16 March 2020

The ICC2020 Organizing Committee continues to monitor health advisories and travel restrictions in the context of their potential impact on attendance and program content.

We know that many of you share our concern about the health and well-being of our community and we will make all decisions with this as our foremost concern.

The dates of the meeting are about three months away and the developments over the next few weeks will bring greater certainty about the duration and impact of this pandemic and of the measures taken to contain it.

We received more than 2200 abstracts and the technical program currently includes 4 plenary lectures, 40 keynotes and more than 600 oral presentations and 1200 posters, with presenters from more than 50 countries.

We remain committed to hosting this conference in San Diego in mid-June, provided that it is safe and appropriate to do so and that participants from around the world are able to attend. This will make this meeting a memorable gathering of our international catalysis community.

Our thoughts are with all of you in these challenging moments.

With regards and our wishes for health for you and your families.

Enrique Iglesia
Meeting Chair
On behalf of the Organizing Committee of the 17th International Congress on Catalysis (ICC2020)

For more information on COVID-19, please visit a dedicated website https://www.cdc.gov/ of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Questions regarding conference can be directed at info@2020icc.com. Thank you for your patience.

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2020 Vision

Welcome!

Welcome to the 17th International Congress on Catalysis

The Organizing Committee warmly invites you to participate in the 17th International Congress on Catalysis (ICC) to be held in San Diego, California on June 14-19, 2020. This congress is the premier technical gathering of our international communities of practice in surface and organometallic catalysis, industrial homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, electrocatalysis, photocatalysis, and catalysis in condensed media. This meeting brings together participants from academia, industry, and national laboratories, with a tradition and an expressed goal of nurturing interdisciplinary discourse and of mentoring students and young researchers.

This Congress has been held every four years under the auspices of the International Association of Catalysis Societies since its first meeting in Philadelphia in 1956. This 17th ICC is sponsored and organized by the North American Catalysis Society  and its members, who welcome all of you, as students and practitioners of catalysis, to present your most significant work. As the Meeting Chair, I am indebted to a dedicated and talented cadre of colleagues for their service as part of the Organizing Committee. They have prepared for us an exciting technical program, a series of tutorials and workshops, and some social and networking activities, all of which will provide ample opportunities for scientific exchanges and personal contacts with colleagues and friends. We also acknowledge the generous financial support of our sponsors, which account for nearly 20% of the costs incurred in holding this 17th ICC.

This meeting brings together our community to share technical progress and challenges among the more than 2,000 participants through 4 plenary and award lectures and about 30 keynote addresses presented by some of most eminent scientists in the field, approximately 600 oral presentations and 1,200 posters, selected from the nearly 2,400 abstracts submitted for consideration (Technical Program).

Our global catalysis community has developed the science, the enabling tools, and the engineering foundations needed to address the formidable challenges that we face as we strive to improve the quality of life for everyone while protecting our natural resources and our environment for future generations. We send this invitation to the entire international catalysis community to come together to continue in this endeavor — sharing knowledge, bridging intellectual gaps, advancing our science, celebrating the achievements of our most accomplished members — and in building new collaborations and friendships.

Welcome on behalf of the 17th ICC Organizing Committee and the North American Catalysis Society. Enjoy the science, the sharing among friends and colleagues, and the gathering of our extended catalysis family. We look forward to your contributions and participation in this 17th ICC and to seeing all of you in San Diego.

-Enrique Iglesia, 17th ICC Chair

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

MEETING CHAIR:
Enrique Iglesia, University of California, Berkeley

MEETING VICE CHAIRS:
Abhaya Datye, University of New Mexico
Bruce Gates, University of California, Davis
Umit Ozkan, Ohio State University

PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Jingguang Chen (co-chair), Columbia University
Christopher Jones (co-chair), Georgia Institute of Technology
J. Will Medlin, University of Colorado
Susannah Scott, University of California, Santa Barbara

SECRETARY:
Bjorn Moden, Zeolyst International

WEBSITE AND PUBLICITY COMMITTEE:
Beata Kilos (chair), Dow, Inc.
Aditya Bhan, University of Minnesota
Eranda Nikolla, Wayne State University
Brian Trewyn, Colorado School of Mines

VIDEOGRAPHY/PHOTOGRAPHY:
Uschi Graham, University of Kentucky
Stuart Soled, ExxonMobil

FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE:
Thomas Degnan (chair), University of Notre Dame
Fabio Ribeiro, Purdue University
Jeff Bricker, UOP LLC, A Honeywell Company
C. P. Kelkar, BASF Corporation
Sudhakar Jale, W.R. Grace
Hye Kyung Timken, Chevron Corporation
Yong Wang, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

FINANCIAL AND BUDGET COMMITTEE:
Ya-Huei (Cathy) Chin (chair), University of Toronto
Huamin Wang, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
C.Y. Chen, Chevron Corporation

LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE:
Ryan Richards (chair), Colorado School of Mines
Shaama Sharada, University of Southern California
Dante Simonetti, University of California, Los Angeles

POSTERS, WORKSHOPS AND SATELLITE CONFERENCES COMMITTEE:
John Kuhn (chair), University of South Florida
Elizabeth Biddinger, The City College of New York
Raj Gounder, Purdue University

PUBLICATION COMMITTEE:
David Flaherty (co-chair), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Justin Notestein (co-chair), Northwestern University

EXHIBITORS COMMITTEE:
Paul Kester (chair), Micromeritics
Jesse Hensley, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

MEETING ORGANIZER:
Jennifer Whiting Meeting Solutions, Inc.

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Welcome!

Welcome!

The Organizing Committee warmly invites you to participate in the 17th International Congress on Catalysis (ICC) to be held in San Diego, California on June 14-19, 2020. This congress is the premier technical gathering of our communities of practice in surface and organometallic catalysis, industrial homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, electrocatalysis, photocatalysis, and catalysis in condensed media. This meeting brings together participants from academia, industry, and national laboratories, with a tradition and expressed goal of nurturing and mentoring students and young researchers as part of its mission.

This Congress has been held every four years under the auspices of the International Association of Catalysis Societies since its first meeting in Philadelphia in 1956 (watch on Youtube).  This 17th ICC is sponsored and organized by the North American Catalysis Society and its members, who welcome all of you, as students and practitioners of catalysis, to submit your most significant work for presentation in the many areas of catalysis covered by this congress.

Our global catalysis community has built the science, the enabling tools, and the engineering foundation needed to address the formidable challenges faced by humanity and our planet, as we strive to improve the quality of life for everyone while preserving natural resources and the environment for future generations. We send this invitation to the entire international catalysis community to come together to continue in this endeavor — sharing knowledge, bridging intellectual gaps, advancing our science, celebrating the achievements of our most accomplished members — and in building new collaborations and friendships.

Welcome on behalf of the 17th ICC Organizing Committee and it’s sponsoring organizations. We look forward to your contributions and participation in this 17th ICC and to seeing all of you in San Diego.

-Enrique Iglesia, 17th ICC Chair

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

MEETING CHAIR:
Enrique Iglesia, University of California at Berkeley

MEETING VICE CHAIRS:
Abhaya Datye, University of New Mexico
Bruce Gates, University of California, Davis
Umit Ozkan, Ohio State University

PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Jingguang Chen (co-chair), Columbia University
Christopher Jones (co-chair), Georgia Institute of Technology
J. Will Medlin, University of Colorado
Susannah Scott, University of California, Santa Barbara

SECRETARY:
Bjorn Moden, Zeolyst International

WEBSITE AND PUBLICITY COMMITTEE:
Beata Kilos (chair), Dow
Aditya Bhan, University of Minnesota
Eranda Nikolla, Wayne State University
Brian Trewyn, Colorado School of Mines

VIDEOGRAPHY/PHOTOGRAPHY:
Uschi Graham, University of Kentucky
Stuart Soled, ExxonMobil

FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE:
Thomas Degnan (chair), University of Notre Dame
Fabio Ribeiro, Purdue University
Jeff Bricker, UOP LLC, A Honeywell Company
C. P. Kelkar, BASF Corporation
Sudhakar Jale, W.R. Grace
Hye Kyung Timken, Chevron Corporation
Yong Wang, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

FINANCIAL AND BUDGET COMMITTEE:
Ya-Huei (Cathy) Chin (chair), University of Toronto
Huamin Wang, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
C.Y. Chen, Chevron Corporation

LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE:
Ryan Richards (chair), Colorado School of Mines
Shaama Sharada, University of Southern California
Dante Simonetti, University of California, Los Angeles

POSTERS, WORKSHOPS AND SATELLITE CONFERENCES COMMITTEE:
John Kuhn (chair), University of South Florida
Elizabeth Biddinger, The City College of New York
Raj Gounder, Purdue University

PUBLICATION COMMITTEE:
David Flaherty (co-chair), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Justin Notestein (co-chair), Northwestern University

EXHIBITORS COMMITTEE:
Paul Kester (chair), Micromeritics
Jesse Hensley, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

MEETING ORGANIZER:
Jennifer Whiting Meeting Solutions, Inc.

