The American Chemical Society (ACS) would like to announce the upcoming Green Chemistry & Engineering (GC&E) Conference with the theme of "Thinking in Systems: Designing for Sustainable Use." Hosted by the ACS Green Chemistry Institute (GCI), it will take place on June 6 to 8, 2022. The conference will feature the ceremony and reception for the recipients of the Environmental Protection Agency's Green Chemistry Challenge Award.
GC&E will be a hybrid event this year. The in-person event will take place at the Hyatt Regency in Reston, Virginia. All in-person attendees, staff and exhibitors are required to be fully vaccinated at the time of the event. Virtual presenters and attendees can participate via a virtual platform during the conference dates.
On the Friday prior to the live event, June 3, the conference will kick off with a virtual keynote session at 9 a.m. ET. Three ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Lectureship winners will speak, and all attendees are invited to tune in. During the conference, a different keynote speaker will give an address each day at 8:30 a.m. ET.
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Lectureship winners:
- Tim Noël, Ph.D.Professor of chemistry, University of Amsterdam
- Shu-Yuan Pan, Ph.D.Assistant professor of bioenvironmental systems engineering, National Taiwan University
- Corinne Scown, Ph.D.Staff scientist and deputy division director, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, University of California
Keynote speakers:
- Philip Jessop, Ph.D. Professor and Canada research chair of green chemistry, Queen's University, Canada; executive research director, Forward Water Technologies Inc.
- Erika Milczek, Ph.D.Founder and chief executive officer, Curie Co.
- John C. Warner, Ph.D. Senior vice president of chemistry and distinguished research fellow, Zymergen
