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SUMMARY:SFC Europe 2023
DESCRIPTION:The Green Chemistry Group is pleased to announce the return of the SFC Europe 2023 conference at the Novartis Pavillon in Basel Switzerland on May 14th-16th\, 2023. The conference will begin with a short course taught by experts in the field\, followed by two days of oral and poster scientific presentations. Leading vendors of SFC instrumentation and supplies will exhibit their wares\, and present numerous vendor workshops. Social events and complimentary lunches will provide excellent opportunities to network with fellow scientists and vendors\, and to hear personal updates on the latest advances. \nMeet us there! More information to come.
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/sfc-europe-2023/
LOCATION:Novartis Pavillon in Basel\, Switzerland
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SUMMARY:Green Chemistry Connections
DESCRIPTION:Register now to join us! \nBeyond Benign will be hosting monthly Green Chemistry Connections around Green Chemistry education using the Green Chemistry Students Learning Objectives from the Green Chemistry Commitment program as a loose framework. Register to stay in the loop about upcoming speakers. \nEach time we meet\, we will host community leaders who are actively practicing Green Chemistry and/or Toxicology in their courses and/or laboratories. Connections grow through time dedicated to small group discussions\, networking\, and resource sharing. \nWe ask that you BYOR\, bring your own resource or request to the community – share a resource or put a request out to the group for resources you need. \nWe invite you to bring your departmental colleagues\, external collaborators\, graduate teaching assistants\, etc. to the discussion as we will be holding this space and time monthly for the community to come together around Green Chemistry education to advance the field together virtually! \nRegister now to join us! \nAfter registering\, you’ll receive more information about the Green Chemistry Connections via calendar invite and emails as the meeting time approaches as well as access to our Google Site the virtual home of the Connections to stay connected with the community between live meeting times.
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/green-chemistry-connections-3/2023-05-17/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:General,Higher Education,K-12,Webinar
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SUMMARY:The Green Chemistry Initiative Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Our Green Chemistry Commitment Signer University of Toronto and their Green Chemistry Initiative are organizing the 8th Green Chemistry Initiative Symposium from May 18th – May 19th\, 2023 . Entitled Designing a Green Future: Opportunities for Green and Sustainable Chemistry\, this symposium will revisit the fundamental principles of Green Chemistry to better guide new developments in sustainable chemistry as well as the implementation of sustainable practices in research. \nThis year’s Symposium will include a research poster session and seminar talks Green Chemistry leaders in Canada\, including our Higher Education Program Manager\, Dr. Nimrat Obhi. \n \nRegistration opens on January 16th and travel scholarships to contribute towards commute and accommodation expenses are available. \nMore information about the 8th Green Chemistry Initiative Symposium can be found here. \n\nEvent Details\n\nWhat: 8th Green Chemistry Initiative Symposium\nWhen: May 18th – May 19th\nWhere: University of Toronto\, St. George Campus.\nWho: Students\, post-doctoral fellows\, and faculty members interested in Green Chemistry
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/the-green-chemistry-initiative-symposium/
LOCATION:NY
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SUMMARY:Observe\, Wonder\, Think: A Green Chemistry Interactive Webinar Series
DESCRIPTION:Calling all K-12 teachers! Create safer\, more engaging learning environments by integrating green chemistry and sustainable science principles into your classroom. Join your peers at our monthly professional development series: Observe\, Wonder\, Think: A Green Chemistry Interactive Webinar Series to learn how! \nFollowing NGSS best practice techniques\, this webinar series will support K-12 educators to foster “observe\, wonder\, think” with their students using hands-on green chemistry labs and highlighting real-world green chemistry technologies. Each time we meet\, we will host education leaders who are actively practicing green chemistry in their classrooms to walk through their favorite green chemistry labs and experiments. There will be time for Q&A and/or networking at the end of each call. \nThis professional development series will be held on the third Thursday of the month\, October 2022 through May 2023. By registering here\, you will be signed up for all events and have access to all event recordings.  \nOctober\, December\, February\, April 6pm ET  \nNovember\, January\, March\, May 7pm ET  \nWe’ll send reminders ahead of each event. Each participant will receive a certificate of completion at the end of each meeting.
