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The need to equip students with the tools to connect core chemistry concepts to real-world sustainability challenges has never been more urgent. That’s why green chemistry and systems thinking are now required components of ACS-approved bachelor’s degree programs.

To support this transformative shift, the ACS Green Chemistry Institute is collaborating with a national network of educators to develop powerful new teaching resources. Join David A. Laviska of the ACS Green Chemistry Institute, Michelle Brooks of the American Chemical Society, and Loyd Bastin of Widener University as they provide you an extensive library of resources ACS offers to modernize your curricula and show you how to bring green chemistry to life in your classrooms.

This ACS Webinar is co-produced with the ACS Green Chemistry Institute.

What You Will Learn

• How chemistry curricula are evolving to empower students to tackle global challenges
• Brand-new ACS green chemistry resources created specifically for educators
• Practical, first-hand strategies to implement curriculum changes that truly resonate with students

Event Details

• Thursday, August 7, 2025 @ 2-3pm ET
• Free to attend
• Slides will be available to download on the day of the webinar

Inovine Meetings LLC is delighted to invite you to the 2nd World Summit on Renewable Energy & Green Chemistry taking place on November 24-25, 2025 in Panorama Hotel Prague, Czech Republic. This year’s theme, “Powering a Sustainable Future: Innovations in Renewable Energy & Green Chemistry”, highlights the latest advancements shaping the field.

Join us on this global platform to explore diverse topics, including Green Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Circular Economy, Recycling, Biofuels, Bioenergy, Sustainable Energy, Nuclear Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Chemistry, Waste Management, Geothermal Energy, Energy Efficiency, Nano Energy & Energy Materials, Solar Energy, Turbines and Generators.

This conference provides a unique opportunity to connect with experts, share insights, and collaborate on solutions to pressing challenges in Renewable Energy and Green Chemistry.

We look forward to welcoming you to Prague, Czech Republic for this inspiring event!

As sustainability continues to guide both corporate and academic decision-making in the lab, chemists are increasingly tasked with evaluating the environmental impact of their work early in process development. 

Understanding what makes a chemical reaction sustainable and having the tools to assess and improve it is a crucial skill in modern chemistry. Join Jonathan Tripp of Gilead Sciences as he explores practical methods and tools chemists can use to enhance reaction sustainability, as well as how to quantify the benefits of different process options using well-established metrics.

In addition to internally led initiatives to improve the sustainability of chemical processes, the U.S. Federal Government continues to implement new regulations that impact the work of industrial and academic chemists. With the EPA’s ruling on methylene chloride (also known as dichloromethane) taking effect under Section 6(a) of the Toxic Substances Control Act as of July 8, 2024, academic institutions must now plan for compliance with industrial and commercial uses to follow in 2026. Join Amanda Chung of UNC Chapel Hill as she shares how her institution has addressed this regulatory shift through collaboration, communication, and program development to ensure safe, compliant use of methylene chloride in research and teaching labs.

This ACS Webinar is moderated by Edmond Lam of the ACS Green Chemistry Institute and is coproduced by ACS Government Affairs.

What You Will Learn

• What factors contribute to the sustainability of a chemical reaction
• What tools are available to assess and improve the sustainability of chemical processes
• What are the key sustainability metrics and how they’re calculated and applied
• How the new methylene chloride rule impacts academic institutions
• What steps has UNC Chapel Hill taken to develop and implement a compliant program
• What are the takeaways from exposure monitoring at UNC-CH and implications for lab safety

Event Details

• Thursday, August 14, 2025 @ 2-3:30pm ET
• Free to attend
• Slides will be available to download on the day of the webinar

This free, interactive discussion will begin with a demonstration of two GCI resources: Reagent Guides and an Acid-Base Selection Tool.

Please join the Division of Chemical Health and Safety (CHAS) from 4:00 – 5:00 PM EDT on Thursday, August 21st for our next virtual CHAS Chat: Green Chemistry Resources and Solvent Alternatives. This free, interactive discussion will begin with a demonstration by the Assistant Director of the ACS Green Chemistry Institute (GCI), Edmond Lam, of two GCI resources: Reagent Guides and an Acid-Base Selection Tool. Xavier University Teaching Professor Kendra Denlinger will then discuss how to apply green chemistry and sustainability to teaching laboratories. Higher Education Content Manager at Beyond Benign, Monica Soma Hensley, will close the presentation portion of the CHAS Chat with an introduction to this nonprofit organization and their teaching and learning platform.

