IGCW is the very first platform that will bring the who’s who of the chemical industry from around the globe to discuss, talk, enlighten, and help others to implement benign technologies to enhance the economical and environmental competitiveness of the chemical industry through sustainable ways. It means novel products, new chemistries, innovative engineering, and therefore manifold opportunities and better profitability.

IGCW is based on the 9-Eye (I) Approach, i.e., Ignition, Inspiration, Initiation, Identification, Invention, Innovation, Industrialization, Implementation, and Impact. Each eye expands the vision of participants engaging them into emerging views of Industrial Green Chemistry (IGC) paradigms. The first two days of the workshop would concentrate on sowing the seed of industrial green chemistry in the minds of the participants. On the third day, i.e., 6^th December, 2009, eminent people from the associated field will talk on how to implement it. The vision of this workshop is to see industries consider green chemistry and green engineering as a true mantra for corporate innovation, thereby transcending from the 20^th century GREY industrial age to the 21st century GREEN industrial age.

Stressing on the 8^th eye, i.e., Industrialization, renowned people, viz., Dr. RK Sharma, Dr. Alok Adhelya, Mr. Nitesh Mehta, and Dr. Kira Matus will give lectures on how to  transform “pollution control” to “pollution prevention” as a profit-centre approach. Dr. R.K. Sharma and Dr. Alok Adhelya, together will give a speech on Applications of microbe-plant-chemistry Approach to address Bio-Energy and Bio-Remediation needs. Mr. Nitesh Mehta will speak on a very interesting and untouched topic, Enviropreneurship – A model to accelerate implementation of green chemistry. Dr. Kira Matus will speak on Understanding Innovation for sustainable future: A comparison study of Green Chemistry in US, India, and China.

Chemical industry is definitely going to tread a new path, after attending IGCW. So if you haven’t registered with us, hurry up … only few days are left for the D-day!

Industrial Green Chemistry Workshop (IGCW 2009) is a workshop where the participants can understand, realize, and explore the ways to implement green technologies to enhance the economical and environmental competitiveness of the chemical industry. The three-day workshop, based on the 9-Eye (I) Approach, will gradually take the participants through different aspects of industrial green chemistry.

All the three days will focus on their respective themes. The final day of the workshop will encompass specific requirements of industries for implementing IGC, and thus elucidate ecological and economical impact concerning the process, production, project, operation managers, vice-presidents, etc. The theme for the last day would be Implementation, Industrialisation, and Impact. Consequent to the keynote address by Dr. Amy Cannon on Green Chemistry: From classroom to manufacturing, Dr. Joe Armstrong, Dr. Shailendra Singh, and Dr. Gottumukkala V Subbaraju will elaborate on ways to implement IGC to achieve triple bottom line of Planet, People, and Profit.

Dr. Joseph Armstrong will speak on Green Chemistry through Innovation at Merck. He will highlight on the development of an environmentally benign alternative manufacturing route to sitagliptin, the active pharmaceutical ingredient in JANUVIA®. He will speak about how Merck and Codexis have collaborated to discover and develop a transaminase capable of catalyzing the production of chiral amine from a complex ketone precursor in high yield and nearly perfect enantioselectivity. Dr. Shailendra Singh will speak on how the conventional method for niacin production is less efficient and highly pollutant and forms a big threat to environment and overall community. Consequently, he will elaborate on innovative and sustainable ways of producing niacin viz., niacin production via catalysis, where chemical  conversion consisting a  number of individual reaction steps, are brought about in one reaction step by applying multi-functional catalyst, making the process much more cleaner, greener (eco-friendly), and carbon efficient. Further, Dr. G. V. Subbaraju will elaborate on green technology for the esterification of carboxylic acids presenting details from many successful examples. Wow! Isn’t it really an all-encompassing session!

I am definitely going to be a part of this workshop. What about you?

At Industrial Green Chemistry Workshop 2009, various renowned scholars and industry people will come together not only to spread a word about benign ways of delivering products and services but also to show illustrations and success stories of big companies who have achieved success inspite of adopting benign technologies. For this, on the second day of the workshop, speakers, such as, Prof. G D Yadav, Dr. Anil Kumar, and Dr. Rajendra Varma will give lectures wherein they will explain about innovations using various catalysis.

Prof. G. D Yadav will speak on innovations in catalysis as a tool for greener chemical products. Dr. Rajendra Varma, who was acknowledged as the “Visionary of the Year” at the “Green Technology for the Environment” conference for promotion and support of green and sustainable technologies, will speak on organics and non-material and their greener applications.

