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International Symposium on Green Chemistry

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Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
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International Symposium on Green Chemistry

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Join the global movement in sustainable chemistry innovation!
 

The International Symposium on Green Chemistry (ISGC 2025), scheduled for May 12-16, 2025 in La Rochelle, France, is one of the world’s leading events in sustainable chemistry research and innovation. This global event is a cornerstone for advancing sustainable chemistry, bringing together academia, industry leaders, startups, and innovators from around the world.

Featuring over 320 speakers, cutting-edge plenary sessions, and innovative startups, it offers an unparalleled opportunity to connect and collaborate on advancements in green chemistry. Topics to be covered are:

  • Biomass conversion
  • Waste and side streams valorization
  • Homogenous, Heterogeneous and Biocatalysis
  • Polymers or composites
  • Alternative solvents
  • Alternative technologies such as microwaves, plasma, ultrasound, mechanochemistry, photochemistry, electrochemistry, etc.
  • Clean reactions such as tandem and cascade reactions, one-pot reactions, multicomponent reactions, etc.
  • Chemical engineering
  • Industrial chemistry
  • Energy such as hydrogen, energy storage, batteries, biofuels, solar cells, etc.
  • Mechanism investigations
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Life cycle and environmental assessment
  • Networking and education

The event also includes a 3,500 m² exhibition area, showcasing technologies and solutions that pave the way for a sustainable future. Don't miss your chance to be part of this milestone in chemistry innovation.

 

To learn more, visit ISGC Symposium Website (https://www.isgc-symposium.com/). Don't miss your chance to be part of this milestone in Greener Chemistry innovation!

Green Chemistry as the Foundation of Sustainability and the Circular Economy

Green Chemistry Webinar with John Warner on 04/03/2025
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Merck Life Science Srl

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While there is a lot of discussion about WHY we need sustainability (Climate Change, Forever Chemicals, Human Toxicity, Ecosystem Degradation…) and WHAT we should do to measure and characterize sustainability (LCA’s, UN SDGs, Circular Economy, Safe and Sustainable by Design, Planetary Boundaries…) It is especially important to discuss HOW we should make these changes. This is the domain of Green Chemistry.

When a researcher contemplates a new experiment, when an inventor imagines a new product, he or she makes several small and large decisions that will have profound impact on the ultimate sustainability of what they do. If they do not have the skills and tools to understand the sustainability implications at the mechanistic molecular level (green chemistry), it is unlikely that they will successfully achieve sustainability objectives. This presentation will discuss how green chemistry can be integrated into the earliest stages of research and development to ensure maximum sustainability. Real world, commercialized examples will be used to illustrate key points.

In this webinar, you will learn:

  • The Why’s and the What’s of sustainability are important, but solutions come from How (green chemistry).
  • It is not enough to simply WANT to create sustainable technologies, there are certain critical skills required, as defined by the 12 principles of green chemistry.
  • Not only does green chemistry have moral and ethical implications, but it is also a pathway to accelerate R&D and lower costs. (If you truly understand green chemistry).
  • Several commercialize products illustrate the reality of green chemistry’s successful implementation in the real world.

  

Speaker:

John C. Warner

CEO & CTO, Technology Greenhouse, LLC

 

John Warner is one of the founders of the field of green chemistry. He wrote the book that provides the definition and 12 principles of green chemistry with Paul Anastas in 1998.He received his B.Sc. from UMASS Boston and his PhD from Princeton University.As an industrial chemist, he has over 350 patents and has worked with hundreds of companies worldwide and serves on the sustainability advisory boards of several multinational companies. He received the Perkin Medal in 2014 from The Society of Industrial Chemistry.As an educator, he was a tenured full professor of chemistry and a tenured full professor of plastics engineering at the University of Massachusetts where he started the world’s first PhD program in Green Chemistry. He has over 120 publications in synthetic methodologies, noncovalent derivatization, polymer photochemistry and metal oxide semiconductors. In 2004 he received the Presidential Award for excellence in science mentoring (PAESMEM) from the US National Science Foundation (NSF) and President George W Bush and in 2022 he received the August Wilhelm von Hofmann Medal from the German Chemical Society. In 2007 he cofounded Beyond Benign, a nonprofit green chemistry education organization with Dr. Amy Cannon.As an entrepreneur, John’s inventions have led to the founding of many companies in the fields of photovoltaics, neurochemistry, construction materials, water harvesting and cosmetics. In 2016 he received the Lemelson Invention Ambassadorship from the Lemelson Foundation and the American Association for the Advancement of the Sciences (AAAS).

Navigating Career Paths & Opportunities in Green Chemistry and Sustainability

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Beyond Benign
American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute (ACS GCI)

Event Description

This free, virtual event is designed to empower undergraduate and graduate students with insights and connections to pursue meaningful and impactful careers in green chemistry and sustainability. Participants will hear from and interact directly with industry leaders and academics about career pathways, internship opportunities, and co-ops while building their professional networks.

Why Should You Attend?

