Summer school 2024

This year’s ARC CBBC Summer school will take place from 10-12 June and will be held in Van der Valk Hotel Wolvega.

This three-day event includes a company visit at BASF (Heerenveen) and lots of other interesting, inspiring and fun activities. Attending the Summer school is mandatory for all ARC CBBC PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers.

10 June – Hotel van der Valk Wolvega

From 10.00 Welcome with coffee or tea
10.30 - 10.45 Icebreaker
10.45 - 11.30 Matteo Monai; Title: Metal-supports Interactions in Catalysis: Old Models and New Findings
11.30 - 12.00 Coffee break
12.00 – 12.30 Preparation casus BASF
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 14.30 Nikolay Kosinov; Title: Tracking mechanisms of catalytic reactions: opportunities and pitfalls
14.30 – 15.00 Preparation casus BASF
15.00 – 15.30 Break
15.30 – 16.30 Jessica Oudenampsen; Interdisciplinary learning: why and what?
16.30 – 17.15 Goda Perlaviciute; Title: Human aspects of sustainable transitions
17.15 – 17.45 Preparation casus BASF

18.30 – 21.00 Drinks and dinner


11 June – BASF visit, Heerenveen transport by bus

9.00 - 9.30 Arrival + Coffee
9.30 - 9.45 Welcome to Heerenveen + safety
9.45 – 10.00 BASF Global Company and Sustainability
10.00 – 10.40 Presentation Student Groups on Case studies (Students) + Discussion – Part 1
10.40 – 11.00 Coffee
11.00 - 12.00 Presentation Student Groups on Case studies (Students) + Discussion – part 2
12.00 - 12.10 Group photo
12.10 – 13.00 Lunch
13.00 - 13.30 BASF in ARC CBBC - catalysts
13.30 – 14.00 BASF in ARC CBBC – Coatings
14.00 - 15.30 Plant- and lab tour
15.30 – 16.00 End of program + departure by bus

16.30 – 21.00 Social Activities and dinner
With bus back to Hotel


12 June – Hotel van der Valk Wolvega

09.00 - 09.45 Michael Lerch; Self-Regulating Materials As Path to Sustainability?
09.45 - 10.45 Workshop design thinking by Fieke Sluijs
10.45 - 11.15 Coffee break
11.15 - 12.15 Workshop design thinking by Fieke Sluijs
12.15 - 13.15 Lunch
13.15 -14.00 Lecture Adri Minnaard; Title: Carbohydrates as Building Blocks; from Surfactants to Aromatics
14.00 - 14.15 Coffee break
14.15 – 15.00 Lecture Moniek Tromp; Title: The Quest for Sustainable and Circular Battery Technologies - Operando X-ray Techniques probing Dynamic Processes in Batteries
15.00 Closure

After registration please check also your spam mail box.

For questions you can reach out to education@arc-cbbc.nl.

We look forward to meeting you!

Kind regards,

The ARC CBBC education committee