| 17:00 - 18:15 | REGISTRATION |
| 18:15 - 18:30 | WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION (Isaac Peral Room)
Chairs: Pedro Lozano, Eduardo García-Verdugo and Andrés R. Alcántara |
| 18:30 - 19:15 | Opening Lecture Chairman: Eduardo García-Verdugo
PL-1. The role of chemists in a sustainable world 
David Cole-Hamilton Professor of Sustainable Chemistry |
| 19:15 - 20:30 | WELCOME COCKTAIL |
| SESSION 1 (Isaac Peral Room) | ||
| 8:30 - 9:15 |
Chair: Pedro Lozano PL-2. The Intergovernmental Panel for Chemicals, Waste and Pollution
Tom Welton Professor of Sustainable Chemistry |
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| 9:15 - 9:30 | OPENING CEREMONY | |
| 9:30 - 10:00 |
Chair: David Cole-Hamilton KN-1. Ionic-Liquid-Modified Semiconductor Interfaces for Artificial Photosynthesis
Jairton Dupont Professor of Organic Chemistry-Distinguished Researcher |
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| SESSION 2 | ||
| Symposium 1 (Isaac Peral Room) Plastic Depolymerization and Circular Chemistry#1 Chairs: Maria J. Hernaiz / Elena Ibañez |
Symposium 2 (Salón de Grados) Non conventional Reaction Media for (Bio)catalysis Chairs: Andrés R. Alcantara / Susana Nieto |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 | KN-2. Biocatalytic Alcoholysis of Polyurethanes Using Short-Chain Alcohols.
F. López-Gallego Group leader at CIC biomaGUNE |
KN-3. Entrapment of Enzymes in Ionic Liquid Gels, Towards Biocatalytic NaturIL Gels
A. C. Marr Reader in Green & Sustainable Chemistry. Queen’s University of Belfast - UK |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | COFFEE + POSTER SESSION | |
| 11:20 - 11:40 | OC-1. Toward Sustainable Plastic Recycling using Supercritical CO2 A. Cabañas |
OC-6. Exploring hydrolase promiscuity towards chitosan in hydrated DES media D. A. Durante-Salmerón |
| 11:40 - 12:00 | OC-2. Ionic Liquids and Superbase Catalysts for the Sustainable Depolymerization of
Polyurethane Foam Waste R. Villa |
OC-7 - Application of DESs as cosolvents in redox biocatalysis G. de Gonzalo |
| 12:00 - 12:20 | OC-3. Integrating enzyme kinetics and biocatalyst engineering for sustainable PET
degradation J.M. Bolivar |
OC-8. Rational DESs design for unspecific peroxygenase (UPO) stabilization N. Yilmaz |
| 12:20 - 12:40 | OC-4. T Magnetically recoverable catalysts for polymer wastes recycling C. Martin |
OC-9. Bifunctional Uncoupled Catalysis Enabled by Deep Eutectic Solvent Systems for C-4
Functionalization of Isoquinolines A. Cores |
| 12:40 - 13:00 | OC-5. Synthesis and Chemical Recycling of Crosslinked Poly(ether-co-carbonates D. Rigo |
OC-10. Modulating enzymatic phloretin gluycosylation through deep eutectic solvents
(DES) D. Rodriguez-Garcia |
| 13:00 - 15:00 | LUNCH | |
| SESSION 3 (Isaac Peral Room) | ||
| 15:00 - 15:45 |
Chair: Andrew C. Marr PL-3. Enzymatic Synthesis in Deep Eutectic Solvents: Catalysis Across Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Realms
Selin Kara Professor of Biocatalysis and Bioprocess Engineering |
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| Symposium 3 (Isaac Peral Room) Sustainable Chemical Processes#1 Chairs: Belen Altava / Jesus Esteban |
Symposium 4 (Salón de Grados) CO2 capture and/or Transformation#1 Chairs: Rocio Villa / David-Cole-Hamilton |
