Introduction

The conference is being organised in partnership with ScotChem and the University of St Andrews.

The goal of this conference is to bring together researchers working on the theme of Molecules for Net Zero and Materials for Net Zero. Our conference will focus on the following main topics:

• Green Synthesis/Catalysis involving small molecules or materials/polymers especially from bio-derived feedstock or CO₂
• Development of molecules/materials or related concepts for applications in energy storage (e.g. battery, and hydrogen storage)
• New approaches/concepts of circular economy and waste recycling (e.g. CO₂ capture and chemical recycling of plastic waste)

The conference will involve 7 keynote lectures, and 18 invited lectures. Additionally, 36 oral presentations and poster/flash presentations to be selected from the submitted abstracts.

Deadlines

• Jan 17 2025
  Oral abstracts deadline

  
• Jan 31 2025
  Early bird registration deadline

  
• Mar 31 2025
  Poster abstract deadline

  
• Apr 10 2025
  Standard registration deadline

  
• May 09 2025
  Late registration deadline

  

Useful links

• Further event details More information about the event

Speakers

• Professor David Milstein Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
• Professor Regina Palkovits RWTH Aachen University, Germany
• Professor Dame Clare Grey University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
• Professor Buxing Han Chinese Academy of Science , China
• Professor Francesca Kerton Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
• Professor George Shimizu University of Calgary, Canada
• Professor Sir Peter Bruce University of Oxford, United Kingdom
• Professor Troels Skrydstrup Aarhus University, Denmark
• Professor Paul Anderson University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
• Doctor Chris Slootweg University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Professor Zhimin Liu University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
• Doctor Haritz Sardon Polymat, Spain
• Professor Anthony O'Mullane Queensland University of Technology, Australia
• Professor Audrey Moores McGill University, Canada
• Professor Neerish Revaprasadu University of Zululand, South Africa
• Doctor Tim Kruger University of Oxford, United Kingdom
• Doctor Christian Krueger BASF, Germany
• Doctor Romy Ettlinger Technical University of Munich, Germany
• Prof Erwin Reisner University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
• Docotr Ina Vollmer Utrecht University, Netherlands
• Doctor Nancy Artioli University of Brescia, Italy
• Doctor Caroline Mellot-Draznieks College de France, France
• Doctor Andrew Marr Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom
• Thoa Thi Minh Mguyen Halder Topsoe, Denmark
• Doctor Benjamin Kuhne Merck, Germany, Germany
• Professor Walter Leitner Max Planck Institute for Chemiscla Energy Conversion, Germany

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Sponsorship & supporting organisations

If you would like to support this event please contact ScotChem@st-andrews.ac.uk for more details

Platinum Sponsors:

• BASF: At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. We combine economic sucess with environmental protection and social responsibility. Around 112,000 employees in the BASF Group contribute to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. Our portfolio comprises six segments: Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, Surface Technologies, Nutrition & Care and Agricultural solutions
• Merck: As a vibrant science and technology company, we believe in science as a force for good. We uniquely combine three specialized, innovation-driven businesses: Life Science, Healthcare, and Electronics.
• UKRI: Launched in April 2018, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). We invest in research and innovation to enrich lives, drive economic growth, and create jobs and high-quality public services across the UK. We are transforming tomorrow together.

Silver Sponsors:

• Shell Research Ltd: Built on more than 125 years of technological innovation, our company’s future performance depends on the successful development and deployment of new technologies and new products. Our technologies are crucial to achieving our target to become a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050, and to grow a competitive Renewables and Energy Solutions portfolio. Therefore, we research and develop disruptors that can radically unleash new business opportunities in the future. 
• Sustainablility and Circularity Now (Thieme publications): Sustainability & Circularity NOW is an international single-anonymized peer-reviewed journal that aims to tackle very serious sustainability issues and shape an ambitious and genuinely interdisciplinary agenda to resolve the global crisis that we face.

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Sponsors

BASF

Merck

Thieme Chemistry

Shell Research Ltd

UKRI

Venue

University of St Andrews

North Haugh, University of St Andrews, School of Physics, University of St-Andrews, North Haugh, St-Andrews, KY16 9ST, United Kingdom

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• Venue information More information about the venue

Committee

• Professor David Cole Hamilton University of St Andrews, United Kingdom
• Doctor Amit Kumar University of St Andrews, United Kingdom
• Professor Helen Sneddon University of York, United Kingdom
• Professor Thomas Schaub BASF, Germany
• Professor Chao-Jun Li McGill University, Canada
• Doctor Alessandra Quadrelli Institut de recherches sur la catalyse et l'environnement, France
• Professor Christina Pozo-Gonzalo Institute for Frontier Materials, Australia
• Professor Sun Zhenyu Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China

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Organised by

ScotCHEM is the strategic alliance for chemical sciences in Scotland – enabling knowledge exchange, research & translation, growing the chemical industries, delivering the skills needed for future jobs and engaging with communities.

ScotCHEM connects industry, academia, government, the 3rd sector and communities. We broker partnerships to support and grow chemical sciences education and engagement, research and innovation, and the chemical industries in Scotland.

Together, its members deliver at scale, collaborate across sectors, and collectively build recognition of the value of chemical sciences.

ScotChem

Contact information

Alan Wiles
ScotChem
Contact us by email

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