57. Symposium on Catalysis

This conference is a continuation of a series of traditional /Czech and Slovak /meeting „Symposium on Catalysis“ started in 1969.  Symposium is organized every year in November and covers all topics of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis.

Invited speakers:

Plenary lectures

• Thorsten Bach (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
  "Hydrogen Bonds as Directing Elements in Enantioselective Reactions"
• Paolo Fornasiero (University of Trieste, Italy)
  "Beyond the Surface: A Personal Journey into Sustainable Catalysis"
• Sjoerd Harder (Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany)
  "Hydrogenation Catalysis at Main Group Metal Surfaces"

Keynote lectures

• Kamila Kočí, VSB Technical University of Ostrava
  "Heterogeneous photocatalysis"
• Mariya Shamzhy, Charles University, Prague
  "Infrared Spectroscopic Insights for Zeolite Design in Sustainable Carbon Management"
• Ivo Starý (IOCB, Prague)
  "Helically Chiral Aromatics in Asymmetric Catalysis"
• Radovan Šebesta (Comenius University, Bratislava)
  "Asymmetric organocatalysis and metal catalysis upgraded through mechanochemistry"

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