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 MdL (Minister of Culture and Science of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Gabriele Sadowski (Director RC CSaS): Introduction Research Center Chemical Sciences and Sustainability
- Panel discussion "Beyond Boundaries: Research Center" with Jörg Behler (Theoretical Chemistry, Ruhr University Bochum), Alessandro Curioni (Vice President IBM Europe and Africa, Director IBM Research Lab), Martina Havenith (Physical Chemistry, Spokesperson RESOLV), Ralph Marquardt (Senior Vice President & General Manager Innovation Networks & Transformation Germany, Evonik Operations GmbH), and Edvardas Narevicius (Experimental and Theoretical Quantum Optics, TU Dortmund University), moderated by Juan Rigall (Santiago Advisors)
- Get-together and lunch
RESOLV – DIVING INTO THE NEXT ERA
DAY 1: MARCH 25, 2026 (AFTERNOON)
- 13:30: Martina Havenith – Opening and introduction into the new research areas
- 13:40 to 17:30: Presentations & discussions
- 18:30: Conference dinner at restaurant Livingroom
DAY 2: MARCH 26, 2026
- 09:00 to 17:30: Presentations & discussions
- 18:30: Dinner
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)
- Andrew Orr-Ewing (University of Bristol, UK)
- Thomas Rades (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
- Sylvie Roke (EPFL, Switzerland)
- Christoph Schran (University of Cambridge, UK)
- Douglas Stephan (University of Toronto, Canada)
- Lynne S. Taylor (Purdue University, USA)
- Mark Tuckerman (New York University, USA)
SPEAKERS DAY 3: Special Tribute to Wolfram Sander & Roland Winter
- Manabu Abe (University of Hiroshima, Japan)
- Peter Chen (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
- Wojciech Dzwolak (University of Warsaw, Poland)
- Ralf Ludwig (University of Rostock, Germany)
- Robert J. McMahon (University of Wisconsin, USA)
- Cathy Royer (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA)
- Dasan Thamattoor (Colby College, USA)
- Herbert Waldmann (MPI of Molecular Physiology, Germany).