View Photos of Organizing Committee

Welcome!

Welcome to the 17TH International Congress on Catalysis

The Organizing Committee warmly invites you to participate in the 17th International Congress on Catalysis (ICC) to be held in San Diego, California on June 14-19, 2020. This congress is the premier technical gathering of our international communities of practice in surface and organometallic catalysis, industrial homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, electrocatalysis, photocatalysis, and catalysis in condensed media. This meeting brings together participants from academia, industry, and national laboratories, with a tradition and an expressed goal of nurturing interdisciplinary discourse and of mentoring students and young researchers.

This Congress has been held every four years under the auspices of the International Association of Catalysis Societies since its first meeting in Philadelphia in 1956. This 17th ICC is sponsored and organized by the North American Catalysis Society  and its members, who welcome all of you, as students and practitioners of catalysis, to present your most significant work. As the Meeting Chair, I am indebted to a dedicated and talented cadre of colleagues for their service as part of the Organizing Committee. They have prepared for us an exciting technical program, a series of tutorials and workshops, and some social and networking activities, all of which will provide ample opportunities for scientific exchanges and personal contacts with colleagues and friends. We also acknowledge the generous financial support of our sponsors, which account for nearly 20% of the costs incurred in holding this 17th ICC.

This meeting brings together our community to share technical progress and challenges among the more than 2,000 participants through 4 plenary and award lectures and about 30 keynote addresses presented by some of most eminent scientists in the field, approximately 600 oral presentations and 1,200 posters, selected from the nearly 2,400 abstracts submitted for consideration (Technical Program).

Our global catalysis community has developed the science, the enabling tools, and the engineering foundations needed to address the formidable challenges that we face as we strive to improve the quality of life for everyone while protecting our natural resources and our environment for future generations. We send this invitation to the entire international catalysis community to come together to continue in this endeavor — sharing knowledge, bridging intellectual gaps, advancing our science, celebrating the achievements of our most accomplished members — and in building new collaborations and friendships.

Welcome on behalf of the 17th ICC Organizing Committee and the North American Catalysis Society. Enjoy the science, the sharing among friends and colleagues, and the gathering of our extended catalysis family. We look forward to your contributions and participation in this 17th ICC and to seeing all of you in San Diego.

-Enrique Iglesia, 17th ICC Chair

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

CHAIR:
Enrique Iglesia, University of California, Berkeley

VICE CHAIR:
Abhaya Datye, University of New Mexico
Bruce Gates, University of California, Davis
Umit Ozkan, Ohio State University

PROGRAMMING:
Jingguang Chen (co-chair), Columbia University
Christopher Jones (co-chair), Georgia Institute of Technology
J. Will Medlin, University of Colorado
Susannah Scott, University of California, Santa Barbara

SECRETARY:
Bjorn Moden, Zeolyst International

VIDEOGRAPHY/PHOTOGRAPHY:
Uschi Graham, University of Kentucky
Stuart Soled, ExxonMobil

WEBSITE AND PUBLICITY:
Beata Kilos (chair), Dow
Aditya Bhan, University of Minnesota
Eranda Nikolla, Wayne State University
Brian Trewyn, Colorado School of Mines

FUNDRAISING:
Thomas Degnan, University of Notre Dame
Fabio Ribeiro, Purdue University
Jeff Bricker, UOP LLC, A Honeywell Company
C. P. Kelkar, BASF Corporation
Sudhakar Jale, W.R. Grace
Hye Kyung Timken, Chevron Corporation

FINANCES:
Ya-Huei (Cathy) Chin, University of Toronto
Huamin Wang, Pacific Northwest National Lab
C.Y. Chen, Chevron Corporation

LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS:
Ryan Richards, Colorado School of Mines
Shaama Sharada, University of Southern California
Dante Simonetti, University of California, Los Angeles

POSTER SESSIONS:
John Kuhn, University of South Florida
Elizabeth Biddinger, The City College of New York
Raj Gounder, Purdue University

EXHIBITORS:
Paul Kester, Micromeritics
Jesse Hensley, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

MEETING ORGANIZER:
Jennifer Whiting Meeting Solutions, Inc.

