Invited speakers

Plenary Lecture

Title will be given
G.N. Papatheodorou, Forth/ICE-HT, Hellas/GR

Ion pairs or ion solvation: dissolving salts in ionic liquids
T. Welton, Imperial College, London/UK

Keynote Lectures

Surface chemistry of room-temperature ionic liquids
S. Baldelli, University of Houston, TX/USA

Catalysis by supported molten salts and ionic liquids
R. Fehrmann, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby/DK

Properties of ionic liquids and their application in green chemistry
B. Han, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing/PRC

Ionic liquids: are the applications of ionic liquids as materials more important than the use of ionic liquids as solvents?
R.D. Rogers, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL/USA

The design of molten salt electrolytes for metals extraction processes and colossal batteries for stationary energy storage
D.R. Sadoway, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA/USA

Ionic liquids – industrial coming of age for these high performance materials
M. Schulte, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt/D

Phase behavior and applications of fluorochemicals and ionic liquids
M.B. Shiflett, DuPont Central R&D, Wilmington, DE/USA

How ionic are ionic liquids? from fundamentals to applications
M. Watanabe, Yokohama National University/J

Application of ionic liquids based on physiochemical properties
J.S. Wilkes, U.S. Air Force AcademyColorado Springs, CO/USA