[CONFERENCE PROGRAM]{.underline}

Invited speakers are from important Danish and American institutes and
industries that research new methods and materials for the improvement
of catalytic materials.

**Sessions:**

-   Session 1: Multi-electron transfer catalysts for fuel generation

-   Session 2: Interface science for integrating catalysts into
    nanostructured supports

-   Session 3: Semiconductor materials for efficient solar water
    splitting

-   Session 4: Model systems and catalysts

-   Session 5: Theory and catalyst design

-   Session 6: Nanostructures for electrodes and artificial
    photosynthetic assemblies

-   Session 7: Sustainable chemical production

**Moderators:**

-   Dr. Heinz Frei, Helios Solar Energy Research Center, Lawrence
    Berkeley National Laboratory

-   Professor Jens K. Norskov, Director of the Center for Atomic-scale
    Materials Design, Technical University of Denmark

-   Professor Steve Louie, UC Berkeley, Dept. of Physics and LBNL

-   Professor Alex Bell, UC Berkeley, Dept. of Chemical Engineering and
    LBNL

**Agenda:**

+---------------------+-------------------------------+----------------+
| Sunday, January 13, |                               |                |
| 2008                |                               |                |
+---------------------+-------------------------------+----------------+
| **6:00 PM -- 8:00   | **Reception for all           | **Bancroft     |
| PM**                | participants and speakers**   | Hotel,**       |
|                     |                               |                |
|                     |                               | **2680         |
|                     |                               | Bancroft Way,  |
|                     |                               | Berkeley**     |
+---------------------+-------------------------------+----------------+

