Plenary lectures

Monday, April 24, 2023

12:45–13:00  
Opening
Assoc Prof. Ing. Jaromír Lederer, Ph.D., ČSPCH president
Ing. Jaromír Lubojacký, MBA, President of the Program Committee

13:00–13:15
Viktor Ettela Prize
Assoc Prof. Ing. Jaromír Lederer, Ph.D., ČSPCH president

13:15–13:30
Water: An Ecological and Acidic Solvent for Catalytic Processes
prof. Ing. Milan Hronec, DrSc., STU Bratislava (laureate of the Viktor Ettel Prize)

13:30–13:55
Development and Implementation of Dicyclopentadiene Production in Litvínov
Prof. Ing. Tomáš Herink, Ph.D., ORLEN Unipetrol  

13:55–14:20
Chemical Industry Transition Pathway – New EU Framework, Czech Adaptation
Ing. Ivan Souček, CSc., Association of the Chemical Industry of the Czech Republic

14:20–14:45
News in EGD from the MIT perspective
Ing. Pavlína Kulhánková, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic 

14:45–15:20  Coffee Break with Refreshment

15:20–15:45
Decarbonisation of the Chemical and Steel Industry from a Process Engineer's Perspective
Prof. Ing. Kamil Wichterle, Ph.D., VŠB TU Ostrava

15:45–16:10 
Strategic Research Agenda of CTP Suschem
Ing. Ladislav Novák, Ph.D., Ing. Martin Šilhan, Ph.D., MBA, Czech Technology Platform for Sustainable Chemistry 

16:10–16:35 
Sun and Nanomaterials for CO₂, H₂O, N₂ Utilization
Prof. Ing. Václav Švorčík, DrSc., UCT in Praha 

16:35–17:00
Polyhydroxyalkanoates – Renewable Bacterial Polymers with Multiple Biological Functions and Potential Applications
Prof. Ing. Stanislav Obruča, Ph.D., Faculty of Chemistry, Brno University of Technology 

18:00–22:00 Poster Session, Wecome Drink