The 8th Tokyo Conference on Advanced Catalytic Science and Technology (TOCAT8): August 5 - 10, 2018; YOKOHAMA

Keynote Speakers

• KA101 Room A, 11:30, August 6, Monday
  Taming Methane. Dehydrogenation, Olefination and Catalytic Borylation Reactions		Daniel J Mindiola		University of Pennsylvania
  KA104 Room A, 14:30, August 6, Monday
  The Methane Challenge: A Cold Experimental/Computational Approach to a Hot Problem		Helmut Schwarz		Technische Universität Berlin
  KA108 Room A, 16:50, August 6, Monday
  Oxidative Methane Activation over Microporous Materials		Raul F. Lobo		University of Delaware
  KA205 Room A, 14:30, August 7, Tuesday
  New insights into active sites and mechanism of methane aromatization on Mo/ZSM-5		Emiel Hensen		Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
  KA210 Room A, 16:50, August 7, Tuesday
  Methane oxidation using gold-containing nanoparticles		Graham Hutchings		Cardiff University
  KA301 Room A, 11:30, August 8, Wednesday
  Photoelectrochemical water splitting for solar hydrogen production over oxide semiconductors: A perspective		Jae Sung Lee		School of Nano-Bioscience and Chemical Engineering
  KA310 Room A, 16:50, August 8, Wednesday
  Identification of Optimal Redox Shuttle Properties for Efficient Photocatalytic Z-Scheme Solar Water Splitting Reactors		Shane Ardo		University of California Irvine
  KA405 Room A, 12:50, August 9, Thursday
  Molecular Designed Solid Catalysts for Energy Applications		Xu Rong		Nanyang Technological University
  KA501 Room A, 9:00, August 1, Friday
  Photocatalytic carbon monoxide evolution from carbon dioxide in aqueous solution by the aid of artificial photosynthesis		Tsunehiro Tanaka		Kyoto University
  KB103 Room B, 12:10, August 6, Monday
  INNOVATION AND RESEARCH STRATEGY FOR A NEW HYDROCRACKING CATALYST		Omer Koseoglu		Saudi Aramco
  KB106 Room B, 15:10, August 6, Monday
  Applied Catalysis and STAX® Modeling for Petroleum Residue Upgrading		Hiroshi Toshima		Albemarle Catalysts Company BV
  KB109 Room B, 16:50, August 6, Monday
  Catalyst Design and Development for a Novel Methyl Methacrylate Process		John Runnacles		Lucite International UK Ltd
  KB203 Room B, 12:10, August 7, Tuesday
  Innovative process for carbonates from CO2		Budianto Nishiyama, Masaaki Shinohata, Nobuhisa Miyake		Asahi Kasei Corp.
  KB210 Room B, 16:50, August 7, Tuesday
  Advancement of Environmental Catalysts to Improve “Real-World” Automotive Aftertreatment		Chang Hwan Kim		Head of automotive catalysis group Hyundai
  KC205 Room C, 14:30, August 7, Tuesday
  Direct oxygen insertion to C-H bond by enzyme-mimic copper complexes		Chung-Yuan Mou		National Taiwan University
  KC210 Room C, 16:50, August 7, Tuesday
  A Significant Enhancement of Catalytic Properties by Adjusting Catalyst Wettability		Fengshou Xiao		Zhejiang University
  KC211 Room C, 17:30, August 7, Tuesday
  Tungsten dispersion and coke reduction on metathesis catalyst for propene production		Piyasan Praserthdam, Surasa Maksasithorn, Wimonrat Limsangkass, Narongrat Poovarawan		Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
  KC305 CANCELED
  KC310 Room C, 16:50, August 8, Wednesday
  Catalysis in Confined Spaces		F. Dean Toste		UC Berkeley
  KC401 Room C, 11:30, August 9, Thursday
  Hybrid catalysis as the next challenge in biorefineries: concept and examples	Franck Dumeignil, Alexandra Gimbernat, Marie Guehl, Mickael Capron, Nicolas Lopes Ferreira, Renato Froidevaux, Jean-Sebastien Girardon, Pascal Dhulster, Damien Delcroix		Univ. Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, ENSCL, Univ. Artois, UMR 8181 UCCS - Unite de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide, F-59000 Lille, France, Univ. Lille, INRA, ISA, Univ. Artois, Univ. Littoral Cote d Opale, EA 7394 - ICV - Institut Charles Viollette, F-59000 Lille, France, IFP Energies Nouvelles, Rond-point de l echangeur de Solaize, BP 3, 69360 Solaize, France, IFP Energies Nouvelles, 1 et 4 Avenue de Bois-Preau, 92852 Rueil Malmaison, France
