The BCGC 2nd Annual Conference in Green Chemistry: Collaborative Approaches and New Solutions is being held at the University of California Berkeley on the 3rd May 2012.
The Spring 2012 BCGC Green Chemistry meeting will build awareness of Green Chemistry’s growing role in education, research and outreach on and off campus.
The morning speakers will each speak to one of the Center’s core research or outreach themes: (1) Advancing legislation to incentivize greener solutions (2) Creating new catalysts for green chemical transformations, (3) Promoting greener materials selection with quantitative tools and metrics, and (4) Developing an ethics for decision making in green chemistry.
During the afternoon session we will host two panel discussions highlighting two of our most integrated interdisciplinary initiatives at the BCGC: (1) How should we advance an interdisciplinary approach to education in green chemistry at UC Berkeley and other Universities? (2) What is the role of biobased chemicals and products in a greener market place?
Confirmed speakers at the event include: Debbie Raphael, California Department of Toxic Substances Control; John Hartwig, UC Berkeley Department of Chemistry; Lauren Heine, Cleaner Production Action; John Warner, Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry; Bill Tolman, University of Minnesota Department of Chemistry; Roger McFadden, Staples, Steve Hahn, Dow Chemical and Joan Blades, Founder of MoveOn.org and MomsRising.org.
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