2008 Gordon Conference on Catalysis

CBET-0805847本提案请求支持2008年戈登催化会议。会议将于2008年6月22日至6月27日在新罕布夏州新伦敦市的科尔比-索耶学院举行，与会专家将讨论1)新型催化材料和方法，2)扩散和传输，3)金属和活性中心，4)催化基础，5)生物催化和6)催化的当前主题。GRC关于催化的会议是最负盛名的催化会议之一，因为它允许来自世界各地的领先研究人员讨论他们在催化方面最新、最令人兴奋的工作。会议的形式鼓励讨论未公布的前沿成果，鼓励与会者进行广泛的正式和非正式交流。2008年的会议将延续这一传统。会议将涵盖各种主题，包括新的催化材料，提高对动力学和传输现象的理解的理论和实验方法，以及监测活性中心的最新纳米级表征探针。发言者代表了世界各地研究领域的领导者。催化是一项关键技术，可以提高生活质量，同时减少人类活动对环境的不利影响，并增强我们活动的经济影响。新催化工艺的发现和现有工艺的改进对确保国家-S能源供应也至关重要。将特别努力支持那些本来无法参加的年轻科学家：初级教员、博士后研究员和高级研究生。年轻的催化研究人员的参与将为本次会议增加重大价值，并将促进当前和未来在一个结合了学术和工业问题的领域的领导者之间的交流。海报会议为学生展示他们的成果提供了一个很好的场所，传统上，最好的3到4张海报被选为简短的口头陈述。这次会议促进了知名研究人员和年轻科学家之间的互动。它为学生提供了一个场所，让他们认识该领域的一些世界领先的研究人员，并向他们学习。

CBET-0805847SoledThis proposal requests support for the 2008 Gordon Conference on Catalysis. The conference, which will be held at Colby-Sawyer College in New London, New Hampshire, on June 22 to June 27, 2008, will bring together leading experts to discuss 1) novel catalytic materials and approaches, 2) diffusion and transport, 3) metals and active sites, 4) catalytic fundamentals, 5) biocatalysis and 6) current topics in catalysis. The GRC on Catalysis is one of the most prestigious catalysis conferences as it allows leading researchers from around the world to discuss their latest, most exciting work in catalysis. The format of the conference encourages discussion of unpublished cutting edge results and extensive formal and informal communication among the participants. The 2008 conference will continue this tradition. The conference will cover a variety of themes including new catalytic materials, theoretical and experimental approaches to improve understanding of kinetics and transport phenomena, and state of the art nanoscale characterization probes to monitor active sites. The speakers represent the leaders from around the world in their areas of research.Catalysis is a key technology for improving the quality of life while simultaneously reducing the adverse impact of human activities on the environment and enhancing the economic impact of our activities. The discovery of new catalytic processes and the improvement of existing ones are also critically important for securing the nation?s energy supply. A special effort will be made to support young scientists who otherwise would be unable to attend: junior faculty members, postdoctoral fellows and advanced graduate students. Participation by young catalytic researchers will add significant value to this conference and will foster communications among current and future leaders in a field that combines academic and industrial issues. The poster sessions provide an excellent venue for the students to present their results and traditionally the best 3 or 4 posters are selected for short oral presentations. The conference promotes interactions among established researchers and young scientists. It provides a venue for students to meet, talk to and learn from some of the world leading researchers in the area.