Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Advances in Synthesis of Nanoporous Materials
Discussion Leader: Guang Cao (ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company, USA)
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
Avelino Corma (Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica, Universitat Politècnica de València, CSIC, Spain)
"Synthesis of Zeolites for Targeted Catalytic Reactions"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
Allen Burton (ExxonMobil, USA)
"Peculiar Properties of Novel Zeolites"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Emerging Applications of Nanoporous Materials
Discussion Leader: Robert Bedard (Honeywell UOP, USA)
9:00 am - 9:45 am
Tina Nenoff (Sandia National Laboratories, USA)
"Tuned Nanoporous Materials for High Selectivity Gas Sensor Devices"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:15 am
Jing Li (Rutgers University, USA)
"Engineering MOF Porosity and Functionality for Detection/Capture of Toxic and Hazardous Chemical Species"
11:15 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:15 pm
Jeffrey Long (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
"Gas Separations in Metal-Organic Frameworks"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Power Hour
The GRC Power Hour is an optional informal gathering open to all meeting participants. It is designed to help address the challenges women face in science and support the professional growth of women in our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizer: Yi Du (ExxonMobil, USA)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Design of Functional Nanoporous Materials
Discussion Leader: Karl Strohmaier (ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company, USA)
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm
Jihong Yu (Jilin University, China)
"Towards the Designed Construction of Functional Nanoporous Materials"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm
Svetlana Mintova (ENSICAEN, Université de CAEN / CNRS, France)
"Nanosized Zeolites: Current and Future Scenarios"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Frontier in Synthesis of Nanoporous Materials - From Discovery to Scale
Discussion Leader: Stuart James (Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom)
9:00 am - 9:45 am
Pingyun Feng (University of California, Riverside, USA)
"Crystalline Porous Materials: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:15 am
Omar Farha (Northwestern University, USA)
"Synthesis and Characterization of Functional Metal-Organic Framework Materials"
11:15 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:15 pm
Benjamin Yuhas (Honeywell UOP, USA)
"Synthesis and Characterization of New Small-Pore (Silico)Aluminophosphates"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Computer-Aided Nanoporous Material Design and Applications
Discussion Leader: David Sholl (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm
Tina Duren (University of Bath, United Kingdom)
"Modelling MOF Self-Assembly and Growth"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm
Guillaume Maurin (University of Montpellier, France)
"Computer-Aided Tuning of MOFs for Energy and Environment-Related Applications"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Nanoporous Materials for Catalysis
Discussion Leader: Cong-Yan Chen (Chevron, USA)
9:00 am - 9:45 am
Unni Olsbye (University of Oslo, Norway)
"Elucidating the Influence of Process and Material Parameters on Methylation Versus Hydrogen Transfer Rates in Zeotype Materials"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:15 am
Suk Bong Hong (Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea)
"Frontier in the Synthesis and Catalysis of 'Low-High' Silica Zeolites"
11:15 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:15 pm
Yuriy Roman (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"Lewis Acid Zeolites with Metalloenzyme-Like Environments as Ideal Catalysts for Oxygenate Activation"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Nanoporous Material Characterization
Discussion Leader: Jeffrey Rimer (University of Houston, USA)
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm
Karena Chapman (Argonne National Laboratory, USA)
"A Multi-Dimensional Picture of Functionality from Multi-Modal Characterization"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm
Bert Weckhuysen (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
"Putting Nanoporous Materials in the Picture: Recent Advances in Micro-Spectroscopy"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Frontier in Nanoporous Material Applications
Discussion Leader: Randall Snurr (Northwestern University, USA)
9:00 am - 9:45 am
Chia-Kuang Tsung (Boston College, USA)
"Controlled Encapsulation of Catalysts into Nanoporous Materials"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:15 am
Mircea Dinca (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"MOFs as Privileged Platforms for Heterogeneous Catalysis"
11:15 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:15 pm
Natalia Shustova (University of South Carolina, USA)
"Mimicking Nature by Metal-Organic Frameworks: Perspective and Applications"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Liquid and Organic Nanoporous Materials
Discussion Leader: Russell Morris (University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom)
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm
Mahesh Mahanthappa (University of Minnesota, USA)
"Functional Nanoporous Polymers from Lyotropic Liquid Crystal Self-Assembly"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm
Stuart James (Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom)
"Porous Liquids and Commercial Solvent-Free Mechanochemical Production of MOFs"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure