Sunday
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4:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Arrival and Check-in
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 7:40 pm |
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
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7:40 pm - 9:30 pm |
Keynote Session: Advances Toward Renewable Energy and Chemicals
Discussion Leaders: Peter Licence (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom) and William Tumas (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA)
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7:40 pm - 7:55 pm |
Opening Remarks
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7:55 pm - 8:10 pm |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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8:10 pm - 8:50 pm |
Daniel Nocera (Harvard University, USA)
"A Renewable Chemicals Synthesis Platform Using Only Air, Water and Sunlight"
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8:50 pm - 9:10 pm |
Discussion
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9:10 pm - 9:30 pm |
General Discussion
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Monday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Catalysis for Sustainability
Discussion Leader: Cathy Tway (The Dow Chemical Company, USA)
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9:00 am - 9:30 am |
Shu Kobayashi (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
"Novel Catalyst Systems of Organic Synthesis Towards Sustainable Society"
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9:30 am - 9:45 am |
Discussion
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9:45 am - 10:15 am |
Juergen Klankermayer (RWTH Aachen University, Germany)
"Catalytic Chess at the Interface of Energy and Chemistry"
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10:15 am - 10:30 am |
Discussion
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10:30 am - 11:00 am |
Coffee Break
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11:00 am - 11:30 am |
Ive Hermans (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
"Boron-Based Catalysts for the Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Small Alkanes"
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11:30 am - 11:45 am |
Discussion
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11:45 am - 12:15 pm |
Rafael Luque (Universidad de Cordoba, Spain)
"Catalysis and Green Chemistry: A Partnership for a More Sustainable Future"
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12:15 pm - 12:30 pm |
Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:30 pm |
Free Time
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4:30 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Fundamentals of Catalysis for Renewables
Discussion Leader: Karen Goldberg (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
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6:00 pm - 6:30 pm |
Susannah Scott (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
"Selective Catalytic Conversion of Biomass-Derived Molecules: Mechanistic Insight from NMR Spectroscopy at Solid-Liquid Interfaces"
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6:30 pm - 6:40 pm |
Discussion
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6:40 pm - 7:10 pm |
Yong Wang (Washington State University / Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA)
"Biomass Conversion Using Earth-Abundant Fe Catalysts"
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7:10 pm - 7:20 pm |
Discussion
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7:20 pm - 7:50 pm |
Katalin Barta (Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
"Cleave and Couple: Catalytic Pathways to Value Added Products from Renewables"
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7:50 pm - 8:00 pm |
Discussion
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8:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Dinner
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Tuesday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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8:30 am - 9:00 am |
Group Photo
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Renewable Chemicals and Materials from Biomass
Discussion Leader: Julie Zimmerman (Yale University, USA)
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9:00 am - 9:30 am |
Brent Shanks (Iowa State University, USA)
"Developing Novel Chemicals Through Bioprivileged Molecules"
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9:30 am - 9:45 am |
Discussion
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9:45 am - 10:15 am |
Ning Yan (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
"Production of Amino Acids from Plant Biomass"
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10:15 am - 10:30 am |
Discussion
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10:30 am - 11:00 am |
Coffee Break
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11:00 am - 11:30 am |
Bert Sels (KU Leuven, Belgium)
"Complexity of Lignin-Derived Product Yields in Lignocellulosic Conversion"
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11:30 am - 11:45 am |
Discussion
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11:45 am - 12:15 pm |
Paul Dauenhauer (University of Minnesota, USA)
"New or Drop-in Materials: Renewable Oleo-Furan Surfactants and Rubber from Biomass"
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12:15 pm - 12:30 pm |
Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:30 pm |
Free Time
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4:30 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Biocatalysis Including Novel Enzymes
Discussion Leaders: Roger Sheldon (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa) and Joe Jump (Novozymes North America, USA)
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6:00 pm - 6:30 pm |
Gregg Beckham (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA)
"Biocatalytic Conversion of Waste Plastics"
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6:30 pm - 6:40 pm |
Discussion
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6:40 pm - 7:10 pm |
Nicholas Turner (University of Manchester, United Kingdom)
"Discovery and Engineering of New Biocatalysts for Organic Synthesis"
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7:10 pm - 7:20 pm |
Discussion
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7:20 pm - 7:50 pm |
Ulf Hanefeld (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
"How to Synthesise an Ester in Water"
