Fischer Nico, Kondrat Simon A, Shozi Mzamo
Catalysis Institute and DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Catalysis c*change, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cape Town, 7701, Cape Town, South Africa.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2017 May 2;53(36):4880-4887. doi: 10.1039/c7cc90124k.
Welcome to Africa was the motto when after more than 100 years the flag ship conference series of the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Faraday Discussions was hosted for the first time on the African Continent. Under the fitting topic 'Catalysis for Fuels' over 120 delegates followed the invitation by the conference chair Prof. Graham Hutchings FRS (Cardiff Catalysis Institute), his organizing committee and the co-organizing DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Catalysis c*change (). In the presentations of 21 invited speakers and 59 posters, cutting edge research in the field of catalysis for fuels, designing new catalysts for synthetic fuels, hydrocarbon conversion in the production of synthetic fuels and novel photocatalysis was presented over the two-day meeting. The scene was set by the opening lecture of Prof. Enrique Iglesias (UC Berkeley) and wrapped-up with the concluding remarks by Philip Gibson (SASOL).
“欢迎来到非洲”是此次活动的主题。在历经100多年后，英国皇家化学学会旗舰会议系列——法拉第讨论会首次在非洲大陆举办。会议以“燃料催化”这一恰当主题为契机，120多名代表响应会议主席、皇家学会会士格雷厄姆·哈钦斯教授（卡迪夫催化研究所）、其组织委员会以及联合主办单位——科学技术与创新部-国家研究基金会催化变革卓越中心的邀请。在为期两天的会议中，21位特邀演讲者和59份海报展示了燃料催化领域的前沿研究、合成燃料新型催化剂的设计、合成燃料生产中的烃类转化以及新型光催化等内容。会议由恩里克·伊格莱西亚斯教授（加州大学伯克利分校）的开幕演讲拉开帷幕，并以菲利普·吉布森（萨索尔公司）的总结发言圆满结束。
