Name

Institution

Title

Category

Authors

1

Gates, Bruce

Univ of California

Supported Metal Clusters:  Spectroscopic and Microscopic Evidence of Synthesis, Structure, Reactivity, and Catalysis

Plenary

Bruce C. Gates

2

Coville, Neil

Univ of the Witwatersrand

Catalysis at Wits

Keynote

Neil Coville

3

Dwyer, Cathy

Sasol Technology (Pty) Ltd

Comonomers technology: How clever catalysis helps to grow a business.

Keynote

Cathy Dwyer

4

Fletcher, Jack

Univ of Cape Town

Three decades of catalysis research at UCT Chemical Engineering

Keynote

Jack Fletcher and Rein Weber

5

Hollmann, Frank

Delft Univ of Technology

Light-driven redoxbiocatalysis: photo-exciting opportunities for organic chemistry

Keynote

Frank Hollmann

6

Holzapfel, Cedric

Univ of Johannesburg

Organopalladium catalysis: an organic chemist’s perspective

Keynote

Cedric. W. Holzapfel

7

Leckel, Dieter

Sasol Technology (Pty) Ltd

Upgrading of Fischer-Tropsch Syncrude into Fungible Diesel

Keynote

Dieter Leckel

8

Lotz, Simon

Univ of Pretoria

Hydroxycarbene and acyl complexes of Rhenium and their relevance to hydrogenation catalysis

Keynote

Simon Lotz, Marilé Landman, Andrew Olivier, Daniela Bezuidenhout  and Dave Liles

9

Mapolie, Selwyn

Stellenbosch Univ

METALLODENDRIMERS OF TRANSITION ELEMENTS AS CATALYST PRECURSORS: A BRIEF OVERVIEW

Keynote

Selwyn F. Mapolie

10

Nel, Herman

Sasol Technology (Pty) Ltd

The commercialisation of the Cobalt based Low Temperature Fischer Tropsch Slurry Phase Reactor and future prospects

Keynote

Herman Nel

11

Swarts, Jannie

Univ of the Free State

Catalysis in rockets, fine chemicals and biology

Keynote

Jannie C. Swarts

12

Visagie, Kobus

Sasol Technology (Pty) Ltd

Scale-up impacts on Cobalt FT-catalysts preparation

Keynote

Jacobus Visagie

13

Vosloo, Manie

North-West Univ, Potchefstroom

Catalysis @ NWU – From Application to Fundamentals

Keynote

Manie Vosloo