  • Gain valuable insight into green chemistry and sustainability career paths.
  • Connect with professionals across industry, academia, government, and NGOs.
  • Discover specific opportunities and resources to support your career journey.
  • Network with peers and professionals committed to advancing diversity and sustainability in STEM fields.

Full program information can be found here.

At the end of the panel discussion, there will be "Career Speed Dating” breakout rooms with different professionals from academia, industries, and government organizations. When registering -please select the top 2 breakout rooms you would like to attend- see descriptions below:

Breakout Room 1: Career Paths in the Pharma Industry– If you are interested in learning more about the pharma industry, hearing from a biocatalysis expert, and potential co-ops. Internships and more, join this room. 

Breakout Room 2: Career Paths in the Beauty Industry–If you are interested in the cosmetic industry and innovations in sustainable beauty, join this room.

Breakout Room 3: Career Paths in Academia– If you are interested in becoming a professor and the steps to leading a research lab as an associate professor, join this room.

Breakout Room 4: Career Paths in Tech – If you want to understand how to use your chemistry skills to advance in the tech space and potential job opportunities, join this room.

Breakout Room 5: Career Paths in Non-Profit –If you want to learn how to use your chemistry background to have a successful and impactful career in the non-profit sector, join this room.

Modern Approaches to High School Chemistry Instruction Through Today’s Sustainability Challenges

High School Teacher Workshop (Midwest Region)
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University of Minnesota
NSF Center for Sustainable Polymers
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UMN MRSCEC Research Experience for Teachers

Event Description

The NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC), in collaboration with the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA), is offering a PAID three-day workshop for high school chemistry teachers. Held at the University of Minnesota, this workshop will focus on teaching chemistry through inquiry-based learning and connections to sustainability-related topics.

 

Developed through the University of Minnesota MRSEC Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) program and Center for Sustainable Polymers (CSP), the workshop welcomes applicants from across the Midwest. The workshop is in-person only. 

 

Participants will gain knowledge and experience with topics such as sustainability, green chemistry, replacement experiments, sustainable plastics, climate science, and chemical safety through hands-on experiments, engaging activities, computer simulations, and demonstrations.

 

This is a fantastic opportunity for educators to enhance their teaching practices while promoting sustainability in science education.

 

Apply at mrsec.umn.edu/ehr/Workshop

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207 Pleasant St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition (CSC 2025)

CSC 2025 Ottawa June 15-19. Theme: Chemistry. Unfiltered.
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Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition is the premier conference for the Canadian Society for Chemistry. The mission of the chemistry conference is to be your forum; a venue where you can embrace learning, exchange knowledge, build innovative ideas, advance your career, and advance the chemistry profession.

 

Taking part in the Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition is an opportunity to grow, learn, connect, and celebrate all that Canadian chemistry has to offer.


The program will be composed of plenary, award and invited lectures (20 or 40 minutes, subject to change), oral presentations (20 minutes with a short discussion period included in this time, subject to change), poster presentations, and workshops. The exhibition will run from Sunday, Jun. 15 to Tuesday, Jun. 17.

 

The conference activities begin on Sunday, Jun. 15 in the late afternoon with a Welcome and Opening Plenary lecture followed by the Welcome Reception and Exhibition. The scientific program will start on Monday, Jun. 16 and end on Thursday, Jun. 19. The CIC and CSC Awards Ceremony and Reception will be on Wednesday evening, Jun. 18.

This is the first year of the inaugural Green Division and there will be tons of green chemistry-related symposia and workshops throughout the conference!! Several will be led by Beyond Benign team members! Read more about them here

Entrepreneurship Panel Discussion “Learning from Green Chemistry Entrepreneurs”

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International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

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This webinar will introduce you to three leaders in the field of green chemistry and their stories related to start-ups in this sector: Dr. John Warner, Prof. Philip Jessop, and Prof. Richard Blackburn.

This panel discussion will aim to answer the following questions: 
•    'What are their top two pieces of advice for budding chemistry entrepreneurs?'
•    'What have been the biggest barriers or challenges that they've experienced?'
•    'In their opinion, how can we encourage entrepreneurship, especially in the chemistry community?’

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Senior Project Manager (m/f/d)

DUDE CHEM is a Green Chemistry startup with its origins in the German Cluster of Excellence in Catalysis at the University of Technology Berlin. We are a small but mighty team which is dedicated to fulfil our mission: Based on the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry we aim to build a green chemical-pharmaceutical industry. The industry currently consumes >13% of all fossil resources, most of them during the manufacturing. Our aim is to change this.

Graduate/Undergraduate Student Intern Opportunity at Safer Consumer Products Program

Help protect California’s people and the environment by reducing hazardous chemicals in consumer products

 

California Department of Toxic Substance Control's  (DTSC) Safer Consumer Products Program is hiring undergraduate and graduate student interns! 
 

This is a remote, part-time opportunity for students while classes are in session with the ability to work full-time during academic breaks. 

The applicants must reside in California for the duration of the internship.