Wednesday, November 25th, 2026. From 9:00 to 14:00
Auditorium, Martina Casiano Building
UPV/EHU Science Park, Bizkaia Campus, Leioa.
Attendance at the event will be in person and requires prior registration.
Deadline for registration: November 18th
New Materials for a Better Life Workshop 2026
Catalysis for the Green Transition:
Bridging Catalyst Understanding and
Process Optimization
Catalysis is an essential component and enabler of the green transition. Advanced and tailored catalysts and catalytic processes are at the core of faster and more efficient chemical and energy processes, together with contributing to reducing toxic byproducts.
Close related to advanced materials development, earth abundant metal catalysts are designed to replace conventional expensive or toxic transition metals; biocatalysts and enzymes are enabling high specificity reactions; and engineered metal-organic frameworks, 2D materials and nanocatalysts are opening the room to unprecedented catalytic processes and efficiency.
Thus, areas including CO2 capture and utilization, clean hydrogen production and biomass conversion, among other relevant areas, are rapidly evolving hand by hand with advanced materials and process development.
By focussing on “Process Optimization for Green Energy Vectors”, and “Catalysts Development and understanding” we will explore the state of the art and future trends of this rich and needed area of research and development, that will conclude with “An Industrial Perspective of the Green Transition”, an essential component of our present and future competitivity.
Developing advanced Catalysts for the Green Transitions and Bridging Catalyst Understanding and Process Optimization will certainly represent an essential contribution to “new materials for a better life”.
BCMaterials Scientific Director