Sunday June 1, 1997

3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Registration

7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Dinner

8:45 p.m. - 9:15 p.m. Opening remarks
Dr. Subhas Sikdar, Conference Co-Chair
Director, Sustainable Technology Division
National Risk Management, Research Laboratory, EPA

Overview
Dr. Robert M. Wellek, National Science Foundation (CRT)

9:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Opening reception

Monday June 2, 1997

7:00 am - 8:30 am Breakfast

8:30 am - 12:00 noon SESSION I: CLEAN PRODUCT TECHNOLOGIES
Session Co-Chairs:
Stephen Lingle
Director, Environmental Engineering Research Division
NCERQA, ORD, USEPA
&
Teresa Harten
Chief, Clean Processes and Products Branch
STD, NRMRL, USEPA

8:30 am - 9:15 am Non-VOC Coatings
Dr. Gerard Caneba
Michigan Technological University

9:15 am - 10:00 am Ionic Liquids as Replacements for Organic Solvents
Professor Kenneth R. Seddon
School of Chemistry, The Queens University of Belfast

10:00 am - 10:30 am Coffee Break

10:30 am - 11:15 am New Biopolymers Produced by Microoarganisms
Dr. Ryuchiro Kurane
Director of Applied Microbiology, National Institute of Applied Microbiology

11:15 am - 12:00 noon Decision Metries for Assessing Remanufacturability in Automobile Design
Dr. Michael Saunders
Georgia Institute of Technology

12:00 noon - 1:30 pm Lunch

1:45 pm - 5:00 pm Ad hoc discussions / free time

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Poster Session & Social Hour

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Dinner

8:00 pm - 9:30 pm SESSION II: LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS AND FULL COST ACCOUNTING
Session Chair:
Mary Ann Curran, STD, NRMRL, USEPA

8:00 pm - 8:30 pm Eco-Indicator 97
Mark Geodkoop
PRe Consultants

8:30 pm - 9:00 pm LCA in the United Kingdom
Professor Roland Clift
Director of Centre for Environmental Technology, University of Surrey

9:00 pm - 9:30 pm LCA Case Studies at P&G
Dr. J. William Owens
Principal Scientist, Environmental Science Department, The Procter & Gamble Company

9:30 pm - 10:30 pm Social Hour

Tuesday June 3, 1997

7:00 am - 8:30 am Breakfast

8:30 am - 12:00 noon SESSION III: CLEAN CHEMISTRY AND ENGINEERING
Session Co-Chairs:
Dr. Russell Farris
Chief, Existing Chemicals Section OPPT, USEPA
&
Dr. David Huestis
Director, Environmental Technology Program
SRI International

8:30 am - 9:15 am Role of Molecular Modeling and Computational Chemistry in "Green" Product Development
Dr. David Dixon
Battelle NW National Laboratories

9:15 am - 10:00 am Clean Catalysis
Dr. Ian E. Maxwell
Catalyst Research and Development, Shell Research and Technology Centre

10:00 am - 10:30 am Coffee Break

10:30 am - 11:15 am Clean Technology for Liquid Phase Hydrocarbon Oxidation: from Zeolites to Composite Catalytic Membrane Reactors
Prof. Gino V. Baron
Vrije University of Bruxelles

11:15 am - 12:00 noon TBA

12:00 noon - 1:30 pm Lunch

1:45 pm - 5:00 pm Ad hoc discussions / free time

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Poster Session & Social Hour

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Dinner

8:00 pm - 9:30 pm SESSION IV: CLEAN ENERGY PRODUCTION AND USE
Session Co-Chairs:
Charles Russomanno, DOE
&
Ivars J. Licis, USEPA

8:00 pm - 8:30 pm Thin Film Batteries for a Cleaner Environment
Prof. Ronald B. Goldner
Electro-Optics Technology Center, Tufts University

8:30 pm - 9:00 pm The Impact of Biopower on Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the United States During the Period 1997-2020: An Analysis of Options
Dr. Richard Bain, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, DOE

9:00 pm - 9:30 pm TBA

9:30 pm - 10:30 pm Social Hour

Wednesday June 4, 1997

7:00 am - 8:30 am Breakfast

8:30 am - 12:00 noon SESSION V: COMPUTER-BASED DESIGN TOOLS
Session Co-Chairs:
Dr. Urmilla Diwekar
Department of Engineering and Public Policy
Carnegie Mellon University
&
Dr. Peter P. Radecki
Executive Director, Corporate Relations
Michigan Technological University

8:30 am - 9:15 am Sustainability in Chemical Manufacturing Processes
Dr. Heriberto Cabezas
STD, NRMRL, USEPA

9:15 am - 10:00 am Pollution Prevention Via Mass Integration
Dr. Dennis Spriggs
Matrix Process Integration

10:00 am - 10:30 am Coffee Break

10:30 am - 11:15 am Towards Life-Cycle Based Optimal Process and Plant Design
Dr. E.N. Pistikopoulos
Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Imperial College

11:15 am - 12:00 noon TBA

12:00 noon - 1:30 pm Lunch

1:45 pm - 5:45 pm Ad hoc discussions / free time

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Dinner

8:00 pm - 10:15 pm SESSION VI: APPLIED P2 SOLUTIONS
Session Co-Chairs:
Dr. Robert Wellek
National Science Foundation

8:00 pm - 8:30 pm Applied P2 Solutions Via Collaborative Industrial Research
Dr. Jack Weaver
Director, Center for Waste Reduction Technologies

8:30 pm - 9:00 pm Conversion of Biomass Into Useful Products
Dr. Mark Holtzapple
Department of Chemical Engineering
Texas A & M

9:00 pm - 9:15 pm Coffee Break

9:15 pm - 9:45 pm New Developments in Clean Process Electrotechnologies
Dr. K.R. Ammi Amarnath
Electric Power Research Institute

9:45 pm - 10:15 pm TBA

10:15 pm - 11:15 pm Social Hour

Thursday June 5, 1997

7:00 am - 8:30 am Breakfast

8:30 am - 12:00 noon SESSION VII: SUMMARY DISCUSSION
Session Chair:
Dr. Henry Shaw
New Jersey Institute of Technology

Overview of Session Presentations
Session Chairs -- Panel

Open Discussion

12:00 noon - 1:30 pm Lunch

1:30 pm - 4:00 pm SESSION VIII: POLLUTION PREVENTION (P2) ISSUES IN THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION
Session Chair:
Dr. Ted MacDonald
Office of International Activities, USEPA

P2 Issues (TBA)
Panel Discussion by members of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

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