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It’s incredible that we are already into February, which means the GC3 Innovators Roundtable at 3M is less than four months away. We are excited about the engaging agenda that the GC3 staff and advisors are organizing for this year’s meeting. An overarching theme for the roundtable will be “Mainstreaming Green Chemistry.” We will build on our project work in innovation models, barriers and enablers of green chemistry, and engaging retailers to identify concrete next steps for the GC3 to take a leadership role in advancing green chemistry across sectors and supply chains. Based on input from GC3 members, our meeting will include greater opportunities for discussion and networking. Panels and discussions for the roundtable include:
We expect this to be the biggest GC3 Roundtable yet, with significant participation from leading edge firms that have been engaged in Minnesota’s Green Chemistry Forum. Please help spread the word about the GC3’s signature event. Registration for the Roundtable is open. Seating is limited and we encourage our members to register now to guarantee a spot. There are still opportunities for your organization to sponsor the Roundtable and receive free registration. We are finalizing speakers, events, and site visits so check the GC3 Roundtable webpage regularly for updates. And on the topic of the GC3 website, we are in the process of a website re-design, including a new “crowdsourced” GC3 logo. We expect the new website to launch in the coming weeks. Tell us what you think. Stay tuned for winter/spring GC3 Green Chemistry education and Mainstreaming Green Chemistry webinars that will be announced soon. As always, we appreciate your support and engagement. We look forward to seeing you in St. Paul. Best, Joel Tickner, GC3 Director
Education Our next two webinars, one on chemical design and the other an introduction to green chemistry, will be scheduled in March and April. Our workgroup calls are scheduled on the third Friday of each month at 10 am PT/1 pm ET. If you are interested in joining these discussions, please contact Saskia van Bergen. Members of the RLC will lead a session at the 9th Annual GC3 Innovators Roundtable, entitled We have hired an MBA student from Babson College as an intern for the spring semester who will be helping with retail related and other GC3 projects. In addition, we are developing plans for one or more webinars in 2014 featuring leading EU retailers that will describe their efforts in sourcing and selling safer products. The Retail Tool Project is on hold. We hope to be working with another retailer in the near future on this project. For more information about the Retailer Work Group, contact Sally Edwards. Information from the latter questions will be turned into a survey that will be sent to all GC3 members later this month. The Mainstreaming Green Chemistry Advisory Committee is comprised of the following members: Monica Becker and Amy Perlmutter published an article in Greenbiz.com on the mainstreaming project, and its intersection with the work of the GC3's Innovation Workgroup. A small development team from the GC3 staff, members, and the ACS Green Chemistry Institute are scoping out a possible new on-line platform for the green chemistry community in industry, academia and other sectors to exchange technical information on green chemistry research, new technologies and methods and technology needs. We will share this work with entire workgroup in the months to come. For the GC3 Roundtable, we are planning several innovation workshops and sessions. InnoCentive will be giving a workshop on challenge-driven innovation and we are organizing a session on disruptive innovation.
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