OUR PROGRAM

• 6th Annual Green Chemistry Commitment Summit

  9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

  Connect with an inspiring community of chemists and educators from around the globe, gain valuable connections, resources, and insights, and learn how you can be an essential part of a systemic change in chemistry education at Beyond Benign’s Summit. Separate registration is required for this free co-located event. Virtual participants are also welcome. Find out more.

• GC&E Student and Postdoctoral Scholar Workshop

  8 a.m. – 4 p.m.  Workshop
  5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.   Workshop Networking Reception
  

  This free full-day workshop will use a systems-thinking approach to highlight green chemistry metrics and tools, with an emphasis on their potential applications in dye synthesis. Lunch is provided. Students and Postdocs can register for the workshop during conference registration.

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Networking Breakfast

8:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Welcome Remarks

8:15 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Keynote Address: Helen Sneddon

9:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Networking Coffee Break

9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions

1.  Advancing Sustainable Processes in Pharma and Allied Industries Utilizing Green Chemistry Innovation

2. Harmonizing Sustainable Chemistry: Synthesis and Analysis 

3. Design of Chemicals, Novel Chemistries, Synthetic Pathways and Processes that Enable a Circular, More Sustainable Future 

4. Green Chemistry and Sustainability in Undergraduate Laboratories: Asking Students to Think More Broadly About Their Experiments 

5. Driving Sustainable Chemistry Through Systems- Based Metrics WORKSHOP

6. CO₂ Recycling: From Laboratory to Pilot & Regional Scale 

7. Sustainable Catalysis by Early-Career Chemists and Chemical Engineers 

12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch on own

2:00 p.m. – 6:25 p.m. Concurrent Sessions

1.  Sustainability in Organic Chemistry: Special Student/Postdoc Session 

2. Nitrogen Fertilizer Synthesis and Use for Sustainable Agriculture (Half Session)

3. Green Hydrogen Enabled Circular Chemistry(Half Session)

4. Unlocking Sustainability Improvements in Personal Care and Household Product Lifecycles through Green Chemistry and Engineering 

5. Green Chemistry and Sustainability in Undergraduate Laboratories: Asking Students to Think More Broadly About Their Experiments 

6. Hazard Assessment for Chemists WORKSHOP

7. Green Technologies for Sustainable Access to Organic/Medicinal Targets 

8. Sustainable Production of Bio-Based Polymers

(3:45 p.m. – 4:05 p.m. Networking Coffee Break)

(5:05 p.m. – 5:25 p.m. Networking Break)

6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Welcome Reception & Dinner

6:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. GC&E Virtual Poster Session

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Networking Breakfast

8:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Welcome Remarks

8:15 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Keynote Address: Sean Hunt

9:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Networking Coffee Break

9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions

1. New Technologies for Sustainable Peptide Synthesis 

2. Earth Abundant Metal Catalysis 

3. Sustainable Membrane Separations: From Polymers to Processes

4. Polymers from CO₂: Using Renewable Electricity in Electrochemistry to Make Sustainable Materials

5. Design of Chemicals, Novel Chemistries, Synthetic Pathways, and Processes that Enable a Circular, More Sustainable Future

6. Looping in Academia to Innovated Solutions: Integrating Real World Applications into Education

7. Global Sustainability Connecting Nations Through Green Chemistry and Engineering

8. First Inaugural GC&E Student and Postdoc

(10:55 p.m. – 11:10 p.m. Networking Coffee Break)

12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch on own

2:00 p.m. – 5:05 p.m. Concurrent Sessions

1.  Using Computers to Deliver Green Chemistry: In Silico Techniques for Designing and Developing Chemical Reactions 

2. Catalytic Approaches to Green Polymer Synthesis

3. Innovation and Diversity in Electrochemical Synthesis

4. EPA Green Chemistry Challenge Awards – Past and Present

5.  Design of Chemicals, Novel Chemistries, Synthetic Pathways, and Processes that Enable a Circular, More Sustainable Future 

6.  Teaching Workshop: Incorporating the New ACS GCI Green Chemistry and Systems Thinking Modules into your Undergraduate Teaching  WORKSHOP

7. Material and Chemical Innovations in Apparel and Footwear 

8. A Greener Future: Steps Toward a Circular Economy

(3:25 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Networking Coffee Break)

5:05 p.m. – 7:05 p.m. GC&E Poster Session & Reception, featuring Student Poster Competition

6:45 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. ACS GCI Industry Roundtable Poster Reception (invited)

7:15 p.m. – 9:45 p.m. Science Communication Workshop

5:45 a.m. – 6:30 a.m. Yoga on the Beach (Meet in Lobby at 5:30 a.am.)

7:00 a.m. – 7:45 a.m. Networking Breakfast

7:45 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Welcome Remarks & Student Poster Awards

8:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Keynote Address: Lectureship Award Winners

9:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Networking Coffee Break

9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions

1. Frontiers of Biocatalysis: Green Chemistry in Water 

2. Advances in Transitioning from Batch to Continuous Flow 

3. Greener Catalytic Oxidation Processes 

4.  Mixed Polyolefin Recycling

5. Mechanochemistry: A Tool for Sustainable Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

6. Amplifying Voices of Scholars from Diverse Communities: Green Chemistry Education in Action

7. Entrepreneurial Vision Behind the Creation of Circular and Sustainable Technologies Using Green Chemistry

(10:55 a.m. –11:10 a.m. Networking Coffee Break)

12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch on own (Symposium Organizer Lunch)

2:00 p.m. – 5:05 p.m. Concurrent Sessions

1. Chemo- and Biocatalytic Transformations in Water for Sustainable Industrial Processes

2.  Designing Sustainable Plastics to Reduce Ocean Environmental Impact: An Interdisciplinary Challenge

3. Depolymerization Routes of Condensation Polymers

4. Sustainable Products from Cellulose and Wood Processing Streams

5. Mechanochemistry: A Tool for Sustainable Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

6. Careers in Green Chemistry and Engineering for a Sustainable Future

7. Driving Innovation in Sustainable Food Packaging Symposium

(3:25 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.) Networking Coffee Break

6:15 p.m. – 8:15 p.m. Green Chemistry on Water