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Programming
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Prof. Mahdi Abu-Omar
University of California, SB

Prof. Andrew Dove
University of Birmingham
Prof. Elizabeth Gillies
Western University
Prof. Dr. Michael Meier
Karlsruhe Inst. of Tech.
Prof. Charlotte Williams
University of Oxford
Dr. Kate Beers
NIST
Dr. Jeanette Garcia
IBM
Dr. Brett Helms
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Prof. Stuart Rowan
University of Chicago
Prof. Jinwen Zhang
Washington State University
INVITED SPEAKERS
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Prof. Jeffrey Byers, Boston College
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Prof. Paula Diaconescu, UCLA
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Prof. John R. Dorgan, Michigan State University
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Prof. Chris Ellison, University of Minnesota
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Prof. Thomas Epps, University of Delaware
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Prof. Robert Grubbs, Stonybrook
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Prof. Sophie Guillaume, CNRS
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Prof. Lian Hutchings, University of Durham
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Prof. Li Jia, University of Akron
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Prof. Andrea Kasko, UCLA
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Prof. Frank Leibfarth, UNC
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Prof. Zhibo Li, ICCAS
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Prof. Stephen A. Miller, University of Florida
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Prof. Karin Odelius, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
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Prof. Brad Olsen, MIT
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Prof. Coleen Pugh, Wichita
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Prof. Michi Sander, ETH Zurich
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Prof. Joe Stanzione, Rowan Univ.
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Prof. Jane Wissinger, University of Minnesota
EVENT FORMAT:
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Sun- Late afternoon for Registration, welcome remarks, programming, and reception
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Mon – Full day of programming with extended afternoon break for site seeing/networking and evening networking reception and poster session
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Tues – Full day of programming and evening networking reception
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Wed – Half day of programming
POSSIBLE TOPICS INCLUDE
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Polymers from renewable feedstocks
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Renewable polymer blends and copolymers
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Polymers prepared from biocatalysts (enzymes, microbes, and other organisms) including polymers from lignin depolymerization products
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Renewable polymer composites (renewable fillers and their dispersion/interface in polymer matrices)
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Challenges from an industrial perspective for implementation of green materials
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End-of-life behavior: polymer recycling (physical and chemical routes) and degradation (in composts, oceans, etc).
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Challenges and current art for life cycle assessments (LCAs) to quantify the sustainability of green polymers