Former Plenary Lecturers and Chairs

IACS Chairs

2000-2004 : Prof Michel Che,
2004-2008 : Prof Alexis Bell,
2008-2012 : Prof. Can Li,
2012-2016 : Prof Avelino Corma,
2016-2020 : Prof Gabriele Centi,
2020-2024 : Prof Gabriele Centi,

ICC Plenary Lecturers

ICC’18 (2024) – Lyon, France

• Keiichi Tomishige, Tohoku University, Japan « Heterogenous Catalysis for Hydrodeoxygenation of Biomass-based Platform Chemicals »
• Umit Ozkan, The Ohio State University, USA « High-temperature Electrocatalysis: Challenges and Opportunities »
• Jeroen van Bokhoven, ETH Zürick & Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland, « Advanced Spectroscopic Tools applied to Heterogeneous Catalysis »
• Thomas Maschmeyer, Sidney University, Australia « Driving Sustainable Technology Through Catalysis »
• Ulrike Diebold, Vienna University of Technology , Austria « Oxide Surface Science: Chemistry at the Atomic Scale »

ICC’17 (2020) – San Diego, USA

• Unni Olsbye, University of Oslo, Norway « Catalysis within Confined Spaces
• Joahnnes Lercher, Technical University of Munich, Germany and PNNL, USA « Catalysis at Liquide-Solid Interfaces- From Understanding Elementary Steps to Designing the Reactive Environment »
• Ye Wang, Xiamen University « Selectivity Control in Catalytic Transformation of C1 Molecules into Multicarbon Products »

ICC’16 (2016) –  Beijing, USA

• Bruce C. Gates, University of California, USA « Molecular and single-site metal catalysis on surfaces »
• Charles T. Campbell, University of Washington, USA « Thermodynamics and kinetics of elementary reaction steps on late transition metal catalysts, and in their sintering »
• Krijn P. de Jong, Utrecht University, The Netherlands « Nanoscale effects in heterogeneous catalysis »
• Matthias Beller, Leibniz Institute for Catalysis at the University of Rostock, Germany « Bridging homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis: what can we learn from each other? »
• Thomas F. Degnan, Jr , ExxonMobil Chemical Company / University of Notre Dame, USA « Recent advances in the application of zeolites for the production of fuels and petrochemicals »

ICC’15 (2012) – Munich, Germany

• Alexis T. Bell, University of California, USA « Progress towards understanding the relationships between catalyst composition and structure and catalyst activity and selectivity »
• Kazunari Domen, University of Tokyo, Japan « Water splitting on heterogeneous photocatalysts »
• Hans-Joachim Freund, Fritz-Haber-Institute, Germany
• Harlie Kresge, Dow Chemical Company, USA « Models in Heterogensous Catalysis: What has been learned? »
• Philippe Sautet, Institut de Recherches sur la Catalyse, France « Computation Chemistry: a guide for understanding Catalysts structure and Function »

ICC’14 (2008) – Seoul, South Korea

• Roel Prins, ETH Zürich, Switzerland « Does catalysis allow driving a car as well as having clean air? »
• Richard R. Schrock, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA « How to prepare thousands of olefin metathesis catalysts that have high activities and that are asymmetric at the metal »
• Peter J. van Berge, Sasol Technology, South Africa « The development and commercialization of a supported  cobalt Fischer-Tropsch synthesis catalyst for the gas-to-liquids process »
• Takashi Tatsumi, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan « New designs of zeolite catalysts for green chemical Processes »
• Jens K. Nørskov,  Technical University of Denmark, Denmark « A molecular view of heterogeneous catalysis »

ICC’13 (2004) – Paris, France

• Ryoji Noyori, Nagoya University, Japan « Molecular catalysis, today and tomorrow »
• Enrique Iglesia,  University of California at Berkeley, USA « Dynamics of structure and function in catalytic reactions of alkanes »
• Jens Rostrup-Nielsen, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Denmark « Fuels and energy for the future. The role of catalysis »
• Robbie Burch, Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom « Knowledge and know-how in emission control for mobile applications »
• Frits Dautzenberg,  ABB Lummus Global Inc., USA « New catalyst synthesis and multi-functional reactor concepts for emerging technologies in the process industry »
• Avelino Corma,  Institute for Chemical Technology, Spain « Attempts to fill the gap between enzymatic, homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis »

ICC’12 (2000) – Granada, Spain

• Henrik Topsoe,  Haldor Topsoe, Denmark « In Situ Characterization of Catalysts »
• Masakazu Iwamoto, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan « Air Pollution Abatement through Heterogeneous Catalysis »
• Mark E. Davis, California Institute of Technology, USA « Molecular Design of Heterogeneous Catalysis »
• Lanny D. Schmidt, University of Minnesota, USA « Millisecond Chemical Reactions and Reactors »
• Germain Martino,  Institut Francais du Petrole, France « Catalysis for Oil Refining and Petrochemistry, Recent Developments and Future Trends »

ICC’11 (1996) – Baltimore, USA

• Ian E. Maxwell, Shell Research, The Netherlands « Driving Force for Innovation in Applied Catalysis »
• James C. Stevens, The Dow Chemical Company, USA « Constrained Geometry and Other Single Metallocene Polyolefin Catalysts: A Revolution in Olefin Polymerization »
• Yashuhiro Iwasawa, The University of Tokyo, Japan « Characterization of Chemical Design of Oxide Surface »
• Kirill I. Zamaraev, Boreskov Insitute of Catalysis, Russia « Photocatalysis:State of the Art and Perspectives »
• Alfons Baiker, ETH, Switzerland « Towards Molecular Design of Solid Catalysts »

ICC’10 (1992) – Budapest, Hungary

• Jule A. Rabo, UOP, USA,« Catalysis: Past, Present and Future »
• Michel Che, CNRS, France « Interfacial Coordination Chemistry: Concepts and Relevance to Catalysis Phenomen »
• Makoto Misono, The University of Tokyo, Japan «  New Catalytic Aspects of Heteropolyacids and Related Compounds – To the Molecular Design of Practical Catalysis
• Jack H. Lunsford, Texas A&M University, USA «The Catalytic Conversion of Methane to Oxygenates and Higher Hydrocarbons
• Wolfgang F. Hölderich, Institute for Chemical Engineering and Catalysis, Germany « New Reactions in Various Fields and Production of Specialty Chemicals »