+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
| **Day   | *        |               |                               |
| 1**     | *Monday, |               |                               |
|         | January  |               |                               |
|         | 14,      |               |                               |
|         | 2008**   |               |                               |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
| Time    |          | Speaker       | Title and topics              |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
| **8:00  | **8:30   |               | **Registration & Breakfast**  |
| AM**    | AM**     |               |                               |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
| **8:30  | **8:45   | **Steve Chu** | **Welcome by organizers**     |
| AM**    | AM**     |               |                               |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
|         |          | **Session 1   | **Multi-electron transfer     |
|         |          | Moderator:**  | catalysts for fuel            |
|         |          |               | generation**                  |
|         |          | **Heinz       |                               |
|         |          | Frei**        |                               |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
| **8:45  | **9:15   | Dan Nocera    | Molecular catalysts for water |
| AM**    | AM**     | (MIT)         | oxidation and hydrogen        |
|         |          |               | generation                    |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
| **9:15  | **9:45   | Jan Rossmeisl | Electrochemical water         |
| AM**    | AM**     | (DTU)         | splitting \-- comparison to   |
|         |          |               | Photo System II               |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
| **9:45  | **10:05  |               | Q&A - Discussion              |
| AM**    | AM**     |               |                               |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
| **10:05 | **10:15  |               | **Coffee break**              |
| AM**    | AM**     |               |                               |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
|         |          | **Session 2** | **Interface science for       |
|         |          |               | integrating catalysts into    |
|         |          | *             | nanostructured supports**     |
|         |          | *Moderator:** |                               |
|         |          |               |                               |
|         |          | **Heinz       |                               |
|         |          | Frei**        |                               |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
| **10:15 | **10:45  | Don Tilley    | Electrocatalytic water        |
| AM**    | AM**     | (UCB/LBNL)    | splitting: Immobilization of  |
|         |          |               | the catalytic sites           |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
| **10:45 | **11:15  | Gabor         | Pt, Rh and bimetallic         |
| AM**    | AM**     | Somorjai      | nanoparticle synthesis with   |
|         |          | (UCB/LBNL)    | size and shape control.       |
|         |          |               | Characterization and          |
|         |          |               | catalytic reaction studies as |
|         |          |               | monolayer films (2d) and when |
|         |          |               | dispersed on high surface     |
|         |          |               | area oxide supports (3D)      |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
| **11:15 | **11:45  | Thomas H. Rod | Next generation software for  |
| AM**    | AM**     | (Atomistix    | modeling in catalysis and     |
|         |          | A/S)          | cleantech                     |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
| **11:45 | **12:15  |               | Q&A - Discussion              |
| AM**    | PM**     |               |                               |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
| **12:15 | **1:00   |               | **Lunch**                     |
| PM**    | PM**     |               |                               |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
|         |          | **Session 3   | **Semiconductor materials for |
|         |          | Moderator:**  | efficient solar water         |
|         |          |               | splitting**                   |
|         |          | **Jens        |                               |
|         |          | Norskov**     |                               |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
| **1:00  | **1:30   | Paul          | Nanoparticles for             |
| PM**    | PM**     | Alivisatos    | photocatalysis                |
|         |          | (UCB/LBNL)    |                               |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
| **1:30  | **2:00   | Nate Lewis    | Membrane-bridged              |
| PM**    | PM**     | (Caltech)     | nanostructured materials for  |
|         |          |               | fuel production from the sun  |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
| **2:00  | **2:30   |               | Q&A - Discussion              |
| PM**    | PM**     |               |                               |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
| **2:30  | **2:45   |               | **Coffee break**              |
| PM**    | PM**     |               |                               |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
|         |          | **Session 4** | **Model systems and           |
|         |          |               | catalysts**                   |
|         |          | *             |                               |
|         |          | *Moderator:** |                               |
|         |          |               |                               |
|         |          | **Jens        |                               |
|         |          | Norskov**     |                               |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
| **2:45  | **3:15   | Ib            | Design of new Catalyst for    |
| PM**    | PM**     | Chorkendorf   | Hydrogen Production           |
|         |          | (DTU)         |                               |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
| **3:15  | **3:45   | Bjerne        | The experimental basis for    |
| PM**    | PM**     | Clausen       | rational design of            |
|         |          | (Haldor       | heterogeneous catalysts       |
|         |          | Topsøe A/S)   |                               |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
| **3:45  | **4:15   |               | Q&A - Discussion              |
| PM**    | PM**     |               |                               |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
| **4:15  | **5:30   |               | **Poster Session and          |
| PM**    | PM**     |               | refreshments**                |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
| **7:00  |          |               | **Dinner -- Men's Faculty     |
| PM**    |          |               | Club, UC Berkeley**           |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+