  KC404 Room C, 12:50, August 9, Thursday
  On route to understanding ligand control of catalysis on supported cluster surfaces		Alexander Katz		University of California
  KD103 Room D, 12:10, August 6, Monday
  Catalysis for upgrading C1 feedstocks		Aditya Bhan, Anurag Kumar		University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  KD104 Room D, 14:30, August 6, Monday
  Stability of CO hydrogenation catalysts studied in-situ		Michael Claeys		University of Cape Town
  KD107 Room D, 15:50, August 6, Monday
  Development of new syngas conversion routes beyond Fischer-Tropsch synthesis		Ye Wang		Xiamen University
  KD110 Room D, 17:30, August 6, Monday
  One-pot conversion of carbon oxides into formaldehyde and its derivatives in liquid phase reactions		Aksha Tanksale		Monash University
  KD313 Room D, 17:30, August 8, Wednesday
  Strategic Development of Catalyst-Membrane System for CO2 and Biomass Conversions		Sibudjing Kawi		National University of Singapore
  KE101 Room E, 11:30, August 6, Monday
  Space- and time-resolved operando spectroscopic studies of heterogeneous catalysts under unsteady-state operations		Atsushi Urakawa		Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ)
  KE106 Room E, 15:10, August 6, Monday
  Molecular understanding and controlled functionalization of surfaces towards single-site catalysts and beyond		Christophe Coperet		ETH Zurich
  KE201 Room E, 11:30, August 7, Tuesday
  Photochemistry of doped metal oxides. Is there some hope for applications in visible-light photocatalysis?		Elio Giamello		University of Torino
  KE206 Room E, 15:10, August 7, Tuesday
  Tailoring MOFs for CO2 hydrogenation reactions		Unni Olsbye		University of Oslo
  KE211 Room E, 17:30, August 7, Tuesday
  Functional Nanoporous Materials for Lignocellulosic Biomass Conversion		Kevin C.-W. Wu		National Taiwan University
  KE303 CANCELED
  KE308 Room E, 15:50, August 8, Wednesday
  Selectivity control in acid-base catalysis for valorisation of biomass derivates		Bo-Qing Xu		Tsinghua University
  KF107 Room F, 15:10, August 6, Monday
  Selective hydrogenolysis of cellulose and its derivatives to chemicals: catalytic functions and reaction pathways		Haichao Liu		Peking University
  KF108 CANCELED
  KF209 Room F, 15:50, August 7, Tuesday
  New Catalytic Pathways for Production of a, w-diols from Biomass		Jiayue He, Kefeng Huang, Kevin J Barnett, Siddarth Krishna, David M Alonso, Zachary J Brentzel, Samuel P Burt, Theodore Walker, William F Banholzer, Christos T Maravelias, Ive Hermans, James A Dumesic, George W Huber			University of Wisconsin-Madison
  KF307 Room F, 15:10, August 8, Wednesday
  Designing Porous Catalysts for Biomass Transformations		Karen Wilson, Adam F Lee		School of Science, RMIT University,124 La Trobe St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
  KF312 Room F, 17:30, August 8, Wednesday
  Sustainable Catalysts for the fixation of Carbon Dioxide and Carbon Monoxide as C-1 sources to synthesize the Value Added Chemicals		Bhalchandra Bhanage, Vitthal Saptal		Institute of Chemical Technology
  KF403 Room F, 12:10, August 9, Thursday
  Hydrogen borrowing methodology for catalytic synthesis of amines and alcohols		Irina L. Simakova		Boreskov Institute of Catalysis
  KF503 Room F, 9:40, August 1, Friday
  Role of heterogeneous catalysis in the biorefinery of wood into chemicals		Bert Sels		KU Leuven