2016 NorCal AIChE Symposium on Environment and Biotechnology
Lafayette Veterans Memorial Center (map)
Friday, April 8, 2016
Symposium Description:
The morning session of the symposium will focus on the topics of Environmental Science and Engineering, and Health and Safety. Presentation topics will include sustainability, waste treatment designs, determining appropriate means to meet compliance with existing regulations, and improving processes to minimize waste products.
Lunch includes the following AICHE Norcal Professional Excellence Awards (Click here for awardees' accomplishments):
Professional Achievement: Shariq Yosufzai, Vice President, Chevron Corporation
Continuing Education: Jerry Jones, P.E., AICHE Center for Chemical Process Safety
Plant Operations: Eco Services (Previously Solvay and Rhodia Chemical), Martinez, CA
The afternoon session of the symposium will have presentations focusing on biotechnology research and development, equipment process design, technology transfer, and manufacturing use of bioprocess technologies.
Symposium Agenda Details:
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8:00 am - 8:30 am |
Registration
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Environmental Health and Safety Session |
Speaker |
Title |
Affiliation |
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8:30 am |
John Wind
(Keynote speaker) |
Driving Sustainability at the Energy-Water-Food-Climate Nexus |
Renewable & Conventional Fuels & Chemicals |
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9:15 |
Erik Desormeaux |
Forward Osmosis: A New Tool to Minimize Waste and Reuse Water from Challenging Waste Streams |
Porifera Inc. |
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9:45 |
David Kahn |
Unpacking OSHA's Enforcement of RAGAGEP in PSM |
RSSI Consulting |
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10:15 - 10:45 |
Networking break |
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10:45 |
Curtis M. Tong
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Developing a Culture of Health and Safety |
Dow Chemical Company |
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11:15 |
James Russell
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Applications of Biological Treatment on Wastewaters within the Oil and Gas Industry |
Chevron Corporation
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11:45 am - 1:15 pm |
Lunch, Chemical Engineering Excellence Awards, Student Awards |
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Biotechnology Session
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Speaker |
Title |
Affiliation |
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1:15 pm |
Jenny Mortimer (Keynote speaker) |
Driving the Future: Advanced Biofuels R&D at the Joint BioEnergy Institute |
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
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2:00 |
Shital Tripathi |
ROBUST technology for mitigating microbial contaminations |
Total New Energies USA |
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2:30 |
Claire Komives |
Anti-hemorrhagic Peptide from Didelphis virginiana |
San Jose State University |
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3:00 - 3:30 |
Networking break |
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3:30 |
Deepak Dugar |
Bio-based processes for high performance polymers: Development and commercialization |
Visolis Inc. |
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4:00 |
Fabio De Martino |
Root Cause Analysis - When a process failure occurs in the Biopharmaceuticals industry |
Genentech |
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4:30 |
Closing Remarks |
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Click here for the abstracts of the talks and the biographies of the speakers.
To register for the 2015 NorCal AIChE Symposium, please follow the links below to our PayPal system:
Professional Participants - $90
Retiree and Student Participants - $45
Vendors - $265 - Includes Registration for 2 Employees and a 3 ft. x 6 ft. table top
LOCATION: Lafayette Veterans Memorial Center, 3780 Mt. Diablo Blvd. Lafayette CA. 94549. Directions: http://lafayetteveterans.org/wp/contact-visit-us/directions/
Please contact Naomi Goff with payment questions and Firehiwot Tachea with vendors questions.
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