Plenary

Dr. Carl Mesters, Royal Dutch Shell, Chief Scientist for Chemistry; Catalysis, Title:"Catalysis for Energy Supply - from Nanotechnology to Megaprojects".

Prof. Enrique Iglesia, U.C. Berkeley. Title:" Catalytic Consequences of Size in Catalysis:
Clusters and Voids"

Ciapetta Lecture: Dr. Jeffrey T. Miller, Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, USA. Title: "XAFS Spectroscopy in Catalysis Research: Application to Au Catalysts"
Catalysis Award: Prof. R. Stan Brown, Department of Chemistry, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Title: "Development of metal ion-catalyzed alcoholysis as a rapid methodology for the destruction of organophosphorus chemical weapons, their simulants and pesticides"

Keynotes

Energy

Prof. Tom Baker, CCRI, U Ottawa –“Catalyzed Dehydrogenation of Amine-Borane Fuel Blends”
Dr. Stu Soled – Exxon/Mobil: “Reversible and Irreversible Changes in Co Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts During Synthesis”.

Environment
Prof. Olaf Deutschmann, Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Engesserstraße 20 D- 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany.

Robbie Burch, CenTACat, Queen’s University Belfast -“Circumventing problems in the use of Steady State Isotopic Transient Kinetic (SSITKA) techniques – Quick-SSITKA study of NOx reduction”.

Nanotechnology
Dr. Robert Scott, University of Saskatchewan  "Towards the Rational Design of Heterogeneous Bimetallic Catalysts"

Fundamentals

 Dr. Chuck Peden, Institute for Interfacial Catalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA  99352 USA