One of the main activities of the catalysis group of the Norwegian chemical society is to organize the Norwegian catalysis symposium. Below is a list of venues, programs, and minutes of the symposia held since the foundation of the catalysis group in 1990. This symposium is the only scientific forum for everyone involved in the field in Norway. On going research and industrial activities are presented at this meeting, which is organized every fall, albeit not in a year where both the European and Nordic symposia are also held.
In addition to these meetings, the catalysis group and/or the members of the board of the catalysis group have participated in the organization of several other meetings. A list is given below.
List of Norwegian catalysis symposia
1st Norwegian catalysis symposium – Langesund, June 14.-15. 1993. 1993-program
Plenary speaker: Bernhard Rieger, University of Tübingen.
Participants at the first Norwegian catalysis symposium.
2nd Norwegian catalysis symposium – Rotvoll/Trondheim, December 6.-7. 1994 1994-program
3rd Norwegian catalysis symposium – PFI/Oslo, November 9.-10. 1995 1995-program Minutes – Kjemi 10/1995 Plenary speaker: Jaques Vedrine, IRC Lyon
4th Norwegian catalysis symposium – Rotvoll/Trondheim, October 9.-10. 1996 1996-program Minutes – Kjemi 1/1997 Plenary speaker: Mike Bowker, University of Reading
5th Norwegian catalysis symposium – PFI/Oslo, October 8.-9. 1997 1997-program Minutes – Kjemi 1/1998 Plenary speaker: Ostoja Starzewski, Bayer AG
6th Norwegian catalysis symposium – Sandefjord, October 25.-26. 1999 1999-program. Minutes – Kjemi 10/1999 Plenary speaker: Rutger A. van Santen, TU Eindhoven
7th Norwegian catalysis symposium – Gløshaugen/Trondheim, November 27.-28. 2001 2001-program Minutes – Kjemi 4/2002 Plenary speaker: Ferruccio Trifirò, University of Bologna
8th Norwegian catalysis symposium – Hafjell, November 28. 2002 2002-program.pdf Minutes – Kjemi 1/2003 Plenary speaker: Bert Weckhuysen, University of Utrecht
9th Norwegian catalysis symposium – Bergen, November 20.-21. 2003 2003-program.pdf Minutes – Kjemi 1/2004 Plenary speaker: Jens Nørskov, DTU
10th Norwegian catalysis symposium – Forskningsparken/Oslo, October 23.-24. 2007 2007-program.pdf Minutes – Kjemi 2/2008 Plenary speaker: Jacob A. Moulijn, TU Delft
11th Norwegian catalysis symposium – Realfagbygget/Trondheim, November 30.-December 1. 2009 2009-program.pdf Minutes Plenary speakers: Ferdi Schüth, Max-Planck Institute, Mülheim, Germany and Gabor Somorjai, University of California at Berkeley.
12th Norwegian catalysis symposium – Hotel Terminus/Bergen, November 29.-30. 2010 2010-program.pdf Minutes Plenary speakers: Herbert Plenio, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany and Gadi Rothenberg, Universiteit van Amsterdam.
13th Norwegian catalysis symposium – Norwegian Trade Fair/Lillestrøm, September 28.-29. 2011 2011-program.pdf Minutes Plenary speaker: Anders Holmen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim.
14th Norwegian catalysis symposium – Realfagbygget/Trondheim, December 1.-2. 2013 2013-program.pdf Plenary Speakers: Bert Weckhuysen, University of Utrecht, Netherlands, Magnus Skoglundh, Competence Centre for Catalysis, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, David Waller, Yara Technology Centre.
15th Norwegian catalysis symposium – Hotel Terminus/Bergen, December 3.-4. 2015 2015-program.pdf Minutes Plenary Speakers: Michael North – University of York and Andrei Y. Khodakov – University of Lille.
16th Norwegian catalysis symposium – Hurdalsjøen Hotel, November 6.-7. 2017 2017-program.pdf Plenary Speakers:Prof. Enrique Iglesia – University of California, BerkeleyProf. Graham Hutchings – Cardiff Catalysis InstituteProf. Alessandra Beretta – Polytecnico di Milano
17th Norwegian catalysis symposium – Norwegian Trade Fair/Lillestrøm, October 16.-17. 2018.
Plenary Speakers: Dr. Jerome Canivet, Chargé de recherche CNRS, ING Team IRCELYON, France Dr. Moniek Tromp, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Materials Chemistry – Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
List of other meetings organized by the catalysis group and/or the members of the board of the catalysis group
1991: 4th Nordic catalysis symposium, Trondheim October 3.-4.
1992: 2nd symposium on reaction of hydrocarbons with metal atoms, clusters and solids, Oslo May 26.-27.
1998: 8th Nordic catalysis symposium, Oslo June 7.-9.
2006: 12th Nordic catalysis symposium, Trondheim May 28.-30.
2014: NSC2014 – 16th Nordic Symposium on Catalysis, Oslo June 15.17. Minutes (pdf)