Sustainability in the Chemical Industry: Grand Challenges and Research Needs (2006)
Chapter: Appendix C. Workshop Agenda
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Workshop Agenda
CRITICAL BUILDING BLOCKS AND TOOLS FOR SUSTAINABILITY IN THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY: IDENTIFYING AN AGENDA FOR NATIONAL RESEARCH
Monday, February 7, 2005
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8:15 a.m. |
Welcome and Overview of Workshop James Trainham PPG Industries Chair, Committee on Grand Challenges for Sustainability in the Chemical Industry |
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SESSION 1: Sustainability Science Literacy and Education that Enables the Adoption of More Sustainable Practices in the Chemical Industry Chair: Andrea Larson University of Virginia |
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8:30 a.m. |
Overview Speaker: Current Knowledge about the Nexus of Industrial Activity and Natural Systems (Earth Systems to Infant Immune System Impacts) Braden R. Allenby Arizona State University |
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9:30 a.m. |
Targeting and Guiding Demand for Green Chemistry in Product Design Lauren Heine GreenBlue Institute |
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10:00 a.m. |
Is Chemistry Education Sustainable? Mary Kirchhoff American Chemical Society |
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10:30 a.m. |
Break |
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10:45 a.m. |
Concurrent sessions (five groups) |
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12:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
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SESSION 2: Enabling Technologies that Drive the Application of Green Chemistry and Engineering Chair: Michael D. Bertolucci Interface Research Corporation |
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1:30 p.m. |
Overview Speaker: Enabling Technologies that Drive the Application of Green Chemistry and Engineering Berkeley W. Cue, Jr. Pfizer, Inc. (retired) |
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2:30 p.m. |
Life Cycle Analysis—A Tool for Change Richard Helling The Dow Chemical Company. |
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3:00 p.m. |
Development of Sound Structure/Property Relations, and Tools to Predict the Health and Environmental Impacts of Specific Chemicals Robert J. Kavlock U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
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3:30 p.m. |
Break |
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3:45 p.m. |
Concurrent sessions (five groups) |
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5:30 p.m. |
Adjourn |
Tuesday, February 8, 2005
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SESSION 3: New Chemicals and Processes that Lead to Commercially Viable Alternative Feedstocks to Fossil Fuels Chair: Frankie Wood-Black ConocoPhillips |
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8:00 a.m. |
Overview Speaker: Current Fossil Fuel Dependence and Future Alternative Feedstocks Stanley R. Bull National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
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9:00 a.m. |
Sustainable Fuels and Chemicals Mark T. Holtzapple Texas A&M |
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9:30 a.m. |
Specialty Intermediate and Complex Molecule Synthesis Douglas C. Cameron Cargill Research |
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10:00 a.m. |
Break |
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10:15 a.m. |
Concurrent sessions (five groups) |
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12:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
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SESSION 4: Reducing the Energy Intensity of the Chemical Process Industry Chair: Joan Brennecke University of Notre Dame |
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1:00 p.m. |
Overview Speaker: Sustainability, Stoichiometry, and Process Systems Engineering Jeffrey J. Siirola Eastman Chemical Company |
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2:00 p.m. |
Enzymes: Advances in Sustainable Industrial Processes and Bioenergy Glenn E. Nedwin Novozymes Biotech, Inc. |
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2:30 p.m. |
Membrane Processes as Low energy-Intensive Enablers for Energy Conservation in the Chemical Industry William J. Koros Georgia Institute of Technology |
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3:00 p.m. |
Green Chemistry for Carbon Management Klaus S. Lackner Columbia University |
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3:30 p.m. |
Break |
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3:45 p.m. |
Concurrent Sessions (five groups) |
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5:30 p.m. |
Adjourn |
