Plenary Lecture Time Room Name Affiliation Title Kyoto University and Emory University, Japan and Theory can Provide Insights Unavailable from Experiments PL1 4(SUN) 17:00 A Prof. Keiji MOROKUMA USA in Catalysis Bridging Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Catalysis using PL2 5(MON) 10:30 A Prof. Gabor A. SOMORJAI University of California, Berkeley, USA Supported 10-50 Atom Size Metal Nanoparticles Ruthenium Catalyzed processes from Carbenes to C-H PL3 6 (TUE) 9:00 A Prof. Pierre DIXNEUF University of Rennes, France Bond Functionalizations Discovery of Sustainable Catalytic Reactions Based on PL4 6 (TUE) 13:30 A Prof David MILSTEIN Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel Pincer Complexes PL5 7 (WED) 9:00 A Prof. Krzysztof MATYJASZEWSKCarnegie Mellon University, USA Catalysis in Radical Polymerization Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max-Planck Society, Model Studies on Heterogeneous Catalysis at the Atomic PL6 8 (THU) 9:00 A Prof. Hans-J. FREUND Germany Scale Controlled Functionalization of Surfaces to Access to Well- PL7 8 (THU) 13:30 A Prof. Christophe COPERET ETH Zurich, Switzerland defined Supported Nanoparticles and Single-site Catalysts. Keynote Lecture Time Room Name affiliation Title Utrecht University, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Bridging Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis for KN1 5(MON) 13:30 A Prof. Bert WECKHUYSEN Science, The Netherlands Advancing the Field of Catalytic Biomass Valorization Design of Highly Functionalized Polyoxometalte-based KN2 5(MON) 15:10 B Prof. Noritaka MIZUNO The University of Tokyo, Japan Catalysts: From Molecular to Solid Catalysts Space-resolved XAFS Characterization of Heterogeneous KN3 6 (TUE) 10:10 A Prof. Mizuki TADA Nagoya Unversity, Japan Catalysts Turning Dihydrogen into a Highly Versatile Reagent Department of Organic Chemistry KN4 6 (TUE) 11:30 B Prof. Pher ANDERSSON in Enantioselective Synthesis Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, Sweden At the Crossroad between Homogeneous and Heterogeneous University of Alberta, Department of Chemistry, KN5 6 (TUE) 14:40 A Prof. Steven BERGENS Catalysis: New Reactions, Mechanisms, and Catalysts for Canada Sustainable Synthesis. Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Endeavors Towards Bridging the Gap between Homo & KN6 6 (TUE) 16:00 B Prof. Kuiling DING Academy of Sciences, China Heterogeneous Asymmtric Catalysis with Organometallics. The Tuning of Static or Hemilabile Metal-ligand Systems for KN7 7 (WED) 10:10 A Prof. Pierre BRAUNSTEIN Université de Strasbourg-CNRS, France Stoichiometric and Catalytic Transformations KN8 7 (WED) 11:30 B Prof. Masahiro MIURA Osaka University, Japan Direct Aromatic Coupling by Transition Metal Catalysis Control of Molecular Catalysis on Surfaces Using KN9 7 (WED) 13:30 A Prof. Alexander KATZ University California, Berkeley, USA Bioinspired Approaches Probing [C–H∙∙∙F–C] and Related Contacts as Models of KN10 7 (WED) 15:10 B Prof. Michael C. W. CHAN City University of Hong Kong, China Weak Attractive Ligand-Polymer Interactions Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Chemical Tuning Amine-Silanol Cooperativity in Aldehyde Coupling KN11 8 (THU) 10:10 A Prof. Christopher W. JONES &Biomolecular Engineering, USA Reactions Metal-ligand Synergy in Group-IV Organometallics for the Institute of Chemistry of OrganoMetallic Compounds - KN12 8 (THU) 11:30 B Prof. Giuliano GIAMBASTIANI Catalytic Polymerization and Hydroamination of ICCOM-CNR, National Research Council, Italy Unactivated Olefins Development of Catalysts for the Benign Hydrogenation of KN13 8 (THU) 14:40 A Prof. Christopher HARDACRE Queen's University, Belfast, UK Amides and Acids Enhancement of Selective Oxidation Reaction by KN14 8 (THU) 16:00 B Prof. Xinhe BAO Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), China NanoCatalysis: From Vision to Reality Artificial Z-scheme Constructed with a Supramolecular KN15 9 (FRI) 10:10 A Prof. Osamu ISHITANI Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Metal Complex and Semiconductor for Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2 Assembly of Functionalized Macromolecular Architectures KN16 9 (FRI) 11:30 B Prof. Rinaldo POLI Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, France by Controlled Radical Polymerization and Catalytic Applications New Palladium-Catalyzed C-H Functionalization Methods KN17 9 (FRI) 13:30 A Prof. Gong CHEN Department of Chemistry, Penn State University, USA for Organic Synthesis.