About ISGC 2013

Some numbers

37
Countries
+550
Participants
22%
Industrials
174
Communications
330
Posters

Plenary lectures

Keynotes

Topics

Conversion of lignocellulosic biomass

Pre-treatment, deconstruction and conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to chemical platforms or transportation (renewables : wood, corns, beets…)
Conversion of carbohydrates to higher value added chemicals 

Conversion of vegetable oils, derivatives and by-products

Conversion of vegetable oils
Reactions involving (unsaturated) fatty acids/esters, glycerol or minor compounds (esterification, transesterification, oxidation, metathesis, hydroformylation, hydrogenation, ...)

Valorisation of by-products (including CO2), waste and recycling

Chemical valorization of waste
All processes involving biogas and more generally agricultural waste
Chemical valorization of CO2

Eco-efficient processes

Design of energy (and atoms)-saving processes for the rational conversion of renewable carbon
Chemical and physical pre-treatments of biomass, green solvents, alternative media, catalysis, 
process design, process intensification... 

Eco-efficient processes

Design of energy (and atoms)-saving processes for the rational conversion of renewable carbon
Chemical and physical pre-treatments of biomass, green solvents, alternative media, catalysis, 
process design, process intensification... 

Environmental impact of all actions implemented

All works evaluating the ecological impact of chemicals and processes on the environment.

Sponsoring

Awards

The 2nd International Symposium on Green Chemistry Renewable Carbon and Eco-Efficient Processes (ISGC2) was held from May 21–24th in La Rochelle, France. The conference aimed to cover the crucial problems arising from the conversion of renewable carbon and also the recent advances in the search of innovative processes for the conversion of biomass and wastes with high eco-efficiency.

The speakers included Green Chemistry Editorial Board members Professors Walter Leitner, Chao-Jun Li, Paul Anastas and Shu Kobayashi, and Advisory Board members Professors James Clark, Avelino Corma and Philip Jessop.

Professor Walter Leitner, Chair of the Green Chemistry Editorial Board, and Sarah Ruthven, Editor of Green Chemistry, presented the Green Chemistry sponsored poster prizes. The winners were Cinthia Mena Duran for her poster ‘Applications of Starbons’ and Guangyi Li for the poster ‘Synthesis of renewable diesel with 2-methylfuran and hydroxyacetone’. Congratulations to Cinthia and Guangyi on receiving these prizes.

Green Chemistry is pleased to be publishing a themed issue containing selected papers from the ISGC2 conference, which will be appearing later this year.

