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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. We will also create channels via which everyone dedicated to catalysis can make suggestions to the program.

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.

Review of abstracts is expected to be finalized within April 2025

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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News and information about the conference will be announced here as it becomes relevant. 

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The abstracts submission is closed.

 

Tentatively 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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Keynote speaker

portrait of a manAlbin Pintar, Research professor and Head of the programme group »Integrated Approach to Water Pollution Prevention« at the National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia, has confirmed his participation as Keynote speaker.

New Copper partners

company logoWith more than 50 years of experience, Berghof offers outstanding expertise in the manufacture of digestion and reactor systems. They put the needs of their customers first and simplify the daily work of every laboratory with their innovative technologies. In addition, the products convince through unsurpassed service life and a plus in safety. Berghof’s pool of specially trained retailers reinforce their competency on an international level and are available for their customers in all continents.

company logoBC Berlin Catalysts provides catalyst materials for which the properties can be specifically changed – namely the support material and the anchored nanoparticles. Customers can choose from a library of catalysts that comprises more than 10k combinations of supports and nanoparticles. They also develop and manufacture metal-supported catalysts on demand according to specific needs.

company logo Topsoe is a leading global provider of technology and solutions for the energy transition. They combat climate change by helping their customers and partners achieve their decarbonization and emission reduction goals. Based on scientific research and innovation, Topsoe offers world-leading solutions for transforming renewable resources into fuels and chemicals for a sustainable world, and for efficient and low-carbon fuel production and clean air. They are headquartered in Denmark, with over 2,800 employees serving customers all around the globe.

New exhibitors

company logoHiden Analytical manufactures quadrupole mass spectrometers. Their quadrupole mass spectrometers are available in a broad range of configurations for gas / vapour analysis, residual gas analysis, plasma ion analysis, UHV surface science , thermal analysis and surface analysis. They are configured for mass ranges from100 to 5000 AMU, providing for analysis of the widest variety of volatile organic, metal organic and inorganic compounds. Hiden mass spectrometer control software provides for fast real time data acquisition.

company logo Premex is a world leader in high-pressure reactor technology and magnetically coupled stirrer systems. With over 50 years of experience, Premex is renowned for its high quality and precision, and is committed to advancing innovation, introducing cutting-edge products, and setting new industry standards. Our comprehensive range of tailored systems ensures that we meet the precise requirements of our clients. Premex's high-pressure reactors and magnetic stirring systems are trusted by the chemical, pharmaceutical, and petrochemical industries.

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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