The CHAS Two-Year College (2YC) Community of Practice welcomes individuals who are interested in chemical health and safety in two-year colleges and similar institutions. To support faculty, staff, and students at such institutions, the Community hosts CHAS Chats on a quarterly basis. You do not need to officially join the 2YC Community or be affiliated with a two-year college to join the CHAS Chat. Contact Dwayne Henry at [email protected] with any questions.

NOTE: You must be an RSC member to attend this event.

Explore how sustainability and the green transition are reshaping skills in the chemical sciences. Chemistry roles now demand green skills at eight times the UK average, as highlighted in our Chemistry Future Workforce and Education Pathways report. Learn from employers about the green skills shaping the future and their priorities when recruiting. 

Panel includes:
Technology Development Lead, Croda who will talk about her experience, how much green skills are valued in chemical manufacturing and the skills that Croda values. 
R&D chemist at Johnson Matthey with  recent experience in research of fluorinated membrane degradation, focusing on PFAS analysis, monitoring and reduction.
We will also have a representative from CKGroup who works with employers seeking individuals with the right skills to fill chemical sciences roles.

About ChemCareers
Run by the Career Management team, ChemCareers is a monthly webinar series providing advice, access to experts and inspiration for your career. Our ChemCareers webinars provide insights into different sectors within chemical science and cover career-related topics such as where there are opportunities open to chemical scientists, professional development tips, how to stand out in job applications and how to manage career challenges. 

Can’t attend live? 
RSC members can catch up on our ChemCareers webinar recordings in our ChemCareers webinar library within our career and professional development hub in the Members’ area. https://members.rsc.org/site/content/Careers_Webpages/ChemCareersLibrary.aspx 

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I2SL offers a series of webinars intended to educate, connect, and diversify the sustainable laboratory and high-tech facility community. Webinars encourage interaction among the presenter and the audience by allowing you to ask questions of the experts and/or share your own expertise with an interested audience.

Attendees are given the exclusive opportunity to discover new tools, innovations, and technologies being utilized in the sustainable laboratory community. Attendees also have the opportunity to learn about I2SL's new and updated Best Practice Guides through presentations from the authors. Attendees may be eligible for continuing education credits through the American Institute of Architects or other professional organizations.

I2SL members can attend all live webinars and access the recording archive free of charge. For non-members, the cost is $100 to attend a live webinar or view a recorded webinar.

La educación en química verde nos permite imaginar y construir un futuro donde la ciencia protege tanto a las personas como al planeta. Cada educador y estudiante tiene un papel clave en esta transformación.

Durante el webinar gratuito el Dr. Omar Villanueva compartirá estrategias educativas y ejemplos prácticos para integrar sus principios en distintos niveles académicos, destacando el trabajo de Beyond Benign, organización dedicada a empoderar a docentes para transformar la enseñanza de la química hacia un futuro sostenible. Inspirada por una visión en la que los componentes químicos de los productos cotidianos sean seguros para las personas y el medio ambiente, Beyond Benign impulsa una comunidad global que promueve una química más responsable y saludable.

Lo Que El Público Aprenderá

• Qué es la química verde y por qué es esencial para construir un futuro más sostenible
• Estrategias prácticas para integrar los principios de la química verde en la enseñanza y el aprendizaje
• Cómo el trabajo de Beyond Benign apoya a docentes y comunidades educativas para transformar la educación química a nivel global

Detalles del Evento

• Fecha: Miercoles, 7 de Mayo 2-3pm ET /  12-1pm CT
• Coste: Asistencia gratuita
• Las diapositivas estarán disponibles para descargar el día del evento

Coproducido con Society of Chemistry of Mexico,

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Join us for a conversation on how green chemistry is advancing bio-based materials and driving sustainable solutions. This webinar will highlight emerging technologies, the role of renewable feedstocks like soy, and how educators can bring these innovations into their classrooms. Whether you teach chemistry, materials science, or sustainability, this session will offer valuable insights into the evolving landscape of biorenewable chemistry.

Attend to Explore:

• Insights into the latest advancements in renewable feedstocks and sustainable chemistry

• Applications of soy in industrial materials and sustainable innovation

• Strategies for integrating bio-based chemistry into academic curricula

• Opportunities for collaboration between industry and education

Who Should Attend?

This webinar is designed for higher education faculty, researchers, industry professionals, and sustainability advocates interested in the real-world applications of green chemistry. Whether you're looking to enhance your curriculum, explore new research directions, or understand industry trends, this session will provide valuable knowledge and practical applications.

