Bidding - the International Association of the Catalysis Societies

1) Why choose Seoul for the 14 th ICC?
High quality research and industrial innovations
Korean catalysis community has the capability to organize a high-quality
scientific program of the ICC, which is thought to be the major emphasis of the
Congress. During the last decade, Korean scholars have demonstrated their high
potential in catalysis research by publishing numerous papers in international
journals (refer to pages 71-78) and by actively participating in international
conferences and editorial works (refer to pages 59-62 and examples below).
Korea is particularly active in academia-industry collaboration, which has been
established for two major reasons. One is that Korean catalysis society has been
founded by a strong group of scholars in academia and industry and the other is
that the chemical industries, which account for about 20% of Korean GDP, are
aggressively pursuing process development based on cooperative interactions
with academia. As a result, Korean industries have developed a large number of
catalytic processes, which are competitive in global market (refer to pages 69-70,
79-81). The dynamics of the Korean catalysis community based on active
interactions between academia and industry will provide a good model and
stimulus for other countries trying to promote their research activities and
innovations in catalysis.
● Editorial board members/editors: Applied Catalysis A (S.H. Moon), Applied Catalysis
B (I.-S. Nam), Catalysis Letters (S.I. Woo, J.S. Lee), Topics in Catalysis (S.I. Woo, J.S.
Lee), Cattech (J.S. Lee), J. of Mol. Catal. B (S.B. Lee), Res. Chem. Interm. (S.-E. Park),
Cat. Surveys from Asia (S.H. Moon, G. Seo)
● Guest editors of special issues: Stud. Surf. Sci. Catal. Vol. 102 (H. Chon, S.-I. Woo,
S.-E. Park), Vol. 105 (H. Chon, S.-K. Ihm, Y.S. Uh), Vol. 146 (S.-E. Park, R. Ryoo, W.S.
Ahn, C.W. Lee, J.-S. Chang), Catal. Today Vol. 38(2) (Y.G. Kim, I.-S. Nam), Vol.
44(1-4) (Y.G. Kim, J.S. Lee), Vol. 83(1-4) (S.K. Kang, S.-I. Woo), Vol. 87(1-4) (J.S. Lee,
W. Choi, Y. Okamoto)
Extensive experience in organizing international conferences
Korea has accumulated good experiences of successfully organizing many
international conferences related to catalysis during the last decade (refer to
pages 59-62 and examples below). The 14 th ICC in Seoul will be organized by
Korean scholars who played key roles in these conferences and have formed a
unique and strong teamwork, which is the most valuable asset in organizing the
Congress.
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