Pre-Conference are planned to be held as follows.

1. Catalysis for Sustainable Society

Place : Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo)
Date : July 22 , Saturday, 2006
Organizers : Takashi Tatsumi (Tokyo Institute of Technology) and Kazunari Domen (The University of Tokyo)

Registration Fees
A. Participant----------JPY 5,000
B. Student-------------Free
C. Mixer------------JPY 5,000

<<Program>>
9:30-9:40  
Introductory talk

9:40-10:20  
Pascal Granger (Univ.of Lille, France)
"New potentialities of perovskite based catalysts"

10:20-11:00 
Victor Teixeira da Silva(IME, Brazil)
"Lowering Down the Temperature Synthesis of Carbides: The Case of Niobium Carbide"

11:00-11:40
Sang Heup Moon(Seoul National Univ., Korea)
"Performance of oxide-modified Pd catalysts in the selective hydrogenation of acetylene"

<Lunch>

13:00-13:50
John Armor(Global Catalysis.com L. L. C. , USA)
"The CO2 Dilemma"

13:50-14:30
Jean Luc Dubois(ARKEMA, France)
"Propane Selective Oxidation to Acrylic Acid"

14:30-15:10 
Lars J.Pettersson(KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)
"DME - the sustainable hydrogen carrier alternative for automotive applications"

15:30-16:10
Muneyoshi Yamada(Tohoku Univ. , Japan)
"Catalysis for ultra-clean transportation fuel"

16:10-16:50
Yong-gun Shul (Yonsei Univ., Korea)
"Application of immobilized HPA catalysts for sustainable chemistry."

16:50-17:30
Yoshihiro Kawamura(CASIO JAPAN, Japan)
"Hydrogen production by methanol reforming  with a microreactor for a novel power source of mobile electronic devices."

18:00-　　　　Mixer

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2. Catalysis in relation to Fuel Cell Technology

Place: Centennial Hall, School of Medicine, Kyushu University (Fukuoka)
Date: 9:30-17:00 July 22, Saturday, 2006
Organizer : Yasutake Teraoka and Tatsumi Ishihara (Kyushu University)

Registration Fees
A. Participant----------JPY 5,000
B. Student-------------Free
C. Mixer-----------JPY 5,000

Registration in advance by e-mail is appreciated. Please send e-mail describing your name, affiliation and type of participation (Symposium and/or Mixer) to Dr Kusaba, Kyushu University <kusaba@mm.kyushu-u.ac.jp>. On-site payment by only JPY is acceptable.

<<Program>>

9:30-9:40
Introductory talk　Prof. Yasutake Teraoka

9:40-10:20　
Prof. Kazunari Sasaki (Kyushu University)
"Kyushu University Hydrogen Project: A challenge for reliable hydrogen-related technologies"

10:20-11:00
Prof. Huamin Zhang (Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, China)
"R&D Activities of PEMFC in China"

11:00-11:40
Dr. Shigeru Nojima (MHI, Japan)
"Development of Fuel Processing Catalysts for PEFC System"

<Lunch>

13:00-13:40
Prof. Hasuck Kim (Seoul National University, Korea)
"Preparation of CO-tolerant Catalysts for Fuel Cell Application"

13:40-14:20
Dr. Masaru Yoshitake (Asahi Glass)
"Interfacial Approaches to the Structure Analysis of Electrodes for PEFC"

14:20-15:00
Prof. Yoshio Takasu (Shinshu University, Japan)
"Novel Electrocatalysts for DMFCs"

<Break>

15:20-16:00
Toru Inagaki (Kansai Electro Power Co. Ltd.)
"High Performance Anode for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Using NiO-SDC Composite Particles Synthesized by Spray Pyrolysis"

16:00-16:40
Dr. Satoshi Hamakawa (Research Center for compact chemical process, AIST, Japan)
"Hydrogen Production in Methane Conversion by Using a Ceramic Membrane Reactor"

17:30- Mixer (Fukuoka Recent Hotel)

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