Morning Speaker Session (Academic)

Keynote Speaker: Dr Mary Kirchhoff, Director of the ACS Education Division: (Biography)
Green chemistry: Principles, practice, and economics.

Dr. Nicholas Leadbeater, Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut:
Microwave heating: A versatile tool for clean organic synthesis and biofuel production.

Dr. Walter Leitner, Department of Technical Chemistry and Petrochemistry, Institute for Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry:
Catalysis as key technology and fundamental science for green chemistry.

Dr. Terry Collins, Institute for Green Oxidation Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University:
Design, performance and mechanistic chemistry of Fe-TAML activators; Reducing and eliminating hazardous substances.

Dr. Joan Brennecke, Notre Dame Energy Center, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame:
Green solvents: The good, the bad and the ugly.


 Afternoon Speaker Session (Industrial)

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Berkeley "Buzz" Cue, Creator of Pfizer's Green Chemistry Initiative: (Biography)
Greening the pharmaceutical industry: Accomplishments and opportunities.

Dr. Lisa Cleckner, Office for Industrial Collaboration, Syracuse Center of Excellence:
Successful academic-industry collaboration in green technologies through the federation model.

Dr. David Constable, GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals:
Lessons learned through measuring green chemistry performance of development routes at GSK.

Dr. Victor Atiemo-Obeng, The Dow Chemical Company:
Practice of sustainable chemistry at Dow: Historical and future perspectives.

Dr. Joe Armstrong, Merck:
Green chemistry through innovation at Merck: The synthesis of Januvia.

 

 Evening Poster Session / Exposition

Kickoff Speaker: Dr. Tom Lane, American Chemical Society, President-Elect: