8th International Conference on Environmental Catalysis (ICEC)

When:
August 24, 2014 – August 28, 2014 all-day
2014–08-24T04:00:00+00:00
2014–08-28T04:00:00+00:00
Where:
His­toric Grove Park Inn Resort and Spa
Asheville
NC
USA
Con­tact:
Dr. Todd J. Toops
(865) 946‑1207

 
On behalf of the local orga­niz­ing com­mit­tee and the Inter­na­tion­al Advi­so­ry Board (IAB), we would like to invite you to the 8th Inter­na­tion­al Con­fer­ence on Envi­ron­men­tal Catal­y­sis (ICEC). The ICEC returns to U.S. soil for the first time since 1998. As the 3.5 day event will be held August 24–27, 2014 at the His­toric Grove Park Inn Resort and Spa in beau­ti­ful and scenic Asheville, North Car­oli­na. Cur­rent tech­no­log­i­cal chal­lenges in envi­ron­men­tal catal­y­sis will be pre­sent­ed in 2 ple­nary pre­sen­ta­tions, 3 par­al­lel oral ses­sion and 2 poster ses­sions.

The Sci­en­tif­ic Pro­gramme of ICEC 2014 will be orga­nized around fol­low­ing main top­ics:

Sus­tain­able and clean ener­gy pro­duc­tion

  • Bio-fuel catal­y­sis
  • Fuel cells, elec­trolyz­ers and solar fuels
  • Fuel reform­ing
  • Cat­alyt­ic com­bus­tion

Emis­sion Con­trol

  • Mobile and Sta­tion­ary source emis­sions
  • TWC, Lean de-NOx, and de-Soot
  • Low tem­per­a­ture exhaust appli­ca­tions

Indoor air clean­ing

  • VOCs, PAH, adsorp­tion

Water Treat­ment

  • Non-biodegrad­able organ­ic oxi­da­tion
  • Nitrates reduc­tion
  • Sludge removal

Green Chem­istry

  • Bio­mass to chem­i­cals
  • CO2 val­oriza­tion
  • Envi­ron­men­tal­ly-friend­ly cat­alyt­ic process­es

 
TIMELINE

  • Novem­ber 2013 — Call for papers, Sub­mis­sion plat­form opens
  • Jan­u­ary 2014 — Abstract sub­mis­sion dead­line
  • April 2014 — Noti­fi­ca­tion of accep­tance
  • May 2014 — Ear­ly bird reg­is­tra­tion dead­line
  • July 2014 — Sci­en­tif­ic pro­gram avail­able
  • August 24–27, 2014 — 8th ICEC in Asheville, NC USA