| Saturday |
| 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Keynote Session: Green Chemistry and Sustainability in Academia and Industry |
| The session will start with a Keynote lecture from Prof. W. Leitner, followed by the first poster session. |
| Discussion Leaders: Fabrizio Cavani (University of Bologna, Italy) and Laura Berstis (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA) |
| 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Walter Leitner (RWTH Aachen University, Germany)
"If Sustainability Is the Goal, Green Chemistry Can Show the Way - Examples from Science and Application" |
| 4:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Catalysis: A Powerful Tool of Green Chemistry |
| This session will start with a lecture from Prof. F. Cavani, followed by selected oral presentations from submitted abstracts. |
| Discussion Leaders: Nadine Gruhn (University of Washington, USA) and Tapish Saboo (Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, France) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Fabrizio Cavani (University of Bologna, Italy)
"Lessons Learned from the Past: Green Industrial Chemistry During Early 20th Century" |
| 8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
| 8:10 pm - 8:25 pm | Venkata Dasireddy (National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia)
"Development of Highly Stable Catalyst for Methanol Synthesis" |
| 8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:45 pm | Olena Vozniuk (University of Bologna, Italy)
"A Study of the Physicochemical Properties of Different Ferrospinel Oxides and Their Potential Applications in Catalysis" |
| 8:45 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:05 pm | Andrew Harris (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA)
"A Materials Genome Initiative Approach to Greenhouse Gas Reduction" |
| 9:05 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
| 9:10 pm - 9:25 pm | Nimisha Singh (Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, India)
"Self Assembled Monolayer Fabricated Electrochemical Sensor for Detection and Quantification of Nitrite Ions" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| Sunday |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Mentorship Component: Career Panel / Green Production of Fine Chemicals and Fuels |
| In this session a career panel will take place followed by selected oral presentations from submitted abstracts and the second poster session. |
| Discussion Leaders: Walter Leitner (RWTH Aachen University, Germany), Alba Castanon Rodriguez (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom) and Stefania Solmi (Università di Bologna, Italy) |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Panel Discussion |
| "Interaction Between Academia and Industry" |
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- Nadine Gruhn (University of Washington, USA)
- Steve Howdle (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom)
- Rodolphe Jazzar (UCSD/CNRS Joint Research Chemistry Laboratory (UMI 3555), USA)
- Philipp Mania (University of Hagen, Germany)
- Heather Spinney (The Dow Chemical Company, USA)
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| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Atif Emre Demet (Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier, France / Università Degli Studi di Messina, Italy)
"Mixed Co-Fe and Cu-Mn Spinels as Redox Catalysts for the Oxidation of HMF to FDCA" |
| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Julian Silverman (Graduate Center, The City University of New York, USA)
"Sustainable Molecular Organogels: Soft Materials for Functional Next Generation Fuels" |
| 10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | The Future of Green Chemistry |
| Discussion Leaders: Steve Howdle (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom), Nimisha Singh (Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, India) and Erwin Fernandez (Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy) |
| 1:30 pm - 1:45 pm | Andres Felipe Sierra Salazar (Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier, France)
"Silica-Supported Platinum Catalysts with Hierarchical Porosity Prepared by Innovative Coupling of Various Synthesis Routes" |
| 1:45 pm - 1:50 pm | Discussion |
| 1:50 pm - 2:05 pm | Emilia Streng (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom)
"Cyclic Amines from 5-Amino-1-Pentanol – Two Different Strategies for Utilizing CO2" |
| 2:05 pm - 2:10 pm | Discussion |
| 2:10 pm - 2:30 pm | General Discussion: Green Chemistry and Industrial Sustainability |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Seminar Concludes |
