XVIII International Materials Reseach Congress
19-20 August 2009, Cancún, México

Symposium 15: New Catalytic Materials

Invitation

The organizers cordially invite you to participate in the

2nd. International Symposium on New Catalytic Materials

to be held in Cancún, Mexico from 16 to 21 August 2009, under the auspices of the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACyT), the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) and the Mexican Petroleum Institute (IMP).

Objective

To highlight the recent achievements in the area of catalysis, promote the exchange of ideas and stimulate recent developments of new catalytic materials. In particular, emphasis will be put on knowledge exchange and experiences on new functional materials from the academic and industrial viewpoints.

Scientific Scope

The main focus of this event is to put together various aspects comprising both fundamental and applied science, including synthesis, characterization and applications of new catalysts for topical areas, for example:

1. Nano-and mesostructured catalytic materials (metals, oxides, carbon…etc.)
2. Clean fuels (Hydrogen production, low sulfur gasoline etc.);
3. Environmental catalysis (de-NOx, de-SOx, 3-way catalysts, VOx control)
4. Biofuels (Ethanol, biomass, biodiesel, ..etc)
5. Petroleum refining and petrochemistry;
6. Fine chemicals
7. C1 chemistry (Methane oxidation, GTL, Methanol Synthesis, etc.)

Key Dates

April 1, 2009        Abstract submission begins
May 30, 2009       Deadline and notice of acceptance of abstract
August 16, 2009   Symposium begins.

Symposium Organizers

CHAIRMEN:

Dr. José Manuel Domínguez E. Instituto del Mexicano del Petróleo Eje Central L.Cardenas 152, 07730 México D.F. Phone: (55)9175-8392

Dr. Jin-An Wang Instituto Politécnico Nacional Av Instituto Politécnico Nacional 1528 Phone: (55) 57296000 ext 52006

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Dr. José Ricardo Gómez Romero, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-I 
Dr. Luis Enrique Noreña, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-A
Dr. Miguel Angel Valenzuela, Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Dr. Jorge Ramírez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Dr. Jaime  Sánchez Valente, Instituto del Mexicano del Petróleo
Dr. Aarón Melo Bnda, Instituto Tecnológico de Cd. Madero
Dr. Graciela Corro, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
Dr. X. Bokhimi, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Dra Tatiana Klimova, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Programme

The symposium will consist of plenary lectures, oral and poster presentations. The organizing committee will also provide the participants and the accompanying persons with social activities.

Publications

Accepted abstracts in the modalities of oral and poster presentations will be published in the Proceedings. The peer-reviewed full-length manuscripts will be published in a special issue of a prestigious scientific Journal (to be confirmed).

Call for abstracts

Participants wishing to attend this symposium are cordially invited to submit a one-page abstract (single space, 12 points font). All abstracts should be written in English and submitted on-line o(webpage) or by e-mail. The deadline for abstract submission is May 30, 2009. On-line submission is available from April, 2009.

Call for Full Manuscript

Inclusion of manuscripts will be conditional upon the manuscripts satisfying careful refereeing and publication standards as decided by the Editor. Authors of papers accepted for publication will be required to assign copyright to Elsevier

The authors must accomplish detailed instructions for the preparation of their manuscripts provided by the publisher. A guide to Authors can be consulted from Elsevier (www.elsevier.com).

Scientific program

Invited Lecturers (to be confirmed, 7 invited speakers)

Dr. James  J. Spivey  (Environmental catalysis)                                                  CONFIRMED
Louisiana State University, USA


Dr. Guozhong Cao (Energy conversion materials)                                                CONFIRMED
University of Washington, USA.


Dr. Mark Crocker (Biofuels synthesis/Upgrading, NOx trapping, LDH catalysts) 
University of Kentucky, U.S.A.                                                                              CONFIRMED


Dr. Ricardo Gómez R. (Metal supported Catalysts, Photocatalysis)                        CONFIRMED
Universidad Autónoma Metrpopolitana


Dr. Ulises Sedrán   (FCC, Hydrocracking of plastic residues)                                 CONFIRMED
INCAPE (FIQ-UNL, CONICET, Argentina)


José Rodríguez                                                                                                CONFIRMED
(Synchrotron radiation for catalysts characterization)
Brokhaven National Laboratory, U.S.A.
 
Yong Wang                                                                                                      CONFIRMED
(Hydrogen Production from Bio-derived Liquids)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Blvd, Richland, WA 99354.

            

Sponsors

Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México (http://www.ipn.mx)
CONACyT-México (http://www.conacyt.mx)
Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo (www.imp.mx)
Academia Mexicana de Ciencias Materiales (www.mrs-mexico.org.mx)