View Photos of Organizing Committee
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Welcome!

Welcome!

The Organizing Committee warmly invites you to participate in the 17th International Congress on Catalysis (ICC) to be held in San Diego, California on June 14-19, 2020. This congress is the premier technical gathering of our communities of practice in surface and organometallic catalysis, industrial homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, electrocatalysis, photocatalysis, and catalysis in condensed media. This meeting brings together participants from academia, industry, and national laboratories, with a tradition and expressed goal of nurturing and mentoring students and young researchers as part of its mission.

This Congress has been held every four years under the auspices of the International Association of Catalysis Societies since its first meeting in Philadelphia in 1956 (watch on Youtube).  This 17th ICC is sponsored and organized by the North American Catalysis Society and its members, who welcome all of you, as students and practitioners of catalysis, to submit your most significant work for presentation in the many areas of catalysis covered by this congress.

Our global catalysis community has built the science, the enabling tools, and the engineering foundation needed to address the formidable challenges faced by humanity and our planet, as we strive to improve the quality of life for everyone while preserving natural resources and the environment for future generations. We send this invitation to the entire international catalysis community to come together to continue in this endeavor — sharing knowledge, bridging intellectual gaps, advancing our science, celebrating the achievements of our most accomplished members — and in building new collaborations and friendships.

Welcome on behalf of the 17th ICC Organizing Committee and it’s sponsoring organizations. We look forward to your contributions and participation in this 17th ICC and to seeing all of you in San Diego.

-Enrique Iglesia, 17th ICC Chair

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

CHAIR:
Enrique Iglesia, University of California, Berkeley

VICE CHAIR:
Abhaya Datye, University of New Mexico
Bruce Gates, University of California, Davis
Umit Ozkan, Ohio State University

PROGRAMMING:
Jingguang Chen (co-chair), Columbia University
Christopher Jones (co-chair), Georgia Institute of Technology
J. Will Medlin, University of Colorado
Susannah Scott, University of California, Santa Barbara

SECRETARY:
Bjorn Moden, Zeolyst International

VIDEOGRAPHY/PHOTOGRAPHY:
Uschi Graham, University of Kentucky
Stuart Soled, ExxonMobil

WEBSITE AND PUBLICITY:
Beata Kilos (chair), Dow
Aditya Bhan, University of Minnesota
Eranda Nikolla, Wayne State University
Brian Trewyn, Colorado School of Mines

FUNDRAISING:
Thomas Degnan, University of Notre Dame
Fabio Ribeiro, Purdue University
Jeff Bricker, UOP LLC, A Honeywell Company
C. P. Kelkar, BASF Corporation
Sudhakar Jale, W.R. Grace
Hye Kyung Timken, Chevron Corporation

FINANCES:
Ya-Huei (Cathy) Chin, University of Toronto
Huamin Wang, Pacific Northwest National Lab
C.Y. Chen, Chevron Corporation

LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS:
Ryan Richards, Colorado School of Mines
Shaama Sharada, University of Southern California
Dante Simonetti, University of California, Los Angeles

POSTER SESSIONS:
John Kuhn, University of South Florida
Elizabeth Biddinger, The City College of New York
Raj Gounder, Purdue University

EXHIBITORS:
Paul Kester, Micromeritics
Jesse Hensley, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

MEETING ORGANIZER:
Jennifer Whiting Meeting Solutions, Inc.

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Technical Program

Technical Program

 
INFORMATION FOR PRESENTERS

Information For Presenters

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Program Overview

The scientific program for the 17th International Congress on Catalysis will feature the central role catalysis has played in the synthesis of new molecules and materials. The program will highlight recent developments, challenges, and opportunities available in context of the changing landscape of feedstocks and the discovery and development of new and enabling experimental and computational methods.

