Jul 27 NSTC Event Business Breakfast: Green Chemistry: New Principles in the Design of Everything – Mass. Opportunities
Description
The way we learn and teach chemistry and materials science is mostly void of any information regarding toxicity and environmental harm. John C. Warner, PhD, the President and Chief Technology Officer of Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry and President of the Beyond Benign Foundation, will show you how Green Chemistry can eliminate the use of hazardous materials at the design stage of a materials process and still create products that are economically competitive and successful in the marketplace.
Imagine a world where all segments of society demanded environmentally benign products! Imagine if all consumers, all retailers and all manufacturers insisted on buying and selling only non-toxic materials! The unfortunate reality is that, even if this situation were to occur, our knowledge of materials science and chemistry would allow us to provide only a small fraction of the products and materials that our economy is based upon. Dr. Warner’s presentation will describe the history and background of Green Chemistry and discuss the opportunities for the next generation of materials designers to create a safer future.
Location
Peabody Marriott
8A Centennial Drive
Peabody MA USA
Date and Time
Begins: 07/27/2011 07:00 AM
Ends: 07/27/2011 09:00 AM
Our speaker:
Dr. John Warner, President and Chief Technology Officer, Warner
Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry
John received his BS in Chemistry from UMASS Boston, and his PhD in Chemistry from Princeton University. After working at the Polaroid Corporation for nearly a decade, he then served as tenured full professor at UMASS Boston and Lowell (Chemistry and Plastics Engineering). In 2007 he founded the Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry, LLC (A research organization developing green chemistry technologies) where he serves as President and Chief Technology Officer, and Beyond Benign (a non-profit dedicated to sustainability and green chemistry education). He is one of the founders of the field of Green Chemistry, co-authoring the defining text Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice with Paul Anastas. He has published over 200 patents, papers and books. His recent work in the fields of semiconductor design, biodegradable plastics, personal care products, solar energy and polymeric photoresists are examples of how green chemistry principles can be immediately incorporated into commercially relevant applications. Warner received The 2004 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Mentoring, the American Institute of Chemistry’s Northeast Division’s Distinguished Chemist of the Year for 2002 and the Council of Science Society Presidents 2008 Leadership award. Warner was named by ICIS as one of the most influential people impacting the global chemical industries in 2008.
Our sponsor:
McLane Law Firm
McLane Law Firm, located in Woburn, Massachusetts, has experience and depth that no other law firm outside of Boston can offer. At 90 attorneys firm-wide, and offices throughout New Hampshire and Massachusetts, we offer our clients experience in a wide range of practice areas. Our TradeCenter Office attorneys practice in the the following areas:
– Corporate & Tax Law
– Commercial Lending & Real Estate
– Employment Law & Litigation
– State & Federal Tax Litigation
– Mergers & Acquisitions
– Exit Planning
– Intellectual Property
– Trust & Estate/Asset Protection
John D. Colucci, Esquire
McLane Law Firm
300 TradeCenter 128
Suite 6400
Woburn, MA 01801
Phone: 781-904-2700
Email: john.colucci@mclane.com
www.mclane.com
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OnLine Registration closes at 2 p.m. the day before this event, on Tuesday, July 27th
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