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Sunday 15th September
15.00 – 17.00 Registration & Opening Ceremony
17.00 Keynote lecture by Alberto Alberti, Univ. di Ferrara: The unforeseable structural response to increased temperature in microporous materials
17.40 Keynote lecture by Ferruccio Trifirò, Alma Mater Studiorum Univ. of Bologna (I): Innovation in catalysis of most important reactions for the humanity
18.30 Medaglia Chiusoli lecture by the winner of the Medaglia Chiusoli Award
19.20 Plenary lecture by Giuseppe Bellussi, eni SpA (I): The role of nano-structured materials in the development of catalytic conversion processes
20.20 Welcome Party, offered by DSM e Micromeritics
Monday, 16th September
8:30 – 10.30
Session 1 AIZ & GIC. Green Chemistry, renewable resources and environmental-friendly applications. Key note lecture by Nicoletta Ravasio, CNR Milan (I): The role of Catalysis in the Roadmap to Bioeconomy: the case of Oleochemicals
10.30 – 11.00 coffee break, offered by Panalytical and Sasol
11.00 – 12.40 Session 1 AIZ & GIC. Green Chemistry, renewable resources and environmental-friendly applications.
12.40 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 18.10
Session 2 AIZ & GIC. Structure-function relationship and reaction mechanisms: catalysts characterization, modeling and computational aspects. Key note lecture by Silvia Bordiga, Univ. of Turin (I): Role of zeolite topologies and morphologies in determining life time and selectivity in MTH process
18.10 Winner of the Gottardi Award
18.50 Winner of the Parmaliana Award
Tuesday, 17th September
8:30 – 10.30
Session 3a AIZ. From minerals to advanced materials. Key note lecture by Diego Gatta, Univ. of Milan (I): Pressure-induced hyperconfinement in zeolites: today, tomorrow
Session 3b GIC. Homogeneous and enzymatic catalysis. Key note lecture by Alessandro Scarso, Univ. Ca’ Foscari, Venice (I): Environmentally Benign Micellar Metal Catalysis in Water
10.30 – 11.00 coffee break, offered by Panalytical and Sasol
11.00 – 11.40
Session 3a AIZ. From minerals to advanced materials.
Session 3b GIC. Homogeneous and enzymatic catalysis
11.40 – 12.40
Session 4a AIZ. Adsorption, diffusion and sorption in zeolites and related micro and mesoporous materials. Key note lecture by Domenico Caputo, Univ. Federico II, Naples (I): Are Zeolites and Related Materials Really Usable as Adsorbents for Biogas Purification?
Session 4b GIC. Electrocatalysis and photocatalysis. Key note lecture by Marcella Bonchio, CNR Padova (I): Energy Materials by Molecular Design: Knitting the Catalytic Pattern of Artificial Photosynthesis
12.40 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.20
Session 4a AIZ. Adsorption, diffusion and sorption in zeolites and related micro and mesoporous materials.
Session 4b GIC. Electrocatalysis and photocatalysis
15.20 – 17.10
AIZ & GIC poster session
17.10 – 19.00
AIZ Assembly
GIC Assembly
19.20 Social dinner offered by eni SpA
Wednesday, 18th September
8.30 – 10.30
Session 5 AIZ & GIC. Special session in honor of the 65th birthday of prof. Angelo Vaccari: Synthesis of zeotypes, lamellar materials and organic-inorganic systems. Key note lecture by Angelo Vaccari, Alma Mater Studiorum Univ. of Bologna (I): Electrosynthesis of hydrotalcyte-type anionic clays as precursors of structured catalysts
10.30 – 11.00 coffee break, offered by Panalytical and Sasol
12.40 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 16.00
Session 6 AIZ & GIC. New frontiers: bio-materials, nano-medicine, opto- and nano-electronics, multifunctional catalysts. Key note lecture by Gion Calzaferri, Univ. of Bern (CH): Mimicking the antenna system of green plants by supramolecular organization of dyes in nanochannels