| SATURDAY |
| 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:15 pm - 4:00 pm | Green Chemistry is Supercritical |
| Discussion Leaders: Veronica Okello (Binghamton University, USA) and Gwenaelle Bescond (Synthomer, UK) |
| 3:15 pm - 3:45 pm | Martyn Poliakoff (University of Nottingham, UK)
"Engineering a Better World Through Green Chemistry"
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| 3:45 pm - 4:00 pm | Discussion |
| 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session I |
| 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Chemicals from Biomass |
| Discussion Leaders: Mark Garrett (Queen's University Belfast, UK) and Martina Peters (Bayer Technology Services GmbH, Germany)
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| 5:30 pm - 5:50 pm | Katalin Barta (Yale University, USA)
"One-Pot Catalytic Conversion of Cellulose and of Woody Biomass Solids to Liquid Fuels"
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| 5:50 pm - 6:00 pm | Discussion |
| 6:00 pm - 6:20 pm | Mika Shiramizu (University of California- Berkeley, USA)
"Deoxygenation of Biomass-derived Feedstocks: Oxorhenium-catalyzed Deoxydehydration of Sugars and Sugar Alcohols"
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| 6:20 pm - 6:30 pm | Discussion |
| 6:30 pm - 6:50 pm | Thomas Forder (University of Bath, UK)
"Initiator Design for the Production of Polylactide Copolymers"
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| 6:50 pm - 7:00 pm | Discussion |
| 7:00 pm - 7:20 pm | Philip Nuss (University of New Hampshire, USA)
"Attributional Life Cycle Assessment (ALCA) of Polyitaconic Acid Production from U.S. Northeast Softwood Biomass"
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| 7:20 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm | Dinner |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Catalysis in Green Chemistry |
| Discussion Leaders: Daniel Minett (University of Bath, UK) and Ana Aguiar-Ricardo (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Career Panel |
| Ana Aguiar-Ricardo (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal), Gwenaelle Bescond (Synthomer, UK), Mark Harmer (DuPont, USA), Martina Peters (Bayer Technology Services GmbH, Germany), Martyn Poliakoff (University of Nottingham, UK), and Gary Sheldrake (Queen's University Belfast, UK)
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| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Gerrit Wienhöfer (Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse, Germany)
"Iron-Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenation of Nitroarenes and Terminal Alkynes without Base"
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| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Shoshanna Barnett (University of Washington, USA)
"Copper-based Water Oxidation Electrocatalysts"
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| 10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:45 pm | Toward a Sustainable Future |
| Discussion Leaders: Lindsay Soh (Yale University, USA) and Gary Sheldrake (Queen's University Belfast, UK)
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| 1:30 pm - 1:50 pm | Florian Stempfle (Universität Konstanz, Germany)
"Monomer Generation and Synthesis of Linear Long-Chain Polycondensates from Unsaturated Fatty Acids by Isomerizing Alkoxycarbonylation"
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| 1:50 pm - 2:00 pm | Discussion |
| 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Mark Harmer (DuPont, USA)
"Making the most out of materials: From acid catalysts, to carbon nanotubes, to cellulose"
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| 2:30 pm - 2:45 pm | Discussion |
| 2:45 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Gordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm. |