NSTC Sustainable Chemistry Webinar Series

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy’s National Science and Technology Council’s Strategy Team on Sustainable Chemistry will host outreach activities in May to help the Biden-Harris Administration fulfill our commitment to moving the Federal effort on sustainable chemistry forward through coordinated interagency science and technology efforts.

Friday, May 6, 2022 from 10:00 AM ET – 11:30 AM ET

The Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy is convening virtually an environmental roundtable to discuss the role of small business in sustainable chemistry and small business perspectives on the questions posed in OSTP’s Request for Information (RFI) published in the Federal Register. There will be a presentation on the mission of the Strategy Team on Sustainable Chemistry and on the RFI, followed by a presentation on the role of third-party standards in sustainable chemistry, and then an open discussion.

For more information about the Office of Advocacy’s Small Business Roundtables or to RSVP, email Assistant Chief Counsel Dave Rostker, david.rostker@sba.gov. This event is not open to members of the media. For press inquiries related to this event or OSTP’s work on Sustainable Chemistry, please email press@ostp.eop.gov.

Thursday, May 12, 2022 from 1:00 PM ET – 2:30 PM ET

2022 Sustainable Chemistry Webinar on Chemical Enterprise Needs: The Strategy Team on Sustainable Chemistry will host the second webinar in a series regarding the team’s tasks of defining, assessing and preparing a strategic plan in the area of Sustainable Chemistry in response to direction in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2020. The presenters in the webinar will discuss the science, technology, and innovation needs of the chemical industries, including carbon capture, sustainable process design, and chemical separation technologies.

The speakers include Dionisios (Dion) G. Vlachos from the University of Delaware, Joan F. Brennecke from the University of Texas at Austin, and Jennifer Wilcox, the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management at the Department of Energy.

Register: Webinar Registration – Zoom (zoomgov.com). A recording of the webinar will be posted at www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/events-webinars/

Link to the RFI: Federal Register :: Request for Information: Sustainable Chemistry

Contact: JEEP@ostp.eop.gov with questions. Be on the lookout for a third webinar in June.