As a result, IGCW would be the right platform for entrepreneurs and people related to the chemical industry to explore and innovate ways to go benign in their production houses. So are you there with us?

IGCW 2009 aims to take green chemistry from the cauldrons of the laboratory to the corridors of industry. The workshop aims to encourage pharmaceutical and chemical industries to deliver products and services in benign ways, untainted by toxic routes and environmental damage. This three-day workshop is meticulously designed on the basis of a 9-Eye (I) Approach. Each ‘eye’ expands the vision of participants for engaging them into emerging views of Industrial Green Chemistry paradigms.

The first day of the workshop will concentrate on igniting, inspiring, and encouraging people to take initiation in the field of green chemistry. The theme for the second day, i.e., 5th December, 2009, is Identification, Invention, and Innovation. The target for this day will be the technical directors, process managers, production mangers, R&D managers, etc. On this day, renowned speakers, viz, Dr. Kenneth Geiser, Dr. Pete Meyers, and Dr. S Ahmad will give lectures on different aspects of sustainable technologies which will help identify the key challenges in the field of industrial green chemistry. They will help the participants to view the various paradigms in the upcoming domain of Industrial Green Chemistry, providing significant input for identifying its application. Industrial case studies, paper presentations by institutes, scientists, and researchers will be integrated as relevant to the theme. So after initiation, they will be able to identify what’s the urgent need for an hour and to innovate them.

So are you ready to be with us to identify the key problems standing as an obstacle for a sustainable future?

IGCW ’09 is the first global event which aims to take green chemistry from the cauldrons of the laboratory to the corridors of industry. It will involve from concepts to execution. This event will focus on green chemistry and engineering in chemistry intensive areas such as in fine chemicals which will include dyes and pharma, agrochemicals, colorants, personal care chemicals, etc. It will look at revisiting chemistries and see how at source changes are being incorporated for greening the processes.

The event is segregated in three days and is primarily designed on the basis of a 9-Eye (I) Approach; each ‘eye’ expanding the vision of participants for engaging them into emerging views of Industrial Green Chemistry (IGC) paradigms. The 9-EYE of the workshop is Ignition, Inspiration, Initiation, Identification, Invention, Innovation, Industrialization, Implementation, and Impact.

Again the target audience for each day is different. Day one is for over 300 Senior Management, Directors, CEOs, Consultants, Entrepreneurs, Strategic Advisors, etc. to recognize and explore the ecological and economical footprint of Industrial Green Chemistry through Ignition, Inspiration, and Initiation. second day of the workshop, i.e. 5th December, 2009, aims at technical directors, R&D managers, chief scientists, CTOs, CXOs, etc, to identify the key industrial challenges, and view various paradigms emerging in the domain of IGC, further providing significant input for inventing and innovating its application through Identification, Invention, and Innovation. Finally, the third day, i.e. 6th December, 2009, will encompass specific requirements of industries for implementing IGC and thus elucidate ecological and economical impact concerning the process, production, project, operation managers, vice-presidents, etc.

On day one, the main aim of the workshop is to enlighten and ignite awareness about IGC among more than 1, 00,000 people connected to chemical industry as stakeholder. The whos who of the industry will commence the workshop enlightening the audience talking about various aspects of industrial green chemistry right from the concept to the principles to revisiting chemistries and helping understand the greening of the processes. For this, stalwarts like Prof. Paul Anasthas and Dr. John Warner will share their knowledge and expertise on IGC. Prof. Paul Anasthas will give a lecture on Sustainable Innovations through Green Chemistry and Dr. John Warner would share the 12 most important principles of Green Chemistry and Green Engineering. Further, Dr. Murli Sastry, Chief Scientist with Tata Chemicals Innovation Centre, will further ignite the audience by narrating the 100 years journey of sustainability at TATA Group.

Once commenced, the consequent days will lead to further Eyes of the 9-Eye (I) Approach, which is linked just so perfectly that once out of the workshop, the addressees would be fully enlightened about industrial green chemistry. So will you be with us to know more about the next Eyes of the event?

IGCW-2009 is primarily designed on the basis of a 9-Eye (I) Approach; each ‘eye’ expanding the vision of participants for engaging them into emerging views of Industrial Green Chemistry (IGC) paradigms. The 9-EYE of the workshop is Ignition, Inspiration, Initiation, Identification, Invention, Innovation, Industrialization, Implementation, and Impact. The target audience of the three day workshop is green chemist professors, scientists, academicians, researchers, media personnel, CEOs, directors, entrepreneurs, etc.

