Future of chemistry and chemical industries workshop

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in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. X2 staff conducted a "speed workshop" with about 20 executives, laboratory managers, and research scientists, to explore the future of innovation in chemistry and chemical industries.

ZuiPrezi map from Innovation Day

ZuiPrezi map from Innovation Day

The interactive version of the map is available here.

Probably the single most interesting thing to come out of the workshop was the idea of green chemistry as a potentially central field in 21st century science. As the map shows, participants identified a number of high-level trends or challenges that will influence science in the coming decade. All of them, workshop participants argued, can be attacked using green chemistry.

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At a recent X2 workshop on the future of chemistry and chemical industries, X2 researchers and executives and scientists constructed a map of the future of chemistry.

ZuiPrezi map from Innovation DayZuiPrezi map from Innovation Day