56. SYMPOSIUM ON CATALYSIS
November 10-11, 2025, PRAGUE, Czech Republic
Plenary Lectures
Thomas Braun (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
„Metal-Mediated Derivatization of Fluorinated Molecules: From Model Reactions to Catalysis“
Rebecca L. Melen (Cardiff University)
„Single or Double? A radical Approach to Frustrated Lewis Pairs“
David Serrano (IMDEA Energy Institute, Madrid)
“Progress in the design of zeolitic materials for catalytic pyrolysis of biomass residues and waste plastics”
Keynote Lectures
Pavla Eliášová (Charles University, Prague)
„Photo(electro)catalytic conversion of CO2 to solar fuels“
Aleš Růžička (University of Pardubice)
„Bringing electropositive, small and boring metals to the homogenous catalysis podium“
Petr Sazama (J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, Prague)
„Effect of Confinement of Active Sites and Reactant Molecules on Efficiency of Catalytic Processes“
Eliška Vyskočilová (University of Chemistry and Technology Prague)
„Applied catalysis and fine chemical synthesis“
Plenary Lectures
Juan Carlos Colmenares Q. (Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw)
„Advanced carbon-based composite (piezo)photocatalysts: environmental and organic synthesis applications“
Roland A. Fischer (Technical University of Munich)
„Metal-organic frameworks as materials platform for advanced photo-/electrocatalysis: a critical perspective“
Santiago Gómez Ruiz (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid)
“Photocatalytic nanomaterials as powerful tools for helping in environmental remediation processes”
Keynote Lectures
Martin Kotora (Charles University, Prague)
„Catalytic cyclotrimerization of triple bonds as a route to complex aromatic and heteroaromatic compounds“
David Kubička (University of Chemistry and Technology Prague)
„The role of heterogeneous catalysis in future biorefineries“
Edyta Tabor (J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Prague)
„Cooperation of active centres in zeolite catalysts viewed by multispectroscopic and operando approach“
Lubomír Rulíšek (Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Prague)
„Elucidating reaction mechanisms of coupled binuclear copper enzymes by correlating QM/MM calculatios and spectroscopy“
Plenary Lectures
Louis Fensterbank (Sorbonne University, France)
„ORGANOMETALLIC CATALYSIS UNDER VISIBLE LIGHT“
Andreas Gansäuer (University of Bonn, Germany)
„CATALYSIS IN SINGLE ELECTRON STEPS“
Petr Krtil (J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Prague)
“RATIONAL DESIGN OF NANO-SIZED ELECTROCATALYSTS FOR WATER ELECTROLYSIS”
Paolo Melchiorre (Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Tarragona, Spain)
“PHOTOCHEMISTRY & ORGANOCATALYSIS: NEW RADICAL OPPORTUNITIES”
Keynote Lectures
Roman Bulánek (University of Pardubice)
„OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATION OF LIGHT ALKANES TO OLEFINS“
Jiří Čejka (Charles University in Prague)
„TWO-DIMENSIONAL ZEOLITES: BUILDING BLOCKS AND CATALYSTS“
Jan Merna (University of Chemistry and Technology Prague)
„PRECISE POLYOLEFINS BY CHAIN-WALKING CATALYSTS“
Kateřina Pacultová (VSB – Technical University of Ostrava)
„ENVIRONMENTAL CATALYSIS OF NITROGEN CONTAINING COMPOUNDS“