All the three days will focus on their respective themes. For instance, the first day, i.e., 4th December, 2009, will target over 300 senior management members, directors, CEOs, consultants, entrepreneurs, strategic advisors, etc. to help them recognize and explore the ecological and economical footprint of IGC through Ignition, Inspiration, and Initiation. In order to ignite awareness about IGC among more than 1, 00,000 people connected to chemical industry as stake holder, stalwarts like Prof. Paul Anasthas and Dr. John Warner will share their knowledge and expertise on IGC. Prof. Paul Anasthas will give a lecture on Sustainable Innovations through Green Chemistry and Dr. John Warner would share the 12 most important principles of Green Chemistry and Green Engineering. Once the audience are enlightened about the topic, Dr. Murli Sastry, Chief Scientist with Tata Chemicals Innovation Centre, will further inspire the audience by narrating the 100 years journey of sustainability at TATA Group.  Consequently, to initiate the high-end corporate executives to explore the economic potential of IGC, Dr. Apurva Bhattacharya, Senior Manager- R&D, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd., will present the successful case study on commercializing green chemistry and positively impacting economics and environment.

The second day of the workshop, i.e. 5th December, 2009, aims at technical directors, R&D managers, chief scientists, CTOs, CXOs, etc, to identify the key industrial challenges, and view various paradigms emerging in the domain of IGC, further providing significant input for inventing and innovating its application through Identification, Invention, and Innovation. To begin with, Dr. John Warner will present the key note on Entropy, Weak Molecular Forces: Green Chemistry and Manufacturing. Further, Dr. Kenneth Geiser, Co-Director, University of Massachusetts, Dr. Pete Myers, CEO of Environmental Health Sciences, USA, and Dr. Surendra Kulkarni, Technical Director — G.E India Technology Centre will help identify the key scale-up and commercialization challenges in implementing IGC.  Prof. G D Yadav, Director-ICT, Mumbai, India; Dr. Anil Kumar, Scientist-Physical chemistry Division, NCL, Pune, India; and Dr. Rajendra Varma, Senior Scientist —Environmental Protection Agency, USA will talk about ways to invent core strategies to stay ahead of emerging global regulations on environment issues. Prof. Yadav will deliver a lecture on Innovations in catalysis as a tool for greener chemical products, Dr. Anil Kumar will talk on Water as a Powerful solvent for accelerating reactions, and Dr. Varma will provide a lecture on Organics and Nanomaterials and their Greener Applications of Nano- Catalyst. Lastly, Dr. Mark Dorfman, Green Chemistry Neutralist-Biomimicry Guild , USA; Dr. K V Raghavan, Director – Central Leather Research Institute, India; Dr. Pierre Woehl, Research Associate, Reactor Technologies – Corning Incorporated, USA will talk about the ways to innovate business growth model by including IGC as key strategy for sustainable future.

The final day, i.e., 6th December, 2009, will encompass specific requirements of industries for implementing IGC and thus elucidate ecological and economical impact concerning the process, production, project, operation managers, vice-presidents, etc. The theme for the last day would be Implementation, Industrialisation, and Impact. After the keynote address by Dr. Dr. Amy Cannon on Green Chemistry: From classroom to manufacturing, Dr. Joe Armstrong, Dr. Shailendra Singh, and Dr. Gottumukkala V Subbaraju will elaborate on ways to implement IGC to achieve triple bottom line of Planet, People, and Profit. Further, Dr. R.K. Sharma, Dr. Alok Adhelya, Mr. Nitesh Mehta, Dr. Kira Matus will guide on how industrialisation of green chemistry and engineering for corporate innovation can provide transition from 20th century grey industrial age to 21st century green industrial age. Consequently, Dr. Rajagopal, Dr. S.G.Choudhari, Prof. Anand Patwardhan will speak about the impact of IGC as timely requirement to sustain our chemical industry’s credibility.

The three day workshop is really well chained with each theme linked to the previous, providing the addressees with an exhaustive understanding about various aspects of IGC, that too right from the horses’ mouth! So are you all set to be a part of  it?

