Events Calendar ( Chemistry )
Welcome to the Platinum Metals Review Events Calendar: a multidisciplinary worldwide listing of conferences, symposia, lectures, courses, meetings and programmes related to the platinum group metals. The events feature the pgms or a topic of general interest to pgm science and technology.
You can browse events scheduled for the next few months. Past events can be viewed in our Events Calendar Archive.
If you know of an event that is of interest to pgms scientists not included in the Events Calendar, then please email us. We also welcome your reports of pgms papers given at events you attend; please contact us.
17th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference 18 - 20 Jun 2013
North Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering in the 21st Century
Alternatives to Critical Chemicals Facing Sustainable Supply Constraints (indium, platinum group metals, rare earths, etc.)
Bio-Based Chemicals and Materials: Growing the Supply Chain
Catalyzing the Adoption of Green Chemistry in Industry – What Works
Communicating Green Chemistry – Effectively
Corporate Use of Life Cycle Analyses – Best Practices and Information Gaps
Elimination of PCB from Pigments, Inks and Dyes – Green Chemistry Alternatives
Endocrine Disruption: Its Potential Impact On Green Chemistry – A Facilitated Dialog between NGOs, Academics, Industry and Government
Green Chemistry and EPA’s Toxic Release Inventory: Reporting Achievements, Identifying Effective Practices
Green Chemistry Education – What’s Next?
Green Chemistry Goes Global: From Traditional Medicine to Synthetic Biology
Green Chemistry Principles and Process Development – Greening the Supply Chain for Commerical Production
Green Metrics for Material Health
Greening of Pesticides: What Would Rachel Carson Think?
Going Global: International Perspectives on Green Chemistry
Life Cycle of Biofuels and Biobased Materials
New Toxicology Tools for Designing Safer Chemicals
Social Science Perspectives on Green Chemistry
Strategies for Achieving Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
Sustainability in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Process Safety and Material Selection
The Green Chemistry Commitment
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14th Tetrahedron Symposium 25 - 28 Jun 2013
Vienna, Austria
“Challenges in Organic & Bioorganic Chemistry”
Will focus on the following key topics:
- Stereoselective Synthesis
- Synthesis and Property of Functional Molecules
- Total Synthesis of Natural Products
- New reagents, catalysts, strategies and concepts for organic synthesis
- Bioorganic Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry
- Molecular Recognition
- Organic Materials
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d and f Block Discussion Group Meeting 04 - 05 Jul 2013
Imperial College London, UK
RSC Coordination Chemistry Discussion Group (CCDG)
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23rd International Symposium: Synthesis in Organic Chemistry 22 - 25 Jul 2013
St Catherine's College, University of Oxford, UK
Provides an international showcase for the core area of organic chemistry – synthesis – covering all aspects of contemporary organic synthesis and providing a forum for the ever more exciting methodologies and strategies that continue to emerge.
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GSC-6 04 - 07 Aug 2013
The Engineering and Science Learning Centre (ESLC), The University of Nottingham, UK
“6th International Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry”
Each session will be led by a high profile keynote lecturer and will be supported by invited lectures.
Session topics will include solvents, process intensification, renewable feedstocks and energy, sustainable chemical transformations, catalysis, photochemistry, electrochemistry, and process analytical techniques and monitoring.
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Helen Carson, Secretary, Faculty of Science, The University of Nottingham
Frontiers in Chemistry, Armenia 25 - 29 Aug 2013
Yerevan, Armenia
“The conference will be an excellent platform to exchange new ideas and to discuss recent developments in diverse aspects of chemistry, and will be comprised of the following themes: Catalysis/Total Synthesis/Methodology/Bioorganic Chemistry/Chemical Biology/Supramolecular Chemistry/Materials Chemistry.”
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Chernyaev2013 07 - 12 Oct 2013
Krasnoyarsk, Russia
“ХХ International Chernyaev Conference on Chemistry, Analysis and Technology of Platinum Group Metals”
Hosted by the Siberian Federal University in Krasnoyarsk. Chernyaev conferences have 70 years history and the annual conference will be focused on recent results of fundamental and applied investigations in chemistry, analysis, and technology of platinum group metals and gold as well as perspectives, modern trends and future development of the area.
The Conference will cover the following topics:
- Chemistry of PGM and gold
- Analytics of PGM and gold
- Production technology of PGM and gold
- Application of PGM and gold in industry, catalysis and medicine
- Production of PGM- and gold-based materials
- School for young scientists and industrial exhibition
