“GREEN CHEMISTRY” CONFERENCE ON MAY 28
The green revolution has a new and unexpected business partner—the chemical products industry. Known as green chemistry, business leaders and researchers around the country are pursuing innovative ways to introduce environmentally friendly practices into the design, manufacture, and application of chemical products.
 The Center for Science, Technology, and Public Policy and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy will co-sponsor “Green Chemistry in Minnesota: Opportunities and Challenges for Leadership” to discuss how Minnesota can integrate green chemistry into its policies and industries. The conference will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 28, in Cowles Auditorium.
“Green Chemistry” will bring together researchers, teachers, business leaders, policy advocates, and policymakers to discuss Minnesota’s opportunities and challenges in becoming a significant green chemistry contributor. The agenda will feature panel presentations, participant discussions, and a video conference roundtable with three national leaders in green chemistry.
The speakers include Paul T. Anastas, director of the Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering at Yale University; Terry Collins, director of the Institute for Green Science at Carnegie Mellon University; State Representative Kate Knuth (DFL–New Brighton), former environmental educator and vice chair of the House, Game, Fish and Forestry Division; and John Warner, director of the Center for Green Chemistry at the University of Massachusetts–Lowell.
Registration for the conference is $25. For more information and to register, visit www.hhh.umn.edu/centers/stpp/events/green_chemistry/.
May 8, 2008 |
