas’ and biotech companies. She led projects from phase 1 through 4 in multiple therapeutic areas and has also solid expertise in the Non-Interventional space as well as in Clinical Pharmacology.

Mark has over twenty-five years of experience in design and construction coordination for all phases of project design and delivery, from programming and pre-design through construction contract administration. Mark’s experience includes numerous project types, including higher education, K-12 education, corporate, commercial, civil, healthcare, science and technology and sports and recreation. As Global Director of Technical Design Mark has a focus on developing a culture that delivers the highest quality of technical excellence while embracing innovative construction and delivery techniques and seeking to improve efficiency across the Firm. In this capacity, he also co-chairs the Firm Wide Technical Design Community and participates in the Firm’s Project Delivery Board. In his complementary role as Technical Director of Perkins and Will’s Chicago office, Mark oversees the technical design, quality assurance/quality control and project delivery of all architectural and interior design projects delivered by that office. Finally, Mark is a co-founder of the Perkins and Will Innovation Incubator and has been an active member of the selection and oversight committee since the program’s inception in 2007.

With more than 12 years of experience in architecture and interiors, Joerg has worked on a variety of project types both in China and in the Europe, ranging in size, scale and complexity. Joerg is ambitous and curious in finding new solutions which fit to the client’s identity and objective. Joerg is a passionate teamleader and remains actively involved in all phases from Concept through Construction Administration. Prior to joining Gensler in 2018 he has worked for renown practices, including positions at Coop Himmelb(l)au in Vienna, Austria, as Associate Architect at UNStudio Amsterdam and Shanghai, as General Manager for Ippolito Fleitz Group, Shanghai.

Cees has a long history in the real estate and building industry and is currently working for EDGE (an OVG Real Estate company), a leading real estate tech company from The Netherlands and rapidly growing in Europe and United States. After a long career abroad when working for corporate companies in the international construction industry (Italy, The Netherlands, Scandinavia), he became an expert in design, architecture and sustainability. 

Cees joined OVG Real Estate 13 years ago to be the head of the Sustainability Center. His first project was the first LEED Platinum TNT HQ and the first sustainable lab/office/factory, the Danone Innovation Center, both initiated by his team. The well-known office building The Edge in Amsterdam was the best example of smart and sustainable development and become a blueprint of the future of working and according to BREEAM, the most sustainable office building in the world. 

Today Cees is one of the initiators of the new company EDGE Technologies, a tech scale-up of OVG. With (future) EDGE buildings in Berlin, Hamburg, Amsterdam, London and Boston, this seems to be the answer to disrupt the global real estate market, focused on EDGE’s main pillar: sustainability, well-being and technology.  

Cees is member of Dutch Architecture Circle, founder of the Archiprix International, member of Corenet Global, Dutch Green Building Council (DGBC) and co-chair of the Technology in Real Estate Council of the Urban Land Institute (ULI). Moreover, Cees is active in the Future of Construction group of World Economic Forum (WEF). He gave lectures at the Technical University in Delft, University of London, University of Brussels, NOAH, European Committee and many other platforms and lately he moderated the Future of Work webinars for EDGE with thought leaders like Bjarke Ingels (BIG), Joseph Allen (Harvard), Carlo Ratti (MIT) and Rick Fedrizzi (IWBI).