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EcoForm2013 – Programme

Programme – EcoForm 2013

Tuesday 25th June

09:00

Registration opens

09:45

Opening remarks

Prof Martin Snowden (Acting Pro VC, Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Greenwich)

09:55

How can a future global population of 9 billion people all be fed equitably and sustainably? (Foresight)

Dr. Timothy Mason, Coventry University Sonochemistry Centre

Session 1 – (Chair – Timothy Mason, Coventry University Sonochemistry Centre)

10:10

Microwave processing of polymers in aqueous solutions

Vitaliy Khutoryanskiy (University of Reading)

10:45

Commercial Plant-based Plastics in packaging and durable applications

Ed Kosier (Nextek Ltd)

11:10

Refreshment break, posters and exhibition

11:40

Adventures of a Chemist in Supercritical water flow reactors: Reactor design, Scale-up and Nanomaterials Discovery

Jawwad Darr (University College London)

12:15

Melting point depression of fatty acids in supercritical carbon dioxide

Ruchir Bhomia (University of Greenwich)

12:40

Lunch Break, Exhibition and Posters

Session 2 – (Chair – Vivek Trivedi, University of Greenwich)

13:40

Contributions of Sonochemistry to Green Technology

Timothy Mason (Coventry University Sonochemistry Centre)

14:15

Applications of Ultrasound in Extraction Technology

Larysa Paniwnyk (Coventry University Sonochemistry Centre)

14:40

Aqueous lubricants to replace mineral oils in aluminium cold rolling

Rolf O Skold (AB Chem Dimension)

15:05

Hot Melt Extrusion: a green technology for the development of pharmaceutical products

Dennis Douroumis (Director of CIPER, University of Greenwich)

15:30

Refreshment break, Exhibition and Posters

Session 3 – (Chair – Vitaliy Khutoryanskiy, University of Reading)

16:00

Radiation technology for clean synthesis, processing and environment

Piotr Ulanski (Technical University of Łódź)

16:35

Green manufacture of semiconducting silicon from plants

Leigh Canham (pSivida (pSiMedica) Corp)

17:00

Green Chemistry at Pfizer

Peter Dunn (Pfizer Inc.)

17:35

Poster Awards and Closing Remarks

19:00

Conference Dinner

 

Wednesday 26th June
09:30 – 13:00 Tour of laboratories and opportunities to sign up to workshops on Melt extrusion and PAT, Sonochemistry and Nanoparticles. Further details of the workshops can be found here.

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