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First Round of Abstract Submission Ends: Nov 30, 2026
Extended Early Bird Ends: Apr 28, 2026

Keynote Speakers

Prof. Jamal Chaouki
Polytechnique, Montréal, Canada
Title: Process Electrification: A Key Decarbonization Technology
Prof. Chaouki is full professor from 1995 at Polytechnique, Montréal. He is affiliated professor at UM6P. He published more than 500 articles in refereed journals and more than 320 in different reviewed proceedings and more than 450 other scientific articles and edited 34 books. He has 55 patents on different processes. He is member of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. He received the R.S. Jane Memorial Award in 2018 for an exceptional achievement to the field of chemical engineering and the “Excellence in Research and Innovation Awards” at Polytechnique. He also received the SCI Kalev Pugi Award and Honoris Genius 2021 Innovation from OIQ and the J.R. Grace Award in 2024. He is world-renowned consultant for at least 20 national and international companies. He is internationally recognized for his skills in process development and scale-up. He has created 5 start-ups with his students (the last are Pyrowave, NeoCTech and PyroCycle). His work is mainly dedicaded to develop processes from waste, biomass and complex feedstocks to heat & power, fuels and chemicals.
Prof. Rongjun Chen
Imperial College London, UK
Title: Biomimetic Approaches to Targeted Delivery and Enhanced Stability of Biomacromolecules
Rongjun Chen obtained his PhD degree and undertook his postdoctoral research in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology at the University of Cambridge. He is Currently Professor of Biomaterials Engineering and Head of the Biomaterials and Nanomedicine Laboratory in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London. His research focuses on the design, synthesis, and manufacturing of polymers, lipids and bio-inspired nanoparticles for the targeted delivery of active pharmaceutical agents. He has established a translational research programme in targeted nanomedicine, room-temperature-stable RNA vaccine formulations, cell and gene therapies. His work has been published in leading journals, including Nature, Nature Chemistry, Science Advances, Advanced Materials, Biomaterials, and Journal of Controlled Release. His research has been recognised by various awards, including the IChemE Global Team Award (2021), the Imperial College President’s Award for Outstanding Research Team (2021), and a Highly Commended distinction for the IChemE Global Biotechnology Award (2018). He serves as an Editor for Chemical Engineering Journal and is a member of Editorial Board of Discover Molecules and Nano Trends.
Dr. Tian Li
Tongji University, China
Title: Fabrication of Two-Dimensional Lamellar Membrane and Its Application for Industrial Wastewater Treatment
Dr Tian Li is currently an associate professor at College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai China. She is the early career editorial board member of Chemical Engineering Journal, Chinese Journal of Environmental Engineering, and Chinese journal of Water Purification Technology. She is the member of the International Water Association - Young Water Professional (IWA-YWP), and also the member of the Seawater Desalination and Water Reuse Branch of the Chinese Society of Oceanography. She has published more than 70 journal papers, 3 book chapters, and been granted 5 patents. Her research interests are membrane separation science and technology in water and wastewater treatment.
Prof. Hrvoje Kušić
University of Zagreb, Croatia
Title: Tailored solar-active photocatalysts for environmental applications
Prof. Hrvoje Kušić is born in Zagreb, Croatia. He is employed at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology since 2001, currently as Professor, while since 2021 he is also employed at the University North, Koprivnica, Croatia. He received a BSc and PhD diplomas in 2001 and 2006, respectively, from University of Zagreb, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology. He is head of research group on advanced oxidation/reduction technologies and solar-active materials, while his research interests include: (i) advanced water treatments, particularly advanced oxidation/reduction technologies; (ii) nanotechnology, particularly design and development of solar-active materials for water treatment and energy conversion; (iii) process simulation and optimization including mechanistic/phenomenological modeling; (iv) fate and behavior of contaminants of emerging concern using QSA/PR modeling; (v) waste management, particularly thermal treatment technologies; and from recently, (vi) microplastics. Prof. Kušić is recipient of National Annual Science Award for 2011 from Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia, and Fran Bosnjakovic Award from University of Zagreb for 2023, both for his outstanding scientific research performance. He teaches courses on water quality and treatment, and waste management. Besides pedagogic work, he is/was involved in ⁓30 national and international research projects, >10 as a principal investigator. He is (co)author of ⁓130 publications (⁓110 papers in peer-review journals) and holds >4200 citations (h-index 34), and participated at >130 national and international conferences, including numerous plenary and invited lectures. Prof. Kusic is/was editor in several journals, including one of the leading journals in the field of interest: Chemical Engineering Journal.
Prof. John Pickett
Cardiff University, UK
Title: To be confirmed.
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Prof. Paola B. Arimondo
Institut Pasteur, CNRS, France
Title: Allying Chemistry and Biology to tackle the Epigenetics in human diseases
Paola B. Arimondo is a chemist research director at the CNRS, working at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, where she heads the Department of Structural Biology and Chemistry and the CNRS-Pasteur UMR 3523 Chem4Life. Her lab, the Epigenetic Chemical Biology unit, develops interdisciplinary approaches at the interface of Chemistry and Biology focusing on epigenetic regulation and its targeting by small molecules with the aim of reprogramming cancer cells and fighting infections.

Before joining the Pasteur Institute, she led the Epigenetic Targeting of Cancer (ETaC) unit, a public-private joint laboratory between the CNRS and Pierre Fabre Laboratories located in Toulouse, France. In 2016, she was appointed visiting professor at Churchill College in Cambridge, UK, where she developed research at the interface of chemistry, biology, and clinical practice. In 2022, she received the Seqens Prize from the French Academy of Sciences. She is coauthor of 160 publications and 10 patents.
Prof. Peng Gao
Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, CAS, China
Title: Direct Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation to Chemicals and Fuels via Heterogeneous Catalysis
Prof. Peng Gao received Ph.D. degree in chemical engineering and Technology from University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2014. His research interests mainly focus on the conversion of carbon one molecular into chemicals and fuels. He has been published in more than 90 papers in international journals such as Nature Chemistry, Science Advances, and Chem, which have been >7700 times (H index = 44). He joined the Editorial Board of Chinese Journal of Catalysis in 2022 and SCIENCE CHINA Chemistry in 2023. He has obtained and award from the Catalysis Rising Star Award from the Catalysis Society of China in 2021.
Prof. Christoph Schneider
University of Leipzig, Germany
Title: A Novel Umpolung Strategy for Enantioselective Synthesis
Christoph Schneider received his chemical education at the University of Göttingen (Germany) and obtained a Ph.D. degree in early 1992 with Prof. Lutz F. Tietze. Subsequently, he was a postdoctoral fellow with Prof. David A. Evans at Harvard University (USA) before returning to Germany to perform independent studies towards his habilitation in Göttingen from 1994-1998. Thereafter he was invited for visiting professorships in Szeged (Hungary), Toronto (Canada), and Saarbrücken (Germany). In 2003 he moved to his current position as Full Professor at the University of Leipzig (Germany) where he has remained ever since. He has served twice as Dean of his faculty and from 2016-2024 he has been an elected member of the review board for organic molecular chemistry within the DFG. His research interests are in the area of stereoselective organic synthesis with a focus on catalytic enantioselective transformations and their application towards natural product synthesis.