April 10, 2017

19th International Sol-Gel Conference

About the Conference:

The 19^th International Sol-Gel Conference will be held on September 3-8, 2017 in Liege, Belgium. The conference is organized in conjunction with the International Sol-Gel Society (ISGS). Previous editions gathered around 500 participants from all over the world. For the 19^th edition, the conference will be organized in three parallel sessions. The great success of the Sol-Gel Conference series over the past 35 years attests that sol-gel science and technology is an extraordinarily multidisciplinary research area. The biennial conference gathers the most relevant and innovative advances in the field from the point of view of scientific research and industrial developments. Intensive promotions to interdisciplinary and academia-industry collaborations will be emphasized.

For more information, visit SolGel2017Liege.com

Venue:

The conference will be organized in the Palais des Congrès, a centrally located convention centre just a few minutes from downtown.
The convention centre is located on the banks of the Meuse river and is surrounded by a majestic park.
Just recently renovated, the convention center combines modern comfort and specialized hi-tech facilities. The centre is spread over three levels, and is host to over twenty multi-purpose convention rooms, the largest of which has a capacity of one thousand people.
Visitors will have a large choice of hotels within walking distance or easily reachable by the well developed public transport in Liege.

Keynote Speakers:

José Luís FIGUEIREDO (University of Porto, Portugal)
Kazuyuki KURODA (Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan)
Sidney J. L. RIBEIRO (São Paulo State University-UNESP, Araraquara-SP, Brazil)
Dongyuan ZHAO (Fudan University, Shanghai, P. R. China)

Invited Speakers:

Sara A. BILMES (University of Buenos Aires – National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Cedric BOISSIERE (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France)
Carole CARCEL (ENSCM Montpellier, France)
David LEVY (Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid – ICMM, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas – CSIC, Madrid, Spain)
Kazuki NAKANISHI (Kyoto University, Japan)
Ryong RYOO (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea)
Jan SEFCIK ( University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK)
Jun SHEN (Tongji University, Shanghai, China)
Masafumi UNNO (Gunma University, Kiryu, Japan)
Gustaaf VAN TENDELOO (University of Antwerp, Belgium)
Philippe BELLEVILLE (CEA / Le Ripault Monts, France)
Marc FRICKE (BASF Polyurethanes GmbH, Lemfoerde, Germany)
Stephen STEINER (Aerogel Technologies, LLC, Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

Local Organizing Committee:

University of Liege (ULG)

Department of Chemical Engineering

Nanomaterials, Catalysis & Electrochemistry (NCE)

Benoît Heinrichs (Chair)
Nathalie Job (Vice-Chair)
Christelle Alié
Cédric Calberg
Stéphanie Lambert
Alexandre Léonard

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

Research group in Energy and Environment from Materials (Greenmat)

Rudi Cloots (Vice-Chair)
Frédéric Boschini