Attendees

  • ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY
  • ACTIVATION
  • ACTUALITE CHIMIQUE
  • ADEPRINA
  • ADISSEO
  • ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY MATERIALS, INC.
  • AGENCE LORD
  • AQUITAINE SCIENCE TRANSFERT
  • ARD
  • ARTMOLECULE CUSTOM SYNTHESIS
  • ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
  • ASSOCIATION CHARENTE NATURE
  • AVANTIUM
  • BASF
  • BASF FRANCE
  • BOKU UNIVERSITY
  • BOKU UNIVERSITY, DEPT. OF CHEMISTRY
  • BORREGAARD
  • BRONKHORST FRANCE
  • C5LT
  • CAPITAL HIGH TECH
  • CARDIFF CATALYSIS INSTITUTE
  • CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
  • CAT CATALYTIC CENTER
  • CEA GRENOBLE
  • CEA SACLAY
  • CENTRE D’ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE CNRS
  • CENTRE D’ETUDE ET DE VALORISATION DES ALGUES (CEVA)
  • CENTRE DE RECHERCHE
  • CENTRE FOR CATALYSIS AND SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY
  • CENTRE FOR SURFACE CHEMISTRY AND CATALYSIS
  • CENTRE TECHNIQUE DU PAPIER
  • CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION EN ALIMENTACION Y DESARROLLO AGROPARISTECH / INRA
  • CHAIRE ABI AGROPARISTECH
  • CHANEL PARFUMS BEAUTE
  • CHEMTEX ITALIA SPA - M&G GROUP
  • CHIMEX
  • CHIMEX - L’OREAL
  • CHIMIE MOLECULAIRE ET FORMULATION E.A. 4478
  • CHONNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
  • CLARIANT
  • CLARIANT FRANCE
  • CNR-ISTM
  • CNRS
  • CNRS - IC2MP
  • CNRS UMR8181, UNITE DE CATALYSE ET CHIMIE DU SOLIDE, UCCS
  • CNRS-UNIVERSITE DE LYON 1
  • CNRST
  • COLAS
  • COLAS CST
  • COLLEGE OF CHEMISTRY, SICHUANG UNIVERSITY
  • CORNING REACTOR TECHNOLOGIES
  • CRACOW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, FACULTY OF CHEMICAL ENGINEE IC2MP
  • CRIEF UNIVERSITE DE POITIERS
  • CVG (CENTRE DE VALORISATION DES GLUCIDES ET PRODUITS NATURELS) CORNING REACTOR TECHNOLOGIES
  • CVG (CENTRE DE VALORISATION DES GLUCIDES ET PRODUITS NATURELS) LABORATOIRE DE CHIMIE, CATALYSE, POLYMERE, PROCEDES
  • DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
  • DEINOVE
  • DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING & MATERIALS SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF VERSAILLES
  • DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY, PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY
  • DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY, UNIVERSITY OF YORK
  • DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (DEST)
  • DEPARTMENT OF FOOD SCIENCE, FOOD ENGINEERING AND APPLIED BIO UNIVERSITY LAVAL
  • DIRECTION R&D - STRATEGIE & ACCOMPAGNEMENT DE L’INNOVATION ESCOM
  • DUPONT
  • EA 4297 TIMR UTC/ESCOM
  • ECOLE CENTRALE MARSEILLE
  • ECOLE DOCTORALE DE L’ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE
  • ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DE CHIMIE DE RENNES
  • ECOLE NORMALE SUPERIEURE VIEUX KOUBA ALGER
  • EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
  • EL-OUED UNIVERSITY ; BADJI MOKHTAR-ANNABA UNIVERSITY LABORATOIRE GREEN, UMR408, SQPOV, UNIVERSITE D’AVIGNON SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
  • ENI S.P.A REFINING & MARKETING DIVISION
  • ENSCL
  • ENSCM - ICGM - CNRS
  • ENSCR
  • SERLABO TECHNOLOGIES
  • ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, WASHINGTON DC
  • ESCOM
  • ESPACE MENDES FRANCE
  • ESST
  • EURECAT
  • EURODIA
  • FACULDADE DE ENGENHARIA DA UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO
  • SYSTEM C INDUSTRIE
  • FAU ERLANGEN-NUERNBERG
  • FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO
  • FIST SA
  • FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR INTERFACIAL ENGINEERING AND BIOTECH AIST
  • FRIEDRICH ALEXANDER UNIVERSITÄT ERLANGEN-NÜRNBERG
  • GHENT UNIVERSITY
  • GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
  • GREEN CHEMISTRY CENTER OF EXCELLENCE, YORK
  • GREEN CHEMISTRY CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE, UNIVERSITY OF YORK IFPEN
