Scientific programme of the EUROPACAT VIII

”FROM THEORY TO INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE”

Scientific programme
[Program time schedule] [Oral presentations by sesion] [Poster presentations]

[Poster Awards]

[Europacat VIII statistics]

Plenary lectures, Berzelius lecture, Boudart award lecture (7)
Keynote lectures (at least one for each symposium)
180 oral presentations (four parallel sessions)
Poster presentations (3 x 250)
Equipment and book exhibitions

Sessions of the symposia

1	Catalysis from first principles Chairs: M.Witko PL, P. Sautet, FR, R. van Santen, NL, K. Borve, NO
2	Nanotechnology in catalysis, novel catalytic materials Chairs: F. Fajula, FR, K. de Jong, NL, M. Lok, UK, K. P. Lillerud, NO
3	Surface science in catalysis Chairs: G. Rupprechter, AT, M. Bowker, UK, J. W. Niemantsverdriet, NL, F. Besenbacher, DK
4	New experimental approaches and characterization under reaction conditions (combinatorial methods included) Chairs: S. Bordiga, I, I. Koptyug, RUS, C. Mirodatos, FR, B. Weckhuysen, NL, E. A. Blekkan, NO
5	Catalysis for pharma and fine chemistry (homo- and heterogeneous catalysis) Chairs: D. de Vos, BE, E. Derouane, PT, K. A. Jorgensen, DK, J.-E. Backvall, SE
6	Catalysis by enzymes, more information Chairs: O. May, NL, P. Falholt, DK, K. Hodnett, IE, L. Kanerva, FIN
7	Polymerization Chairs: M.R. Buchmeiser, DE, A. Michalak, PL, J. Seppalä, FIN, P. Lehmus, FIN
8	Electro-catalysis and catalysis related to fuel cells Chairs: C. Vayenas, GRE, C. Bianchini, IT, V. Sobyanin, RUS,
9	Catalysis in oil refining Chairs: J.-P.Gilson, FR, A. Kalantar, SE, K.G. Knudsen, DK, M. Lindblad, FIN
10	Natural gas conversion (GTL, MTO, methanol, etc.) Chairs: D. Sanfilippo, IT, L. Lefferts, NL, J. R. Rostrup-Nielsen, DK, E. Rytter, NO,
11	The Hydrogen Society (hydrogen production and storage) Chairs: H. Jonsson, ISL, G. A. Kramer, NL, J. Ross, IE, H. Venvik, NO
12	Catalysis in the conversion of renewable resources (biofuels, catalysis for sustainable developments) Chairs: R. A. Sheldon, NL, O. Augustsson, SE, C.H. Christensen, DK, X. Verykios, GRE
13	Catalysis for pollution control (stationary) Chairs: G. Centi, IT, L. Pettersson, SE, Z. Sobalik, CZE, A. Stakheev, RUS, K.-D. Vorlop, DE
14	Catalysis for pollution control (mobile) Chairs: M. Twigg, UK, N. Kruse, BE, M. Skoglund, SE
15	Catalysis for bulk and specialty chemicals Chairs: R. Fischer, DE, M. Hronec, SVK, C. Perego, IT, E. Schwab, DE, D. Vogt, NL
16	Catalytic reaction engineering (novel reactor systems and novel reaction media included) Chairs: J. Levec, SLO, J. Hanika, CZE, G. Marin, BE, J. Santamaria, ES, K. Dam Johansen, DK
17	Photocatalysis Chairs: J.-M. Herrmann, FR, S. Malato, ES, V. A. Vorontsov, RUS
18	Catalyst deactivation, regeneration and recycling Chairs: S. D. Jackson, UK, D. Chadwick, UK, F. Ramoa Ribeiro, PT
19	Towards 100% Selectivity in Catalytic Oxidation over Nanostructured Metal Oxides VIII European Workshop on Selective Oxidation ISO 2007 hosted by EUROPACAT VIII , More information

Berzelius Lecture

Professor R.H. Grubbs (California Institute of Technology)
2005 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry

Boudart Award Lecture
Professor Alexis T. Bell, more information

Plenary lectures
Professor James A. Dumesic (University of Wisconsin- Madison)
Professor Irina I. Ivanova (Moscow State University)
Dr. Herman Kuipers (Shell Global Solutions)
Professor Jens K. Nørskov (Technical University of Denmark)
Professor Ferdi Schüth (Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung)

List of confirmed key-note speakers

Professor Detlef Bahnemann, University of Hannover
Prof. M. Beller, Leibniz Institute for Catalysis, Rostock
Prof. F. Besenbacher, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Dr. M. Besson, Institut de Recherches sur la Catalyse, Lyon
Prof. J. A. van Bokhoven, ETH, Zurich
Prof. U. Bornscheuer, Institute of Biochemistry, Greifswald
Prof. R. Burch, Queen's University Belfast
Prof. L. Gladden, University of Cambridge
Prof. M. Guisnet, Université de Poitiers
Prof. C. Hardacre, Queen's University Belfast
Dr. M. Harmer, DuPont Central Research
Prof. V. Hessel, Eindhoven University of Technology, IMM-Mainz
Prof. A. Holmen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim
Prof. K. Hult, Biochemistry, KTH, Stockholm
Dr T. Johnson, Corning Incorporated
Prof. K. P. de Jong, Utrecht University
Prof. D. Kittelson, University of Minnesota
Dr. J.-P. Lange, Shell Global Solutions
Dr. C. Louis, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris
Dr P. A. Midgley, University of Cambridge
Prof M. Muhler, Ruhr University Bochum
Prof. R.F. Mülhaupt, University of Freiburg
Prof. G. Pacchioni, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milan
Dr. C. Perego, Eni SpA, San Donato Milanese
Prof. J. Pérez-Ramírez, Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies
Prof. A. Renken, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Prof. R. Rogers, The University of Alabama
Dr. A. Sapre, EXXONMOBIL Research and Engineering Company
Prof. L. Schmidt, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Prof. U. Stimming, Technische Universität Muenchen
Dr. P. Thüne, Eindhoven University of Technology
Dr. D. Tichit, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier
Dr. H. Toulhoat, Institut Français du Pétrole, Paris
Prof. J. Weitkamp, University of Stuttgart
Prof. W. T. Tysoe, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin
Prof. D. de Vos, KU Leuven
Prof. J. Y. Ying, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Singapore
Dr. P. Zelenay, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Prof. T. Ziegler, University of Calgary