Transcript Innovation Update Event 3pm on Thursday 1st March

NORSC
Northern Universities Sustainable Chemistry Initiative
Agenda
08:30
Coffee
08:50
Start and Introduction - Stan Higgins
09:00
Introduction to NORSC - Andy Whiting (Durham)
09:10
Destruction of Industrial Bio-films - Grant Burgess (Newcastle)
09:30
The Leeds Institute for Process Research and Development (iPRD) and its role in bridging University
and Industry - John Blacker ex ICI - Zeneca - Avecia - Piramal Pharma and current Technical Advisor
to Yorkshire Process Technology Ltd (Leeds)
09:50
New Carbonaceous Materials derived from Bio-Waste - Dr Vitaliy Budarin - Starbons Ltd & New
Food Innovations Ltd (York)
10:10
An overview of Durham’s Centre for Sustainable Process Chemistry - Phil Dyer (Durham)
10:30
Coffee & Networking
10:50
Carbon Dioxide as a chemical feedstock - Mike North - Dymeryx Li (Newcastle)
11:10
Homogeneous Hydrogen Transfer Chemistry - Steve Marsden - Royal Society Industrial Fellow and
current Technical Advisor to Yorkshire Process Technology Ltd (Leeds)
11:30
Bio-fuels from Food Waste - Robert Brocklesby - Brocklesby Ltd (York)
11:50
Aqueous Chemistry A Physical Organic approach - David Hodgson (Durham)
12:10
Self-Assembly Polymers - Dave Fulton (Newcastle)
12:30
Lunch & Networking
Tuesday 24th April
Ramside Hall
NORSC
Northern Universities Sustainable Chemistry Initiative
Agenda
13:20
Colouration for a Sustainable Future - Paddy McGowan - CTO DyeCat Ltd (Leeds)
13:40
Industrial Presentation - PET as a sustainable packaging material - Mark Kenrick - Lotte Chemicals
14:00
The Biorenewables Development Centre - Joe Ross (York)
14:20
Precursor Directed Biosynthesis of Useful Pharmaceutical Intermediates - Steve Cobb (Durham)
14:40
Coffee & Networking
15:00
Nanoscience Newcastle (presentation not available online) - Andy Houlton (Newcastle) who has
collaborations with Johnson Matthey,
15:15
Opportunities for Valorisation of Food waste - Alan Marson - New Food Innovations Ltd (York)
15:30
iPRD Project Industrial Case Studies - James Tunstall (Leeds) examples
15:45
Efficient catalytic syntheses of organoboronate esters - ubiquitous building blocks for fine chemical and
pharmaceutical industries - Patrick Steel (Durham)
16:00
Review of the Day and NEPIC’s active collaborative projects
16:30
Event Closes
Tuesday 24th April
Ramside Hall