Marie Skłodowska-Curie Symposium
The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Symposium on the Foundations of Physical Chemistry will be held on 18-19 November this year at the Copernicus Science Center, in Warsaw. This event – held during both the International Year of Chemistry as well as the 100th anniversary of the presentation of the Nobel Prize to Marie Skłodowska-Curie – aims to present an overview of modern physical chemistry, with an emphasis on its highly interdisciplinary character.
Topics which will be discussed include concepts of modern catalysis, molecular switches and the optical and chemical behaviour of nanoparticles. Financial support – covering accommodation and travel costs – will be available for young scientists who wish to attend the event.
Among the invited speakers for the event are Nobel laureates Claude Cohen-Tannoudji and Gerhard Ertl; Polish Nobel prize winner Bogdan Marciniec; Max-Planck research award winner Jürgen Troe; and the president of the EPS, Luisa Cifarelli.
The symposium is being supported by the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst; the Freie Universität Berlin; the French, German and Polish embassies in Warsaw and Berlin; the Helmholtz Association; the Ministry of Science and Higher Education in Warsaw; the University Claude Bernard-Lyon; the Adam Mickiewic in Poznan; and the European Physical Society.
For more information, please visit the symposium website.
