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.
Who are the speakers?
- Monica Becker (Innovation panel moderator), principal of Monica Becker & Associates, and co-director of the Green Chemistry & Commerce Council
- Libby Bernick (Communication panel), senior vice president, Trucost
- Brent Constantz (Innovation panel), founder and CEO of Deep Water Desal and Blue Planet
- Mia Davis (Communication panel), head of environment, health and safety, Beautycounter
- Judith Giordan (Investment keynote), managing director and founder of EcosVC and founder of the Chemical Angels network
- Tim Greiner (Communication panel), managing director at Pure Strategies and a team member on the Chemical Footprint Project
- Michael Kobori (Innovation panel), vice president, sustainability at Levi Strauss & Co
- David Levine (Communication panel), co-founder and CEO of the American Sustainable Business Council
- Tom McKeag (Collaboration panel), executive director of the Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry
- Martin Mulvihill (Collaboration keynote), board member of the Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry and partner at Safer Made
- Pete Myers (Communication panel), founder, CEO and chief scientist of Environmental Health Sciences
- Larry Weiss (Innovation panel), chief medical officer, AOBiome
- David Constable (Collaboration panel), director of the American Chemical Society’s Green Chemistry Institute
- Jean-Francois Huc (Innovation keynote speaker), co-founder and CEO, BioAmber
- Michele Jalbert (Collaboration panel), CEO of Renewable Chemical and Materials Alliance
Program
8:30am Delegate registration
9am Chairperson’s welcome
9:05am Keynote – Pushing the frontiers: where is the cutting edge of green chemistry?
9:40am Keynote – Choosing the investments – and products – of tomorrow: a venture investment 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?
12:45pm Networking lunch
2pm Keynote – “Embracing the competition: why we can’t create green chemistry in a bubble?”
2:35pm Panel discussion – Uncommon partnerships: building collaborations for greener chemistry
3:25pm Panel discussion – Communicating the future: telling the green chemistry story
4.25pm Workshop: how to tell your green chemistry story.
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
Early bird rate: $100 (special subsidized rate for Guardian readers)
After 16 September: $150
Registration includes all sessions, event materials, refreshment breaks and lunch.
Purchase tickets
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