Dear Colleague,
It is a pleasure to announce the 4th German-Russian Seminar on Catalysis “Bridging the Gap between Model and Real Catalysis” to be held on September 5-7, 2016 at Banz Monastery Educational Center (Kloster Banz), Bad Staffelstein, Germany.

ORGANIZERS

Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany
Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Prof. Dr. Robert Schlögl	Fritz-Haber-Institut der MPG and MPI für Chemische Energiekonversion, Germany
Prof. Dr. Valerii I. Bukhtiyarov	Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, Russia
Dr. Axel Knop-Gericke	Fritz-Haber-Institut der MPG, Germany
Prof. Dr. Konstantin P. Bryliakov	Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, Russia
Prof. Dr. Ekaterina S. Lokteva	Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

The scientific program includes six plenary lectures (40 min) and oral presentations (20 min). The main topics are:

in situ studies of catalytic reactions
photo) electrochemistry
nanoparticles and catalysis

PLENARY SPEAKERS

Dr. Marc Willinger	Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Germany
Prof. Dr. Timo Jacob	Universität Ulm and Helmholtz-Institute-Ulm, Germany
Prof. Dr. Jeroen van Bokhoven	ETH Zürich and Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
Dr. David Star	Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Germany
Dr. Vasily V. Kaichev	Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, Russia
Prof. Dr. Alexander Yu. Stakheev	N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry RAS, Russia

Language: English will be the official language of the seminar.

KEY DATES

May 5, 2016	– Preliminary registration
May 25, 2016	– Submission of abstracts
September 5-7, 2016	– Working days
September 9-10, 2016	– Post-tour to Prague (Czech Republic)

CONTACTS

Germany
Dorothea Damm,
Fritz-Haber-Institut der MPG, Germany
E-mail: damm@fhi-berlin.mpg.de
Tel: +49 (0)30 8413 4402

Russia
Marina S. Suvorova,
Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, Russia
E-mail: suvorova@catalysis.ru
Tel: +7 (383) 326-95-84