2004 Gordon Research Conference on
Green Chemistry
SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm Arrival and check-in
6:00 pm Dinner
7:30 pm – 7:40 pm OVERVIEW
Discussion
Leader: Paul Anastas (American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute)
7:40 pm - 8:35 pm Roald Hoffmann (Cornell
University)
“The Material and Spiritual Rationales are
Inseparable"
8:35 pm - 9:30 pm Chris Adams (The Institute of
Applied Catalysis)
“Progress with commercial uptake of green chemical technology: drivers, barriers and questions"
MONDAY |
7:30 am
- 8:30 am Breakfast
9:00 am – 9:10 pm Prevention
Discussion
Leader: Jim Bashkin (NanoVir LLC/University of Missouri, St. Louis)
9:10 am
- 9:50 am Berkeley Cue
(Pfizer Developmental Research/Retired)
“Green Chemistry-Waste Prevention and R&D Success
Go Hand in Hand”
9:50 am
- 10:30 am Michael Gilbertson
(International Joint Commission/Retired)
“International Joint Commission - Toxicity Studies”
10:30am
– 11:00 am Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:10 pm Atom Economy
Discussion Leader: Michael
Cann (University of Scranton)
11:10 am
- 11:50 am Cheng Chen (Merck
Research Laboratories)
“Practical Asymmetric Synthesis of PDE-IV Inhibitors”
11:50 am - 12:30 pm Pat Shapley (University of
Illinois, Urbana)
“New Oxidation Catalysts for Greener Chemical
Synthesis”
12:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Poster Session
6:00 pm Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm Less Hazardous Synthesis
Discussion
Leader: Richard Engler (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
7:40 pm - 8:35 pm Edward
Brush (Bridgewater State College)
“Discovering Green Chemistry with Undergraduate
Students Through Less
Hazardous Chemical Synthesis”
8:35 pm - 9:30 pm Joe Fortunak
(Abbott Labs Global Process R&D)
“Less Hazardous Synthesis in Pharmaceutical Design”
TUESDAY |
7:30 am
- 8:30 am Breakfast
9:00 am
– 9:10 am Safer Chemicals
Discussion Leader: Terry Collins (Carnegie
Mellon University)
9:10 am
- 9:50 am Ingrid Meier (Air Products)
“Developing
More Environmentally-Friendly Surfactants: It Begins in the Pre-Concept Stage”
9:50 am
- 10:30 am Ken Seddon (Queen’s University of Belfast)
“Ionic Liquids: A Safer
Synthetic Environment”
10:30 am
– 11:00 am Coffee Break
11:00 am
- 11:10 am Solvents and Auxiliaries
Discussion Leader: Raj
Varma (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
11:10 am
- 11:50 am David Constable (Glaxo Smith Kline)
“The Message is in the Medium: Solvents Matter!”
11:50 am - 12:30 pm Jules Remenar (Transform
Pharmaceuticals)
“"Can Pharmaceutical Co-Crystals Benefit from
Efforts to be Green?"
12:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Poster Session
6:00 pm Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm Energy
Discussion Leader: Romas Kazlauskas (University of Minnesota)
7:40 pm - 8:35 pm Michael
Graetzel (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
“Molecular Photovoltaics
Mimic Photosynthesis”
8:35 pm - 9:30 pm Mike Matthews (University of
South Carolina)
“Hydrogen Storage and Production for a Green Energy
Economy”
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am
- 8:30 am Breakfast
9:00 am - 9:10 pm Renewable Feedstocks
Discussion
Leader: Luc Moens (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
9:10 am
- 9:50 am Mark Holtzapple
(Texas A&M University)
“The
MixAlco Process: Renewable Fuels and Chemicals from Biomass”
9:50 am
- 10:30 am Stephen McCarthy
(University of Massachusetts-Lowell)
“Renewable Feedstocks in
Polymer Synthesis”
10:30 am
– 11:00 am Coffee Break
11:00
am - 11:10 am Reduce
Derivatives
Discussion
Leader: David Brown (Davidson College)
11:10
am - 11:50 am Mike Zaworotko (University of South
Florida)
“Supramolecular Synthesis”
11:50 am - 12:30 pm Jim Hutchison (University of Oregon)
“Reduced Derivatives in Synthesis”
12:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Poster Session
6:00 pm Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm Catalysis
Discussion Leader: C J Li (McGill
University/Tulane University)
7:40 pm - 8:35 pm Martin Abraham (Chemical
Engineering, University of Toledo)
“Heterogeneous Catalysis in Green Engineering”
8:35 pm - 9:30 pm Ramaswamy
Nagarajan (University of Massachusetts-Lowell)
“Electronic and Photonic Polymers from Biocatalysis”
THURSDAY |
7:30 am
- 8:30 am Breakfast
9:00 am - 9:10 pm Degradation
Discussion
Leader: Janet Scott (Centre for Green Chemistry, Monash
University)
9:10 am
- 9:50 am Ramani Narayan (Michigan State University)
“Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers - The Science, Engineering, and Technology that is the Basis of an Emerging Biobased Products Industry”
9:50 am - 10:30 am Adan Colon-Carmona
(University of Massachusetts-Boston)
“Engineering
Biodegradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Plants”
10:30 am – 11:00 am Coffee
Break
11:00 am - 11:10 am Analysis
Discussion Leader: Lauren Heine (Green Blue Institute)
11:10 am - 11:50 am Kim Rogers (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
“Monitoring the Air for Toxic and Genotoxic
Compounds”
11:50 am - 12:30 pm Kyle
Leeman (Pfizer Pharmaceuticals)
“From Lab to Production - In-situ
FTIR monitoring of solvent-drug matrixes
during displacements and crystallizations of potentially hazardous intermediates.”
12:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Poster Session
6:00 pm Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm Accident Prevention
Discussion Leader: Gary Sheldrake (Queen's University of
Belfast)
7:40 pm - 8:35 pm Bryan Coughlin (University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
“Fire-Safe Polymers and Polymer Composites for use in
Civil Transportation, and other
Areas of Limited Egress”
8:35 pm - 9:30 pm Jerry Poje (U.S. Chemical Safety Board)
“Preventing Fires, Explosions, and Toxic Assaults in a Post Bhopal/Post 9-11 World”
FRIDAY |
7:30 am
- 8:30 am Breakfast
9:00 am Departure
CONFERENCE
CHAIRS
Co-Chairs
Robin D. Rogers
Center for Green Manufacturing
The University of Alabama
RDRogers@bama.ua.edu
Center for Green Chemistry
University
of Massachusetts Boston
Co-Vice Chairs
Romas J. Kazlauskas
McGill University
Department of Chemistry
801 Sherbrooke Street West
Montréal, Québec H3A 2K6, Canada
Romas.Kazlauskas@mcgill.ca
Gary N. Sheldrake
School of Chemistry
The Queen's University of Belfast
G.Sheldrake@qub.ac.uk
Sponsorships
Center for Green Manufacturing
The University of Alabama 
Department of Chemistry
College of Arts & Sciences
Office for Sponsored Programs
Gordon Research
Conference Links
Gordon Research Conferences General Web Site
Green Chemistry GRC Application/Registration Web Site (Select 'Green Chemistry' from the list.)