CatchBio course: Catalysis for Sustainability 5-6 October 2010

When: Tuesday 5 and Wednesday 6 October 2010
Who: All PhD and postdoc researchers affiliated to CatchBio or NIOK
Where: Hotel Casa 400, Amsterdam

As part of the education activities of NIOK / CatchBio a two day course on “Catalysis for sustainability” takes place on 5 and 6 October 2010 in Amsterdam, preceding the CatchBio symposium of 7 October in Amsterdam. This course is targeted at PhD and postdoc researchers from Academic and Industrial laboratories, and will address various issues related to the need for sustainability for the future. The course will consist of lectures by specialists on various issues that are relevant to sustainability such as (i) Current refinery and petrochemicals industrial practices and related environmental issues, (ii) Biomass related feed stocks, availability, life cycle analysis and economic aspects (iii) Fundamental and applied aspects of the conversion of sustainable feed-stocks to fuels, bulk and fine chemicals.

Download the full course programme here.

Course details

Course teachers
Prof. I.W.C.E. Arends, Delft University of Technology
Dr. A.P.C. Faaij, Utrecht University (Copernicus Institute)
Dr. J. Van Haveren, Food & Biobased Research Wageningen
Prof. E.J.M. Hensen, Eindhoven University of Technology
Dr. S.R.A. Kersten, University of Twente
Dr J.P. Lange, Shell
Dr. J.J. Lerou, Velocys (Ohio, United States)
Prof. A.J. Minnaard, University of Groningen
Prof. R.A. van Santen, Eindhoven University of Technology
Dr. K. Seshan, University of Twente
Prof. W.P.M.J. Van Swaaij, University of Twente
Dr E.T.C. Vogt, Albemarle
Prof. J.G. de Vries, DSM
Dr. B. Wentink, BASF Ludwigshaven (Germany)

Date and time
Tuesday 5 (starting at 10:00 a.m.) and Wednesday 6 October 2010 (finishing at 5:30 p.m.).

Venue
Hotel Casa 400, Eerste Ringdijkstraat 4, Amsterdam
t: + 31 (0)20 665 11 71
Casa 400 is located 3 minutes walking from Amsterdam Amstel train station.
http://www.hotelcasa400.nl/en-GB/route.html  

Participation fee
The participation fee is € 250. After the registration deadline of Wednesday 1 September 2010 you receive an invoice by e-mail. The fee should be credited to our bank account ultimately 27 September 2010. The fee includes two lunches, dinner, breakfast and hotel accommodation (each participant has its own room). The lectures will be supported by handouts. In case you choose in your registration to stay an extra night, we invoice this night in addition to the fee (see for more information the registration page, accessible via the bottom of this page).

Cancellation fees
Cancellation fees are applicable:
- cancellation before 6 September - free
- cancellation between 6 September – 19 September: 60% of the course fee
- cancellation between 20 September – 26 September: 85% of the course fee
- cancellation between 27 September – 4 October: the full fee will be charged.

Certificate
Participants receive a certificate. The course does not include an exam.

Course leaders
The course is jointly organized by the Technical Universities of Twente and Eindhoven.

Course leaders are:
Dr K. Seshan, University of Twente
Prof. E.J.M. Hensen, Eindhoven University of Technology
Prof. R.A. van Santen, Eindhoven University of Technology

Contact
CatchBio office
t. + 31 (0)70 344 0537
E-mail: info@catchbio.nl  

Register here.

Please note: the number of participants is limited to 40. Registrations are accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. Registrations received after the limit has been reached will be placed on a waiting list. The deadline for registration is Wednesday 1 September 2010.