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GC&E Startup Showcase

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2025 Technical Session Home Program Technical Program Symposia GC&E Startup Showcase The GC&E Start-Up Pitch Showcase is a platform for groundbreaking businesses developing green and sustainable technologies that have the potential to shape a carbon-negative and less toxic future. From advanced biomaterials to circular economy solutions, participating start-ups will pitch their innovations to a panel of experts, investors, and industry leaders, gaining valuable insights and...

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Innovations in Green and Sustainable Chemistry Education: Focusing on Good Health and Well-Being

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2025 Technical Session Home Program Technical Program Symposia Innovations in Green and Sustainable Chemistry Education: Focusing on Good Health and Well-Being The goal of this symposium is to showcase curricular innovators who are working to equip the next generation of chemists with expertise in green and sustainable chemistry. The session will explore innovative pedagogical frameworks that integrate green chemistry with a particular focus on higher-level knowledge and skills...

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Green Chemistry and Engineering Poster Session

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2025 Technical Session Home Program Technical Program Symposia Green Chemistry and Engineering Poster Session Abstracts submitted to the poster session must meet the following criteria: Meets the definition of green chemistry or green engineering Potential impact on the field Development of idea Originality Conclusions supported by data Poster Competition Eligible student poster presenters will participate in the GC&E Poster Competition, where top posters will be...

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Cleansers of Tomorrow: Innovating Surfactants, Materials, and Formulated Systems through Collaboration

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2025 Technical Session Home Program Technical Program Symposia Cleansers of Tomorrow: Innovating Surfactants, Materials, and Formulated Systems through Collaboration Cleaning products are essential to daily life, serving as the first line of defense in maintaining hygiene, safeguarding our health, and keeping our bodies, clothing, and living spaces free from harmful contaminants.  Over the past decade, cleaning products have undergone a revolutionary shift towards greener solutions...

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Green Chemistry Challenge Awards Past and Present

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2025 Technical Session Home Program Technical Program Symposia Green Chemistry Challenge Awards Past and Present The Green Chemistry Challenge Awards has been a collaborative effort between the ACS and the EPA for nearly three decades. More than 140 winners have been recognized in 28 years. At the 2025 GC&E Conference, we will celebrate the 2024 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards winners and provide them an opportunity to share their award-winning green chemistry. Session...

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Multi-Stakeholder Summit of Natural Polymers as Alternative Materials to Plastics

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2025 Technical Session Home Program Technical Program Symposia Multi-Stakeholder Summit of Natural Polymers as Alternative Materials to Plastics Material innovation is difficult and requires the alignment of enabling science and technology, critical scale, and customers that take risks jointly to go from discovery to commercialization. At the forefront of these innovations are natural polymers that can be obtained from renewable feedstocks using chemical and biotechnological...

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Sustainable Catalyst and Process Design to Decarbonize Aviation Fuel

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2025 Technical Session Home Program Technical Program Symposia Sustainable Catalyst and Process Design to Decarbonize Aviation Fuel To meet the aviation sector’s net-zero decarbonization target to reduce its environmental impact by 2050, designing energy-efficient, low carbon intensity catalytic conversion technology has become a focal point for achieving long-term sustainability. While electrification provides a viable alternative for ground transportation fuel, no such...

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Bringing Industry, Academia and Community into the Classroom: Promoting Experiential Green Chemistry Education

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2025 Technical Session Home Program Technical Program Symposia Bringing Industry, Academia, and Community into the Classroom: Promoting Experiential Green Chemistry Education for Environmental and Community Health Chemistry students are passionate about using their learning to contribute to a sustainable future, but they feel inadequately empowered to make informed green and sustainable choices that are both relevant and practical. We have heard from industry that chemists of...

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Sustainable Chemistries and Processes to Decarbonize the Transportation Sector

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2025 Technical Session Home Program Technical Program Symposia Sustainable Chemistries and Processes to Decarbonize the Transportation Sector The demand for diesel and marine fuel is projected to grow until the end of this decade. Due to their high energy density, replacing them with alternative renewable energy sources poses a significant challenge. However, advancements in renewable hydrogen, ammonia, methanol, and biomass conversion and upgrading technologies present substantial...

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Design of Chemicals, Novel Chemistries, Synthetic Pathways and Processes that Enable Good Health and Well-Being

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2025 Technical Session Home Program Technical Program Symposia Design of Chemicals, Novel Chemistries, Synthetic Pathways, and Processes that Enable Good Health and Well-Being Based on the overwhelming responses for Sustainable Process Design over the last several years, we continue to bring current and forefront research findings to our session. This session will highlight Good Health and Well-Being-focused processes inspired by novel design strategies leading to successful...

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