In a year punctuated by toxic chemistry crises – including the Flint River scandal and large-scale water pollution in upstate New York – green chemistry offers an increasingly relevant route toward a healthier, more sustainable society. The Guardian Green Chemistry Conference will explore the green chemistry advances that are improving our world, and the innovative partnerships and funding tools that are making them possible.
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What to expect
Now in its second year, the Guardian Green Chemistry Conference, supported by SC Johnson, is an opportunity for green chemistry experts to share their efforts to propel green chemistry forward, move it into the mainstream, advance America’s chemistry policy, and transform the chemical landscape.
At the conference, leaders from industry, academia and nonprofits will work together to discuss the current state of the industry and share ideas for increasing its innovations and widespread adoption.
The event – taking place at The New York Academy of Sciences, one of New York’s LEED-certified green buildings – will include workshops addressing specific challenges at every step of the supply chain: research and development, product lifecycle and marketing and communications.
Program
8:30am Delegate registration
9am Chairperson’s welcome
9:10am Keynote – “Pushing the frontiers: where is the cutting edge of green chemistry?”
9:55am Keynote – “Choosing the investments – and products – of tomorrow: a venture capitalist’s view”
10:15am Innovation, incorporated: panel discussion about the most impressive recent green innovations, and what made them possible
11:05am Break
11:35am Workshops: how can we spur the next generation of green innovation?
Track one - Innovative investing: putting our money where our future is
Track two - Changing policies, changing innovations: what are the next policy steps to green chemistry?
Track three - Professional development. More details to follow.
12:45pm Networking lunch
2pm Keynote – “Embracing the competition: why we can’t create green chemistry in a bubble?”
2:45pm Panel discussion – Uncommon partnerships: working with competitors for greener chemistry
3:35pm Panel discussion – Communicating the future: telling the green chemistry story
4.25pm Workshop: how to tell your green chemistry story. Group activity, led by a communications expert
5pm Wrap-up and networking
Date
Wednesday, 2 November
Venue
The New York Academy of Sciences, 250 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10007
Time
9am - 5pm
Registration fees
$100 (special subsidized rate for Guardian readers). Registration includes all sessions, event materials, refreshment breaks and lunch.
Purchase tickets
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