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| 15:45 - 16:05 | OC-11. Laboratory to Market: Development of Water-Soluble Catalysts For Solving Key
Research Problems A. N. Kapdi / J. L. Serrano |
OC-15. Efficient and Sustainable CO2 Conversion into Fuels and
High-Value
Products L. C. Branco |
| 16:05 - 16:25 | OC-12. Mechanism-driven sustainable Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction
methodologies I. J. S. Fairlamb |
OC-16. Green synthesis of Limonene-based NIPUs precursors: A comparative catalytic
study in
supercritical CO2 P. Cruza-Rodelgo |
| 16:25 - 16:45 | OC-13. Designing Renewable Functional Ionic Liquids: Toxicity, Catalytic
performance, and Green metrics evaluation A. Leal-Duaso |
OC-17. Unlocking the Potential of Biocatalysis-driven CCU: A sustainable
production of valuable chemicals from industrial feedstocks O. Romero |
| 16:45 - 17:05 | OC-14. Uncatalyzed aerobic epoxidation of liquid alkyl alkenes J. Oliver-Meseguer |
OC-18. Electrochemical biogas upgrading: Direct CO2 to CH4
conversion employing Cu-based MOFS Jose Antonio Abarca |
| 17:05 - 17:30 | COFFEE + POSTER SESSION | |
| SESSION 4 (Isaac Peral Room) | ||
| 17:30 - 18:15 |
Chair: Selin Kara PL-4. Discovery and engineering of enzymes for the depolymerization of polyurethanes
Uwe T. Bornscheuer Bornscheuer Professor of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis |
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| 18:15 - 20:15 | VISIT TO CARTAGENA | |
| 20:30 - 24:00 | PhD & Young Researchers Night Cocktail Dinner + Drinks + Live Music Symposium Building Courtyard |
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| SESSION 5 (Isaac Peral Room) | ||
| 8:45 - 9:30 |
Chair: Tom Welton PL-5. Valorization of whatever comes out of the eggs
Joao M. C. A. P. Coutinho Professor of Chemistry |
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| Symposium 5 (Isaac Peral Room) Plastic Depolymerization and Circular Chemistry#2 Chairs: Eduardo García-Verdugo / Joaquín García-Álvarez |
Symposium 6 (Salón de Grados) Sustainable (Bio)catalytic and down-stream processes Chairs: Martina L. Contente / Vicente Gotor-Fernández |
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| 9:30 - 9:50 | OC-19. Advancing circular economy through sustainable metal recovery from waste tantalum capacitors. F. Braga |
OC-23. Sustainable Biocatalytic Production of Bio-Based Diethyl Succinate in Ionic
Liquids S. Nieto |
| 9:50 - 10:10 | OC-20. Py-GC-MS-based methodology for the environmental assessment of PHB in agricultural
soils. M. Alcaraz-Dolera |
OC-24. Enhancing Laccase-Driven Poly(vinyl alcohol) Depolymerization Using
Polyol-Based Biosolvents M. I. S. Aguiar |
| 10:10 - 10:30 | OC-21. Circular enzymatic biobleaching: revalorization of high-polluted waste streams Y. Fredes |
OC-25. Redesign of cheese whey permeate upcycling: a biocatalytic approach guided by green
metrics M. S. Robescu |
| 10:30 - 10:50 | OC-22. DOZN™3.0 - A Quantitative Green Chemistry Evaluator for a Sustainable Future | OC-26. Sustainable biocatalytic processes in green solvents for the production of bioactive
compounds M. Bigliardi |
| 10:50 - 11:10 | COFFEE + POSTER SESSION | |
| SESSION 6 (Isaac Peral Room) | ||
| 11:10 - 11:40 |
Chair: Selin Kara KN-4 Can biocatalysis be even greener?