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| **Day   | **       |               |                               |
| 2**     | Tuesday, |               |                               |
|         | January  |               |                               |
|         | 15,      |               |                               |
|         | 2008**   |               |                               |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
| Time    |          | Speaker       | Title and topics              |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
| **8:00  | **8:30   |               | **Breakfast**                 |
| AM**    | AM**     |               |                               |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
|         |          | **Session 5** | **Theory and catalyst         |
|         |          |               | design**                      |
|         |          | *             |                               |
|         |          | *Moderator:** |                               |
|         |          |               |                               |
|         |          | **Steve       |                               |
|         |          | Louie**       |                               |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
| **8:30  | **9:00   | Martin        | Advances in quantum chemistry |
| AM**    | AM**     | Head-Gordon   | for modeling catalytic        |
|         |          | (UCB/LBNL)    | processes                     |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
| **9:00  | **9:30   | Jens Norskov  | Electronic factors in         |
| AM**    | AM**     | (DTU)         | heterogeneous catalysis       |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
| **9:30  | **10:00  | Thomas        | Computational Catalyst Design |
| AM**    | AM**     | Bligaard      |                               |
|         |          | (DTU)         |                               |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
| **10:00 | **10:30  |               | Q&A - Discussion              |
| AM**    | AM**     |               |                               |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
| **10:30 | **10:45  | **Coffee      |                               |
| AM**    | AM**     | break**       |                               |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
|         |          | **Session 6** | **Nanostructures for          |
|         |          |               | electrodes and artificial     |
|         |          | *             | photosynthetic assemblies**   |
|         |          | *Moderator:** |                               |
|         |          |               |                               |
|         |          | **Steve       |                               |
|         |          | Louie**       |                               |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
| **10:45 | **11:15  | Peidong Yang  | Nanostructured semiconductors |
| AM**    | AM**     | (UCB/LBNL)    | for photoelectrochemical      |
|         |          |               | applications                  |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
| **11:15 | **11:45  | Heinz Frei    | Assembly of inorganic         |
| AM**    | PM**     | (LBNL)        | photocatalysts on nanoporous  |
|         |          |               | supports for artificial       |
|         |          |               | photosynthesis                |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
| **11:45 | **12:15  |               | Q&A - Discussion              |
| PM**    | PM**     |               |                               |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
| **12:15 | **1:00   | **Lunch**     |                               |
| PM**    | PM**     |               |                               |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
|         |          | **Session 7** | **Sustainable chemical        |
|         |          |               | production**                  |
|         |          | *             |                               |
|         |          | *Moderator:** |                               |
|         |          |               |                               |
|         |          | **Alex Bell** |                               |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
| **1:00  | **1:30   | Karl Anker    | Catalysis without metals:     |
| PM**    | PM**     | Jorgensen     | Asymmetric Organocatalysis    |
|         |          | (Uni. of      |                               |
|         |          | Aarhus)       |                               |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
| **1:30  | **2:00   | Harvey Blanch | Conversion of biomass to      |
| PM**    | PM**     | (UCB/LBNL)    | biofuels                      |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
| **2:00  | **2:30   | Claus Hviid   | Catalysis for Optimal         |
| PM**    | PM**     | Christensen   | Valorisation of Biomass       |
|         |          | (DTU)         |                               |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
| **2:30  | **3:00   |               | Q&A - Discussion              |
| PM**    | PM**     |               |                               |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
| **3:00  | **3:10   | *             |                               |
| PM**    | PM**     | *Organizers - |                               |
|         |          | wrap-up**     |                               |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
| **3:10  | **4:30   | **Poster      |                               |
| PM**    | PM**     | session and   |                               |
|         |          | r             |                               |
|         |          | efreshments** |                               |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+
| **4:30  | **5:30   | **Optional    |                               |
| PM**    | PM**     | Tour of       |                               |
|         |          | LBNL**        |                               |
+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------+

**List of speakers:**

-   Professor Don Tilley, Helios Solar Energy Research Center, Lawrence
    Berkeley National Laboratory

-   Dr. Heinz Frei, Helios Solar Energy Research Center, Lawrence
    Berkeley National Laboratory

-   Professor Gabor Somorjai, UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National
    Laboratory

-   Professor Dan Nocera, MIT

-   Professor Paul Alivisatos, UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley
    National Laboratory

-   Professor Claus H. Christensen, Center for Sustainable and Green
    Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark

-   Professor Ib Chorkendorff, Center for Individual Nanoparticle
    Functionality, Technical University of Denmark

-   Bjerne S. Clausen, Division Manager, Research and Development,
    Haldor Topsoe

-   Professor Jens K. Norskov, Director of the Center for Atomic-scale
    Materials Design, Technical University of Denmark

-   Thomas H. Rod, Atomistix

-   Assistant Professor Thomas Bligaard, Center for Atomic-scale
    Materials Design, Department of Physics, Technical University of
    Denmark

-   Assistant Professor Jan Rossmeisl, Department of Physics, Technical
    University of Denmark

-   Professor Karl Anker Jorgensen, Department of Chemistry, The
    University of Aarhus, Denmark

-   Professor Martin Head-Gordon, Department of Chemistry, UC Berkeley

-   Professor Nate Lewis, Division of Chemistry and Chemical
    Engineering, California Institute of Technology

-   Associate Professor Peidong Yang, Department of Chemistry, UC
    Berkeley

-   Professor Harvey Blanch, UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National
    Laboratory