Toward Environmentally Benign Processes and Products
University of Colorado Campus, Boulder, Colorado
June 9-13, 2001
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, the American Chemical Society, and the Green Chemistry Institute sponsored an international conference on sustainability and green chemistry titled "Toward Environmentally Benign Processes and Products" June 9-13, 2001. The Chemical Research Applied To World Needs (CHEMRAWN) Conferences bring together world leaders in a specific field to determine a path for future action. The meeting was held on the campus of the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado.
The meeting consisted of invited lectures and contributed posters. Poster papers covered 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 included 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.
Scientists and policy-makers from throughout the world gathered in Boulder to discuss sustainability issues, which may be addressed and improved by chemical research and wise policy development and implementation. Plenary speakers included Michael Fitzpatrick (Rohm and Haas), Joseph DiSimone (U. North Carolina), Joe Miller (duPont), Nobelist Paul Crutzen, (Max Planck Institut, Mainz, Germany), Martyn Poliakoff (Nottingham, UK), Roger Beachy (Danforth Inst.), Joe Thornton (Columbia University, Author, "Pandora's Poison"), Zhu Qing Shi (Univ. of Science and Technology, China), Mary Good (Pres., AAAS).
Program Chair: Dr. Paul Anastas, White House Office of Science and Technology, panastas@ostp.eop.gov
Local Arrangements Chair: Prof. Bob Sievers, Univ. of Colorado, CB 216, Boulder, CO 80309
Organizing Committee
Paul Anastas, White House Office of Science and Technology
Nyle Brady, USAID (ret.)
James S. Clovis, Rohm and Haas (ret.)
Michael Fitzpatrick, President, Rohm and Haas Corp. (Chair)
Mary Good, Univ. of Arkansas
Dennis Hjeresen, Los Alamos National Laboratory (Secretary)
Stanley Langer, Royal Society of Chemistry
Nina McClelland, Board of Directors, American Chemical Society
John Malin, American Chemical Society
Rudy Pariser, DuPont (ret.)
Zhu Qing-Shi, President, Univ. of Science and Technology, Hefei, China
Colin Raston, Monash University, Australia
Bryant Rossiter, Eastman Kodak Research Laboratories (ret.)
Robert Sievers, University of Colorado
Sylvia Ware, American Chemical Society
John Warner, Univ. of Massachusetts, Boston
Tracy Williamson, US EPA
Ned Woodhouse, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Planning Committee
Dr. Paul Anastas, White House Office of Science and Technology, Washington DC
Dr. Stephanie Burton, Rhodes Univ, Dept. of Chemistry & Microbiology, Grahamstown, South Africa
Dr. Thomas E. Graedel, Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT
Dr. Fredrick D. Hileman, Solutia, Springfield, MA
Dr. Dennis L. Hjereson, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Environmental Management Programs, Los Alamos, NM
Dr. Istvan T. Horvath, Eotvos Lorand University, Dept. of Organic Chemistry, Budapest, Hungary
Dr. Leo E., Manzer, DuPont Fellow, DuPont Central Research Experimental Station, Wilmington, DE
Dr. Robin D. Rogers, University of Alabama, Department of Chemistry, Tuscaloosa, AL
Prof. Robert E. Sievers, University of Colorado, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Boulder, CO
Prof. Bala Subramaniam, University of Kansas, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Lawrence, KS
Dr. Tracy Williamson, EPA Office of Pollution Prevention & Toxins, Washington DC
For More Information
Dr. Dennis L. Hjeresen
Sr. Program Manager
Environmental Management Programs
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos, NM 87545
(505) 665-7251; FAX (505) 665-8118
dennish@lanl.gov
