Green Chemistry Blog

The 3rd International Symposium on Green Chemistry will be taking place from May 3–7, 2015 in La Rochelle, France.

ISGC-2015 will bring together all those who are involved with research in green chemistry: academic scientists, R&D researchers, key opinion leaders, and young researchers. A unique scientific program is planned with speakers from international academic institutions, companies in chemical, biotechnological, cosmetical and pharmaceutical sectors, start-ups and engineering.

The symposium will offer 200 oral communications (flash & oral communications) and several poster sessions. During ISGC-2015 the organizing committee with the expertise of the scientific committee will present green chemistry awards: an ISGC “Green Chemistry” award, a Young Researcher award (<40years) and poster awards.

Each topic will be introduced by a plenary lecture delivered by an eminent scientist of the field. Several plenary speakers have already been confirmed including:

• Prof John Warner, Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry, USA
• Prof Matthias Beller, Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse, Germany
• Prof Marc Fontecave, Collège de France, France
• Prof Buxing Han, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
• Prof Regina Palkovits, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

ISGC 2015 invites all interested researchers to apply to the call for communication, so visit the website for further information and to get involved now!

The 5th IUPAC International Conference on Green Chemistry will be taking place August 17–21 2014, in Durban, South Africa.

The main objective of the conference is to emphasize the importance of green chemistry for sustainable development, and to promote novel research and collaborations, by bringing together experts and interested parties from all over the world and from diverse bodies – from the academia to the industry and to governments.

The conference will be a multidisciplinary event considering all the major areas of green chemistry, including green synthesis processes, catalysis, environmentally benign solvents, energy storage, biofuels, green chemistry education, policies, and many other interesting topics. Interfaces with other sciences and other research areas will be actively encouraged. Special attention will also be given to the roles of green chemistry in fast-growing economies and to the promotion of green chemistry in the African continent.

Confirmed plenary speakers include:

• Peter Mahaffy, King’s University College, Canada
• Claudio Mota, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Bruno Pollet, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
• Pietro Tundo, Ca’Foscari University, Italy
• Tao Zhang, Institute of Chemical Physics, China

The conference will also feature a special keynote talk and medal presentation to our 2014 Green Chemistry Award winner, Professor Mike North from the University of York.

The conference is being supported by the RSC‘s Pan Africa Chemistry Network, which aims to help African countries to integrate into regional, national and internation scientific networks. The PACN has awarded a number of bursaries for African scientists to attend this conference. It is also sponsoring a number of plenary speakers.

The deadline for registration is June 30 2014.

For more information and to register, please visit the website: www.saci.co.za/greenchem2014

In their biannual meeting, the division “Sustainable Chemistry” within the German Chemical Society (GDCh) will discuss all topics related to sustainable and green chemistry, methodology, synthesis and processes. In the upcoming meeting autumn 2014, the scientific focus will lie on:

• Sustainable Synthesis Including Catalysis and Biotechnology
• Green solvents
• Renewable Feedstocks
• Sustainable Macromolecular Chemistry
• “Assessment and politics”, Green chemistry education

 The submission of both poster and oral contributions via the conference website is now open

 https://www.chemie.uni-erlangen.de/suschem2014/

 Invited lectures

• Shu Kobayashi, Tokyo, J
• Ulf Hanefeld, Delft, NL, “From sp2 to sp3 utilising enzymes”
• Konrad Hungerbühler, ETH Zürich, Ch, “Sustainability Indicators in Chemistry”
• Cor Koning, Eindhoven, NL, “New developments in sustainable and renewable coating materials”
• Bert Sels, Leuven, BE, “A lignocellulosic biorefinery concept in Leuven: a chemist’s view”
• Matthias Beller, Rostock, D,  “Chemistry goes Green: Technologies for the Development of a Sustainable Society “
• Michael Dreja, Henkel AG & Co KGaA, Düsseldorf, D, “Sustainable detergents – where are we on our way towards 2030?”
• Harald Gröger, Bielefeld, D, “Combination of the two “worlds” chemo- and biocatalysis towards one-pot processes in water”
• Burkhard König, Regensburg, D, “Chemical photocatalysis using visible light”
• Andreas Künkel, Biopolymers , BASF, D, “Symbiosis of Chemistry and Biology: BASF’s Biodegradable and Renewable Polymers”
• Uwe Lahl, Darmstadt, D, “Indirect Land Use Change ( iLUC)”
• Alexander Vyhnal, STAEDTLER Mars GmbH & Co. KG, D, “WOPEX – A sustainable materials innovation by STAEDTLER”