Circular Chemistry; the enabler to help solve global challenges
A one-day hybrid event jointly organised by the Environmental Chemistry Group and the Applied Materials Chemistry Group, and sponsored by DEFRA, discussing best practices, benefits, and barriers to implementing a circular economy, covering a wide range of industry sectors and materials: platform chemicals, CO2 as a raw material, plastics, energy, and opportunities in the construction sector.
Where: The Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, London, W1J 0BA & via Zoom
When: Wednesday 30th November 2022
Where: The Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, London, W1J 0BA & via Zoom
When: Wednesday 30th November 2022
A circular economy offers solutions for global sustainability challenges by transitioning from the linear take-make-use-dispose economy to better managing resources. It will influence most industry sectors, but chemistry and chemists will be essential to make the most of the opportunities.
Speakers include:
Dr Chris Slootweg (University of Amsterdam. Van 't Hoff Institute., Netherlands)
Chris Slootweg started his independent scientific career in 2006 at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2014 and moved to the University of Amsterdam in 2016. The mission of his laboratory is to educate students at the intersection of fundamental physical organic chemistry, main-group chemistry, and circular chemistry. Chris is cofounder and scientific advisor of SusPhos BV, a pioneering company focused on upcycling of phosphate rich waste streams to generate high-quality alternatives to replace current fossil-sourced products.
Dr Slootweg will speak on: ‘CHNOPS’: from the origin of life to the origin of waste
Professor Matthew Jones (University of Bath, United Kingdom)
Matthew Jones obtained his PhD in 2003 under the supervision of Prof Brian FG Johnson. After a brief sojourn in industry he moved to a Bath in 2004 to undertake a post-doc in the group of Prof Matthew Davidson. He has remained at Bath ever since moving from lecturer to being promoted to full professor in 2019. His group is currently investigating new catalysts for sustainable chemical applications, for example biopolymer formation and polymer degradation. He is currently acting dean for the faculty of science at Bath.
Professor Jones will speak on: Catalytic Upgrading of Polymers – is Chemical Recycling the Answer?
Professor Peter Edwards (University of Oxford, UK)
Emeritus Statutory Chair of Inorganic Chemistry at Oxford, previously Birmingham, Cambridge (Jesus College; Director of Studies in Chemistry) and Cornell (Fulbright Scholar, NSF Fellow). Co-Founder, first UK Interdisciplinary Research Centre. That in Superconductivity ; Founder and Coordinator of the first UK Sustainable (Green) Hydrogen Energy Consortium. Currently establishing a major international initiative “Our Future Energy through a Circular Economy with Professor Jinghai Li (President of the Chinese National Science Foundation); Past Chair, European Research Council Advanced Investigators Award Panel on Chemical Synthesis and Advanced Materials; Fellow of the Royal Society; Einstein Professor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Foreign Member, German Academy of Sciences; US Academy of Arts and Sciences; International Member of the American Philosophical Society. Interests: Turning carbon dioxide into carbon-neutral fuel ; Circular solutions for plastic waste; Hydrogen stripping from fossil fuels and plastics waste.
Professor Edwards will speak on: Deconstruction of fossil fuels and plastics waste into hydrogen and carbon
Sandra Averous-Monnery (UN Environment Programme., Switzerland)
Sandra Avérous Monnery is Acting head of the Knowledge and Risk unit, in the Chemicals and Health Branch at the United Nations Environment Programme. She works on the chemicals agenda, in particular leads on Chemicals in Products, chemicals and Plastics, Green and Sustainable Chemistry, Global Mercury Partnership. She is involved in international processes and negotiations on chemicals and waste. Development economist, she joined UNEP about 15 years ago, and worked on Disaster Preparedness, Sustainable Consumption and Production, eco-innovation and engaging all actors towards sustainable value chains and circularity.
Ms Averous-Monnery will speak on the UNEP Framework Manual on Green and sustainable chemistry.
Dr Chris Slootweg (University of Amsterdam. Van 't Hoff Institute., Netherlands)
Chris Slootweg started his independent scientific career in 2006 at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2014 and moved to the University of Amsterdam in 2016. The mission of his laboratory is to educate students at the intersection of fundamental physical organic chemistry, main-group chemistry, and circular chemistry. Chris is cofounder and scientific advisor of SusPhos BV, a pioneering company focused on upcycling of phosphate rich waste streams to generate high-quality alternatives to replace current fossil-sourced products.
