The Catalysis Club of Philadelphia held its annual Spring Symposium at the Doubletree Hotel in Wilmington, DE on May 17, 2012. It was a successful event with 87 attendees from industry and academia. The speakers presenting their work at the symposium were: Matt Neurock (University of Virginia), Enrique Iglesia (University of California, Berkeley), Raul Lobo (University of Delaware), David Johnson (Lucite International), Tewodros Asefa (Rutgers University), Istvan Halasz (PQ Corporation), Michael Janik (Pennsylvania State University), Alan Allgeier (DuPont) and Yadan Tang (Lehigh University).