Mapping Green Paths to Critical Elements, Molecules and Materials

The Gordon Research Seminar on Green Chemistry is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.

During the pandemic, the world came to a halt and brought the opportunity to re-think the way we can shift towards a circular economy. The focus of this meeting is to discuss the latest advances in the field that can bring us closer to sustainable development and minimized environmental impact. Achieving such a final goal requires complex solutions and therefore, this is a multidisciplinary meeting covering all spectrums of a circular economy, from the source (bioderived materials/elemental sustainability), through the process (cut-edge catalysis/ biorefineries/advances in batteries) until end-of-life (design for degradation/recycling/pollution prevention and remediation). This GRS is an excellent opportunity for young scientists to get in touch with the Green Chemistry community and build a collaborative network towards a more sustainable future through scientific innovation.