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/observe-wonder-think-a-green-chemistry-interactive-webinar-series/2023-05-18/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:K-12,Webinar
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SUMMARY:New York Green Chemistry PLT
DESCRIPTION:From ocean plastic to forest fires\, our world needs invention\, innovation\, and creativity to find solutions to our biggest problems. Green chemistry\, also known as the science of solutions\, offers a framework for decreasing hazards within classrooms while promoting sustainability for both human health and the environment. Whether you are new to thinking about sustainability in the classroom or have already implemented green chemistry lesson plans\, we want you to join us. Together\, we will create a community of Green Chemistry educators within the state of NY. \nDuring our time together\, NY teachers will share and collaborate in the creation of NYSSLS Aligned Green Chemistry Labs\, videos of implementing labs\, and lesson plans spotlighting NY Industries practicing green chemistry. We may feature guest speakers who are leaders in sustainable science. Most importantly\, together we will share lessons and labs as we work together to add sustainability into our sciences. Please complete the enclosed short form to join the PLT team. This is a continuation of last year’s PLT\, but new members are welcome! If you have any questions\, please contact Jim Burdick at jburdick@ccsdk12.org. \nThis PLT is for teachers in grades 6 -12.\nOpen to ALL Master Teachers across the state + Invite a friend (non MTs) / OPEN \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/new-york-green-chemistry-plt-2023-05-25/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:K-12
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SUMMARY:Gordon Research Seminar - Biomass to Biobased Chemicals and Materials
DESCRIPTION:The Biomass to Biobased Chemicals and Materials GRC is a premier\, international scientific conference focused on advancing the frontiers of science through the presentation of cutting-edge and unpublished research\, prioritizing time for discussion after each talk and fostering informal interactions among scientists of all career stages. The conference program includes a diverse range of speakers and discussion leaders from institutions and organizations worldwide\, concentrating on the latest developments in the field. The conference is five days long and held in a remote location to increase the sense of camaraderie and create scientific communities\, with lasting collaborations and friendships. In addition to premier talks\, the conference has designated time for poster sessions from individuals of all career stages\, and afternoon free time and communal meals allow for informal networking opportunities with leaders in the field. \nSwitching from a non-renewable fossil-based economy to a bioeconomy relying on biomass utilization is the challenging industrial revolution that humanity must achieve to address the needs of an ever-growing global population\, while limiting global warming. Terrestrial and aquatic biomass offers a wide variety of valuable components such as lignins\, (hemi)celluloses\, other (poly)saccharides\, proteins\, secondary metabolites\, that could be used for the production of biobased bulk\, fine and specialty chemicals\, polymers and transportation fuels. Biorefineries\, which consist in the development of individual biomass process streams that convert primary biomass components into end products and the effective integration of these streams\, are the core elements of the bioeconomy concept. This GRC will look at how scientists and engineers can overcome\, through transdisciplinary approaches\, the fundamental challenges that these biorefineries are facing today. \nThis GRC aims at gathering international experts in the following science and engineering activities to foster the development of sustainable biomass conversion process into valuable chemicals and materials: i) chemical/biological/mechanical strategies to deconstruct or fractionate lignocellulose and (micro)algae into individual biomass components\, ii) increasing the selectivity and efficiency of chemical\, biological or hybrid catalysts for biomass conversion technologies\, iii) selective lignin conversions that provide narrow compositional ranges of aromatic and aliphatic building blocks; iv) selective polysaccharides conversion that provide building blocks and solvents ; v) genetic engineer of plants to increase their susceptibility to deconstruction methods and as factories to produce natural and non-natural chemicals; vi) engineering microorganisms (molecular and synthetic biology) to access natural and non-natural building blocks or end products from biomass; vii) developing chemical/biological/mechanical sustainable processes that convert biomass-derived building blocks into end products (fine chemicals\, functional additives\, polymers/materials); and viii) designing cost-efficient processes for the extraction/purification of biomass components\, building blocks and end products. \nMeet us there! More information to come.
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/gordon-research-seminar-biomass-to-biobased-chemicals-and-materials/
LOCATION:Grand Summit Hotel at Sunday River\, 97 Summit Road\, Newry\, ME\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
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