The theme of the conference, 2020 Vision for Catalysis, aims to look into the future for catalysis research guided by the past and to the judge the present in context of what lies ahead. The technical program will address the science and practice of catalysis along three cross-cutting themes:

  • Materials and Molecules
  • Pathways and Mechanisms
  • Reactors and Processes
Approximately 600 oral presentations and 1200 poster presentations will feature in the technical program that will begin on 15th June 2020 and end by midday 19th June 2020. The technical program will be organized along the following topical sessions and will feature state-of-the-art research across heterogeneous, homogeneous, photo-, and electro- catalysis.
  • C1 Chemistry
  • Functionalization and Conversion of C2-C5 paraffins
  • H2 Generation and Use
  • Syngas Generation and Use
  • Electrocatalysis and Photocatalysis Fundamentals
  • Reaction Engineering (Conventional and Modular Methods)
  • Environmental Catalysis (Gas and Liquid Phases)
  • Heteroatom Removal
  • Carbon-Carbon and Carbon-Heteroatom Bond Formation
  • Conversion of Biomass and Biomass-derived Molecules
  • In-situ and Operando Analysis
  • Catalysis with Ordered Porous Materials (MOFs, Zeolites, etc.)
  • Catalysis for Chemical Synthesis (Commodity and Specialty)
  • Theory and Computation in Catalysis
  • Catalyst Synthesis and/or Characterization
  • Catalysis in Nitrogen Chemistry
  • Catalytic Cracking
  • Catalysis with Supported Metals
  • Catalysis with Oxides
  • Catalyst Deactivation
  • Emerging and Cross-Cutting Topics in Catalysis
The program will feature several plenary (60-minute), keynote (40-minute), and invited (20-minute) oral presentations across eight parallel sessions.
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Plenary Lectures

Several plenary lectures will feature in the technical program of the 17th ICC. These 60-minute presentations will feature the most accomplished practitioners of our discipline from academia and industry who will provide both retrospective analysis of the field and discuss the development of catalysis science and technology as it relates to the current state-of-the-art.
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Keynote and Invited Lectures

Keynote (40-minute) and Invited (20-minute) oral presentations organized along each of the topical sessions will address the fundamentals and applications of catalysis in the field.
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Awards

The International Association of Catalysis Societies (IACS) will present two awards at the 17th ICC in San Diego: the International Catalysis Award and the Heinz Heinemann Award. The recipients will be selected by the IACS Awards Committee and both recipients will be invited to present a plenary lecture at the 17th ICC.

The International Catalysis Award will recognize pioneering accomplishments and innovation by an individual in the early stages of their career. The recipient must not have passed his/her 45th birthday on 1st May of the award year.

The Heinz Heinemann Award will be given to an individual or a group for significant contributions to catalyst science and technology achieved during the past four years.

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2020 Heinz Heinemann Award

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Professor Avelino Corma, 2020 Heinz Heinemann Awardee
Institute of Chemical Technology
ITQ-CSIC-Polytechnical University of Valencia, Spain


“From the molecular design of solid catalysts to their industrial applications”

2020 International Catalysis Award

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Professor Xile Hu, 2020 International Catalysis Awardee
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering
Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Catalysis
Lausanne, Switzerland
“Cooperative catalysis for water splitting and CO2 electroreduction”
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Abstract Submission

Abstract Submissison

 
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Call for abstracts for oral and poster presentations.

Prospective authors are invited to present their latest results in all areas of catalysis.
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Abstracts are invited for original research involved in the synthesis of molecules or materials relevant for catalysis—encompassing heterogeneous, homogeneous, electro-, and photo- catalysis. The scope of the meeting includes, but is not limited to the following:
  • C1 Chemistry
  • Functionalization and Conversion of C2-C5 paraffins
  • H2 Generation and Use
  • Syngas Generation and Use
  • Electrocatalysis and Photocatalysis Fundamentals
  • Reaction Engineering (Conventional and Modular Methods)
  • Environmental Catalysis (Gas and Liquid Phases)
  • Heteroatom Removal
  • Carbon-Carbon and Carbon-Heteroatom Bond Formation
  • Conversion of Biomass and Biomass-derived Molecules
  • In-situ and Operando Analysis
  • Catalysis with Ordered Porous Materials (MOFs, Zeolites, etc.)
  • Catalysis for Chemical Synthesis (Commodity and Specialty)
  • Theory and Computation in Catalysis
  • Catalyst Synthesis and/or Characterization
  • Catalysis in Nitrogen Chemistry
  • Catalytic Cracking
  • Catalysis with Supported Metals
  • Catalysis with Oxides
  • Catalyst Deactivation
  • Emerging and Cross-Cutting Topics in Catalysis
Decisions on abstract submissions will be announced before the end of February 2020. Each accepted abstract must have a presenter registered for the event no later than 15th April 2020.

