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Invited Speakers

Pierre-Henri Bigeard (IFPEN, Rueil Malmaison)

"Hervé Toulhoat : his contributions at IFP Energies nouvelles"

Michele Breysse (formerly Sorbonne Université, Paris)

"From the characterization of industrial and model catalysts to the rational approach of new phases and supports: 20 years of collaboration with Hervé" Christophe Geantet & Michèle Breysse

Prof. Michel Che (Emeritus Sorbonne Université, Paris)

"Thirty years already! a collaboration between IFP/IFPEN and UPMC/Sorbonne-Université experienced by two friends"

Pierre Dufresne (EURECAT, La Voulte-sur-Rhône)

"Some of Eurecat innovations since the mid-eighties (one with Hervé contribution)"

Alain Fuchs (PSL University, Paris)

"Hervé Toulhoat and the issue of molecular chemistry software"

Christophe Geantet (IRECELYON, Lyon)

"From the characterization of industrial and model catalysts to the rational approach of new phases and supports: 20 years of collaboration with Hervé" Christophe Geantet & Michèle Breysse

Martijn Marsman (University of Vienna)

"VASP: past, present, future"

Prof. Edmond Payen (Emeritus University of Lille)

"From the HDS/HDT catalysts synthesis to the active phases modelling": A brief history of the relations of Hervé Toulhoat with the Lille Laboratory of Catalysis

Jean Claude Plumail (Axens, Rueil Malmaison)

“Contribution of Hervé Toulhoat to the industrial development of hydrotreating catalysts” J.-C. Plumail & P. Sarrazin

Prof. Roel Prins (Emeritus ETH, Zurich)

“What can we learn from gamma-iron/gallia oxides to understand the structure of gamma-alumina?”

Pascal Raybaud (IFPEN, Lyon).

“Computational design of transition metal sulfides: a volcano of inspiration”

Prof. Karsten Reuter (Technical University of Munich)

"A look through the operando glass: First-principles multiscale modeling of working catalysts"

 Patrick Sarrazin (Axens, Rueil Malmaison)

“Contribution of Hervé Toulhoat to the industrial development of hydrotreating catalysts” J.-C. Plumail & P. Sarrazin

Prof. Bernard Silvi (Emeritus Sorbonne Université, Paris)

"Electron localization function and Lewis's heritage: chemical interpretation in quantum chemistry"

Prof. Berend Smit (EPFL, Lausanne)

"The Nanoporous Materials Genome in Action"

Prof. Rutger A. van Santen (Eindhoven University of Technology)

"Mechanism of the Fischer-Tropsch reaction"

Erich Wimmer (Materials Design, Montrouge)

“Art in Computational Materials Science”