Unleashing Green Chemistry and Engineering in Service of a Sustainable Future

AGENDA

“Unleashing Green Chemistry and Engineering in Service of a Sustainable Future” A Workshop Sponsored by EPA Region 2 and EPA Office of Research and Development September 23, 2011, Registration at 8:30 a.m. National Museum of the American Indian, New York, New York
8:30 a.m.	Registration	Please plan to be at the registration area promptly at 8:30 a.m.
9:00 a.m.	Opening Remarks	Judith Enck, Regional Administrator EPA Region 2
9:15 a.m.	The Case: Why Green Chemistry?
	Chemical Processes and Products: Toxic Exposures, Environmental Threats, Public Health and Economic Impacts	Philip Landrigan, Director, Childrens Environmental Health Center, The Mount Sinai Medical Center
	Keynote Presentation How Does Green Chemistry Support Sustainability?	Paul Anastas, Assistant Administrator EPA Office of Research and Development
10:30 a.m.	Break
10:45 a.m.	The Practice (Perspectives Panel)
	Green Chemistry Investment/Practice: Overview	David Levine, Executive Director, American Sustainable Business Council
	Integrating Green Chemistry Into Pharmaceutical and Consumer Product Development	N.S. Sandy Yee, Director, Environmental Affairs & Compliance, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a Johnson & Johnson Company
	Green Chemistry Innovation in the Fibers & Plastics Markets	Steve Davies, Director, Communications & Public Affairs, NatureWorks LLC
	Good EcoLogic: Effective, Cost Competitive, and Deep Green	Anselm Doering, President/CEO, EcoLogic Solutions, Inc.
	Renewable Chemistry: Governance Matters	Ally LaTourelle, Esq., Acting Director of Government Affairs, Bioamber, Inc.
	Biomimicry Road Map: New York State	Dana Levy, Program Manager for Manufacturing Technology Development & On-Site Power Applications, New York State Energy, Research, and Development Authority
	Economic Development Support & Green Chemistry Tech Companies: New Jersey State	Paula Durand, Senior Venture Officer, Clean Technology, NJ Economic Development Authority
12:30 p.m.	The Innovations
	Opportunities for participants to informally network, contribute ideas, and for select practitioners to voluntarily “Show and Tell” around theme(s) throughout the lunch period. Brown bag lunch offered. To view the list of poster presenters and their description, click here.
2:00 p.m.	The Practice (Continued)
	Tonawanda Regional Pollution Prevention Partnership: Opportunities to Advance Regional Cluster Competitiveness Through Green Chemistry and Engineering	Anahita Williamson, Director, New York State Pollution Prevention Institute
2:30 p.m.	The Next Generation (Perspectives Panel)
	How to Make a Difference Through Green Chemistry Education: Introduction	Kate Anderson, Director of K-12 Education, Beyond Benign
	Ideas and practices that integrate green chemistry and green engineering into secondary and tertiary level education Presentation 1 Presentation 2 Presentation 3	Dorna Schroeter, Program Coordinator, P/NW BOCES, Center for Environmental Education Michael O'Brien, Lecturer, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Siena College Mariano Savelski and C. Stewart Slater, Rowan University
4:00 p.m.	Break
4:15 p.m.	The Tools
	Green Chemistry Applications and Methods	John Leazer, Director of Sustainable Technology, EPA Office of Research and Development
	Chemical Screening Tools	Bill Waugh, EPA Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention
5:15 p.m.	Closing Remarks	EPA Region 2