Speakers

Plenary Speakers

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2020 Heinz Heinemann Awardee
Professor Avelino Corma
Institute of Chemical Technology
ITQ-CSIC-Polytechnical University of Valencia, Spain
“From the molecular design of solid catalysts to their industrial applications”
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Professor Johannes Lercher
TU München, Department of Chemistry and Catalysis Research Center
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Institute for Integrated Catalysis
“Understanding and controlling hydrogen addition on metals, oxides, and sulfides: Nature and nuclearity of sites, solvents, and (electro)chemical potentials”
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Professor Unni Olsbye
Department of Chemistry
University of Oslo
“Catalysis within confined spaces”
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Professor Ye Wang
Director, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Xiamen University
“Selectivity control in catalytic transformation of C1 molecules into multicarbon products”

Keynote Speakers

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2020 IACS International Catalysis Award Keynote Lecture:
Professor Xile Hu, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering
Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Catalysis
Lausanne, Switzerland
“Cooperative catalysis for water splitting and CO2 electroreduction”
Silvia Bordiga, Università Degli Studi di Torino
Angelika Brückner, Leibniz-Institut for Catalysis
Paul Dauenhauer, University of Minnesota
Sandeep Dhingra, Dow, Inc.
Lynn Gladden, University of Cambridge
Emiel Hensen, Eindhoven University of Technology
Jean-Paul Lange, Shell
Leon Lefferts, University of Twente
Can Li, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
Nuria Lopez, Institut Català d'Investigació Química
Fabio Noronha, National Institute of Technology
Isabella Nova, Politecnico di Milano
Philippe Sautet, University of California, Los Angeles
Jens Sehested, Haldor Topsoe
Bert Sels, KU Leuven
Kazuhiro Takanabe, University of Tokyo
Annette Trunschke, Fritz Haber Institute
Bert Weckhuysen, Utrecht University
Stacey Zones, Chevron

Invited Speakers

Shengli Chen, Wuhan University
Michael Claeys, University of Cape Town
Petra de Jongh, Utrecht University
Sergio Fuentes, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Jorge Gascon, KAUST
Jinlong Gong, Tianjin University
Chinnakonda Gopinath, NCL Pune
George Huber, University of Wisconsin
Hyunjoo Lee, KAIST
Jun Li, Tsinghua University
Ping Liu, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Ding Ma, Peking University
Masato Machida, Kumamoto University
Gregory Patience, Polytechnique Montréal
Stu Soled, ExxonMobil
Mizuki Tada, Nagoya University
Karen Wilson, RMIT University
Michael Wong, Rice University
Ning Yan, National University of Singapore

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INVITED SPEAKERS

Workshops

Several educational workshops on technical topics will be offered on the first day of the Congress, Sunday June 14, 2020. Registration for workshops will be available through the Congress registration portal. We encourage you to consider participation in the Sunday Workshops and Panel Sessions which offer in-depth discussion on the following topics.
    Workshop | Fundamentals of Electrocatalysis
    Sunday, June 14, 8‎:‎30‎ ‎AM-‎11‎:‎30‎ ‎AM
    Cost - $50

    Facilitator: Gerardine G. Botte (Texas Tech University)

    This workshop will cover an introduction to fundamental aspects of electrochemistry and how to relate those to electrocatalysis. Participants will learn about differences between chemical and electrochemical reactions, overpotential, experimental considerations in electrocatalysis, recognizing and interpreting experimental data needed to determine electrochemical reaction rates, types of electrode architectures, examples of electrokinetics models, and will perform electrokinetics calculations. This is an active learning workshop. Participants are expected to bring a laptop. Excel and open source software maybe used during the workshop.
    Workshop | Reaction Engineering Short Course on Laboratory Reactors
    Sunday, June 14, 8‎:‎30‎ ‎AM-‎11‎:‎30‎ ‎AM
    Cost - $50

    Facilitators: Jeffrey Herron, Paul Witt (Dow, Inc.)

