Kekulé cycle XV, 2013–2014

Rudolf Vanheertum

doi:10.1515/gps-2013-0052

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Kekulé cycle XV, 2013–2014

Rudolf Vanheertum

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From the journal Green Processing and Synthesis Volume 2 Issue 4

Mission

Since 30 years the Kekulé cycle has offered a biannual series of lectures on visionary topics in science and technology. Therefore the organizers invite internationally renowned speakers from academia and business. The Kekulé cycle promotes insight, reflection and dialogue and creates a platform where students, academics and professionals from research, education and industry meet.

Kekulé cycle XV focusses on a number of actual and socially relevant topics. The transition from fossil raw materials to renewables presents us with new challenges. Which technologies will develop the fuels and products of the future? In this context we highlight innovations in the field of transgenic plants and biopolymers. For a sustainable mobility we also rely on the development of new materials. The rise of bio based economy and the changing landscape of chemical industry are also discussed. How will we generate energy in future and which role does shale gas play?

At the 13th anniversary we finally highlight innovations in life sciences: diagnostic systems for personalized health care as well as the development of artificial cells.

From this Kekulé cycle on the organizers cooperate with the colleagues of ie-net (www.ie-net.be), the umbrella association of engineers in Flanders. Our aim is to bundle the potential and to align the programming with the expectations of you all.

We heartily welcome you,

Dr. Rudolf Vanheertum

Chairman Kekulé Cycle

“Shaping the future”

Program Kekulé cycle XV

Evening 1 (17.10.2013): “New matter”

Chairman: Prof. Dr. J.-P. Timmermans, Chairman Research Council, Universiteit Antwerpen

Opening: Prof. Dr. A. Verschoren, Rector Universiteit Antwerpen

“Higgs Boson Discovery”, Prof. Dr. Albert De Roeck, Senior Scientist, CERN, Departement Fysica, Universiteit Antwerpen (Dutch)
“Polymers Go Green”, Prof. Dr. Katja Loos, Polymeerchemie & Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Nederland (Dutch)

Evening 2 (05.11.2013): “From plants to molecules”

Sessievoorzitter: Dr. Ir. Christiane Malcorps, Executive Vice President, Solvay

“Biorefinery, the Bridge Between Agriculture and Chemistry”, Prof. Dr. Johan Sanders, WU Agrotechnologie & Voedingswetenschappen, Wageningen UR, Nederland (English)
“Biomass to Transportation Fuels”, Dr. Ir. Kurt Vanden Bussche, Global R&D Director for Materials Characterization, at UOP LLC, a Honeywell Company, USA (English)
“Genetic Engineering of Trees for Biofuels”, Prof. Dr. Wout Boerjan, Bioenergy Group, VIB department of Plant Systems Biology, UGent department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (English)

Evening 3 (19.11.2013): “Tomorrow’s energy supply” session chair: prof. dr. Annemie Bogaerts, departement Chemie, Universiteit Antwerpen

“Energy generation and storage: a plasma perspective”, Prof. Dr. Ir. Richard van de Sanden, Director, Dutch Institute For Fundamental Energy Research, Nederland (English)
“A reliable, sustainable and affordable energy supply for Europe:“Myth or Reality?” Europees Energiebeleid, Daniël Dobbeni, MSc., Chairman Board of Directors, Eurogrid International (English)
Speech on the occasion of 30 year Kekulé cycle, Dr. Dirk Draulans, biologist, scientific editor Knack (Dutch)

Evening 4 (11.02.2014): “The new worldmap of (bio)chemistry”

Session chair: Ir. Frank Coenen, chairman essenscia (www.essenscia.be)

“Chemical Industry in China, opportunities and challenges”

Dr. Dahai Yu, Member of the Executive Board, Evonik Industries AG, Germany (English)

“Global outlook, chemical industry in different regions”, Fred du Plessis, General Manager, Corporate Strategy (CS&P), Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, Saudi Arabia (English)
“Biobased Industries - Boosting the EU Bioeconomy”, Mrs. Joanna Dupont-Inglis, Director, Industrial Biotechnology, EuropaBio (English)

Evening 5 (25.02.2014) “Smart mobility” (3×30′)

Session chair: Ir. Dirk Fransaer, managing director, VITO

“Automotive innovations”, Dr. Martin M. Jung, Senior Vice President Global Research Structured Materials, Head of the Automotive Research Group, BASF, Germany (English)
“Light-weight design with thermoplastic High Performance Materials”

Dipl.-Ing. Julian Haspel, Project Manager Global Application Development, Lanxess, Germany (English)

“Mobility as a key field of Smart City development”

Prof. Mag. Dr. Rudolf Giffinger, Vienna University of Technology, Department of Spatial Planning, Centre of Regional Science, Austria (English)

Evening 6 (18.03.2014): “Pushing back frontiers in Life Sciences”

Session chair: Prof. Dr. Koen Augustyns, vice-dean Farmaceutische, Biomedische en Diergeneeskundige Wetenschappen, Universiteit Antwerpen

“The road to a more personal healthcare & molecular medicine”, Dr. Rudi Pauwels, CEO Biocartis (English)
“From Natural to Artificial Cells”, Prof. Dr. Petra Schwille, Director, Cellular and Molecular Biophysics, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany (English)

Closing: Dr. Rudolf Vanheertum, Chairman Kekulé cycle

Published Online: 2013-07-13

Published in Print: 2013-03-01

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