Francesca Paradisi Professor of Sustainable Pharmaceutical Chemistry |
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| Symposium 7 (Isaac Peral Room) Sustainable Chemical Processes#2 Chairs: Marcileia Zanatta / Tom Welton |
Symposium 8 (Salón de Grados) Biomass and Bioresources Chairs: Marina Cvjetko / Uwe Bornscheuer |
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| 11:40 - 12:00 | OC-27. Synthesis and Solubilization Potential of Glycerol-Derived Solvents: A
Sustainable Approach to Green Chemistry E. Pires |
OC-32. A Sweet Flow: HMF Production and in-situ Valorization into Valuable
Nitrile-containing Compounds via Telescopic Flow Chemistry. J. E. Sanchez-Velandia |
| 12:00 - 12:20 | OC-28. Cu-catalyzed stereodivergent decarboxylative amination of bicyclic carbamates:
Access to cyclobutane-1,3-diamine synthons Y. Ren |
OC-33. Effect of chao - and kosmotropic natural deep eutectic solvents on the chitin
separation and from h. Illucens pupae molt shells G. A. Portillo Perez |
| 12:20 - 12:40 | OC-29. Closing the Loop: Flow Platform for the Sustainable Synthesis, Application and
Electrochemical Recovery of Nickel Catalysts Charlotte Willans |
OC-34. Extraction and purification of Phlorotannins from Sargassum muticum using
natural deep eutectic
solvents M. X. Zhang |
| 12:40 - 13:00 | OC-30. Visible Light-Induced Catalyst-Free Decarboxylative Povarov-Type Reaction of
N-Aryl Glycines with Maleimides in Deep Eutectic Solvents J. A. Ñiguez-Elena |
OC-35. Evaluation of different surfactants in the etherification of glycerol with
tert-Butanol using microemulsions F. Perez |
| 13:00 - 13:20 | OC-31. Sustainable approaches to sulfur containing polymers through the
exploitation
of carbon disulfide as a sulfur-rich feedstock C. J. Whiteoak |
OC-36. Sustainable Valorization of Insect Biomass: Optimized Oil Recovery Using
Green Solvents L. C. Branco |
| 13:20 - 15:00 | LUNCH | |
| SESSION 7 (Isaac Peral Room) | ||
| 15:00 - 15:45 |
(Isaac Peral Room)
Chair: Joao Coutinho PL-6. Catalysis and Sustainability from Atom to Planetary Scale
Javier Perez-Ramirez Professor of Catalysis Engineering at the Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering |
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| Symposium 9 (Isaac Peral Room) Flow, Biphasic and Multi-phase green catalytic systems Chairs: Juan M. Bolívar / Selin Kara |
Symposium 10 (Salón de Grados) CO2 capture and/or Transformation#2 Chairs: Jairton Dupont / Fernando López-Gallego |
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| 15:30 - 16:00 | KN-5. Biphasic production of HMF and furfural: lessons learned from green
alternative solvent use and macrokinetic studies
J. Esteban |
KN-6. Sustainable Decarbonization Pathways for CO2 Conversion
M. Zanatta |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | OC-37. Green in Motion: Biocatalysis–Reactor Synergy in Sustainable Manufacturing M. L. Contente | OC-40. Green metal-organic framework for CO2 fixation F. G. Cirujano |
| 16:20 - 16:40 | OC-38. 3D printed biocatalytic flow reactors A. Pordea |
OC-41. Redefining Sustainable Synthesis: Mechanochemistry as a Driver for Advanced
Coordination Chemistry and Green Catalysis J. F. Reynes |
| 16:40 - 17:00 | OC-39. Pickering Emulsion-Templated Ultra-Porous Films from Biopolymers as Supports
for Enzyme Immobilization W. Dang |
OC-42. An Iron-Based MOF as a Versatile Catalyst for CO2 Valorization and
Renewable Feedstok Transformation I. M. Pastor |
| 17:00 - 17:15 | COFFEE + POSTER SESSION | |
