Dr. James Katzer
Executive Director
SUSTAINABILITY
AICHE
Australia
Biography
Dr. James Katzer, in his recent keynote at ISCRE-21 was afraid that research, development and deployment (RD&D) are inter-related and R&D may hop geographical boundaries if deployment or demonstration takes place in different regions of the world. He pointed out that with shifts in manufacturing of semiconductor industries to Asia, R&D in that field has moved out of U.S. to those Asian countries. This may be repeated for solar- or wind-based technological solutions but may not occur for processes that have positional advantage. We may have to distinguish between basic research and developmental research. The basic research should take place in any part of the world irrespective of whether developmental research moves to the place of deployment or not. Cutting-edge basic research may be protected by IP and other export control regulations or other agreements.
Research Interest
Environmental Sciences, Sustainability, Green Chemistry, Green Engineering, Chemical Engineering, paper & textile.
