The Rubber Initiative® is a one day executive workshop for senior rubber industry professionals stepping into broader commercial roles. Built around frameworks tested in real rubber businesses under pressure.
Delivered with
The industry runs strong technical training. Compounding, testing, materials science, process. The depth available is world class.
TRI sits alongside. We work on what the technical programmes don't yet cover: the leadership shift, innovation pipelines that commercialise, AI used to augment judgement, and the next-generation business sustainability question.
Same audience. Different subject matter.
EU and US regulation decoded for business leaders. Sustainability as an edge your competitors haven't earned yet. Pressure-test your three horizon positioning with peers and leave with the next move clear.
Dr Matthew Thornton
Lead across generations. Use AI as an extension of your own judgement. Shift from doer to enabler without losing authority.
Michael Clayton
Build innovation pipelines that commercialise. Allocate R&D resource by stage and risk.
Dr Matthew Thornton
Convert strategy into weekly execution. Build accountability without bureaucracy. Leave with an execution scorecard tuned to your operation.
Michael Clayton
European delivery
10 June 2026 · Vienna Rubber Week
Delivered in partnership with TechnoBiz. Registrations are open on the partner site.
North American delivery
30 September 2026 · The Global Polymer Summit
Delivered in partnership with ACS Rubber Division. Registration opens on the ACS site closer to the date.
The day is pitched at senior technical people stepping into broader commercial responsibility, and the general managers who have already made the jump.
BEng (Chem) · FAPRI · FIMMM
Twenty five years in manufacturing leadership. Twenty of those in rubber operations, from compound developer through to CEO.
Read full bioarrow_forwardMBA · PhD · BSc Hons · CEnv · FIMMM
Twenty years in advanced materials. Director and C-suite roles at Polymateria and Haydale, with a doctorate in materials science.
Read full bioarrow_forwardTwo deliveries this year. A day with peers who understand the industry. Rooms are capped at thirty to keep the discussion real.