2016 GC3 Innovators Roundtable

11:30 am – 1:00 pm            

1:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Joel Tickner, GC3, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Martin Wolf, Seventh Generation

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Session I. Learning from GC3 Collaborations to Drive Green Chemistry

In this session we will take a critical look at on-going and past GC3-led industry collaborations to identify factors for success that can inform the design of future efforts. Download Session Notes (pdf).

Moderator:  Roger McFadden, Replenish / McFadden and Associates

Panelists:
Ashley Hall, Walmart
Eunice Heath, Dow
Jack Linard, Unilever

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Session II. Investing in Green Chemistry Solutions: Challenges and Opportunities

This session will explore the challenges to funding green chemistry research, development, commercialization and scale, as well as opportunities to move forward through a range of private and public mechanisms. Download Session Notes (pdf).

Moderator: Joel Tickner, GC3, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Panelists:
Judith Giordan, ecosVC
Adrian Horotan, Safer Made
Michele Jalbert, re:chem

5:00 pm – 5:45 pm

Keynote

Gary Cohen, President, Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth

Download Keynote Notes (pdf).

5:45 pm

Adjourn

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

RECEPTION AT HILTON BURLINGTON HOTEL

7:45 am – 8:30 am             

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

8:30 am – 8:45 am

Welcome and Day 1 Review

Joel Tickner, GC3, University of Massachusetts Lowell 

8:45 am – 9:30 am

Keynote

John Warner, President and CTO, Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry

Download Keynote Notes (pdf).

9:30 am – 11:00 am

Session III. Climate Change and the Circular Economy: How Green Chemistry Connects

This session will explore how green chemistry is foundational to creating a circular economy and an important strategy for mitigating the impacts of climate change.  A firm understanding of these connections  can amplify  and leverage our work. Download Session Notes (pdf).

Moderator: Sally Edwards, GC3, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Panelists:
John Ortiz, HP Inc.
Arlan Peters, Novozymes North America
Jon Smieja, Steelcase

11:00 am – 11:30 am

NETWORKING BREAK

11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Session IV. Accelerating Green Chemistry at a Global Level:  Building International Collaborations

This session will outline a number of international initiatives in green chemistry and discuss how greater global collaboration can accelerate growth of green chemistry in research, education, and industry. Download Session Notes (pdf).

Moderator: Ken Geiser, University of of Massachusetts Lowell

Panelists:
Petra Greiner, Umweltbundesamt Federal Environment Agency, Germany
Avtar Matharu, University of York, UK
Nitesh Mehta, Green ChemisTree Foundation, India

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

LUNCH

2:00 pm – 3:15 pm

Session V. Overcoming Barriers to Mainstreaming Green Chemistry

This networking session will foster connections between attendees while generating ideas of steps that the GC3 and its partners can take to overcome barriers to making green chemistry become mainstream practice. Download Session Notes (pdf).

Participants will chose one of four facilitated break-out groups:

1. How can we effectively track progress in green chemistry?
   
2. What are the key elements of a National Green Chemistry Research and Education Summit?
3. How do we increase funding for green chemistry?
4. What will it take to “Mainstream” green chemistry?

3:15 pm – 3:30 pm

NETWORKING BREAK

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Session VI. Effective Communication to Mainstream Green Chemistry

This session will focus on how we can improve the way we communicate about green chemistry to consumers, businesses, and the general public, to help drive the transition to green chemistry. Download Session Notes (pdf).

Moderator: Paula Schaper, WestwordVision

Panelists:
Paul Ellis, Kingfisher
Steve French, Natural Marketing Institute
Jim Jones, EPA 
Denise Petersen, BASF
Andy Shafer, Shafer's Innovation and Business Building Services 

5:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Keynote

Alyssa B. Schuren, Commissioner, Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation

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5:30 pm

Adjourn

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

DINNER RECEPTION AT ECHO, LEAHY CENTER FOR LAKE CHAMPLAIN 

Sponsored by

7:45 am – 8:30 am             

8:30 am – 8:40 am

Welcome and Day 2 Review

Joel Tickner, GC3, University of Massachusetts Lowell

8:30 am – 9:15 am

Keynote

John Replogle, President and CEO, Seventh Generation

Download Keynote Notes (pdf).

9:15 am – 10:30 am

GC3 Project Group Meetings:

Mainstreaming
Joel Tickner, GC3, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Communication
Amy Perlmutter, Perlmutter Associates

Education
Saskia van Bergen, Washington Department of Ecology

Innovation
Monica Becker, GC3 and Monica Becker & Associates
Laura Hoch, GC3, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Download Project Group Notes (pdf).

10:30 am – 11:00 am

NETWORKING BREAK

11:00 am – 12:15 pm

Session VII. Safer and Better: High Performing Green Chemistry Solutions

Innovators from industry and academia will present green chemistry technologies that are safer and offer improved performance attributes over traditional technologies. Download Session Notes (pdf).

Moderator: Pam Eliason, TURI, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Panelists:
Nick Brown, Nikwax
Michael Greene, Sappi
Ramaswamy Nagarajan, University of Massachusetts Lowell

12:15 pm – 12:30 pm

Closing Remarks and Roundtable Recap

Joel Tickner, GC3, University of Massachusetts Lowell

12:30 pm

Adjourn