    Developed by the Core R&D Reaction Engineering group of The Dow Chemical Company and designed for chemists and engineers who operate or use data from laboratory reactors, this workshop contains fundamental reaction engineering knowledge essential for generating high quality data from a laboratory scale reactor. The workshop content includes general principles and practical tips for designing and operating laboratory reactors. The bulk of the workshop content focuses on stirred tank and fixed bed reactors for a variety of reaction systems, including homogeneous liquid phase, gas-liquid, gas-solid, liquid-solid, and gas-liquid-solid systems. At the end of this workshop, chemists and engineers will have a better understanding of the critical factors affecting the performance of laboratory scale reactors and the appropriate means for addressing those factors to maximize the probability of generating quality data. During this workshop, the instructors will introduce a publicly available tool for estimating gradients in heterogeneous catalyst particles and for sizing laboratory fixed bed reactors. This tool is the product of a collaboration between Dow and Purdue University.
    Workshop | Presenting Research
    Workshop | Fundamentals of Catalyst Characterization
    Sunday, June 14, 8‎:‎30‎ ‎AM-‎11‎:‎30‎ ‎AM
    Cost - $50

    Facilitators: Roel Prins (ETH-Zurich), Hans Niemantsverdriet (TU-Eindhoven)

    Presenting scientific research in an efficient way requires a crystal clear message tailored to a specific audience. This is equally true for talks and posters at conferences, and for scientific publications. In this course the lecturers go through the principles of presentations, by discussing the common mistakes presenters and authors often make, and by giving recommendations for effective and successful presentation of their work, in spoken or written form. Both lecturers (Roel Prins, Hans Niemanstverdriet) have a long experience as conference organizers and as Editors of the Journal of Catalysis. The course is intended for junior scientists (PhD students, Postdocs and Early Career Researchers).
    Sunday, June 14, 8‎:‎30‎ ‎AM-‎11‎:‎30‎ ‎AM
    Cost - $50

    Facilitators: Annette Trunschke (Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft), Robert Schlögl (Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft), Charles T. Campbell (University of Washington), Xinhe Bao (State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

    The workshop deals with basic and advanced methods for analysis of structural and electronic properties of catalyst precursors and the dynamics of the catalyst surface in the working state. The rate is given by the ability of the catalyst to activate reactants on its surface. The active surface sites are frequently minority species (defects, impurities), difficult to detect in presence of chemically similar spectator species. In addition, the active sites show a dynamic response to the chemical potential of the gas phase. Therefore, catalysts need to be studied under operation. The workshop provides an introduction into basic concepts of operando and complementary adsorption techniques applied in advanced characterization of heterogeneous catalysts. At the beginning of the workshop a brief survey of the general workflow in catalyst characterization is given followed by three lectures. The following topics are included:

    - Description of bulk (X-ray diffraction) and local structures at the atomic scale (electron microscopy) quasi in situ and under reacting environments.

    - Analysis of the electronic structure of solids and catalyst surfaces as well as the detection of minority species by in situ and operando techniques, such as ambient pressure photoelectron spectroscopy (AP-XPS), near edge x-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS), UV/VIS/NIR, and resonance Raman spectroscopy.

    - Investigation of catalyst surfaces by adsorption of probe molecules, reactants and intermediates using infrared and UV/Vis/NIR spectroscopy and adsorption calorimetry.
    Workshop | Theory, Applications and Tools for Multiscale Kinetic Modeling
    Sunday, June 14, 8‎:‎30‎ ‎AM-‎4‎:‎30‎ PM
    Cost - $75

    Facilitators: Dion Vlachos (University of Delaware), Michail Stamatakis (University College London), Matteo Maestri (Politecnico di Milano), Mauro Bracconi (Politechnico di Milano), Bharat Medasani (University of Delaware), and Gerhard Wittreich (University of Delaware)

    8:30 AM - 11:30 AM

    Part I: This workshop will focus on mean field kinetic models and their integration with computational fluid dynamics (CFD). First, the fundamentals of microkinetic models will be discussed. This will entail description of inputs and outcomes, reaction network generation, estimation of kinetic model parameters, mean field microkinetic modeling, descriptor-based microkinetic modeling for catalyst discovery, model analytics, and their integration with CFD. Available software will be reviewed.

    1:30 PM - 4:30 PM

    Part II: This workshop will focus on kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) models and their integration with computational fluid dynamics (CFD). First, the fundamentals of stochastic processes will be discussed and examples will be illustrated. Limitations of mean field models will be briefly discussed. Methods to integrate KMC models into CFD will also be discussed. Available software will be reviewed.
    Workshop | Computational Catalysis Workshop
    Sunday, June 14, 1‎:‎30‎ ‎PM-‎4‎:‎30‎ ‎PM
    Cost - $50

    Facilitator: Matt Neurock (University of Minnesota)

    The tremendous advances in the theoretical methods and computing power that have occurred over the past decade have helped to make computational catalysis an invaluable tool in understanding and designing catalytic systems. The workshop is aimed at fostering the use of quantum chemical methods and molecular simulation of catalytic reaction systems. The workshop will combine presentations along with hands-on tutorials and demonstrations. Participants are asked to bring along their laptops. The workshop will include:

    - Benefits and Challenges Overview of the capabilities and limitations of Computational Catalysis with focus on realistic expectations of the accuracy, types of problems that can be studied, and time frames necessary to obtain meaningful results. The role of Computational Catalysis in today’s industry landscape is also discussed.

