ADVANCES IN THE UNDERSTANDING AND APPLICATION OF CATALYSTS

 May 28-30, 2003, Moscow, Russia

Contents:

Welcome:

Dear Colleague,

We are pleased to invite you to participate in the Russian-American Seminar
"Advances in the Understanding and Application of Catalysts"
to be held in Moscow, Russia, May 28-30, 2003 and organized by:

    Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
    University of California, Berkeley, USA
    Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Russia
    Scientific Council on Catalysis of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

The general sponsor of the Seminar BP International Ltd.

International Advisory Committee :
B.C. Gates University of California, Davis, USA
V.B. Kazansky Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry RAS, Moscow, Russia
K. Klier Lehigh University, USA
V.A. Likholobov Omsk Department of the Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, Omsk, Russia
V.V. Lunin Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
J. Lunsford Texas A&M University, USA
I.I. Moiseev Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry RAS, Moscow, Russia
A.S. Noskov Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
G.A. Somorjai University of California, Berkeley, USA

Organizing Committee:
Chairmen
A.T. Bell University of California, Berkeley, USA
V.N. Parmon Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
Co-Chairmen
V. Guliants University of Cincinnati, USA
V.I. Bukhtiyarov Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
   
M. Neurock University of Virginia, USA
U. Ozkan Ohio State University, USA
M.M. Slinko Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics RAS, Moscow, Russia
M.Yu. Sinev Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics RAS, Moscow, Russia
Conference secretariat
L.Ya. Startseva Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia

Conference Topics:

The Organizing committee has received 10 Abstracts from USA and nearly 80 - from Russia. The Seminar program will consist of 7 plenary invited lectures, 31 oral presentations and more than 55 posters. Presentations will be generally concentrated on the most recent advances in the following areas:

           PLENARY LECTURES

V.I. Bukhtiyarov
Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
SURFACE SCIENCE TECHNIQUES AND IN-SITU STUDY OF MECHANISMS OF HETEROGENEOUS CATALYTIC REACTIONS

S. Choi, B.J. Wood, J. Ryder and A.T. Bell
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA
EXAFS CHARACTERIZATION OF THE LOCAL STRUCTURE OF Fe IN Fe-ZSM-5

V.V. Guliants, J. Al-Saeedi and V. Vasudevan
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, USA
MIXED Mo-V-Te OXIDE CATALYSTS FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN PROPANE OXIDATION TO ACRYLIC ACID

I.I. Ivanova
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
IN SITU MAS NMR SPECTROSCOPY IN HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS: ADVANCES AND PERSPECTIVES

V.B. Kazansky
Zelinskii Institute of Organic Chemistry RAS, Moscow, Russia
SPECTRAL STUDY OF UNUSUAL LOCALIZATION AND UNUSUAL SUPERACIDIC PROPERTIES OF BIVALENT CATIONS IN THE ZEOLITES WITH VERY HIGH Si/AL RATIO IN THE FRAMEWORK

C. Lo and B.L. Trout
Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, USA
REACTIVITY OF ACIDIC ZEOLITES VIA QUANTUM CHEMICAL AND CAR-PARINELLO MOLECULAR DYNAMICS METHODS

G.I. Panov
Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
NITROUS OXIDE: NEW OXIDATION REACTIONS IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

The working language of the Seminar will be English.

PUBLICATIONS

All participants will receive the Scientific program with the annotations of plenary and oral lectures and CD disk (including Abstracts of all presentations) at the registration desk.
The Organizing Committee does not plan to publish full texts of the presentations.

PUBLICITY

The Organizing Committee invites Russian and foreign companies dealing with catalysts and catalytic processes if interested in advertising their products to participate in the Seminar. The forms of presentations are as follows: oral and poster presentations, exhibition of books, journals, information materials.

PRESENTATION

The time of the presentation (including 5 min. for questions) is 45 min for the plenary lecture and 20 min for the oral presentation.
Overhead projector will be provided (please, use standard transparencies no larger than 250x250 mm). Multi-media (LCD) projector also will be available. Organizers recommend the authors to prepare computer presentations in *.ppt format (Microsoft Power Point from the package MS Office).
The Organizing Committee kindly asks the authors to prepare their posters in advance. Space for poster is 80 cm width x 80 cm height. The authors are requested to hang their posters in the morning of the corresponding Poster session day according to the schedule.

Schedule:

The Scientific Program of the Seminar will include lectures by invited speakers (45 min), short oral presentations (20 min) and poster presentations. All persons are also cordially invited to discuss their latest results on the subject in Panel Discussions.

Important Dates:

April 15, 2003
April 15, 2003
April 25, 2003
May 27, 2003
May 31, 2003

Submission of the Registration form-2
Preliminary Scientific Program (at the Seminar Web-site)
Payment of the registration fee
Welcome to the Seminar
Departure of participants

Comments:

LOCATION

The Seminar venue will be the Main building of the Prezidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Leninskii prosp., 32a). The Seminar will be held in the Presidential Hall (the second floor of the Main building). The Main building of the Prezidium RAS is situated within walking distance of metro station “Leninskii Prospekt”.    MOSCOW MAP     MOSCOW METRO MAP

Registration
Registration will take place in the hall of the first floor in the Main building of the Prezidium on May 27 from 2 p.m. till 6 p.m. and in the hall of the second floor close to the Presidential Hall on May 28 from 9 a.m. till 12 a.m.

ACCOMMODATION/HOTEL BOOKING

Rooms for the participants are reserved at the “Academicheskaya” Hotel and "Universitetskaya" Hotel from May 27 till May 31.
Meals
        Lunches will be arranged at the restaurant of the Main building of the Prezidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Tickets for 3 lunches will be included in the participant package. Morning and afternoon coffee-breaks will be provided.

TRANSPORTATION

International Airport Sheremetievo-II is located about 60 minutes from downtown Moscow. Representatives of the Organizing Committee will meet the participants from USA at Sheremetievo-II (watch for Seminar logo) and provide transportation to the hotel. For this service, we need information about your arrival (and departure) date, time, airline and flight number in advance (Registration form-2).

Additional information:

SOCIAL PROGRAM

        Excursions to the Red Square and the Museums of the Moscow Kremlin will be organized.
        All participants are invited to Welcome Reception (May 28).
Seminar banquet will take place at a local restaurant on May 30. Banquet will be paid in Russian rubles at the registration desk.
        A special sightseeing program for accompanying persons will be available.

CLIMATE

        Late May temperature in Moscow is 15-20'C. Raincoats and umbrellas are recommended

Abstracts and Correspondence:
Mrs. Lyudmila Startseva
Secretariat of the AUAC Seminar Boreskov Institute of Catalysis
Prosp. Akad. Lavrentieva, 5
Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia		 Phone/Fax: +7(3832) 34-12-97
E-mail: star@catalysis.nsk.su
Information System "Conferences" Administrator
Tamara S. Bol'shakova
Tel. (+7 383 2) 39 72 63
E-mail: tamara@catalysis.nsk.su

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