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Conference program

Tuesday, 17 September 2024

10:00-20:00Registration, conference desk
17:00-18:00Marie Curie Lecture by prof. Frances H. Arnold (California Institute of Technology, Nobel Prize in chemistry 2018, USA) “Innovation by evolution: bringing new chemistry to life”
18:00-20:00Welcome reception

Wednesday, 18 September 2024

08:00-18:30Registration, conference desk
09:00-09:10Opening
09:10-10:00Opening lecture by prof. Jeffrey A. Hoffman (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 5x NASA astronaut, USA) “Mars, MOXIE, and the future of human space flight”
10:00-10:50Plenary lecture by prof. Marc-Olivier Coppens (University College London, UK) “Taking clues from nature to advance catalysis and reactor engineering for sustainable development”
10:50–12:30Oral sessions
12:30–14:00Lunch
14:00-15:40Oral sessions
15:40-16:30Plenary lecture by prof. Joanna Kargul (University of Warsaw, Poland) “Overcoming the bottlenecks in electron transfer in biomolecular solar conversion nanodevices through electrochemical and theoretical approaches”
16:30-18:00Oral sessions

Thursday, 19 September 2024

08:00-18:20Registration, conference desk
09:00-09:50Plenary lecture by prof. Karsten Reuter (Fritz-Haber-Institute, Germany) “Exploring catalytic reaction networks with machine learning”
09:50-13:00Oral sessions
13:00-14:30Lunch
14:30-16:00Poster session
16:00-16:50Plenary lecture by prof. Sabine L. Flitsch (University of Manchester, UK) “Design and implementation of de novo biocatalytic cascades”
16:50-17:50Oral sessions
20:00Conference dinner

Friday, 20 September 2024

08:00-14:00Registration, conference desk
09:00-09:50Plenary lecture by prof. Martin van Sint Annaland (Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands) “Enhancing flexibility in chemical reactor design with 3D printed catalyst structures”
09:50-12:10Oral sessions
12:10–12:30Conference closing
12:30–14:00Lunch