Highlights

15^th International Congress on Catalysis 2012
Munich/Germany
2012-07-01 - 2012-07-06

Programme at a Glance

Lecture Programme 

Poster Programme

Social Programme

Lectures in Common with VAAM and DGHM annual meeting

Monday?s programme is also part of the joint annual meeting of the VAAM (Vereinigung f?r Allgemeine und Angewandte Mikrobiologie e.V.) and DGHM (Deutsche Gesellschaft f?r Hygiene und Mikrobiologie e.V.). Further information will be given in the final programme of the conference. 

Guided Sightseeing Tour "Three in one"

Starting at the "G?nseliesl" fountain, where G?ttingen's town centre successfully combines its origins as a medieval merchant market town with the atmosphere of a modern universtiy city. The centre is not, however, a museum or collection of half-timbered houses, but instead each epoch has left its characteristics on the city. This can be seen at the Old Town Hall, St. Jacob's Church or the old and new buildings of the university. When we walk through the botanical garden of the university, we will visit the Aula at the Wilhelmsplatz and see the students' prison (Karzer) with its famous paintings.

Extending along both sides of the north-eastern part of the city embankment, the almost 300 year old botanical garden  welcomes visitors. The guide shows this impressive world of tropical ferns, the exotic variety in the Victoria House and the hot, dry climate of the cactus house.

Ticket: 6.50 Euro  (incl. VAT)
Duration: 2,5 hours
Starting point: Old Town Hall
End point: ZHG
(Registration necessary) please fill in the registration form

Get Together Reception

There will be an informal gathering in the lobby of the "Zentrales H?rsaalgeb?ude",  University of G?ttingen, to welcome the conference participants and to give them an opportunity to meet.  Drinks and snacks will be served by invitation of the organizer.

Free of charge
(Registration necessary) please fill in the registration form 

Conference Dinner

Following the poster session on Saturday the conference dinner will give the participants the opportunity to extend their discussions in the "Mensa" (dining hall) of the central lecture hall next to the lobby. A well known local group will provide musical entertainment.

Ticket: 36.00  Euro (incl. VAT)
(Registration necessary) please fill in the registration form

Welcome Reception at the "Altes Rathaus"

The Mayor of the City of G?ttingen, Mr. J?rgen Danielowski, takes pleasure in inviting all participants and their registered accompanying persons to a reception at the "Altes Rathaus", the old town hall of the city of G?ttingen. Drinks will be served by invitation of the Mayor of G?ttingen.

Free of charge

History of G?ttingen

First mentioned by Emperor Otto I. in a deed dated 953, G?ttingen enjoys a rich history spanning more than a millennium. This year it is celebrating its 1050th birthday.  Around the year 1200 G?ttingen received town status. It flourished, as a member of the Hanseatic League, in the 14th and 15th centuries. In later years, war torn and prey to political battles, this once blossoming centre of trade became a sleepy provincial town.

G?ttingen experienced  a revival in 1734 as the result of the foundation of the Georg August University by King Georg II of England and Hanover. The university rapidly grew into on of the largest academic institutions in Europe. The "Zentrales H?rsaalgeb?ude" is located in Platz der G?ttinger Sieben, a reference to the "G?ttinger Seven", a group of professors who protested against King Ernst August's infringement of the Hanoverian constitution in 1837. As a result, they were suspended from their positions, some of them even being banned from the state of Hanover. Nowadays, however, life at the university proceeds more conventionally.