Agenda 2021
November 3rd, 2021
Catalysis as a key technology: In more than 80 percent of all chemical industrial processes, catalysts are used and products are obtained by catalysis. Fuels, fertilizers, plastics and dyes, pharmaceuticals, crop protection agents and auxiliary materials for food or the electrical and semiconductor industries – all this is only made possible by catalysis. Therefore, functional materials for catalysis are focused on the 7th RUHR Symposium. In tandem talks, experts from industrial and academic partnerships will discuss concepts, synergies and exciting scientific results.
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08:30 – 08:45 Welcome
Malte Behrens
Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Kiel University
Prof. Ferdinand Dudenhöffer
Director, CAR Center Automotive Research
08:45 – 09:35 Keynotes
Prof. Harry Hoster
Scientific Director, The hydrogen and fuel cell center ZBT GmbH
An Steegen
Chief Technology Officer, Umicore AG & Co. KG
09:35 – 09:50 Keynotes – Discussion
09:50 – 10:00 Coffee Break
10:00 – 11:00 | Industrial and Academical Partnerships Session I: CAT – Catalytic Center
incl. 10 min. Q&A
CO2 as Raw Material – Challenges and Opportunities at the Interface of Chemistry and Energy
Prof. Walter Leitner
Management Board CAT, Chair of Technical Chemistry and Petrochemistry, RWTH Aachen University
Dr. Christoph Guertler
Head of Catalysis and Technology Incubation, Covestro AG
11:00 – 12:00 | Industrial and Academical Partnerships Session II: BasCat – UniCat BASF JointLab
incl. 10 min. Q&A
Matthias Drieß
Scientific Director BasCat UniCat BASF JointLab / Metalorganics and Inorganic Materials, Department of Chemistry, TU Berlin
Frank Rosowski
Scientific Director BasCat UniCat BASF JointLab / Process Research and Chemical Engineering BASF SE
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 14:00 | Industrial and Academical Partnerships Session III: PrometH2eus
incl. 10 min. Q&A
Anna Mechler
Electrochemical Reaction Engineering, RWTH Aachen University
Dr. Emanuele Instuli
Head of Analytical Chemistry Group, De Nora, Italy
14:00 – 15:00 | Industrial and Academical Partnerships Session IV: HTE4CAT - Catalyst Discovery
incl. 10 min. Q&A
New catalysts for CO2 Reduction, alcohol oxidation and water splitting
Prof. Wolfgang Schuhmann
Chair of Analytical Chemistry, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
AI driven high-throughput experimentation for catalyst discovery
Lars Banko, Olga Anna Krysiak
Founder, Start-up Materials Space Exploration
15:00 – 15:20 Coffee Break
15:20 – 16:20 | Industrial and Academical Partnerships Session V: Full cell implementation of catalyst materials for fuel cells
incl. 10 min. Q&A
Interactions in Functional Electrochemical Materials: Platinized Carbon in the PEM Fuel Cell Electrode Layer
Dr. Florian Eweiner
Team Leader Innovation, Heraeus Group
Prof. Doris Segets
Process Technology for Functional Electrochemical Materials, University of Duisburg-Essen)
16:20 – 17:00 Final Talk
incl. 10 min. Q&A
Dr.-Ing. Peter Beckhaus
Managing Director, The hydrogen and fuel cell center ZBT GmbH