Conference Program

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Julie Chen, Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation, UMass Lowell

Keynote Talk 

Libby Bernick, Trucost. "The True Cost of a Circular Economy"

Session 1: Co-Product Availability & Utilization 

Chair: David Grewell, Iowa State University

• Douglas Bousfield, University of Maine. "The Conversion of Waste Paper to Cellulose Nanofibers and to High Value Products"
• Bruce Dien, USDA ARS. "Switchgrass for Ethanol and Lipid Production"
• Rachel Brenc, LanzaTech. "Innovating for a Carbon Smart Future"

Session 2: Conversion of Feedstock from Biochemical Perspective

Chair: Jim Barber, Barber Advisors LLC

• Molly Morse, Mango Materials. "The Use of Waste Methane Gas to Manufacture Bioplastics"
• JoAnn Ratto, US Army Natick Labs. "Multilayer Films from Soy Protein and for Food Packaging"
• Carl Lawton, UMass Lowell, GC3. "Conversion of Waste Cardboard to Itaconic Acid"

Session 3: Co-Product Utilization and Toxics Use Reduction 

Chair: Pamela Eliason, TURI

• Ramaswamy Nagarajan, UMass Lowell. “Utilization of Co-products for Toxics Use Reduction”
• Philip Demokritou, Harvard University. "Nano Waste: Lessons from a Decade of Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology Research" 
• Dhimiter Bello, UMass Lowell. "Managing Waste in the Context of Emerging Technologies: EHS Considerations"

Session 4: Lifecycle Assessment 

Chair: Joel Tickner, UMass Lowell, GC3 

• Lise Laurin, EarthShift Global, LLC. "Modeling End of Life in LCA using an Ideal World Approach"
• Jonathan Krones, Yale University. "Using Industrial Ecology Methods to Estimate Economy-Wide Potential of Waste Valorization"
• Debra Darby, Organix Solutions. "Layered Approach for Waste Management and Energy Recovery"

Workshop: Priorities and Next Steps

Chairs: Debra Darby, Organix Solutions; Nina Goodrich, GreenBlue