Ionic Liquids Workshop

Background, State-of-the-Art, and Academic/Industrial Applications

March 23-24, 2006

The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

THURSDAY March 23, 2006

10:00 am AIME Lobby: REGISTRATION OPENS (sandwiches provided)

12:00-12:30 pm: WELCOME/INTRODUCTIONS

• Professor Robin D. Rogers

12:30-2:30 pm: BACKGROUND AND PROPERTIES: What ILs Are and Are Not

• Professor Kenneth R. Seddon: ILs Past, Present, Future
• Professor Robin D. Rogers: ILs as Technical Materials, Literature, and Choice

2:30-3:00 pm: BREAK

3:00-6:00 pm: BACKGROUND AND PROPERTIES

• Professor James H. Davis, Jr.: ILs and Synthesis
• Professor Edward J. Maginn: Modeling, Properties, and Toxicology of ILs
• Professor John S. Wilkes: New IL Materials

6:00-6:30 pm AIME Lobby: BREAK AND RECEPTION

6:30–8:30 pm AIME Lobby: BANQUET (provided)

FRIDAY March 24, 2006

7:00 - 8:00 am AIME Lobby: CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST (provided)

8:00 – 10:30 am: BULK USE AND MANUFACTURING ISSUES

• Dr. Calvin Emanuel, BASF
• Dr. William R. Pitner, Merck KGaA/EMD
• Dr. Ted Chang, Cytec

10:30-11:00 am: BREAK

11:00 am-12:00 pm: APPLICATIONS

• Professor Hiroyuki Ohno: Electrochemistry

12:00-1:00 pm: LUNCH (provided)

1:00-3:00 pm: APPLICATIONS

• Professor Kevin H. Shaughnessy: Catalysis and Polymer Chemistry in ILs
• Professor Christopher S. Brazel: ILs as Polymer Plasticizers

3:00-3:30 pm: BREAK

3:30-6:00 pm: APPLICATIONS AND SPECIAL TOPICS REQUESTED

• Dr. Richard P. Swatloski: ILs as IP Drivers
• Professor Robin D. Rogers: Separations and Energetic Materials

6:00-6:30 pm: FUTURE TRENDS PANEL

· Workshop Instructors Panel

6:30 pm: END OF WORKSHOP, DINNER at Cypress Inn (Dutch Treat)