June 18

Session 1: Renewable Raw Materials in the Specialty Chemicals Industry

How to Identify and Evaluate Sustainable Materials for the Chemical Industry
Peter Saling, BASF, Germany

Opportunities for the Production of Fine and Specialty Chemicals from Renewable Raw Materials.
Pierre Gallezot, CNRS, France

Surfactants Based on Renewable Resources for Personal Care and Home Care
Ansgar Behler, Cognis, Germany

Session 2: Reducing the Impact of Solvents

A Comprehensive Framework for the Environment Assessments of Solvents
Konrad Hungerbuehler, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Ionic Liquids and their Potential Role in Specialty Chemicals
Neil Winterton, Liverpool University, UK

Continuous Crystallisation Technology
Xiong-Wei Ni, NiTech Solutions Ltd, UK

June 19

Session 3: Sustainable Manufacturing

Sustainable Manufacturing - Profit from the future
Malcolm P Wilkinson, Sustinium and IChemE Sustainability Subject Group, UK

Green Chemistry at Pfizer
James Long, UK

Lessons Learned Through Measuring Green Chemistry Performance - The Pharmaceutical Experience
Richard Henderson, GlaxoSmithKline, UK

 
Session 4: Sustainable Manufacturing (Continued)

Recycling Precious Metals Using Functional Silica Scavengers and Catalysts
David Astles, Phosphonics Ltd, UK

Evolving Enzymes for Highly Efficient Chemical Processes
Pascal Duenkelmann, Julich Chiral Solutions GmbH, Germany

Detoxifying Waste Water though Immobilized Lacrosse Based Bioremediation
Rob Onderwater, Wetlands Engineering SPRL, Belgium

Developing a Toolbox for Application of Novel In-situ Product Removal Methods in Fermentative Processes
Jean-Marie Bassett and Mark Roelands, TNO Science & Industry, The Netherlands