Convened in collaboration with a Fortune 500 company exploring the future evolution of materials markets.
Houston, Texas | August 31, 2026
What is the ADI Thinklab?
Invitation-only series
ADI ThinkLab is ADI Analytics’ invitation-only series of executive discussions that brings together industry leaders, researchers, technology developers, investors, and other experts to explore emerging trends shaping energy, chemicals, materials, and industrial markets.
What will you experience
The second edition of ADI ThinkLab will focus on materials transition and the forces reshaping global materials markets. The discussion will bring together a select group of senior leaders and subject matter experts from across the materials value chain, including chemicals, polymers, energy, advanced materials, manufacturing, academia, and key end-use industries.
Participants will discuss how evolving performance requirements, sustainability goals, economics, supply chain shifts, and technology innovation are influencing the future of materials development, adoption, and commercialization.
Conducted under Chatham House rules, ADI ThinkLab is designed to encourage candid discussion, challenge conventional thinking, and facilitate the exchange of diverse perspectives in a highly interactive small-group setting.
Discussion topics
- Materials landscape and drivers of transition
Examining how materials markets are evolving and the key factors driving transition across industries, including performance, cost, sustainability, and technology requirements. - Materials demand and applications
Exploring where materials transition is occurring, the applications driving demand, and the shift from incumbent to emerging materials. - Technology and innovation
Discussing new materials technologies, commercialization pathways, and the role of research institutions, startups, manufacturers, and end users in accelerating adoption. - Supply chains and economics
Assessing supply chain readiness, manufacturing scalability, market adoption, and the economic competitiveness of emerging materials. - Challenges, opportunities, and collaboration
Identifying barriers, key enablers, and opportunities for collaboration across industry, academia, technology developers, and policymakers.cularity in the chemicals and plastics industries.
Participation
Participation is limited to approximately 15-20 attendees to facilitate meaningful discussion and interaction. ADI welcomes interest from senior professionals, academics, researchers, technology developers, manufacturers, investors, and other leaders with relevant expertise and perspectives on materials innovation and transition.
To express interest in participating or learn more about ADI ThinkLab: Materials Transition, please contact:
Edmund Lam – lam@adi-analytics.com
Faiza Tanvir – tanvir@adi-analytics.com