    - A brief introduction to the underlying methods, approximations and algorithms used in multiscale modeling of catalytic reactions: Ab initio quantum chemical wave-function and density functional theory methods, Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulations and descriptor-based catalyst screening. An overview on the application of these methods to catalytic reactions over metals, metal oxides, zeolites and other materials will be given.

    - Hands-on guided tutorials will be given to demonstrate the use of first principle quantum chemical methods to gain fundamental insight into surface phenomena in heterogeneous catalytic reactions.
    Workshop | Advancing Catalysis Research with X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
    Sunday, June 14, 1‎:‎30‎ ‎PM-‎4‎:‎30‎ ‎PM
    Cost - $50

    Facilitators: Simon Bare (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center), Maarten Nachtegaal (Paul Scherrer Institut) and Adriano Braga (Universidade de São Paulo), Adam Hoffman (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center) and Jiyun Hong (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center)

    This hands-on workshop will cover important aspects of the application of X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) as applied to the catalyst researcher. The workshop content will enable the researcher to have a firm grasp of how the technique might aid their own research, and why they should consider incorporating it into their research program. The workshop will include:

    - An introduction to XAS and the information content that the technique provides
    - Details of sample preparation and experimental pitfalls
    - How to collect an XAS spectrum – including what is a beamline, what detectors should be used, and how to set up collecting a spectrum. We will collect XAS data in real-time for a metal oxide sample from a beam line at SSRL
    - The major concepts involved in data processing and data analysis. Due to the time allotted to this workshop we will not delve deeply into data analysis or any one particular topic and we recommend this workshop for those interested in learning about XAS or those just starting to use XAS in their research. There are many week-long EXAFS schools that serve this purpose.
    Workshop | Fundamentals of Photocatalysis
    Sunday, June 14, 1‎:‎30‎ ‎PM-‎4‎:‎30‎ ‎PM
    Cost - $50

    Facilitators: Kazuhiro Takanabe (University of Tokyo) and Fuxiang Zhang (Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics)

    Photocatalysis is of great importance in energy conversion and environmental remediation. This study session is aimed at newcomers in the field, and will address fundamental aspects on how to examine and report photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical studies. We will discuss relevant phenomena that occur in different dimensions and timescales, and practical experimental techniques and efficiency calculations. We will also have an open Q&A session for participants.
    Workshop | Fundamentals of Catalyst Synthesis
    Sunday, June 14, 1‎:‎30‎ ‎PM-‎4‎:‎30‎ ‎PM
    Cost - $50

    Facilitators: John Regalbuto (University of South Carolina) and Petra de Jongh (Utrecht University)

    In this workshop, the most common methods of supported nanoparticle synthesis will be reviewed. Several classical and newer methods including incipient wetness impregnation and electrostatic adsorption will be discussed in depth. A hybrid of incipient wetness impregnation and electrostatic adsorption, termed “charge enhanced dry impregnation” will be described. Electrostatic adsorption will be extended to the controlled synthesis of supported bimetallic and dilute limit alloy nanoparticles. These methods are readily applicable at laboratory scale and can in principle be easily scaled.
    Panel Discussion | Presenting Research
    Sunday, June 14, 1‎:‎30‎ ‎PM-‎4‎:‎30‎ ‎PM
    Cost - $20

    Facilitators: Hans Niemantsverdriet (TU-Eindhoven), Haichao Liu (Peking University, Journal of Catalysis), Josephine Hill (University of Calgary, Applied Catalysis A: General), Ding Ma (Peking University, ACS Catalysis) and Jesse Hensley (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)

    This session will consist of a panel of senior researchers and journal editors to provide their perspectives and advice on delivering effective presentations, and writing clear and concise scientific manuscripts. Panelists will begin by presenting some material, followed by an open-ended Q&A session with the audience. Any and all participants are welcome.

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