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, please email gci@acs.org with the date, location, conference name, and web link, if available.
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Archive of Past Conferences
Upcoming Conferences
October 2009
Guiding Green Seminar Series
(1st Wednesday of every other month)
Channahon, IL
October 7, 2009
- Keynote Speaker: Clive Davies, Chief, Design for the Environment Branch, Office of Pollution Prevention & Toxics, US EPA, Washington, DC
Topic: Design for Environment Program and upcoming related work - Plenary Speaker: Annie Gariepy, Marketing Services Manager, Stepan Company, Northfield, IL
Topic: Stepan's Biorenewable Carbon Index, sustainable solvents, and 2010 projects under consideration
This seminar series aims to create an informal environment to encourage information sharing and networking among local organizations engaged in or exploring sustainable business practices. Each seminar includes: a keynote presentation by a prominent leader in the field, presentation by a local organization highlighting their expertise and opportunities, Q&A session, lunch, and networking reception.
Advanced registration is required. Sponsorship opportunities are available.
Spring 2010 ACS National Meeting
San Francisco, California
March 21-25, 2010
Abstract submission deadlines begin October 12, 2009
Abstract submission deadlines range from October 12 to November 5 for the symposia of the ACS National Meeting in San Francisco, March 21-25, 2010. (Most of the symposia have an abstract submission deadline of October 19). 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.
Great Lakes Green Chemistry Network
Phone Seminar Series
October 14, 2009
Time: 3:00 pm EDT
Topic: Business NGO Working Group
Presenter: Mark Rossi
The Business-NGO Working Group is unique collaboration of business and NGO leaders who are creating a roadmap to the widespread use of safer chemicals in consumer products. In 2006, twenty-two organizations from the environmental community and the electronics, health care, furnishing and retail sectors started the Working Group. In 2008, the Working Group went public and released the Guiding Principles for Chemicals Policy.
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 #
Green Technologies for the Environment Conference
Sheraton Bradley Hotel, Windsor Locks, CT
October 14, 2009
Verutek is hosting the second annual conference, Green Technologies for the Environment: Stimulating Eco Innovation for the Coming Sustainability Revolution. See the invitation for details on how to register for free.
November 2009
Great Lakes Green Chemistry Network
Phone Seminar Series
November 4, 2009
Time: 3:00 p.m. EDT
Topic: Chasing Molecules: Poisonous Products, Human Health, and the Promise of Green Chemistry
Presenter: Elizabeth Grossman, acclaimed author and journalist
From Amazon.com:
"Elizabeth Grossman, an acclaimed journalist who brought national attention to the contaminants hidden in computers and other high tech electronics, now tackles the hazards of ordinary consumer products. She shows that for the sake of convenience, efficiency, and short-term safety, we have created synthetic chemicals that fundamentally change, at a molecular level, the way our bodies work. The consequences range from diabetes to cancer, reproductive and neurological disorders.
Yet it’s hard to imagine life without the creature comforts current materials provideand Grossman argues we do not have to. A scientific revolution is introducing products that are “benign by design,” developing manufacturing processes that consider health impacts at every stage, and is creating new compounds that mimic rather than disrupt natural systems. Through interviews with leading researchers, Grossman gives us a first look at this radical transformation.
Elizabeth Grossman is the author of High Tech Trash: Digital Devices, Hidden Toxics, and Human Health, Watershed: The Undamming of America, and Adventuring Along the Lewis and Clark Trail. Her writing has appeared in Mother Jones, The Nation, Salon, The Washington Post, and other publications. She lives in Portland, Oregon."
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 #
AIChE Annual Meeting
Nashville, Tennessee
November 8-13, 2009
The AIChE Annual Meeting is the premier educational forum for chemical engineers interested in innovation and professional growth. A wide range of subjects relevant to the latest research and newest technologies in emerging growth areas will be covered. Highlights include core programming and topical conferences on Quality by Design (Pharmaceutical), Energy, Sustainability, Nanotechnology and much more.
December 2009
Industrial Green Chemistry Workshop
Mumbai, India
December 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
December 16, 2009
Time: 3:00 p.m. EST
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
January 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
Informex
San Francisco, California
February 16-19, 2010
On February 18, 2010, the Green Exchange Breakfast will be co-produced by Informex and the ACS Green Chemistry Institute®. Please contact Jennifer Jessup, jjessup@informex.com if you would like 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, California
March 21-25, 2010
With the program theme of "Chemistry for a Sustainable World," there are . 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
- Details to come.
July 2010
Gordon Research Conference on Green Chemistry
Davidson College
Davidson, North Carolina
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. Texas
August 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.