Dr Slootweg will speak on: ‘CHNOPS’: from the origin of life to the origin of waste
Professor Matthew Jones (University of Bath, United Kingdom)
Matthew Jones obtained his PhD in 2003 under the supervision of Prof Brian FG Johnson. After a brief sojourn in industry he moved to a Bath in 2004 to undertake a post-doc in the group of Prof Matthew Davidson. He has remained at Bath ever since moving from lecturer to being promoted to full professor in 2019. His group is currently investigating new catalysts for sustainable chemical applications, for example biopolymer formation and polymer degradation. He is currently acting dean for the faculty of science at Bath.
Professor Jones will speak on: Catalytic Upgrading of Polymers – is Chemical Recycling the Answer?
Professor Peter Edwards (University of Oxford, UK)
Emeritus Statutory Chair of Inorganic Chemistry at Oxford, previously Birmingham, Cambridge (Jesus College; Director of Studies in Chemistry) and Cornell (Fulbright Scholar, NSF Fellow). Co-Founder, first UK Interdisciplinary Research Centre. That in Superconductivity ; Founder and Coordinator of the first UK Sustainable (Green) Hydrogen Energy Consortium. Currently establishing a major international initiative “Our Future Energy through a Circular Economy with Professor Jinghai Li (President of the Chinese National Science Foundation); Past Chair, European Research Council Advanced Investigators Award Panel on Chemical Synthesis and Advanced Materials; Fellow of the Royal Society; Einstein Professor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Foreign Member, German Academy of Sciences; US Academy of Arts and Sciences; International Member of the American Philosophical Society. Interests: Turning carbon dioxide into carbon-neutral fuel ; Circular solutions for plastic waste; Hydrogen stripping from fossil fuels and plastics waste.
Professor Edwards will speak on: Deconstruction of fossil fuels and plastics waste into hydrogen and carbon
Sandra Averous-Monnery (UN Environment Programme., Switzerland)
Sandra Avérous Monnery is Acting head of the Knowledge and Risk unit, in the Chemicals and Health Branch at the United Nations Environment Programme. She works on the chemicals agenda, in particular leads on Chemicals in Products, chemicals and Plastics, Green and Sustainable Chemistry, Global Mercury Partnership. She is involved in international processes and negotiations on chemicals and waste. Development economist, she joined UNEP about 15 years ago, and worked on Disaster Preparedness, Sustainable Consumption and Production, eco-innovation and engaging all actors towards sustainable value chains and circularity.
Ms Averous-Monnery will speak on the UNEP Framework Manual on Green and sustainable chemistry.
Professor Tom Welton (Imperial College, UK and President of the RSC)
Tom Welton OBE FRSC FCGI is Professor of Sustainable Chemistry at Imperial College London. He is the author of over 150 research papers across the range of inorganic, organic and physical chemistry journals, mostly on the structures and chemistry of ionic liquids and solutes in these. Tom is a former President of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2020-2022), during which he championed the contribution of the Chemical Sciences to achieving a sustainable future. He is widely acknowledged to be a champion of diversity in science and was head of department when the Chemistry department at Imperial College won its first Athena SWAN Gold award. Together with Alison Roger of the University of Warwick, he founded the Irene Juliot-Curie conference series. He is a L’Oréal-UNESCO Male Champion for Women in Science, a member of Elsevier’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion advisory board. In recognition of these activities, he was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2017.
Professor Welton will speak on: What is Sustainable Chemistry?
Tom Welton OBE FRSC FCGI is Professor of Sustainable Chemistry at Imperial College London. He is the author of over 150 research papers across the range of inorganic, organic and physical chemistry journals, mostly on the structures and chemistry of ionic liquids and solutes in these. Tom is a former President of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2020-2022), during which he championed the contribution of the Chemical Sciences to achieving a sustainable future. He is widely acknowledged to be a champion of diversity in science and was head of department when the Chemistry department at Imperial College won its first Athena SWAN Gold award. Together with Alison Roger of the University of Warwick, he founded the Irene Juliot-Curie conference series. He is a L’Oréal-UNESCO Male Champion for Women in Science, a member of Elsevier’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion advisory board. In recognition of these activities, he was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2017.
Professor Welton will speak on: What is Sustainable Chemistry?
Registration
To register, visit https://www.rsc.org/events/detail/74666/circular-chemistry-the-enabler-to-help-solve-global-challenges
Early Bird Members: £90 (free to join as an RSC member)
Early Bird Non-members: £120
Members: £100 (free to join as an RSC member)
Non-members: £150
To register, visit https://www.rsc.org/events/detail/74666/circular-chemistry-the-enabler-to-help-solve-global-challenges
Early Bird Members: £90 (free to join as an RSC member)
Early Bird Non-members: £120
Members: £100 (free to join as an RSC member)
Non-members: £150