At-a-Glance Agenda:

• Introduction & Overview – Green chemistry & soy industry/chemistry

• Sustainability & Industry Applications – Exploring soy research and innovations

• Education & Collaboration – Bringing renewable research and innovations into classrooms

• Q&A and Breakout Room Discussions – Live conversations with experts

This event was made possible with support from the United Soybean Board (USB). Any opinions, findings, and/or interpretations of data contained herein are the responsibility of the presenter(s) and do not necessarily represent the opinions, interpretations, or policy of USB and Beyond Benign.

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The supply of low carbon energy is one of the greatest challenges of our time. 

Major breakthroughs in green energy technologies require advances in new materials and underpinning science. Learn more about this topic during a special webinar with Dr. Saiful Islam, Professor of Materials Science at the University of Oxford.

During this webinar, Dr. Islam will describe the materials science of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and novel perovskite-type compounds for next-generation solar cells. He will also highlight the use of advanced materials modeling to gain deeper insights on the atomic scale.

This is the third installment of the webinar series, "Promoting Chemistry Applied to World Needs" presented by Beyond Benign and IUPAC CHEMRAWN.

Professor Saiful Islam, University of Oxford

Saiful is Professor of Materials Science at the University of Oxford. He grew up in north London and obtained his Chemistry degree and PhD from University College London. He then worked at the Eastman Kodak Labs, New York, and the Universities of Surrey and Bath.

His research focuses on understanding atomic-scale processes in new materials for lithium batteries, sodium batteries and perovskite solar cells. Saiful has received several awards including from the Royal Society, American Chemical Society and Royal Society of Chemistry.

He presented the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (2016) on BBC TV, which included a lemon battery world record. He is a Patron of Humanists UK and when not exploring new materials, he enjoys family breaks (as a dad of two), films and indie music.(Research website: https://bit.ly/327BgQr)

About the series:

During this webinar series, speakers will orient their presentations around the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Top 10 Emerging Technologies to demonstrate the power that chemists hold in shaping and preserving the future. Each talk will be accompanied by short videos on the topic geared toward high school and university chemistry students as well as the general public.

This series is hosted by Beyond Benign and the IUPAC Committee on Chemical Research Applied to World Needs (CHEMRAWN).

Previous webinars:

https://youtu.be/yI-OMl4JnfY?feature=shared

https://youtu.be/OOKZy4HSqy8?feature=shared

This webinar will take place at 10am Central European Time (4am Eastern Time). The same webinar is also being presented on April 10th at 1pm Eastern Time (see separate event listing here).

Air Monitoring is a very important analytical field in environmental analysis and industrial hygiene. It is a discipline whose sole aim is to ensure the air we breathe is safe and free from hazardous VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds). VOCs can be emitted from products of daily use or emitted during the manufacturing of polymers, adhesives, paints, petroleum products or pharmaceuticals.

To monitor such compounds in the air, these are trapped in collection devices such as tubes or badges with adsorbents. For analysis, the trapped compounds need to be desorbed from the adsorbents. This could be achieved using a solvent (solvent desorption) or by heat (thermal desorption).

This webinar discusses the details of thermal desorption, its benefits and limitations compared to solvent desorption. In particular, it demonstrates why thermal desorption is the much greener approach for air monitoring using different application examples and metrics based on the 12 Principles of Green Analytical Chemistry for the greenness of analytical methods.

In this webinar, you will learn:

• Theory and background of Thermal Desorption in Air Monitoring
• 12 Principles of Green Analytical Chemistry
• Approaches to assess the greenness of analytical methods
• Sustainability advantages of Thermal Desorption

Speaker:

Frank Michel, Ph.D. Technical Marketing, Scientific Education & Sustainability, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Frank Michel received his diploma and PhD in Analytical Chemistry at University of Muenster/Germany. At Bernina Biosystems, a biopharmaceutical company, he developed and validated analytical HPLC and other methods for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs), including excipients and drug products. Later Frank changed to Sigma-Aldrich and had various roles in Product Development, Marketing and Customer Education in Analytical Chemistry. After an engagement at HWI Analytik, an analytical service provider for the pharmaceutical industry, he returned in 2010 to Sigma-Aldrich (since Nov. 2015 part of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany) as Scientific Advisor for Analytical Chemistry. During his career, Frank focused already on Green Analytical Chemistry, e.g. by miniaturization in HPLC for solvent savings and the solvent-free extraction technology SPME. Since 2022 he is responsible for sustainability and training in Chemistry.

Frank is a member of both the Sustainable Chemistry and the Separation Science working group in the German Chemist Society (GDCh), member of the IUPAC project team “Greenness of official standard sample preparation methods” and in the EuChemS-DAC Sample Preparation Study Group and Network.