Green Chemistry Conferences
Conferences and symposia provide invaluable opportunities to extend and strengthen the Green Chemistry community, and our collective body of knowledge.
To add a conference, email gci@acs.org with the date, location, conference name, and web link, if available.
Visit the ACS Green Chemistry Institute® for resources and information on sustainability.
Archive of Past Conferences
Upcoming Conferences
December 2009
Industrial Green Chemistry Workshop
Mumbai, India
Dec. 4-6, 2009
An Industry worth more than 3 trillion dollars world-wide, with more than eighty thousand chemicals in commerce, impacts every aspect of human life to a non-negotiable extent. New realities for Chemical Industries based on triple bottom line of Economics, Environment and Society have emerged as benchmarks for its Sustainable existence. Beyond measures Chemical Industries are challenged in addressing the E-factor by exploring prevention of pollution as profit center. Innovative and Sustainable concepts of Green Chemistry & Green Engineering are emerging as new paradigm to address the Industrial challenges.
Can we come together as stakeholders of Chemical Industry to partner in re-inventing and re-creating Green and Sustainable development for our future? This is the Workshop FOR a difference...
Great Lakes Green Chemistry Network
Phone Seminar Series
Dec. 16, 2009
Time: 3:00 p.m. ET
Topic: Metrics and Standards for Greener Products and Processes
Presenter: Robert Peoples, Director of American Chemical Society (ACS) Green Chemistry Institute®
The ACS Green Chemistry Institute® (ACS GCI) in cooperation with NSF International is undertaking a major initiative to develop a Greener Chemicals Product and Process Standard for the chemical industry in accordance with American National Standard Institute (ANSI) procedures for consensus standards development. This proposed American National Standard will be developed to document and improve the sustainability profile of chemical products and manufacturing process technology. Dr. Peoples will present an update on progress on the development of this standard.
New Call-In Number and Code, to listen to the presentations and join the discussion:
Dial-in Number: 1-877-250-4348
Participant Access Code: 5470083 #
January 2010
The New Green Economy: Aligning Science, Education, Markets
Washington, DC
Jan. 20-22, 2010
10th National Conference on Science, Policy, and the Environment is a place to explore issues of the green economy in both a short-term and long-term context. NCSE will engage leading thinkers and doers from a diversity of disciplines, sectors, and perspectives in a structured conversation about the meaning of the green economy and how investment in green education, research and jobs can help solve both the economic and environmental crises.
More than 1000 scientists, students, educators, policymakers, managers, and other citizens will come together to increase understanding of the relationship between economy and environment and will be motivated to help develop solutions.
February 2010
Great Lakes Green Chemistry Network
Phone Seminar Series
Feb. 3, 2010
Time: 3:00 p.m. ET
Speaker: Linda Birnbaum, Director of the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences and the National Toxicology Program
To listen to the presentations and join the discussion:
Dial-in Number: 1-877-250-4348
Participant Access Code: 5470083 #
Informex
San Francisco, CA
Feb. 16-19, 2010
On February 18, 2010, the Green Exchange Breakfast will be co-produced by Informex and the ACS Green Chemistry Institute®. Contact Jennifer Jessup, jjessup@informex.com to participate.
March 2010
GPEC® 2010: Sustainability & Recycling: Raising the Bar in Today's Economy
Orlando, Florida
March 8-10, 2010
Global Plastics Environmental Conference 2010 will cover the following topics: Reclamation and Supply; Bio-based and Biodegradable Materials; Recycling: Electronics, Marketing and Business, Automotive, Regulatory.
Spring 2010 ACS National Meeting
San Francisco, CA
March 21-25, 2010
With the program theme of "Chemistry for a Sustainable World," there are over 65 sessions related to green chemistry, green engineering and sustainability. For a complete list of symposia, deadlines, and to submit an abstract, visit the ACS National Meeting webpage.
May 2010
Spring 2010 ConfChem: Educating the Next Generation: Green and Sustainable Chemistry
May 15, 2010 – online conference begins
This conference will highlight the incorporation of green and sustainable chemistry across the curriculum. Papers are sought that will assist educators in providing students at all age levels with course materials (lecture and laboratory) that illustrate the integration of green and sustainable chemistry throughout the chemical enterprise.
Dates & Deadlines:
- January 1, 2010 Deadline for title and abstract
- April 15, 2010 Deadline for papers
- May 15, 2010 Beginning of Conference
June 2010
14th Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference
Washington, DC
June 21-23, 2010
The 14th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference (www.gcande.org) returns to downtown Washington, DC on June 21-23, 2010. With the theme "Innovation and Application" and with one of the renowned founders of green chemistry, Dr. John Warner (President and CTO, Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry) as the chair, this conference is shaping up to be one you won't want to miss!
For the chance to win a free conference registration, and to help us create a map of the green chemistry community, add yourself to the Green Chemistry Google Map during Nov. 1 – Dec. 15, 2009. (Select the "Instructions" link located at the top of the map page; add your information to the map.) The University of Oregon in partnership with the ACS Green Chemistry Institute® is sponsoring a contest to increase the number of people and organizations listed on the Green Chemistry Google Map. The main goals of the map are to connect local and regional practitioners of green chemistry in education, industry, government and organizations, strengthen the green chemistry community and provide contacts for resources for regional projects and outreach activities.
July 2010
Gordon Research Conference on Green Chemistry
Davidson College
Davidson, NC
July 25-30, 2010
Applications for this meeting must be submitted by July 4, 2010. Please apply early, as some meetings become oversubscribed (full) before this deadline. A limited amount of funding is available through the Carl Storm Underrepresented Minority (URM) Fellowship program.
August 2010
21st Biennial Conference on Chemical Education
University of North Texas
Denton. TX
Aug. 1-5, 2010
The BCCE is a national meeting sponsored by the Division of Chemical Education (DivCHED) of the American Chemical Society (ACS), and is designed for those who teach chemistry at all levels: secondary school science teachers, undergraduate and graduate students, and post-secondary chemistry faculty.
September 2010
3rd International Symposium on Green Processing in the Pharmaceutical and Fine Chemical Industries
University of Massachusetts Boston
Boston, MA
Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 2010
Objectives
- Create breakthrough innovations with green chemistry that have the potential to revolutionize the pharmaceutical and fine chemical industries
- Share successes and opportunities to challenge ourselves to achieve greener process design
- Implement green chemistry solutions through the supply chain
- In-depth technical presentations
- Strong international presence
Focus Areas
- Green organic synthesis
- Biotransformations and biological drug processing
- Enabling technology platforms
Sponsorship opportunities are now available.