EuropaCat 2025 - 16th European Congress on Catalysis

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Welcome to Trondheim and EuropaCat 2025!

Welcome to Trondheim and EuropaCat 2025!

It is with pride and excitement that we invite you to EuropaCat 2025 in Trondheim, Norway. This will be the 16th European Congress on Catalysis under the auspices of the European Federation of Catalysis Societies (EFCATS) and organized as a joint effort of the Nordic Catalysis Societies.

Trondheim is easy to reach and safe, with beautiful natural surroundings and a Viking history. It is a lively, urban university town, small enough to make logistics very easy for the conference participants. We will create a vibrant catalysis hub on its seaside, with easy access from airport and public communication and plenty of different hotels nearby.

And we urge you to join and bring excellent science, hard work, bright ideas, successful catalyst development, innovative solutions and an open mind. It is clear that mastering “the force” of catalysis will be of outmost importance to the resource and environmental challenges that lie ahead for humanity.

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You will find updates about the event here, but please also sign up to receive announcements as well as the call for abstracts by email. 

Welcome to a friendly and inclusive scientific event in the Nordic spirit!

Important dates and deadlines

Important dates and deadlines

Congress starts August 31, 2025  and ends September 5, 2025

Abstract submission is closed.

Notification of acceptance
Since the deadline for abstract submission was extended by two weeks, the review process has also been somewhat delayed. It is almost complete, but it will be one or two weeks into May before we have balanced the selection of oral presentations and scheduled them in sessions. Once this is done, authors will be notified of acceptance and presentation type. 

Registration for EuropaCat 2025 is open and the deadline for Early Birds June 1, 2025 

Exhibitions will be assembled from 18:00 Sunday August 31, and dismantled on Thursday evening, September 4.

Target groups

Target groups

The target groups for EuropaCat 2025 are academia and industry focusing on fundamental research, applied research and development within catalysis.

Participants from academia include both scientists and students focusing on catalysis, reaction engineering, chemical engineering, material science, analytical chemistry, electrochemistry, photocatalysis, organic and inorganic chemistry, physical chemistry, as well as computational chemistry.

Industrial participants come from businesses with focus on catalyst development and production, refining and petrochemistry, fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals synthesis, energy conversion including use of renewable resources, car manufacturing (exhaust gas cleaning systems, clean combustion technologies), new materials (organic, inorganic), gas and water cleaning, abatement of emissions from stationary and mobile sources.

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Notification of acceptance is slightly delayed

The review process is almost completed, but it will be one or two weeks into May before we have balanced the selection of oral presentations and scheduled them in sessions. Once this is done, authors will be notified of acceptance and presentation type.

Tentative day plan 

A tentative day plan is now available. The final program with more details about the sessions and lectures will come in June. 

Exhibition webshop is open

Link to the Compass Fairs webshop for additional equipment to the exhibitor booths. More information about the booths and how they are equipped can be found here. Ordering deadlines: For printing August 10, and for additional equipment August 15, 2025. 

Registration for EuropaCat 2025 is open!

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New Copper partners

company logoBASF is a chemical company that is present in 92 countries and operates 235 production sites worldwide. Around 112,000 employees in the BASF Group contribute to the success of its customers in nearly all sectors. The portfolio comprises, as core businesses, the segments Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, and Nutrition & Care; the standalone businesses are bundled in the segments Surface Technologies and Agricultural Solutions.

company logoSince 1987, Euro Support has developed into the leading independent supplier of choice in the custom development, scale-up and (toll) manufacturing of heterogeneous catalysts and custom inorganic materials. With extensive expertise and production facilities in Czech Republic and the Netherlands, capabilities include all unit operations to manufacture inorganic materials such as precipitation, impregnation, (spray) drying, calcination, shaping and so on.

New exhibitors

company logoREALCAT consists of a high-throughput platform, unique in the world, devoted to R&D in heterogeneous, homogeneous catalysis and biocatalysis as well as to the ultra-innovative concepts of Hybrid Catalysis and Digital Catalysis. Situated in north of France, REALCAT is able to carry out high-throughput syntheses, characterizations and testings in the frame of academic and/or industrial collaborations or services. Feel free to contact them to know more!

DAIICHI KIGENSO KAGAKU KOGYO is a leading manufacturer of zirconium compounds. They specialize in manufacturing and selling customized materials with various properties to meet their customers' needs. Their expertise in automotive exhaust purification catalysts is applied across industries, including petrochemicals, hydrogen production, carbon neutrality, and more.

 

YEuCat Contest: Research in a nutshell

Research in a Nutshell will take place at EuropaCat 2025 and aims to recognize outstanding efforts by young researchers (PhD students and early-career PostDocs) to present their work in an accessible and engaging way. If you submit an abstract for an oral presentation at EuropaCat 2025, we encourage you to enter the contest. All relevant details are available here.

 

All seven special sessions are announced

blue light bulbsSession 1: Light as a reagent, chaired by Jacinto Sá and Géraldine Masson

Session 2: Intermetallic compounds in catalysis, chaired by Marc Armbrüster and Iryna Antonyshyn 

session logoSession 3: Catalysts and reactors under dynamic conditions for energy storage and conversion, chaired by Jan-Dierk Grunwaldt, Linda Klag and Tanja Franken

session logoSesion 4: From data to AI: Catalysis digitization and ML-driven methodologies, chaired by Pedro F. Mendes and Núria López 

DNA moleculeSession 5: Frontiers in Enzyme Catalysis: Bridging Chemistry and Biology for Sustainable Biotransformation, chaired by Changzhu Wu

session logoSession 6: Electrification of catalytic reactions and reactors, chaired by Joris Thybaut and Marilena Radoiu 

Session 7: Sustainable fuels and chemicals via syngas, chaired by Ingeborg-Helene Svenum and Felix Herold,

Read more about the sessions here

 

Plenary and Keynote speakers are announced!

Five plenary and eleven keynote speakers have confirmed their participation:

The two 2023 Francois-Gault-lectureship recipients Francois Jérôme and Andrzej Kotarba, as well as Núria López, George Willis Huber and Jan-Dierk Gunwaldt will all give plenary lectures. 

Albin Pintar, Eranda Nikolla, Thomas Schaub, Todd HysterNing Yan, Jacinto Sá, Alessandra Beretta, Edd Anders Blekkan, Anna Chrobok, Tapio Salmi and Jakob Kibsgaard will give keynote lectures.

Please follow the links to the program site for more details about the speakers.

 

Industry prospectus available

Take a look at the Industry Prospectus, which gives an overview of the various options for sponsors and exhibitors.

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If you wish to become the next sponsor, you now can use the form linked here and directly book an exhibition space or sponsor package.

 

 

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