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Research Center Opening & RESOLV Symposium

Three-day event to mark the official opening of the Research Center Chemical Sciences and Sustainability and kick off the third funding period of RESOLV (2026 to 2032)

 

March 25th to 27th, 2026

Mining Museum in Bochum

 

Please note that this is a first preliminary program, which may change prior to the event, and that the times are currently only approximate.

OPENING RESEARCH CENTER: MARCH 25, 2026 (10:00 TO 13:30)

  • Martin Paul (Rector Ruhr University Bochum): Welcome speech
  • Ina Brandes (North Rhine-Westphalian Minister of Culture and Science)
  • Gabriele Sadowski (Director RC CSaS): Introduction Research Center Chemical Sciences and Sustainability
  • Martina Havenith (Spokesperson RESOLV): Introduction Excellence Cluster RESOLV
  • Moderated panel discussion: Jörg Behler, Simon Ebbinghaus, Edvardas Narevicius, Clara Saraceno, Igor Schapiro, Xijie Wang
  • Get-together and lunch

 

RESOLV DIVING INTO THE NEXT ERA

RESOLV SYMPOSIUM DAY 1: MARCH 25, 2026 (AFTERNOON)

  • 13:30: Martina Havenith – Symposium opening and introduction into the new research areas
  • 13:40 to 17:30: Presentations & discussions
  • 18:30: Conference dinner

RESOLV SYMPOSIUM DAY 2: MARCH 26, 2026

  • 09:00 to 17:30: Presentations & discussions
  • 18:30: Dinner

RESOLV SYMPOSIUM DAY 3: MARCH 27, 2026

  • Program details will be added soon.

SPEAKERS DAY 1 & 2

  • Huib Bakker (AMOLF, The Netherlands)
  • Jennifer Bergner (UC Berkeley, USA)
  • Ian Fairlamb (University of York, Dep. Chemistry, UK)
  • Leticia Gonzales (University of Vienna, Austria)
  • Yuanhui Ji (Southeast University Nanjing, China)
  • Madhavi Krishnan (University of Oxford, UK)
  • Andrew Orr-Ewing (University of Bristol, UK)
  • Thomas Rades (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
  • Christoph Schran (University of Cambridge, UK)
  • Douglas Stephan  (University of Toronto, Canada)
  • Lynne S. Taylor (Purdue University, USA )

SPEAKERS DAY 3

  • The speaker expected for Day 3 will be announced soon.