Workshop Agenda

14:00 – 14:20

Opening Ceremony & Welcome

Prof. Weibin Fan

Deputy Director, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICC CAS)

Prof. Bernd Meyer

Scientific Director, German Network for a Circular Carbon Economy (NK2)

Subject Matter Expert, Institute of Energy Process Engineering & Chemical Engineering (IEC), TU Bergakademie Freiberg

Guest Professor ICC, CAS

Session 1: Syngas Production

Moderated by Dr. Roh Pin Lee

Scientific Coordinator, German Network for a Circular Carbon Economy (NK2)

Head of Technology Assessment Division, IEC, TU Bergakademie Freiberg

14:20 – 14:50

Circular economy pilot plants and projects at the RWE Innovation Centre in Niederau?em - Current status and initial operational results

Dr. Tobias Ginsberg

R&D Engineer, RWE

14:50 – 15:10

ChemCycling^TM – From plastic waste to virgin-grade products. An innovative approach

Martin Gall
Senior Manager Global Industrial Gases Technology, BASF

15:10 – 15:30

Journey to circularity and carbon neutrality by LyondellBasell

Jens Becker

Business Development Technology Director (Synthetic and Bio-Routes), LyondellBasell

15:30 – 15:50

Gasification technologies – Innovations for circularity & decarbonization

Prof. Bernd Meyer

NK2 & IEC

15:50 – 16:10

Coffee Break

Session 2: Syngas Upgrading & Utilization

Moderated by Prof. Jin Bai,  Deputy Director, State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, ICC, CAS

16:10 – 16:30

Research on selective hydrogenation of CO and CO₂ to hydrocarbons

Dr. Sen Wang

16:30 – 16:50

Selective hydrogenation of CO/CO₂ to chemicals by bifunctional catalysts

Prof. Kang Cheng

Professor, Xiamen University

16:50 – 17:10

Relay catalysis for transformation of syngas into acetic acid and ethanol with high selectivity

Dr. Jincan Kang

Senior Engineer, Xiamen University

17:10 – 17:30

Fischer-Tropsch to olefins with high selectivity

Prof. Liangshu Zhong

Professor, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences

17:30 – 18:00

Round up & Conclusion

Prof. Weibin Fan & Prof. Bernd Meyer