Collectively we reside on a planet with insufficient natural resources
to support profligate consumption. Chemistry plays a key role in increasing
the efficiency of resource utilization in the development of products
and processes. The key to implementing industrial ecology for a sustainable
world is a new mindset that brings pollution prevention and energy
conservation to the fore as design principles.
This Chemistry Research Applied to World Needs (CHEMRAWN) XIV Conference,
jointly sponsored by IUPAC, the American Chemical Society, and the
Green Chemistry Institute, will explore the latest scientific and
engineering approaches and develop worldwide strategy and policy recommendations
to implement green chemistry. The conference, to be held on the campus
of the University of Colorado in Boulder, will bring together world
leaders in specific fields to provide a catalyst for the common interests
of corporations, academic institutions, government agencies, and representatives
of the public interest to determine a path for future action.
Objectives of the conference are to:
- conduct an objective assessment of the technical state-of-the-art
in green chemistry and engineering and the contributions it can
make to world sustainability;
- define scientific gaps, research priorities, economic and social
issues in order to provide decision makers in industry, government,
academia, and the non-governmental sector with the knowledge required
to craft policy and accelerate application of green chemistry benefits
to world needs; and
- identify and promote an educational program for green chemistry
that spans educational levels and national boundaries.
The meeting will consist of invited lectures and contributed posters.
Poster papers are solicited on the many topics involving the design
of chemical processes and products that will eliminate or reduce the
use or generation of hazardous substances. Examples of some specific
topics to be discussed include alternative reaction media (e.g., supercritical
CO2) and separations, life cycle impacts, economic opportunities
and case studies in large and small companies, environmentally benign
food production, emerging biotech-based alternatives, green engineering,
social impacts and sustainability, global innovations, green chemistry
education, cleaner water and air, and success assessment and measurement.
The deadline for abstract receipt is 1 December 2000; abstracts (150
words) should be submitted to Prof. Bob Sievers, Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry, Campus Box 215, University of Colorado, Boulder,
CO 80309-0215, USA, on a standard ACS paper abstract form (available
on the conference web site, http://cires.colorado.edu/env_prog/chemrawn)
or electronically through the web site in the same format to be received
at the University of Colorado by the deadline.
Scientists and policy makers from throughout the world will gather
in Boulder to discuss sustainability issues, which may be addressed
and improved by chemical research and wise policy development and
implementation. Nobel Laureate Paul Crutzen of the Max Planck Institute
in Mainz, Germany has agreed to give a plenary lecture. Other plenary
speakers who have been invited and have tentatively accepted include
Michael Fitzpatrick (Rohm and Haas), Joseph DiSimone (University of
North Carolina), Zhu Qing Shi (Hefei, China), Joe Miller (duPont),
Martyn Poliakopf (Nottingham, UK), Roger Beachy (Danforth Institute),
Joe Thornton (author of Pandora's Poison, Columbia University), Neal
Lane (President Clinton's Science Advisor), and Mary Good (President
of AAAS). Additional information about the program and on-line registration
will be available on the conference web site: http://cires.colorado.edu/env_prog/chemrawn
.
Partial subsidy of the registration fee for students and limited
support of travel by developing country scientists may be applied
for from the conference organizers. Approximately 900 scientific participants
from around the world are expected to attend this conference. For
additional information, contact Dr. Dennis L. Hjeresen, Senior Program
Manager, Environmental Management Programs, Los Alamos National Laboratory,
Mail Stop J591, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA; E-mail: [email protected];
Tel.: +1 505 665 7251; Fax: +1 505 665 8118; Web site: http://cires.colorado.edu/env_prog/chemrawn/enter.html
.
> Published in Chem.
Int. 22(6), 2000
* Sponsorship by IUPAC attests to the quality of the scientific program
and indicates the host country's assurance that scientists from all
countries may participate.
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