Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
Keynote Session: Applying Mechanisms from Nature to Create Sustainable Technologies
Discussion Leader: Julio Terra (EPFL, Switzerland)
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm
John Warner (Technology Greenhouse LLC, Monash University, United States)
"Appling Mechanisms from Nature to Create Sustainable Technologies"
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm
Discussion
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Poster Session
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Achieving Sustainable Development Goals Through Green Chemistry Research
Discussion Leader: Raina Sharma (Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), India)
5:30 pm - 5:50 pm
Chao-Jun Li (McGill University, Canada)
"Exploring New Chemical Reactivities Towards Green Synthesis"
5:50 pm - 6:00 pm
Discussion
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Giulia Ischia (Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany)
"From Biomass to Artificial Humic Matter For Soil Carbon Sequestration"
6:10 pm - 6:15 pm
Discussion
6:15 pm - 6:25 pm
Jane Arciszewski (McGill University, Canada)
"Enzymatic Pet Deploymerization Without Bulk Water: A Novel Approach to Plastic Recycling"
6:25 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:40 pm
Jasmine Hong (McGill University, Canada)
"Accelerated Weathering Effects on Surface Chemistry: A New Approach to Environmental Microplastics Models"
6:40 pm - 6:45 pm
Discussion
6:45 pm - 6:55 pm
Maurice Belleflamme (Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Germany)
"A New Vision on the Ethanol-To-Butadiene Pathway"
6:55 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:10 pm
Thomas Freese (University of Groningen, Netherlands Antilles)
"Sustainable Production of Hydrogen Peroxide (H202) and Its Applications"
7:10 pm - 7:15 pm
Discussion
7:15 pm - 7:25 pm
Zoe Gardner (Flinders University, Australia)
"Earth's Magnetic Field Effect on Fluid Flow in the Vortex Fluidic Device: Applications for Green Chemistry"
7:25 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Design of Sustainable Synthetic Pathways and Catalysis
Discussion Leader: Elsa Brudy Rigollet (ENS Paris-Saclay / GCCE UoY, France)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Javier Garcia Martinez (Universidad de Alicante, Spain)
"Catalyzing the Green Revolution in Chemistry"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Beatriz Agostinho (University of Aveiro, Portugal)
"Greener Recycling of Future Biobased Polymer Wastes: PEF and PTF Case Studies"
9:40 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 9:55 am
Friederike Nintzel (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
"Combining Droplet Microfluidics and Deep Sequencing to Understand the Drivers of Biocatalyst Evolution for More Sustainable Chemical Production Processes"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Georgia Douglas (University of Victoria, Canada)
"Synthesis of Molybdate-Loaded Chitosan Microgels for Arsenic Detection in Drinking Water"
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Phuc Nguyen (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
"Direct Amination of Poly(P-Phenylene Oxide) to Substituted Anilines Over Bimetallic PD-RU Catalyststriarylamines As Catalytic Donors in Electron Donor-Acceptor Complexes"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 10:40 am
Radha Krishna Kashyap (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), India)
"Plasmonic Heaters: A Greener Alternate Energy Source"
10:40 am - 10:45 am
Discussion
10:45 am - 10:55 am
Sonja Mürtz (RWTH Aachen, Germany)
"Electrochemical Depolymerisation of Polylactic Acid"
10:55 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Navigating a Career Path in Green Chemistry as an Early-Career Researcher
Discussion Leader: Krishna Sharma (Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, University of York, United Kingdom)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Navigating a Career Path in Green Chemistry as an Early-Career Researcher
Javier Garcia Martinez (Universidad de Alicante, Spain)
Ettigounder (Samy) Ponnusamy (MilliporeSigma, United States)
Chao-Jun Li (McGill University, Canada)
Paul Anastas (Yale University, United States)
Adelina Voutchkova-Kostal (George Washington University / American Chemical Society, United States)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes