Circular Economy – A Fresh View on Petrochemistry

The Conference is jointly organized by the Petrochemistry Division of DGMK, the Division of Industrial Chemistry of the Società Chimica Italiana (SCI) and ÖGEW Österreichische Gesellschaft für Erdölwissenschaften.

The scientific chairmen are Dr. Michael Bender (BASF SE, Ludwigshafen), Dr. Harald Häger (Evonik Performance Materials GmbH, Marl), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Jess (Universität Bayreuth), Prof. Dr. Johannes A. Lercher (Technische Universität München), Dr. Mario Marchionna (Saipem S.p.A., San Donato Milanese, Italy) and Prof. Dr. Dieter Vogt (Technische Universität Dortmund).

Keynote lectures

We are happy to announce the follwoing keynote lectures.

• Selection of Novel Nanoporous Materials for Carbon Capture Applications
  S. Brandani, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
• Carbon as a future energy carrier
  R. Schlögl, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin
• Carbon Capture and Utilization – An Alternative Approach for Petrochemical Down Stream Products?
  N. Schödel, Linde AG, Pullach, Germany
  
• Closing the Carbon Cycle – Catalytic Conversion of Alternative Feedstocks for the Chemical Value
  Chain W. Leitner, Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Converscion, Mülheim a.d.R., Germany
  
• ReOil - OMV's Pace to Circular Economy
  O. Schneider, OMV Refining & Marketing GmbH, Wien, Austria
  
• Hydrogen, Oxygen and Synthesis Gas for Storage of Energy and Greening of Coal-based Technology
  H. Niemantsverdriet, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
  
• The Role of Chemistry in a Circular Economy - Decoupling Growth from Resource Comsuption
  T. Schaffrannek, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany
  
• Storing Energy in chemical Bonds - Strategies for Electrochemical  Conversion of Organic Waste to Petrochemicals and Fuels
  J. Holladay, Institute for Integrated Catalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA

Programme

The scientific programme is available.