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Emerging Technologies

As the pace of the global climate change accelerates, industrial sustainability principles of practices are needed more than ever. This is particularly true for shaping new ideas and technologies of which its impact on how the chemical industry will practice sustainability for the years to come.

Modeling, Computation, and Data Analytics in Process Development

The rapid growth in computer science led us to extract valuable information from large data sets to solve complex problems of today’s as well as help us design next generation materials and optimize chemical processes.

Robert Lilienfeld

Robert Lilienfeld is management consultant/senior executive with 40+ years of experience in marketing, branding, advertising, sustainability, packaging, and communications. Author, photographer, TV commentator, recognized expert in the areas of waste prevention, environmental trends, and packaging. ...Read more

Poster Session

The poster reception will feature a mix of poster presentations from both industry and academia. As attendees mingle between posters, hors d'oeuvres and drinks will also be served.

Thomas Trabold

Dr. Thomas Trabold teaches courses in the fundamentals of sustainability science, sustainable energy systems, sustainable mobility systems, and green chemistry. His primary research focus is in the development of alternative energy technologies including fuel cells, bio-fuels, and waste-to-energy processes. In 2014 and 2015 he was nominated for the Richard and Virginia Eisenhart Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, and in 2007 he earned the General Motors McCuen Award for “Neutron Imaging Facility and Methods for Fuel Cell Water Visualization.” His students say he has a system-level...Read more

Panel/Interactive Session

We are bringing back a popular feature of past PDS:  The Interactive Panel Session.  All attendees bring their experience to this conference and all will be listening to valuable information from the papers in the other sessions.

Jessica Bowman

Jessica Bowman serves as the Plant Based Products Council’s (PBPC) Executive Director. In her position, she leads PBPC’s efforts in advocating for using more renewable, plant-based materials and ensuring they become part of the circular bioeconomy. In addition to leading PBPC, Jessica also serves as the Corn Refiners Association’s (CRA) Vice President of Advanced Bioproducts, overseeing and executing legislative and regulatory priorities for policies related to advanced bioproducts.

Jessica joins PBPC from the American Chemistry Council, where she served as Executive Director of the...Read more

Technology Transfer in a Global Environment

In today’s global work environment, process development teams are often not physically located together.  It is common for team members from the R&D laboratories, pilot facilities, and commercialization sites to all be geographically separated.

Process Development for a Circular Economy

The concept of circular economy matters more now than ever. With the increase of resource scarcity as the world population continues to grow, shifting from a linear production model of “take-make-waste” to a circular sustainability model of “make-use-reuse/recycle” is imperative.

Designing Robust and Flexible Processes

Technically complex processes present many challenges during their life cycle. These challenges are often as multifaceted as the process itself and span both the technical and managerial realms.

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