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Pollution Prevention through Nanotechnology Conference Agenda and Presentations
Holiday Inn Rosslyn at Key Bridge
September 25-26, 2007
General conference information
Print version of this agenda (PDF) (5 pp, 153K)
Day One - Tuesday, September 25, 2007
9:00 AM Registration
9:30 AM Introductions and Setting the Stage
Moderator: Clive Davies, Chief, Design for the Environment Branch (DfE),
U.S. EPA
- Priorities and Perspectives
James Gulliford, Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances (OPPTS), U.S. EPA
- Science and Research
Dr. George Gray, Assistant Administrator, Office of Research and Development (ORD), U.S. EPA
- Presentation: Nanotechnology and Pollution Prevention Overview (PDF) (18 pp, 906K)
Dr. Clayton Teague, Director, National Nanotechnology Coordination Office
- Conference Framework, Goals, and Desired Outcomes
Charles Auer, Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), OPPTS, U.S. EPA
- Discussion
10:55 AM Break
11:15 AM Nanotechnology Life-Cycle Considerations
Moderator: Jeff Morris, Associate Director for Science, Office of Science Policy, ORD, U.S. EPA
- Presentation: Life-Cycle Thinking for Sustainable Nanotechnology (PDF) (13 pp, 196K)
Dr. Lauren Heine, Director of Applied Science, GreenBlue
- Presentation: Identifying Life-Cycle Issues for Nanotechnologies (PDF) (15 pp, 950K)
David Rejeski, Director, Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, Woodrow Wilson International Center
- Presentation: Applying Green Chemistry Principles to Nanotechnology (Presentation is not available)
Professor James Hutchison, Department of Chemistry, University of Oregon and Director, ONAMI Safer Nanomaterials and Nanomanufacturing Initiative (SNNI)
- Discussion
12:15 PM Lunch
1:15 PM Nanotechnology Products
Moderator: Dr. Jeffery Steevens, Research Toxicologist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Presentation: Alternatives to Chrome VI Coatings (PDF) (14 pp, 5.7M)
Dr. Greg Engleman, Coating Technologies, Powdermet, Inc.
- Presentation: Easy-to-Clean Surfaces and the Underlying Nanoscale Materials (PDF) (17 pp, 1.8M)
Dr. Fred Klaessig, Business Director, Aerosil Business Line, Degussa Corporation
- Energetics, Including Safer Non-Lead Primers to Prevent Pollution (Presentation is not available)
Professor Shubhra Gangopadhyay, LaPierre Chair Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Missouri at Columbia
- Presentation: Nanoscale Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (PDF) (24 pp, 1.2M)
Dr. Rama Venkatasubramanian, Senior Research Director, Center for Solid State Energetics, RTI International
2:40 PM Break
3:00 PM Nanotechnology Processes
Moderator: Dr. Dennis Utterback, Office of Science Policy, ORD, U.S. EPA
- Presentation: Nanoengineering Materials for Pollution Prevention: Concrete and Reduced CO2 Emissions (PDF) (25 pp, 1.9M)
Professor Franz-Josef Ulm, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Presentation: Stereoselective Green Chemistry Strategies Using Crystal-to-Crystal Reactions: The Advantages of Molecular Nanocrystals (PDF) (29 pp, 60M)
Professor Miguel Garcia-Garibay, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles
- Presentation: Nanotechnology as a Tool to Advance Pollution Prevention in the Semiconductor/IT Industry (PDF) (21 pp, 2.3M)
Dr. Arthur Fong, Corporate Environmental Affairs, IBM Corporation
4:05 PM Energy or Resource Efficiency
Moderator: Jeffrey Burke, Executive Director, National Pollution Prevention Roundtable
- Presentation: Nanomaterials for Low-Cost, High-Efficiency Solar Cells (Presentation is not available)
Professor Peter Peumans, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
- Presentation: Pores without Walls for Clean Energy (Presentation is not available)
Professor Omar Yaghi, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles
- Presentation: Nanotechnology Enabled Materials for Energy Conservation (PDF) (18 pp, 2.4M)
Dr. Daniel Rardon, Manager Advanced Technologies, PPG Industries
5:10 PM Adjourn
5:30 PM Reception and Poster Session
Day Two - Wednesday, September 26, 2007
8:45 AM Day 2 Welcome, Clive Davies, Chief, DfE, OPPT, OPPTS, U.S. EPA
9:00 AM Case Study #1: Nanotechnology Processes – Catalysts
Moderator: Dr. Jeremiah Duncan, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Environmental Fellow, OPPT, OPPTS, U.S. EPA
- Presentation: Green Catalytic Processes: Substitution of Volatile Liquid Acids with Solid Acids (PDF) (10 pp, 1.2M)
Professor Israel Wachs, G. Whitney Snyder Professor, Rossin College of Engineering & Applied Science, Lehigh University
- Presentation: Business Potential of Nano Catalysts for Clean Energy (PDF) (14 pp, 930K)
Pankaj Dhingra, President and Chief Executive Officer, Nanostellar, Inc.
