Prof. Amar Mohanty attended the 25th Anniversary meeting of the Bio-Environmental Polymer Society (BEPS) from August 15-17, 2018 at Rensselaer Polytechnic University (RPI) in New York. On Wed. Auguest 15, he gave a Keynote presentation on "Innovation and commercialization of biocarbon for advanced green manufacturing". Prof. Manjusri Misra also gave an oral presentation on "Sustainable green packaging: global transition towards a circular economy".