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The Guardian Green Chemistry Conference

The Guardian Green Chemistry Conference ... The Guardian US ... Wednesday, 2 September 2015 from 09:00 to 17:00 (EDT) ... New York, NY

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The Guardian Green Chemistry Conference The Guardian US Wednesday, 2 September 2015 from 09:00 to 17:00 (EDT) New York, NY Ticket Information TICKET TYPE REMAINING SALES END PRICE FEE QUANTITY General 45 Tickets 31 Aug 2015 $100.00 $6.49 Ticket Quantity Select Enter promotional code Order Now VISA logoMASTERCARD logoAMEX logoDISCOVER logo Share The Guardian Green Chemistry Conference Email Share Tweet Event Details Mainstreaming Green Chemistry: Overcoming Challenges & Building Solutions Sponsored by SC Johnson, the event will bring together a wide range of influential speakers and delegates, ranging from CEOs and sustainability directors to scientific researchers and public health advocates, to analyse the challenges companies at all levels of the supply chain face when taking a ‘Green chemistry’ approach & consider how they might be tackled. In addition to keynotes and panel discussions, the Guardian Green Chemistry Conference will include hands-on working groups that will bring delegates together to share information and brainstorm ideas around the opportunities and risks in green chemistry today. For more information on the event, please go to the event page here. Agenda below(times are subject to change), all meals are included. 9:00am: Delegate registration 9.30am: Chairperson’s welcome Marc Gunther, editor-at-large, Guardian Sustainable Business 9.35 am: Keynote: The Big Picture – a look at the landscape for green chemistry A look at the landscape for green chemistry today, and what's coming around the bend Paul Anastas, director, Yale Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering 10.00 am: Regulatory Roundtable – panel discussion about the shifting US regulatory framework, the Toxic Substances Control Act, and what it all means for green chemistry Heather White, executive director, Environmental Working Group Joel Ticknor, director, Green Chemistry and Commerce Council, Center for Sustainable Production, UMAss at Lowell David Levine, CEO, American Sustainable Business Council Kelly Semrau, senior vice president, global corporate affairs, SC Johnson Possible: Industry representative from American Chemistry Council 11:00 am NETWORK & REFRECH 11:15 am: Advancing green chemistry: Barriers to adoption and means to accelerate growth along the supply chain Tess Fennelly, President, T. Fennelly & Associates, Inc. 11:30 am: Keynote: Solutions and Strategies – making green chemistry collaborations work John Warner, president and CTO, Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry 11:55 am: A biomimetic approach to green chemistry Mark Dorfman, green chemist and research analyst, Biomimicry 3.8 12:15 pm LUNCH 1:15 pm: Designing hazards out of chemicals Pete Myers, CEO and chief scientist, Environmental Health Sciences 1:45 pmWorking groups: session 1 Fast tracking R&D Monica Becker, Co-Director, Green Chemistry & Commerce Council and Principle, Monica Becker & Associates Thinking systemically about sustainability Libby Bernick, Trucost Transparency and the consumer gap TBC 2:45 pm: Working groups report back 3:00 pm: The six classes: A new way to think about green chemistry Arlene Blum, Green Science Policy Institute 3:30 pm: Wrap up and networking opportunity If you have any questions please don;t hesitate to contact us, GCConference@theguardian.com Do you have questions about The Guardian Green Chemistry Conference? Contact The Guardian US