- Presentation: Nano-Enabled Catalysts for the Commercially Viable Production of H2O2 (PDF) (16 pp, 1.6M)
Dr. Bing Zhou, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Headwaters Technology Innovation Group
- Presentation: Green Chemistry and Life-Cycle Thinking (PDF) (13 pp, 1.2M)
Professor Terrence Collins, Thomas Lord Professor of Chemistry and Director, Institute for Green Oxidation Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University
- Discussion
10:20 AM Break
10:40 AM Case Study #2: Nanotechnology Products – Flame Retardants
Moderator: Lynn L. Bergeson, Esquire, Managing Director, Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
- Presentation: Nanocomposites-Based Flame Retardants Research at NIST (PDF) (42 pp, 6.7M)
Dr. Jeffrey W. Gilman, Leader, Materials and Products Group, Fire Research Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Presentation: Environmentally Friendly, Nano-Based Polyurethane Fire Retardant Systems (PDF) (31 pp, 1.8M)
Professor Richard A. Pethrick, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde
- Presentation: Commercialization of Nanoclays for Use as Fire Retardants (PDF) (33 pp, 1.8M)
Dr. Tie Lan, General Manager, Nanocor, Inc.
- Presentation: Learning from Chemical Flame Retardants: The Life-Cycle Questions We Need to Answer (PDF) (21 pp, 564M)
Dr. Mark Rossi, Research Director, Clean Production Action
- Discussion
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Case Study #3: Energy / Resource Efficiency – Lithium-Ion Batteries
Moderator: Kathleen Vokes, DfE, OPPT, OPPTS, U.S. EPA
- Presentation: The Enabling Role of Nanomaterials in Lithium Battery Technology for Improved Energy Utilization and Conservation (PDF) (19 pp, 3.6M)
Professor Yet-Ming Chiang, Department of Materials Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Co-Founder of A123 Systems
- Presentation: Nano-Based Lithium-Ion Batteries for Electric Vehicles (PDF) (24 pp, 2.3M)
Dr. Evan House, Director, Lithium Titanate Battery Program, Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc.
- Presentation: Keeping Pace with Nanotechnology: A Proposal for a New Approach to Environmental Accountability (PDF) (46 pp, 118K)
Lee Paddock, Associate Dean for Environmental Law Studies, The George Washington University Law School
- Discussion
2:15 PM Break
2:30 PM Perspectives and Next Steps
Moderator: Dr. Ken Geiser, Co-Director, Lowell Center for Sustainable Production,
University of Massachusetts Lowell
- Terry Medley, Global Director of Corporate Regulatory Affairs
DuPont Environmental and Sustainable Growth Center
Presentation: Perspectives and Next Steps (PDF) (6 pp, 98K)
- Beverley Thorpe, International Director
Clean Production Action
- David Rejeski, Director
Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, Woodrow Wilson International Center
3:15 PM EPA Perspectives and Closing Remarks
- Jeff Morris, Associate Director for Science
Office of Science Policy, ORD , U.S. EPA
- Jim Willis, Director
Chemical Control Division, OPPT , OPPTS, U.S. EPA
3:30 PM Adjourn
