This was MOFSIM2019

Main topics

• Catalysis and adsorption in MOFs

• Electronic properties and derived functions of MOFs

• Mechanical, thermal, and chemical stability of MOFs

• Frontiers of MOF simulations towards longer length and time scales

Renowned speakers

For each of the four topics, an overview of the current state of the art, perspectives and limitations will be given by a renowned scientist in the field.

• prof. dr. Laura Gagliardi, University of Minnesota (USA)

• prof. dr. Francesco Paesani, University of California San Diego (USA)

• dr. François-Xavier Coudert, Chimie ParisTech (France)

• prof. dr. Berend Smit, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland)

The plenary discussions for the four topics will be moderated by

• dr. Caroline Mellot-Draznieks, Collège de France (France)

• prof. dr. Lev Sarkisov, University of Edinburgh (UK)

• prof. dr. Veronique Van Speybroeck, Ghent University (Belgium)

• prof. dr. Guillaume Maurin, Université de Montpellier (France)

• prof. dr. Bartolomeo Civalleri, Università degli Studi di Torino (Italy)

Invited speakers include:

Session 1: Catalysis and adsorption in MOFs

• prof. dr. Dirk De Vos, KU Leuven (Belgium)

• dr. German Sastre, Universidad Politécnica de Valéncia (Spain)

• dr. Louis Vanduyfhuys, Ghent University (Belgium)

• prof. dr. Thijs J.H. Vlugt, Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands)

Session 2: Electronic properties and derived functions of MOFs

• prof. dr. Ben Slater, University College London (UK)

• prof. dr. Thomas Heine, Technische Universität Dresden (Germany)

• prof. dr. Paolo Falcaro, Technische Universität Graz (Austria)

• prof. dr. Monique A. van der Veen, Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands)

Session 3: Mechanical, thermal, and chemical stability of MOFs

• prof. dr. Rochus Schmid, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Germany)

• prof. dr. Jin-Chong Tan, University of Oxford (UK)

• dr. Peyman Z. Moghadam, University of Sheffield (UK)

• dr. Alessandro Erba, Università degli Studi di Torino (Italy)

Session 4: Frontiers of MOF simulations towards longer length and time scales

• prof. dr. Rocio Semino, Université de Montpellier (France)

• prof. dr. Özgür Yazaydin, University College London (UK)

Programme MOFSIM2019