TOPICS

A. Mechanisms Understanding catalysts and catalytic reactions	B. Materials Design, synthesis and characterization of catalysts	C. Processes Novel approaches to catalytic transformations
1. Catalysis for energy applications (petroleum refining, hydrogen production/storage, conversion of carbon rich unconventional fossil resources and biomass, energy storage and conversion, photo/electro and fuel cell catalysis, syngas generation ...)
2. Catalysis for chemical synthesis (green synthesis, advanced routes in petrochemistry, platform chemicals from renewables, fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals, enantioselective catalysis, biochemical routes to fine chemicals, polymerization...)
3. Catalysis for environmental applications (cleaning exhaust streams, mobile source emission, catalytic upgrading of waste materials, catalysis in CCS ...)
4. Crosscutting issues and grand challenges (advances in computational catalysis, catalysis via nanotechnology, characterization techniques, advances in reactor technology, catalyst immobilization and flow-systems ...)

Three main threads structure the catalytic themes into mechanisms, i.e., the understanding of catalytic materials and processes, materials, i.e., the design, synthesis and characterization of catalysts and processes, i.e., novel approaches to catalytic processes. These three threads will be complemented by a thread covering crosscutting issues such as the development of new computational methods, new analytical techniques and new approaches to reactor design. These four main threads will be applied to structure applications of catalysis in the areas of catalysis for energy application, catalysis for chemical synthesis and catalysis for environmental applications. To help us group your contribution, we have identified topics within the program, which are shown in details below.

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1. Catalysis for energy applications

1.01. Catalytic processes in petroleum refining - general

1.02 Catalytic cracking, hydrocracking and isomerization

1.03 Clean fuels, hydrotreating, hydrodesulfurization, hydrodenitrogenation

1.04 Carbon-Carbon coupling reactions, alkylation, oligomerization

1.05. Hydrogen production/storage

1.06. Conversion of carbon rich unconventional fossil resources

1.07. Biomass conversion to fuels

1.08. Catalysis in energy storage and conversion (batteries, chemical storage)

1.09. Photo/electro catalysis

1.10. Fuel cell catalysis

1.11. Synthesis gas generation and catalytic conversion

2. Catalysis for chemical synthesis

2.01. Green synthesis

2.02. Advanced routes in petrochemistry for light olefin production, transformation of aromatics

2.03. Catalytic transformation of aromatic molecules, heteroatom functionalization, alkylation, disproportionation, isomerization

2.04. Platform and specialty chemicals from renewables

2.05. Fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals

2.06. Enantioselective catalysis

2.07. Biochemical routes to intermediates and fine chemicals

2.08. Polymerization

3. Catalysis for environmental applications

3.01. Cleaning exhaust streams, e.g. such as removal of volatile organic compounds, stationary source emission and cleaning of water

3.02. Mobile source emission

3.03. Catalytic upgrading of waste materials

3.04. Catalysis in CO₂ capture, sequestration or utilization

4. Crosscutting issues and grand challenges

4.01. Advances in computational catalysis

4.02. Novel routes to catalysis via nanotechnology

4.03. Novel concepts in acid-base catalysis

4.04. Advances in reactor technology (multifunctionality, structuring, size)

4.05. Catalyst immobilization and flow-systems