  • GREENTECH S.A.
  • UBIFRANCE
  • HALDOR TOPSØE A/S
  • HP SYSTEMS
  • IAR CLUSTER
  • HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY
  • IC2MP
  • PÔLE DES ECO-INDUSTRIES DE POITOU-CHARENTES
  • IC2MP - CNRS
  • IC2MP - UMR CNRS 7285
  • IC2MP - UNIVERSITE DE POITIERS
  • ICBMS INSA CNRS UNIV LYON 1
  • ICBMS-UMR 5246 UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD-LYON 1
  • ICBMS, UMR 5246, CNRS INSA LYON UNIV LYON
  • ICGM - ENSCM
  • ICGM EQUIPE MACS- ENSCM SERVICES FINANCIERS
  • ICGM UMR5253
  • ICMR UMR 7312 CNRS URCA
  • ICN UMR7272 CNRS
  • IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
  • IFPEN
  • INDIAN INSTITUDE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS
  • INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHLOGY
  • INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROPAR
  • INERIS
  • INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  • INP-ENSIACET
  • INRA
  • INRA - UMR FARE
  • INSA
  • INSA DE ROUEN - LSPC
  • INSTITUT CARNOT 3BCAR
  • INSTITUT DE CHIMIE DE CLERMONT-FERRAND
  • INSTITUT DE CHIMIE DE CLERMONT-FERRAND, CNRS/UNIVERSITE BLA IC2MP - UNIVERSITE DE POITIERS
  • INSTITUT DE CHIMIE MOLECULAIRE DE REIMS, UMR 7312
  • IRCELYON
  • INSTITUT DES SCIENCES MOLECULAIRES
  • INSTITUT FÜR PHARMAZEUTISCHE UND MEDIZINISCHE CHEMIE VERTECH
  • INSTITUT FÜR TECHNISCHE CHEMIE UND MAKROMOLECULARE CHEMIE UNIVERSITE DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIEGNE
  • INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE LASALLE-BEAUVAIS
  • INSTITUTE FOR MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
  • INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICAL AND THEORITICAL CHEMISTRY
  • INSTITUTE OF BIOENGINEERING AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
  • INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH OF CATALONIA (ICIQ)
  • INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AS CR
  • INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL UND THEORETICAL CHEMISTRY
  • INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY AND MECHANOCHEMISTRY IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
  • INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY AND MECHANOCHEMISTY BRONKHORST FRANCE
  • INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID-ICMM
  • INSTITUTO DE QUIMICA-UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DA BAHIA
  • INSTITUTO DE TECHNOLOGIA QUIMICA
  • INSTITUTO POLITECNICO NACIONAL
  • VERTECH
  • IRCELYON CNRS-UNIVERSITE LYON1
  • IRCELYON-CNRS-LYON1
  • IRECELYON
  • IS2M - EQUIPE MPC
  • ISQCH (CSIC-UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA)
  • ISQCH- UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA
  • ITERG
  • ITMC RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY
  • ITMC-RWTH-AACHEN UNIVERSITY
  • JOHNSON MATTHEY
  • KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
  • KEY LABORATORY OF ENERGY THERMAL CONVERSION AND CONTROL KEY LABORATORY OF GREEN CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY
  • KEY LABORATORY OF GREEN CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY
  • QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY BELFAST
  • KEY LABORATORY OF GREEN CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
  • KEY LABORATORY OF GREEN CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY, MOE LANZHOU INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
  • KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  • KING SAUD UNIVERSITY
  • KITECH
  • KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCH
  • KOREA INSTITUTE OF GEOSCIENCE AND MINERAL RESOURCES UNIVERSITE DE LA ROCHELLE
  • KOREA INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY
  • KU LEUVEN
  • KYUSHU UNIVERSITY
  • L’OREAL
  • L’OREAL R&I
  • LABORATOIRE CATALYSE ET SPECTRCHIMIE
  • LABORATOIRE DE CATALYSE ET SYNTHESE ET ENVIRONNEMENT ACTIVATION
