A highlight for our 2024 Spring Meeting was our fireside chat with Currie Crookston, Global Head of Ecosystems at Covestro and Sukrit Mukhopadhyay, Research Scientist at Dow. The stimulating discussion covered topics such as integration of materials data science and AI/ML across R&D, product development, and manufacturing. The discussion also touched on the strategic adoption of large language models, development of digital twins, FAIR data standards, and scientific foundation models.