NOVEMBER 10

8:45 REGISTRATION AND CHECK IN

9:15 WELCOMING ADDRESSEES
Francisco Belil
. President of FEIQUE (Federation of Spanish Chemical Industries). Spain
Josep Castells. General Director of IUCT. Spain
Arturo González. Ministry of Science and Technology. Spain

9:55 OPENING REMARKS
Carles Estévez. Scientific Director of IUCT. Spain

10:00 GLOBAL PLENARY
Green Chemistry: Where we are and where we need to go
Paul T. Anastas. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. USA

10:50 COFFEE BREAK

11:10 GLOBAL PLENARY
Biocatalysis Applied to the Preparation of Pharmaceuticals

Vicente Gotor. Universidad de Oviedo. Spain

12:00 PANEL 1. GREEN CHEMISTRY RESEARCH POLICIES
Josep Batlle. President of AFAQUIM (Association of Spanish Fine Chemical Manufacturers). Spain
Representative of the Ministry of Environment. Spain
Ma. Rosa Infante CSIC (Superior Council of Scientific Investigations).Scientific Investigator. Spain
Alfons M.Salgueiro. Environment Department. Autonomous Government of Catatonia. Spain


SESSION I: GREEN CHEMISTRY IN INDUSTRY

Chairman: Joan Bladé. Grupo Uriach. Spain

12:45 BASIL- The First Technical Process Utilising Ionic Liquids
Matthias Maase. BASF. Germany

13:30 LUNCH

SESSION I: GREEN CHEMISTRY IN INDUSTRY

15:00 Total Synthesis of Hydrocortisone from a Simple Carbon Source in Yeast
Bruno Dumas. Aventis. France

15:40 Baypure- An Innovative Product Family for Household
Thomas Klein. Bayer Chemicals. Germany

16:20 Precision Processing through Intensification
Michael Jones. Protensive. UK

17:00 Eco Design Toolkit and Metrics
Alan Curzons. Glaxo SmithKline. UK

17:40 COFFEE BREAK- POSTER SESSION

SESSION II GREEN CHEMISTRY RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

Chairman: José M. López Nieto. Instituto de Tecnología Química. Spain

18:00 PLENARY
Supercritical fluids: Clean solvents for green Catalysis
Martyn Poliakoff. University of Nottingham. UK

18:50 Biocatalytic Green Redox-Chemistry
Kurt Faber. University of Graz. Austria

19:30 A Strategy for the Design of Sustainable Industrial Chemicals
Bernd Jastorff. University of Bremen. Germany

 

NOVEMBER 11

SESSION II GREEN CHEMISTRY RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

Chairman: Pedro Cintas. Universidad de Extremadura. Spain

9:00 GLOBAL PLENARY: Catalysts for Green Chemistry
James Clark. University of York. UK

9:50 Catalisis and Uses of Renewable Raw Materials
Joel Barrault.University of Poitiers. France

10:30 COFFEE BREAK - POSTER SESSION

10:50 PEM Fuel Cell Technology. An emerging green energy generation
Félix Sánchez. Instituto de Química Orgánica/CSIC. Spain

11:30 The role of the matrix in polymer supported reagents and catalysists: Taking advantage of it
Santiago Luis. Universitat Jaume I. Spain

12:20 PANEL 2. INTERNATIONAL INICIATIVES ON EDUCATION AND INDUSTRY-ACADEMIA COLLABORATION.
Ramon Mestres. Universitat de Valencia. Spain Chairman
Frank Agterberg. CEFIC.Belgium
James Clark. University of York.UK
Andreas Förster. Dechema. Germany
Dennis Hjeresen. GCI director. USA
Masao Kitajima. Japan Chemical Innovation Institute. Japan
Pietro Tundo. University of Venice/INCA. Italy
Janet Scott. Monash University. Australia

13:30 LUNCH

SESSION II GREEN CHEMISTRY RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

Chairman: Ramon Mestres. Universitat de Valencia. Spain

15:00 PLENARY: Developing Green Chemistry for Total Synthesis of Multi-Step Synthesis
Chao-Jun Li
. Tulane University. USA

15:50 Modular Homogeneous and Supported Ligands for Asymmetric Catalysis from
Synthetic Epoxides

Miquel A. Pericàs. Institut Català d'Investigació Química. Spain

Chairman: Masao Kitajima. Japan Chemical Innovation Institute. Spain

16:30 Macrocycles and Nanoparticles as useful Tools in the Recovery and Reutilization of Transition-Metal Catalysts
Marcial Moreno
. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Spain


17:10 COFFEE BREAK- POSTER SESSION

17:30 Electrochemistry: A New Green Technology?
Antonio Aldaz
. Universitat d’Alacant. Spain

18:10 Non-traditional “Greener” Alternatives to Chemical Transformations
Rajender S. Varma
. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. USA


18:50 CLOSING

Emilio Lora-Tamayo. President of the CSIC.Spain
Luis A. Oro*. President of the Royal Spanish Society of Chemistry. Spain
Carles Estévez. IUCT. Spain

(*) not yet confirmed

 

NOVEMBER 12

1St SPANISH MEETING ON SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY

Chairman: Santiago Luis. Universitat Jaume I. Spain

9:00 Visión estructurada de la Química Sostenible
Structured view of Green Chemistry Issues
Ramon Mestres. Universidad de Valencia. Spain

9:30 Hidrogenación enantioselectiva por catalizadores heterogeneos modificados quiralmente
Enantioselective hydrogenations on chirally modified heterogeneous catalysts
Alberto Marinas. Universidad de Córdoba. Spain

10:00 Desarrollo de catalizadores en fase sólida simples y efectivos para epoxidación con peróxido de hidrógeno diluido
The development of simple and efficient solid catalysts for epoxidation with diluted hydrogen peroxide
José M. Fraile. Universidad de Zaragoza-C.S.I.C. Spain


10:30 COFFEE BREAK

Chairman: Antonio De la Hoz. Universidad de Castilla La Mancha. Spain

11:00 Catalizadores “Pybox-Rutenio” inmobilizados sobre resinas de Merrifield
Pybox-Ruthenium catalysts immobilized on Merrifield’s resins
Victor Martinez Merino. Universidad Pública de Navarra. Spain

11:30 Principles of Green Engineering
Julie Zimmerman. Environmental Projection Agency. USA

12:00 Biocatalisis en un sistema de fases líquido iónico/anhidrido carbónico supercritico. Procedimiento para enantioseparación mediante resolución enzimática cinética
Biocatalysis in the Phase-System Ionic Liquid/Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
- an improved protocol for enantioseparation after enzymatic kinetic resolution -

Wolfgang Wiesenhöfer. Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung. Germany

12:30 El corcho como soporte sólido para química y biotecnología
Cork as a solid support for chemistry and biotechnology
Eduard Bardají. Universitat de Girona. Spain

13:00 Oxidación y nitración de sustratos orgánicos inducida electroquímicamente
Electrochemically - induced oxidation and nitration of organic substrates
Andrzej Sobkowiak. Rzeszow University of Technology. Poland

13:30 LUNCH

15:00 ORAL POSTER PRESENTATIONS (Coordinators: Carles Estévez (IUCT), Ramon Mestres (Univ. de Valencia), José Manuel López Nieto (Instituto de Tecnología Química. UPV-CSIC)

16:30 CLOSING
Ramon Mestres
Santiago Luís