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Conference Chair:
Klaus Kümmerer, Leuphana University of Luneberg, Germany
 
This major international conference will bring together keynote and invited speakers and international researchers from academia, government and industry, to communicate and share the latest developments across a range of broad topics highlighting the role of chemistry in contributing to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
 
Speakers include: Michael Graetzel from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and one of the 3 most highly cited chemists in the world and John Warner, President & Chief Technology Officer of The Warner Babcock Institute for Green ¾ÅÖÝÓ°Ôº LLC and, with Paul Anastas, one of the founders of the field of Green ¾ÅÖÝÓ°Ôº.
 
Abstracts on green and sustainable chemistry related topics that directly relate to the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals are particularly welcome to supplement the invited programme.
 
Topics include:
 
Bioresources – new applications and new capabilities
Inorganic resources – sustainable use of critical resources and materials
Waste reduction, waste capture and recycling – examples, opportunities and limitations
New molecules, materials and products – targeted design for sustainability
Organic synthesis – recent green developments
Catalysis – recent developments in bio catalysis, organic and inorganic catalysis
Photochemistry –  photocatalysis, synthesis and solar chemistry
Renewable energy –  conversion and storage
Green and sustainable pharmacy
Environmental science and sustainable chemistry
Cleaner production – legislation and sustainable chemistry
The UN Sustainable Development Goals and sustainable chemistry
Industry and sustainable chemistry – focus on start-ups
New business models
Circular economy and sustainable chemistry
Education and sustainable chemistry