FP3 Kickoff Meeting

8 Dec 2026, 12:00 → 10 Dec 2026, 14:00 Europe/Berlin

Tuesday 8 December

1 Arrival and Check-in

2 Welcome and general points

Sven Rau and Felix Schacher

3 Talk by Ksenia Glusac

Ksenia Glusac – CataLight Mercator Fellow
Department of Chemistry
University of Illinois Chicago

4 Tutorial Talk by Sören Schlittenhardt

Sören Schlittenhardt
Institute of Physical Chemistry II
University of Ulm

14:30 Coffee break

5 PI meeting

6 PhD and PostDoc Collaboration meetings

7 Joint working session

8 Ask Me Anything – PIs abd experienced PhD students

18:00 Dinner

9 We're not that different – Introduction, 30-min group work and group presentations

Find a surprising connection between the projects or people in your group. Show it to everyone in any format you choose. You have 30 minutes to prepare and up to five minutes to present

10 Informal get-together

Wednesday 9 December

11 Guest talk by Haining Tian

Department of Chemistry
Ångström Laboratory; Physical Chemistry
Uppsala University

12 Poster pitch

10:10 Coffee break

13 Poster session I

14 Poster Session II

12:30 Lunch

15 Team activity – tba

16 Joint working session

18:00 Dinner

17 Lecture by Felix Schacher

18 Social Event – Pub Quiz

Proudly presented by our PhD Representatives

19 Informal get-together

Thursday 10 December

20 Talk by Peter Košovan

Department of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry
Charles University Prague

21 Tutorial talk by Radim Beránek

10:15 Coffee break

22 Catalight Board meeting

23 PhD and Postdoc meeting

amongst others: election of new PhD representatives

24 Joint working session

12:15 Lunch and departure