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7:50 pm - 8:00 pm |
Discussion
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8:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Dinner
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Wednesday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Electrocatalysis for CO2 and H2O Conversion to Fuels and Chemicals
Discussion Leader: James Blakemore (University of Kansas, USA)
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9:00 am - 9:30 am |
Atsushi Urakawa (Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Spain)
"PEM Electrolysis Assisted Hydrogen Production and Hydrogenation Reactions: Challenges in CO2 Conversion"
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9:30 am - 9:45 am |
Discussion
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9:45 am - 10:15 am |
Ryu Abe (Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan)
"New Mixed-Anion Semiconductor Photocatalysts for Visible Light Induced Water Splitting"
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10:15 am - 10:30 am |
Discussion
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10:30 am - 11:00 am |
Coffee Break
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11:00 am - 11:30 am |
Mich Hein (Electrochaea GmbH, Germany)
"Grid Scale Conversion of CO2 into Renewable Methane"
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11:30 am - 11:45 am |
Discussion
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11:45 am - 12:15 pm |
Peter Wasserscheid (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany)
"Toward a Hydrogen-Free Hydrogen Economy"
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12:15 pm - 12:30 pm |
Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:30 pm |
Free Time
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4:30 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Sustainable Process Design and Metrics
Discussion Leader: Mary Kirchhoff (American Chemical Society, USA)
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6:00 pm - 6:30 pm |
Helen Sneddon (GlaxoSmithKline, United Kingdom)
"Technology and Green Chemistry in the Pharmaceutical Industry"
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6:30 pm - 6:40 pm |
Discussion
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6:40 pm - 7:10 pm |
Frank Roschangar (Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., USA)
"iGAL: Inspiring Innovative Green Drug Manufacturing"
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7:10 pm - 7:20 pm |
Discussion
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7:20 pm - 7:50 pm |
Richard Helling (Dow Chemical Company, USA)
"Thinking Outside the Box: Life Cycle Thinking and Process Development"
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7:50 pm - 8:00 pm |
Discussion
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8:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Dinner
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Thursday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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8:30 am - 9:00 am |
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Novel Materials for Energy and Other Applications
Discussion Leader: Thalappil Pradeep (Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India)
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9:00 am - 9:30 am |
Audrey Moores (McGill University, Canada)
"Solvent-Free Syntheses of Metal and Sulfide Nanoparticles, Biomass Functionalization and Plasmonic Catalytic Hydrogenation Reactions"
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9:30 am - 9:45 am |
Discussion
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9:45 am - 10:15 am |
Jinlong Gong (Tianjin University, China)
"Catalytic Solar Fuels: Constructing Tandem Cells for Overall Water Splitting"
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10:15 am - 10:30 am |
Discussion
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10:30 am - 11:00 am |
Coffee Break
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11:00 am - 11:30 am |
Vivek Polshettiwar (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), India)
"Design of Plasmonic Nano-Catalysts and Nano-Heaters for Harvesting Solar Energy: Hot Spot Engineering by Tuning Interparticle Plasmon Coupling"
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11:30 am - 11:45 am |
Discussion
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11:45 am - 12:15 pm |
David Payne (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)
"New Methods to Recycle Lead-Based Energy Materials"
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12:15 pm - 12:30 pm |
Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:30 pm |
Free Time
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4:30 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Future Challenges in Green Chemistry and Engineering
The session will involve talks from the chief editors of three leading journals of our discipline: David Allen, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering; Gabriele Centi, ChemSusChem; Philip Jessop, Green Chemistry, followed by discussion.
Discussion Leaders: Paul Anastas (Yale University, USA) and Jean-Paul Lange (Shell Projects & Technology, The Netherlands)
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6:00 pm - 6:25 pm |
David Allen (University of Texas at Austin, USA)
"Use of Sustainability Metrics in Presenting Research: Drivers, Challenges and Paths Forward"
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6:25 pm - 6:35 pm |
Discussion
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6:35 pm - 7:00 pm |
Gabriele Centi (University of Messina / European Research Institute of Catalysis A.I.S.B.L. (ERIC), INSTM, Italy)
"Beyond Fossil Resources: The New Scenario and Challenges for Chemical Production"
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7:00 pm - 7:10 pm |
Discussion
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7:10 pm - 7:35 pm |
Philip Jessop (Queen's University, Canada)
"Controversies and Challenges in Green Chemistry Research and Publishing"
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7:35 pm - 7:45 pm |
Discussion
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7:45 pm - 8:00 pm |
General Discussion
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8:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Dinner
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Friday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am |
Departure
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