Challenges on the Renewable Energy Storage
June 28th - July 1st, 2026
Jointly organized by the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max-Planck Society (FHI) and the J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry. Coordinated by the following organizing committee: Prof. Dr. Beatriz Roldán Cuenya, Prof. Dr. Petr Krtil and Dr. Katarzyna Skorupska.
About the Conference
The development and deployment of a novel energy concepts, addressing both environmental as well as energy-independence-concerns, is one of the biggest challenges of the chemical industry in the 21st century. Catalytic processes are crucial to support the energy transition. However, their further optimization requires an inter-disciplinary approach.
With the aim of enabling this vital exchange of emerging expertise, the international conference “Challenges on Renewable Energy Storage” was set up. Following the first two gatherings of this kind, the meeting will continue to bring together front runners of the fields catalysis and electrocatalysis, allowing them to exchange views on the most recent advancements, as well as to renew the necessary interdisciplinary networks.
We look forward to fruitful discussions on the scientific and technological challenges of the renewable energy storage, when we reconvene in 2026.
2nd Conference in 2024, September 1st-4th
Keynote speaker Prof. Dr. Bert Weckhuysen
Distinguished University Professor at Utrecht University
Group photo
3rd conference day
Classical concert
prior to conference dinner
Keynote speaker Prof. Dr. Rober Schlögl
President of the Alexander-von-Humboldt Stiftung,
Vice-President of Leopoldina
Keynote speaker Prof. Dr. Iryna Zenyuk
University of California, Irvine, USA
Conference hosts
Prof. Dr. Beatriz Roldán Cuenya, director of the Interface Science Department and interim director of the Inorganic Chemistry Department at the FHI and Prof. Dr. Martin Hof director of J.Heyrovsky Insitute of Physical Chemistry
Opening speech Prof. Dr. Beatriz Roldán Cuenya
Director of the Interface Science Department and Interim Director of the Inorganic Chemistry Department at the FHI
Keynote speaker Prof. Dr. Núria López
Institut Català d'Investigació Química (ICIQ), Chair of PRACE´s Steering Committee
Organizing committee
Dr. Katarzyna Skorupska, Fritz-Haber-Insitut der MPG and Prof. Dr. Petr Krtil, J.Heyrovsky Institute of Phisical Chemistry
Keynote speaker Prof. Dr. Ib Chorkendorff
Professor in Heterogeneous Catalysis at the Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark
Keynote speaker Prof. Dr. Graham Hutchings
Regius Professor of Chemistry at Cardiff University
1st Conference in 2022, August 29th - 31st
Keynote speaker Dr. Michael Bender
BASF
Organising committee 2022
Prof. Dr. Robert Schlögl, Dr. Katarzyna Skorupska and Prof. Dr. Petr Krtil
Keynote speaker Prof. Dr. Maximilian Fleischer
Siemens Energy
Keynote speaker Prof. Dr. Plamen Atanassov
University of California
Group photo
of all conference participants
Keynote speaker Prof. Dr. Robert Schlögl
Alexander-von-Humboldt Stiftung, Lepoldina
Prof. Štefan Vajda, Prof. Dr. Beatriz Roldán Cuenya, Prof. Dr. Yuri Grin
J. Heyrovsky Institute, FHI, MPI für Chemische Physik fester Stoffe
Keynote speaker Prof. Dr. Marc Koper
Leiden University Nederlands
Keynote speaker Prof. Dr. Jan Rossmiesel
Center for High Entropy Alloy Catalysis, Danish National Research Foundation
Keynote speaker Prof. Dr. Jurgen Behm
Institut für Theoretische Chemie, Universität Ulm
Musical Program
Jan Pech, violoncello
Pavel Voráček, piano
Keynote speaker Prof. Dr. Beatriz Roldán Cuenya
Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
CatLab participants at the conference
Fritz-Haber-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin
Location
Castle Liblice in Czech Republic
The Conference takes place at Castle Liblice which is located less than an hour drive from Prague in Czech Republic.
The Castle is used as a conference centre by the Academy of Science of the Czech Republic. In addtiton it is also a well awarded Hotel ensuring for the comfort of its guests.
