Illinois Science Council

ISC is partnering with a terrific group of other area science organizations for some great science and socializing. Join us with AWIS (Association of Women in Science), the Chicago Council on Science and Technology, Chientist, and ChiTownBio for an evening of networking, socializing, and science. Come meet like-minded people and learn something new!

Building a Circular Economy using Biology
Monday, November 18, 2024
6:00pm - 8:30pm (doors open at 6pm; program at 6:30)
Half Sour, 755 S Clark St, Chicago 60605 (map)
FREE; food & drink available for purchase
Registration on Eventbrite not required, but greatly appreciated

Marilene Pavan of LanzaTech Inc., a carbon recycling technology company, will speak on Re-imagining Manufacturing to Replace Fossil Sources: Building a Circular Economy using Biology.

LanzaTech enhances sustainability by converting waste carbon from industrial emissions into valuable products like sustainable fuels and consumer goods, thus reducing dependence on virgin fossil carbon. Their biorecycling technology, operational commercially since 2018, leverages gas fermentation with bacteria to transform emissions from sources such as steel mills and landfills into useful chemicals, promoting a circular economy. By enabling industrial partners to capture and process carbon-rich gases, LanzaTech's model plays a critical role in addressing the climate crisis and meeting the urgent need for carbon recycling and utilization technologies.