IGCW-2009 provides an apt platform for companies, organisations, corporate, institutes and similar bodies to communicate their Green, Clean, and Sustainable initiatives and commitments through exploring the possibilities. Through IGCW-2009 your “Green” services can stand out and get focused attention in the chemical industry globally.So, let’s join hands together and work for the betterment of our environment, so that our goal can be achieved. Please help us know how can we ensure more benefits for you from this workshop.

IGCW-2009 is principally designed on the basis of a 9-Eye (I) Approach; each ‘eye’ of IGCW-2009 will expand the vision of participants for engaging them into emerging views of Industrial Green Chemistry paradigms. It will also create tangible and intangible benefits for all stakeholders. The three day workshop will concentrate on Green Chemist Professors, Scientists, Academicians, Researchers, Media Personnel, CEO’s, Directors, Entrepreneur’s etc.

All the three days will focus on their respective themes i.e. Day one theme is Ignition, Inspiration and Initiation means, the presentations on the first day will primarily target the corporate decision makers and senior executives from Industries fine chemical manufacturing companies including drugs and pharma, agrochemicals, dyes & pigments, fine & specialty chemicals. The objective of this theme is to recognize the significance of Industrial Green Chemistry amongst the decision makers. The content of the presentations will enable the audience to see its ecological and economical potential towards sustainability. The key speakers will be Prof. Paul Anastas, Prof. John Warner, & Prof. Bob Peoples. Specific case study presentations will be followed by awards felicitation with the objective of recognizing significant work in the field of Green Chemistry. So the main aim of the first day is to ignite what’s the role of Green Chemistry in the minds of the people so that they get inspired and set off to work for the betterment of our environment.

The Theme for the day two is Identification, Invention and Innovation. Here, the presentations will target the technical directors, process managers, production mangers, R&D managers, etc. The objective of this theme is to identify the key challenges, and view the various paradigms in the upcoming domain of Industrial Green Chemistry, providing significant input for identifying its application. Industrial case studies, paper presentations by institutes, scientists and researchers will be integrated as relevant to the theme. So after initiation, they will be able to identify what’s the urgent need for an hour and to innovate them.

Industrialization, Implementation and Impact is the theme for the third day. This is a very significant day. The presentations on the third day will be for senior executives as well as technical directors to share and put forth their queries for implementing green chemistry projects in their respective industry. The objective of this theme is to encompass specific requirements of industries for implementing Industrial Green Chemistry and thus implicating its overall impact. Apart from the Technical presentations, experts from Governmental bodies such as Pollution Control Board, Environmental Protection Agencies, Department of Science and Technology, etc., will provide an insight into the existing funding schemes and incentives for Industries to adopt Green Chemistry methodologies. There will be opportunity for companies to interact with key speakers on specific issues regarding implementation. Since all the changes to be made are in the hands of industrialists, so industrialists will play a key role in implementing the techniques to create a sustainable environment for all.

IGCW-2009 provides an apt platform for companies, organisations, corporate, institutes and similar bodies to communicate their Green, Clean, and Sustainable initiatives and commitments through exploring the possibilities. Through IGCW-2009 your “Green” services can stand out and get focused attention in the chemical industry globally.

Looking at IGCW-09 theme, you can visualize, how from the year 1950 to 2009, the colour of the environment was darkening over the course of the years i.e. environment was getting disturbed due to excessive use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and industrial waste products etc which further led to global warming. But in the year 2009, there came a ray of hope, the sudden growth of flower from the bud, marks the birth or the beginning of the world’s largest Industrial Green Chemistry Workshop i.e. (IGCW – 09).

IGCW-09 is the new paradigm for the pharmacy and chemical industries to deliver products and services in benign ways. It also has potential to enhance the economical & environmental competitiveness of the chemical industry. This Workshop will be held every two years to make remarkable changes in the field of Green Chemistry. Further, attending this workshop, and implementing the principles of Green Chemistry our environment can be revived.

IGCW – 09 intends to set forth thoughts on how to enhance the practice of green chemistry through an action that is economically as well as ecologically effective. This workshop is based on 9 Eye (I) Approach each ‘eye’ will expand the vision of participants for engaging them into emerging views of Industrial Green Chemistry paradigms. It will also create tangible and intangible benefits for the stakeholders.

As you are reading this you may consider your participation in any capacity to explore the space of IGCW 2009 at Mumbai, India, for serving new possibilities in Industrial Green Chemistry. So, let’s join hands together and work for the betterment of our environment, so that our goal can be achieved. Please let us know how we can help to ensure more benefits for you from this workshop.