PROGRAM:

9:30-10:00AM | Registration and Refreshments (coffee/tea/cookies)

10:00-10:10AM | Welcome, Opening Remarks, Joel Plawsky, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

10:10-10:20AM | Welcome, Nabil Nasr, New York State Pollution Prevention Institute, Rochester Institute of Technology

10:20-10:30AM | Welcome, John Vana, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation 

10:30-11:15AM | Keynote I, John Warner, Golisano Institute for Sustainability, RIT

11:15-11:45AM | Keynote II, Kassey M. Rydberg and Tina Ovitt, NY CREATES

11:45AM-1:15PM | Lunch

12:15-1:15PM | Poster session

1:15-1:45PM | Binghamton University, Low-lead perovskite solar technology for a clean, green, and sustainable energy future

1:45-2:15PM | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Economical biopolymer production through waste CO2 upcycling

2:15-2:30PM | Break

2:30-3:00PM | Cornell University, Developing a novel tri-enzyme complex as a new poultry feed additive to enable simultaneous decreases of manure nitrogen, phosphorus, and heavy-metal pollutions

3:00-3:30PM | Rochester Institute of Technology, Upcycling of polyolefin plastics to fluorescent materials for detection of metal ions

3:30-3:45PM | Closing Remarks, Sarah Briggs, New York State Pollution Prevention Institute

3:45PM | Departure

REGISTRATION:

The registration is open and free for all participants, registration is due 16 September, Monday, 5:00pm.

Register at:  https://webforms.rpi.edu/form/nysp2i-student-symposium-hosted

LOCATION:
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 8th St
Troy, NY, 12180
Building: Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS)

Room: Howard P. Isermann (CBIS) Auditorium
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