  • LABORATOIRE DE CATALYSE SYNTHESE ET ENVIRONNEMENT
  • LABORATOIRE DE CHIMIE AGRO-INDUSTRIELLE, INRA/INP-EN
  • LABORATOIRE DE CHIMIE DES POLYMERES ORGANIQUES
  • LABORATOIRE DE CHIMIE DES POLYMERES UNIVERSITE D’ORAN DONGHUA UNIVERSITY
  • LABORATOIRE DE CHIMIE INORGANIQUE ET ENVIRONNEMENT
  • LABORATOIRE DE CHIMIE ORGANIQUE APPLIQUEE
  • LABORATOIRE DES GLUCIDES FRE CNRS 3517 UNIVERSITE DE PICARD DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
  • LABORATOIRE DES GLUCIDES, UNIVERSITE DE PICARDIE
  • LABORATOIRE HETEROCHIMIE FONDAMENTALE ET APPLIQUEE
  • LABORATOIRE LIENSS
  • LABORATOIRE LIENSS - UNIVERSITE DE LA ROCHELLE
  • LABORATOIRE LIENSS UMR 7266
  • LABORATOIRE PCM2E UNIVERSITE FRANÇOIS RABELAIS TOURS
  • LANZHOU INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
  • LASIE
  • LCPO ENSCBP
  • LCS, CNRS-ENSICAEN
  • LCSN
  • LCSN, UNIVERSITE DE POITIERS
  • LCT UNIVERSITEIT GENT
  • LE FIGARO
  • LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR CATALYSIS
  • LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FÜR KATALYSE E.V. AN DER UNIVERSITÄT ROST UTRECHT UNIVERSITY
  • LGPC - CNRS/CPE LYON
  • LIENSS UMR7266
  • LIKAT
  • LPMC- UMR 7336 CNRS
  • LRGP CNRS-ENSIC
  • LSPC-INSA-ROUEN
  • LUMO
  • MASCIR FOUNDATION
  • MATERIA NOVA
  • MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FÜR KOHLENFORSCHUNG
  • MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT FÜR KOHLENFORSCHUNG
  • MCGILL UNIVERSITY
  • MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY
  • MEPI
  • UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA
  • MICHELIN
  • MODERN SYSTEMS SCHOOL
  • MULHOUSE MATERIALS SCIENCE INSTITUTE (IS2M)
  • NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY
  • NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER
  • NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER , CELLULOSE AND PAPER DEPARTMENT UNIVERSITE DE FES
  • NORCAN FR-HAGUENAU
  • UNIVERSITE DE LA ROCHELLE
  • NOVANCE
  • OLEON
  • OMEGA CAT SYSTEM
  • OTHER
  • PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY
  • SOLVAY
  • TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
  • PÔLE DES ECO-INDUSTRIES DU POITOU-CHARENTES
  • POLITECNICO DI TORINO
  • POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER
  • POUR LA SCIENCE
  • PRESIDENTE DE LA REGION POITOU-CHARENTES
  • PROCESSIUM
  • PUKYONG NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
  • QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
  • QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY
  • RAPSODEE (MINES D’ALBI) (CNRS UMR 5302)
  • SEPPIC
  • RHODIA SOLVAY
  • ROQUETTE
  • RSC PUBLISHING
  • RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY
  • SAINT-GOBAIN CREE
  • SAIREM MICRO ONDES
  • SCF/DCI
  • SCHOOL OF CHEM, HUAZHONG UNI OF SCI & TECH
  • SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEM ENGINEERING, QUEENS UNIVERSITY SYNTHOPETROL / C2P2
  • SEDERMA
  • SEPROSYS
  • SERVILAB MATERIEL
  • SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS
  • SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
  • SOFINNOVA PARTNERS
  • SPRINGER
  • STATE KEY LABORATORY FOR OXO SYNTHESIS AND SELECTIVE OXIDATI STATE KEY LABORATORY OF COAL COMBUSTION, HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY UMR A408, INRA, UNIVERSITE D’AVIGNON
  • UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO
  • STATE KEY LABORATORY FOR OXO SYNTHESIS AND SELECTIVE OXIDATI ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
  • STATE KEY LABORATORY OF CLEAN ENERGY UTILIZATION, ZHEJIANG CNRS
  • STATE KEY LABORATORY OF COAL COMBUSTION HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY KEY LABORATORY OF GREEN CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY
  • SUNCHON NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
  • SUNILEI TECNOLOGIA SOLAR SA
  • TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY DORTMUND
  • TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF LIBEREC
  • TEMBEC INNOVATION
  • V. MANE FILS
  • THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
  • THUENEN-INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY
  • TIMR - EA 4297 - UTC/ESCOM
  • TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
  • TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
  • TOPCHIEV INSTITUTE OF PETROCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS RAS
  • TOTAL
  • TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
  • UCCS - LILLE
  • UCCS - UMR8181
  • UCCS - UNIVERSITE D’ARTOIS
  • UCCS ARTOIS
  • UMR 7266 CNRS LITTORAL ENVIRONNEMENT ET SOCIETES
  • UMR 8638 CNRS-UNIVERSITE PARIS DESCARTES
  • UMR CNRS 6226 - ENSCR
  • UMR5246 CNRS - UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON1
  • UNITE DE CATALYSE ET CHIMIE DU SOLIDE DE LILLE
  • UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE CHIHUAHUA
  • UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO
  • UNIVERSITE DE LIMOGES
  • UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA
  • UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DA BAHIA
  • UNIVERSITE AIX-MARSEILLE
  • UNIVERSITE BLAISE PASCAL
  • UNIVERSITE BORDEAUX 1
  • UNIVERSITE CERGY-PONTOISE
  • UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON I
  • UNIVERSITE D’ORLEANS - ICOA - UMR 7311
  • UNIVERSITE DE LA ROCHELLE - LIENSS
  • UNIVERSITE DE LORRAINE - LCPA2MC
  • UNIVERSITE DE MEDELLIN
  • UNIVERSITE DE PARIS SUD XI
  • UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY
  • UNIVERSITE DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE
  • UNIVERSITY OF VIGO
  • UNIVERSITE DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE - UNITE DE GENIE ENZYM NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER
  • UNIVERSITE DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE, UNITE DE GENIE ENZYMA
  • UNIVERSITE DE REIMS
  • UNIVERSITE DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE-ARDENNE
  • UNIVERSITE DE RENNES
  • UNIVERSITE DE RENNES 1
  • UNIVERSITE DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIEGNE (UTC)
  • UNIVERSITE DE TOURS DEPARTEMENT DE CHIMIE LABORATOIRE PCM2 ARKEMA
  • UNIVERSITE DES SCIENCES ET DE LA TECHNOLOGIE HOUARI BOUMEDI SENOIR RESEARCH FELLOW
  • UNIVERSITE LAVAL
  • UNIVERSITE LILLE1
  • UNIVERSITE LILLE1,UNITE DE CATALYSE ET CHIMIE DU SOLIDE
  • UNIVERSITE MONTPELLIER 2 INSTITUT DES BIOMOLECULES
  • UNIVERSITE PARIS 13, SORBONNE PARIS CITE. LABORATOIRE CSPB
  • UNIVERSITE PARIS SUD
  • UNIVERSITE PARIS-SUD 11
  • UNIVERSITE RELIZANE
  • UNIVERSITE RENNES 1 - UMR CNRS 6226
  • UNIVERSITY
  • UNIVERSITY OF BASQUE COUNTRY (UPV/EHU)
  • UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA DEP. OF INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY
  • UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST
  • UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI
  • UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE
  • UNIVERSITY OF CERGY-PONTOISE
  • UNIVERSITY OF PARDUBICE, FACULTY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY L’OREAL
  • UNIVERSITY OF PARDUBICE, FACULTY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, DEP INRA - BIA
  • UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO
  • UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  • UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE JOHNSON MATTHEY TECHNOLOGY CENTRE
  • UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY MASCIR FOUNDATION
  • UNVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE - LABORATOIRE REACTIVITE IRCELYON CNRS
  • UR CATALYSE ET MATERIAUX POUR L’ENVIRONNEMENT
  • VALAGRO
  • UR-MPE/ UMBB ALGERIE
  • UTRECHT UNIVERSITY
  • UTRECHT UNIVERSITY INOGANIC CHEMISTRY AND CATALYSIS
  • WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY - BIOBASED COMMODITY CHEMICALS GROUP
  • ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY