WORKSHOP on “Sustainable Chemistry “ Ávila, Spain 6 – 10 March
2011
Sunday 6 March
20:30 Welcome drinks and informal welcome dinner at the Parador de Ávila
Monday 7 March
9:00 - 9:20 Welcome by British Council Director and Vicepresident CSIC (Spanish National Research
Council)
INDUSTRIAL WASTE AS RENEWABLE RESOURCES
09.10 - 09.45
James Clark
09.45 - 10.05
Pedro Castaño
10.05 - 10.25
Mathew Davinson
10.25 - 11.00
Jaume Cot
11.00
Green Chemistry and industrial symbiosis – using waste as a
resource
Deactivation pathways of the catalysts used for producing
fuels and chemicals from renewable sources
Benign, Robust and Stereoselective Initiators for Renewable
Polymers
Minimization of collagenic waste: Isolation of high valueadded biopolymers
Session discussion
11:15 - 11:45 Coffee break
GREEN SOLVENTS
11.45 - 12.20
Pedro Lozano
Continuous green biocatalytic processes in neoteric solvents:
From one phase to multiphase systems
12.20 - 12.40
Richard Wells
The use of water as a solvent in sustainable chemistry
12.40 - 13.00
Peter Licence
Ionic Liquids in vacuo: Liquid Surface Science
13.00 - 13.20
Teresa García
Biodegradation and toxicity of ionic liquids
13.20 Session discussion
13.30 – 15.30 Lunch
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GREEN SOLVENTS
15.30 - 16.05
16.05 - 16.25
16.25 - 16.45
16.45
Ionic liquids from wastes and recycling metallic wastes using
ILs
Application of Bronsted Acid Iionic Liquids in Pd-Catalyzed
Ethene Methoxycarbonylation
Andy Abbot
Eduardo GarcíaSuárez
Eduardo García
Vergudo
Supported Ionic Solvents
Session discussion
17:00 - 17:30 Coffee break
BIO-BASED PRODUCTS FROM RENEWABLE RESOURCES
17.30 - 18.05
Angeles Manresa
Biosurfactants, bioemulsifiers: a common occurrence in
nature”
18.05 - 18.25
Lourdes Pérez
Biocompatible Surfactants from Natural Resources
18.25 - 18.45
Jesús Palenzuela
High Strength Starch-Based Plastics
18.45
Session discussion
20.30
Dinner at the Parador de Ávila
Tuesday 8 March
BIO-BASED PRODUCTS FROM RENEWABLE RESOURCES
09.00 - 09.35
Colin Webb
Chemicals from foodwaste
09.35 - 09.55
Kamelia Boodhoo
Process Intensification for Sustainable Chemical and Bio
Processing: Opportunities & Challenges
09.55 - 10.10
Gemma Villorbina
New uses for glycerol
10.10 - 10.30
Olga Guerrero
Catalytic materials and adsorbents obtained thought biomass
waste revalorization
10.30-10.50
George Britovsek
Selective Carbonylation of Glycerol
10.50
Session discussion
11.00 - 11.15 Coffee break
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CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE DECREASING WASTE PRODUCTION
11.15 - 11.50
Pedro Cintas
11.50 - 12.10
Simon Collinson
12.10 - 12.30
Andrew Hunt
12.30
Process intensification with soft radiations: the use of
ultrasound and/or microwave-based technologies
New recycling options for polymer waste from bottles and
textiles
Elemental sustainability, through the recycling of liquid crystal
displays
Session discussion
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE DECREASING WASTE PRODUCTION
14.30 –15.05
Michael North
Synthesis of cyclic carbonates from waste CO2
15.05 - 15.25
Carolina Belver
Photocatalytic behaviour of polimetalates: future
prospects to use solar irradiation
15.25 - 15.45
Adam Lee
Selective oxidation of allylic alcohols: tuning the active site
15.45 Session discussion
16:00 - 19:00 Ávila guided tour
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Wednesday 9 March
CATALYSIS AND BIOCATALYSTS
Microwave-activated direct synthesis of acrylonitrile from
glycerol under mild conditions: Effect of niobium as dopant of
the V-Sb oxide catalytic system
New sustainable hydroxyamide-based catalysts for the
addition of organozinc reagents to aldehydes
09.00 - 09.35
Miguel Bañares
09.35 - 09.55
Beatriz Lora
09.55 - 10.15
Karen Wilson
Tailored heterogeneous catalysts for biodiesel synthesis
10.15 - 10.40
Antonio Chica
Delamiated zeolites as support of active metals for the
preparation of highly active and selective catalysts for
hydrogen production
10.40 – Session discussion
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
CATALYSIS AND BIOCATALYSTS
Solid metal catalysts for new cascade type transformations of
biomass-derived compounds
Sustainable catalysis at the interface between chemistry and
biology”
11.30 - 11.50
Marcelo Domine
11.50 - 12.10
Fernando López
12.10 - 12.30
Silvia DíezGonzález
Well-defined metal systems for True Click Chemistry
12.30 - 12.50
Rafael Luque
Designer nanomaterials for the production of high added
value chemicals and biofuels
12.50
Session discussion
13.30 - 15.30 Lunch
15.30 – 16.00 General Conclusions and Perspectives
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break
20:30 Dinner at the Parador de Ávila
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