Finnish Catalysis
Society which was founded 1989 is one of the divisions of
the Association of Finnish Chemical
Societies. The Catalysis
Society
has about 120 members
and some company members. The aim of
the society
is to
spread information
about catalysis, to organise meetings and conferences
and
to act as a link between people, who are
professionally
active in the field
of
catalysis.
The Society has an annual meeting and it
organises an
annual seminar, where a hot topic in
catalysis is
presented and discussed. The
Society takes part in the
activities
of Nordic Catalysis
Society and European
Federation
for Catalysis (EFCATS). Every
eighth
year, the Society organises
Nordic Symposium on Catalysis on Finnish
soil. The latest symposium
was held in Sweden.
The annual meeting elects a
board to the Society.
The
present board members are Päivi Mäki-Arvela (chairman)
(Åbo Akademi), Kalle Arve (Åbo Akademi), Esa Toukoniitty (treasurer) (Metropolia ammattikorkeakoulu), Sanna Airaksinen (secretary) (Teknillinen korkeakoulu), Sören Sundblom
(Neste Oil), Anne Heponiemi
(Oulun Yliopisto), Satu Ojala (Oulun yliopisto) and Aslak Suopanki
(Wärtsilä Oy).
Prof. Riitta Keiski (University of Oulu) and Prof. Dmitry
Murzin (Åbo Akademi)
are the
Finnish
representatives in EFCATS. The Finnish representatives in the
Nordic Society of Catalysis are Kalle Arve (Åbo Akademi)
and Esa Toukoniitty (Metropolia).
The Society
publishes a membership letter
(KATSE) about
four
times/year. The
Society supports the participation in international
conferences (Nordic Symposium on Catalysis, EUROPACAT,
International Congress on
Catalysis)
by giving travel
grants to the members. In addition, every
three
years a
reward for an
outsanding Ph.D. thesis in the field of catalysis is
granted.
To become a member of the Finnish
Catalysis Society, please
complete
the membership
application.
The annual fee is 5 euros for members
of the Finnish
Chemical Societies of
Finland and 7 euros
for non-members. Alternatively, there
is a possibility to
pay 50/70 euros
for becoming a lifetime member. For
industrial
enterprises the annual fee is 200
euros.
Welcome !
The Board of Finnish
Catalysis
Society
