2022 GC3 Innovators Roundtable - Agenda

Innovation Activation

Get ready to kickstart the GC3 Innovators Roundtable by fostering connections to accelerate innovation. Through a combination of brief presentations, discussions, and audience engagement, participants will learn what companies are seeking and have opportunities to share their own needs and/or solutions.  Expect reverse pitches from corporations highlighting their needs, introductions to a new cohort of GC3 startups developing innovative solutions, and opportunities to connect.  Are you a seeker, a solver, and/or a funder? Join us to activate safer, more sustainable chemistry innovation! 

If you are attending in-person, please select that you will be joining this session during the registration process.

Reverse Pitch Speaker Bios

Museum Tour

Join us for a 30-min curated tour of the Science History Institute.

Registration and Welcome Reception

Come network with colleagues on the opening night of the GC3 Innovators Roundtable!

Join us November 8 at the Science History Institute for a welcome reception. Food and drinks will be served.

Fun Run with Joel Tickner

Join GC3 Executive Director Joel Tickner and fellow attendees for a jog around Philly. Please meet outside the main entrance of the Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel. The group will head off promptly at 6:30 AM ET.

Registration

Registration is open at this time.

Continental Breakfast and Refreshments

A light continental breakfast will be served with refreshments.

Welcome Remarks

Presenter:

• Joel Tickner, Executive Director at the GC3

Speaker Bio

KEYNOTE
Presented by Sarah Eckersley, Vice President of R&D, Industrial Intermediates & Infrastructure at Dow

Speaker Bio

SESSION 1
What's it going to take to accelerate green & sustainable chemistry?

Moderator: Joel Tickner, Executive Director at the GC3

Presenters:

• Julie Zimmerman, Professor & Sr Associate Dean Academic Affairs at Yale University (Virtual presenter)
• Vijay Sarathy, Partner at McKinsey & Company
• Judith Giordan, Managing Director at ecosVC and co-founder of Chemical Angels Network (Virtual presenter)
• Meredith Williams, Director at California Department of Toxic Substances Control
• Andy Shafer, Strategist at Shafer's Innovation and Business Building Services

Speaker Bios

Networking Break

Brief networking break with snacks and refreshments.

SESSION 2
Engaging the finance community as champions for green chemistry

Moderator: Alexandra McPherson, Director, Investor Environmental Health Network at Clean Production Action 

Presenters:

• Libby Bernick, Chief Executive Officer at Impact-Cubed
• Anne Kolton, Chief Sustainability Officer at SK Capital Partners
• Steve Block, Green Chemistry Advocate, Biochem Resources, LLC
• Anantha Desikan, Executive Vice President, Chief Innovation and Technology Officer at ICL Group

Speaker Bios

Lunch

SESSION 3
Key Factors for Successful Adoption of Green Chemistry across the Supply Chain 

Moderator: Sally Edwards, Director, Retailer Leadership Council at GC3

Presenters:

• Steve Botts, EMS Lead, Best Buy (Virtual presenter)
• Stacy Glass, Executive Director at ChemFORWARD
• Amanda Cattermole, Founder & CEO, Cattermole Consulting Inc.
• Ramesh Iyer, Global Director: Sustainability Strategy & Execution, DOW

Speaker Bios

SESSION 4
Breakout Introductions

Presenters: 

• Carbon Neutrality:
  • Todd Cline, Senior Director of Sustainability, Procter & Gamble
  • Laura Hoch, Material Innovation, Patagonia
  • Joel Tickner, Executive Director at GC3
• Alternative Assessments:
  • Scott Echols, Senior Programme Director, ZDHC Foundation
  • Saskia van Bergen, Safer Chemist Lead, Washington State Department of Ecology
  • Catherine Rudisill, Founder & Principal, Safer Chemistry Advisory LLC (Virtual presenter)
• Advanced Recycling:
  • John Hott, Director, Global Product Stewardship and Regulatory Affairs, Eastman 

Speaker Bios

Networking Break

Brief networking break with light snacks and refreshments.

SESSION 4
Discussion: The role of green chemistry in advancing carbon neutrality and other sustainability goals

Breakout Session

• Carbon Neutrality
• Alternative Assessments
• Advanced Recycling

Head to Evening Reception

It's about a 15-20 min walk or 7 min drive to Moshulu

Evening Reception

Join us for evening of networking and dinner! 

The evening reception will be held at Moshulu, this unique dining experience is aboard a historic ship. The floating restaurant is located at 401 S Christopher Columbus Blvd, Philadelphia.

Continental Breakfast and Refreshments

A light continental breakfast will be served with refreshments.

MODERATOR: Darcy Prather, GC3 Board of Directors, President at Kalion, Inc.

KEYNOTE PANEL: Advancing Environmental Justice through Sustainable Chemistry

Philip M. Fine, Principal Deputy Associate Administrator for Policy at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

Dionne Delli-Gatti, Associate Vice President at the Environmental Defense Fund

Speaker Bios

SESSION 5
What are the “hard stops” in chemical innovation?

Moderator: Joel Tickner, Executive Director at the GC3

Presenters:

• Lauren Duffy, Environmental Toxicologist at US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Pamela Spencer, Vice President Regulatory, Product Stewardship & Quality at ANGUS Chemical Company
• Victor Zanchi, Product Sustainability & Stewardship Manager, Reckitt

Speaker Bios

Networking Break

Brief networking break with light snacks and refreshments.
 

SESSION 6
Advancing key federal environmental priorities through G&SC

Moderator: Ben Dunham, Principal Attorney at Dunham Law & Policy PLLC

Presenters:

• Kathryn Beers, Lead, Circular Economy at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
• David Berkowitz, Division Director, Division Chemistry at National Science Foundation (NSF)
• Patricia Underwood, Director at the Office of the Secretary of Defense
• Andrew Sumner, Chemical Sector Lead at the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations, U.S. Department of Energy
• Jennie Romer, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Pollution Prevention at EPA's Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) (Virtual presenter)

Speaker Bios

Lunch

SESSION 7
Future chemists to drive green chemistry at scale

Moderator: Jenny MacKellar, Program Director at the GC3

Presenters:

• Amy Cannon, Executive Director and Co-Founder at Beyond Benign
• Adelina Voutchkova, Director, Sustainable Development and Green Chemistry Institute at American Chemical Society
• Eunice Heath, Global Director, Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainability, DOW
• Andrea Ashley-Oyewolye, Assistant Professor at Prairie View A&M University (Virtual presenter)

Speaker Bios

CLOSING REMARKS

Presenter:

• Joel Tickner, Executive Director at the GC3
  
  

Adjourn