CHEMUK 2026
NEC, Birmingham, UK
May 20-21, 2026
CHEMUK 2026 brings together the full UK chemicals ecosystem at the NEC Birmingham, 20–21 May 2026 – from basic chemicals and formulated products to process engineering, regulation, and laboratory innovation. It’s the place where R&D chemists, process engineers, and lab managers step away from day‑to‑day fire‑fighting to see what’s next for digitalisation, sustainability, and efficiency across the chemical value chain.
That’s exactly where SYNTHIA® Retrosynthesis Software fits. At CHEMUK, we’ll show how computer‑aided synthesis planning can move out of the “pharma only” niche and into the broader chemical and formulated‑product industries. Whether you’re scaling a specialty intermediate, optimising a key step in a formulated product, or exploring bio‑based and greener routes, SYNTHIA® helps you design and compare synthetic pathways in minutes—starting from millions of commercially available building blocks and reagents. You’ll see how route options can be ranked not just by step count and cost, but also by atom economy, hazard profile, and access to greener alternatives, supporting many of the sustainability and net‑zero conversations that dominate CHEMUK’s conference programme.
For laboratory teams, we’ll focus on how SYNTHIA® complements your existing tools: helping R&D and process chemists move from “we think this will work” to a set of concrete, literature‑backed route options, ready for lab or pilot evaluation. For process and chemical engineers, we’ll highlight ways to use SYNTHIA® to de‑risk supply chains, identify alternative starting materials, and explore new disconnections when regulations or raw‑material availability change. And for innovation leaders and digitalisation teams, we’ll show how SYNTHIA® APIs can plug into your wider digital chemistry stack to support automated route scouting, portfolio‑wide green‑chemistry assessments, and integration with design and informatics platforms.
If you’re planning to visit CHEMUK 2026 to stay ahead on process technology, regulation, and sustainability, make time to see how retrosynthesis software can support those same goals in your route design. Stop by our stand to discuss your own molecules, routes, and bottlenecks, and leave with practical ideas on how SYNTHIA® can help you deliver chemistry that’s more efficient, more sustainable, and easier to scale.
