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| Day 1 | |
| 13-Oct | |
| 1:00 - 1:05 PM | Opening and Welcome |
| 1:05 - 1:55 PM |
Keynote 1 &2 and Q&A Session Chair: Narayan Ramesh, Dow Chemical Company |
| 1:05 - 1:30 PM | Mukund Parthasarathy, Dow Plastics |
| 1:30 - 1:55 PM | Phil Rozenski, Novolex |
| 1:55 -2:00 PM | Break |
| 2:00 - 2:45 PM | Panel Discussion 1: Replace - Creation of new materials |
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| Christina Payne, NSF | |
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Phil Rozenski, Novolex |
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Robert Allen, NREL |
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| 2:45 - 2:50 PM | Networking Break |
| 2:50 - 3:35 PM | Panel Discussion 2: Recycle and Reuse |
| Moderator: Jeffrey Seay, University of Kentucky | |
| Susan Thoman, Compost Manufacturing Alliance | |
| James Tour, Rice University | |
| Linda Wang, Purdue University | |
| Ignasi Palou-Rivera, RAPID | |
| 3:35 - 3:50 PM | Networking Break |
| 3:50 - 4: 30 PM |
Technical Session 1 & Live Q&A: Recycle, Reuse, Replace Session Chair: Benson Pair, Retired from KBR |
| Regina Malgueiro, CeNTI, Portugal. Valorisation of Polymeric Waste for the Development of Innovative Textile Coatings | |
| Rajni Bala Talwar, S.L.I.E.T, Longowal, India. Plastic Materials: Structures, Properties, Applications and Re-use | |
| Tanvi Govil, SDSMT, USA. Single Step Consolidated Bioprocessing of Corn Stover to Polyhydroxyalkanoates: A New Strategy | |
| Audrey Moores, McGill University, Canada. Mechanochemical and Aging Methods for the Fabrication of Chitosan Materials from Chitin As a Clean and Scalable Methodology | |
| Live Q&A 1 | |
| Day 2 | |
| 14-Oct | |
| 1:00 - 1:05 PM | Welcome and Last Day's Takeaways |
| 1:05 - 1:55 PM |
Keynote 3&4 and Q&A Session Chair: Paul Wightman, ENSO Plastics |
| 1:05 - 1:30 PM | Alex Padilla, California Secretry of State |
| 1:30 - 1:55 PM | Michael Maggio, iWrc |
| 1:55 - 2:00 PM | Break |
| 2:00 - 2:45 PM | Panel Discussion 3: Incorporating into the Consumer Market |
| Moderator: Jenni Brandon, Applied Ocean Sciences | |
| Lucas Ellis, NREL | |
| Jeff Cernohous, Interfacial Consultants | |
| Michael Maggio, iWrc | |
| 2:45 - 3:15 PM | Networking Break |
| 3:15 - 4:00 PM | Panel Discussion 4: Policy Considerations |
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| Mike Levy, First Environment | |
| Chever Voltmer, Ocean Conservancy | |
| TBA | |
| 4:00 - 4:05 PM | Break |
| 4:05 - 5:05 PM |
Technical Session 2 & Live Q&A: Plastic Waste Across the Supply Chain Session Chair: Christopher Thurber, Dow |
| Rajni Bala Talwar, S.L.I.E.T, Longowal, India. Degradation of Polymers during Fabrication and Daily Usage | |
| Xenia Zhao, Hamilton High School, USA. Modeling Plastic Pollution: A System Dynamics Approach to Understand and Control Macroscopic Plastic Flow Dynamics | |
| Martin Heller, University of Michigan, USA. Plastics in the US: Material Flow Characterization and Implications of System-Wide Interventions | |
| Lucas D. Ellis, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA. Tackling the waste plastics problem – plastics supply-chain modeling and chemical catalysis efforts in the BOTTLE Consortium | |
| Cesar Lubongo, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (SUNY), USA. Assessment of Commercially Available Automated Sorting Technology for Plastic Waste | |
| Basuhi Ravi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. Environmental and Economic Implications of US Postconsumer Plastic Waste Management | |
| 5:05 - 5:35 PM | Live Q&A 2 |
| Day 3 | |
| 15-Oct | |
| 1:00 - 1:05 PM | Welcome and Last Day's Takeaways |
| 1:05 - 1:35 PM | Short Talks + Poster |
| Shelby Browning, University of Kentucky College of Engineering, USA. Challenges to Combating Waste Plastic Accumulation Globally with the Production of Plastic Derived Fuel Oil (PDFO) | |
| Gregory Biausque, Exxonmobil Chemical, Belgium. Plastic Waste Recycling By Pyrolysis: Feed Versatility and Contaminants Challenges | |
| 1:35 - 1:45 PM | Break |
| 1:45 - 2: 30 PM | Panel Discussion 5: Plastic Waste Across the Supply Chain |
| Moderator: Brett Howard, American Chemistry Council | |
| Joseph Machado, Alliance to End Plastic Waste | |
| Paula Luu, Closed Loop Partners | |
| Vanessa Coleman, Oceanworks | |
| 2:30 - 2:35 PM | Break |
| 2:35 - 3: 20 PM | Panel Discussion 6: Technology Challenges and Opportunities |
| Moderator: Allie Brown, Topic Consultant | |
| Brett Howard, American Chemistry Council | |
| Ron Abbott, Chevron Phillips Chemical | |
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| 3:20 - 3:25 PM | Break |
| 3:25 - 4:35 PM |
Technical Session 3 & Live Q&A: Technology Challenges and Opportunities Session Chair: Mark Weick, Alliance to End Plastic Waste |
| Elizabeth Belden, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA. Thermodynamic Feasibility of Self-Powered Removal of Plastic Debris from the Ocean | |
| Brett Howard, ACC, USA. Industry Efforts to Advance Microplastics Science | |
| Seshasayee Mahadevan Subramanya, The Pennsylvania State University, USA. Valorization and Chemical Recycling of Plastic Waste Using Hot Pressurized Water | |
| Amardeep Singh, BITS Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Implementing Edge Based Object Detection for Microplastic Debris | |
| Ashok Vaseashta, International Clean Water Institute, USA. Nanomaterials for Mitigating Nano/Microplastics in Aquatic Envionment | |
| Boya Xiong, University of Minnesota, USA. Strategies for Enabling Plastic Circularity and Elimination of End-of-Life Plastic Waste | |
| Surojit Gupta, University of North Dakota, USA. Novel Biomass Based Sustainable Materials | |
| 4:35 - 5:10 PM | Live Q&A 3 |
| 5:10 - 5:20 PM | Closing Remarks and Next Steps |