Progress Meeting at LIKAT
About
From the 9th to the 11th February, 2026, the IMPD4Cat research unit will host its triannual progress meeting. As part of it a workshop - taking place on the 10th February and held by industry experts - will be open to members of the LIKAT and the University of Rostock (see programme below).
Venue
Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e.V.
Seminar room HS1 (R. 1.311); Albert-Einstein-Straße 29A, 18059 Rostock
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Schedule
The workshop's programme can be found below, while the entire event's programme can be accessed as a PDFhere.
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8:45 am |
Opening / Introduction to Research Unit IMPD4Cat Prof. Dr. Kai Sundmacher, Spokesperson IMPD4Cat. |
| 9:15 am | Creative Tensions: Bridging Academic and Industrial Research Prof. Dr. Robert Franke, Evonik Oxeno, Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
| 10:30 am | Coffee break |
| 10:50 am | Selected processes for aroma chemicals involving multiple steps Dr. Johannes Panten, Symrise |
| 12:05 am | Lunch break (at LIKAT) |
| 1:15 pm | "Vision without Execution is Hallucination" (T.A. Edison): Effective Strategies for Scale-Up of Heterogenous Catalysts with one Successful Showcase, the development of Oxymax E for Lindes EDHOX-process Dr. Gerhard Mestl, (Clariant) |
| 2:30 pm | Coffee break |
| 2:50 pm | Spectroscopic PAT: Boosting chemical process development Dr. Clemes Minnich, S-Pact |
| 4:05 pm | Tours Labs / Technical Centre |
| 5:30 pm | Closing |
Event organisers
Coordinator: Nicole Auerlich.
Assistant coordinator: Chunhong Wei, M.Sc.
Assistant coordinator: Dr. Fairoosa Poovan.
Event chair: Dr. Christoph Kubis.