Invited Speakers

Prof. Theodor Agapie, Caltech, USA

Synthetic Cluster Models of Biological and Heterogeneous Oxygen Evolving Catalysts


Prof. Gerhard Erker, Universität Münster

Frustrated Lewis Pair Chemistry: Principles and Some Recent Results


Dr. Ronald Hage, Fa. Catexel, Leiden

Manganese and Iron oxidation and bleach catalysts and their relevance to industry


Prof. Nilay Hazari, Yale University, USA

Mechanism Guided Improvement of Pd(II) Precatalysts for Cross-Coupling


Prof. Fritz E. Kühn, TU München

Transition Metal Complexes for Oxidation Catalysis


Prof. Ruben Martin, ICIQ Tarragona, Spain

Metal-catalyzed Activation of C-O Bonds and Carbon Dioxide


Prof. James M. Mayer, Yale University, USA

Redox Reactivity of Colloidal Oxide Nanoparticles


Prof. Jan Paradies, University Paderborn

From Transitionmetal Complexes to Frustration - C-X Cross Couplings and Metal-free Hydrogenations


Prof. Rinaldo Poli, LCC Toulouse

A new platform for aqueous biphasic catalysis through controlled radical polymerization


Prof. Werner Thiel, TU Kaiserslautern

C-H-Activation in the Ligand Sphere of Transition Metal Catalysts


Dr. Ulrich Wietelmann, Rockwood Lithium GmbH, Frankfurt

Functionalized Lithium Initiators for Novel Synthetic Rubber Products


Prof. Charlotte K. Williams, Imperial College London

Catalytic Activation of Renewable Resources for Polymers