| GEQV 2025 Awards (Isaac Peral Room) | ||
| 17:15 - 17:50 |
Chair: Pedro Lozano Lecture “2025 GEQV Medal”
Avelino Corma CSIC Reseach Professor - Distinguished Researcher |
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| 17:50 - 18:30 |
Chairs: Pedro Lozano / Belen Altava GEQV 2025 AWARDS CEREMONY |
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| 18:30 - 19:30 | BEER -POSTER SESSION | |
| 20:00 - 24:00 | GALA DINNER Restaurante Alviento - Pier of Cartagena https://www.espacioalviento.com/restaurante-alviento |
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| SESSION 8 (Isaac Peral Room) | ||
| 8:45 - 9:30 |
Chair: Elena Ibañez PL-7. Mechanochemistry and Aging-Based as Innovative Methods for the Valorization of Biomass into Nanocrystals and Nanofibers
Audrey Moores Professor of Chemistry, Materials group of the McGill Sustainable Systems Initiative (MSSI). |
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| Symposium 11 (Isaac Peral Room) Green Energies Chairs: Andrew C. Marr / Pedro Cintas |
Symposium 12 (Salón de Grados) Bio-based materials Chairs: Andrés R. Alcántara / Joao Coutino |
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| 9:30 - 9:50 | OC-43. Catalytic higher ether synthesis and characterization: elevating
Power-to-liquids higher alcohol products to a drop-in e-fuel D. De Baker |
OC-46. Xylose and glucose recovery from sunflower stalks by microwave-based pretreatment
Systems R. García Barranco |
| 9:50 - 10:10 | OC-44. Exploring the role of zeolite structure and acidity on Cu-based catalysts for
dimethyl ether steam reforming J. J. Lopez-Martin |
OC-47. Bioengineering Lysozyme-Loaded Alginate/Chitosan Films for Therapeutic
Applications M. H. Ribeiro |
| 10:10 - 10:30 | OC-45. Hollow Rotating Disk Electrode (h-RDE): Bridging Conventional RDE and GDE
Testing for Gas-Fed Electrocatalysis F. Santos |
OC-48. Choline-Based Ionic Liquids as Selective Cytotoxic Agents Against Cervical
Cancer Cells J. J. Delgado-Marin |
| 10:30 -10:50 | COFFEE + POSTER SESSION | |
| SESSION 9 | ||
| Symposium 13 (Isaac Peral Room) Sustainable Chemical Processes#3 Chairs: Nuria Martín / Audery Moores |
Symposium 14 (Salón de Grados) Enzyme Stability and Stabilization Chairs: Gonzalo de Gonzalo / Francesca Paradisi |
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| 10:50 - 11:20 | KN-7. Design of One-Pot Chemoenzymatic Cascades Merging Polar Organometallic
Reagents (RLi/RMgX) with Laccases and ADHs
J. García-Álvarez |
KN-8. Recent progress on gold-enzyme cascades for the synthesis of optically active organic
molecules
V. Gotor-Fernández |
| 11:20 - 11:40 | OC-49. Highly active Metathesis Catalysts for Industrial Applications T. Gazdag |
OC-54. Eutectozymes: a novel platform based on solid eutectic matrices for advanced
biocatalysis A. Beloqui |
| 11:40 - 12:00 | OC-50. Electrocatalytic Access to Quinoline Sulfones under Sustainable Conditions
in
Deep Eutectic Solvents D. Adsuar |
OC-55. Coimmobilization of enzymes with different stabilities. How to re-use of the
most stable immobilized enzyme after the inactivation of the least stable enzyme using the glutaraldehyde
chemistry P. Abellanas-Perez |
| 12:00 - 12:20 | OC-51. Chemical Valorization of Lindane Residues J. M. Fraile |
OC-56. Engineering of rubber degrading enzymes A. Pordea |
| 12:20 - 12:40 | OC-52. Earth abundant catalysts for the sustainable production and upcycling of
biobased polyesters with advanced properties M. E. G. Mosquera |
OC-57. Levoglucosenone-derived solvents prevent aggregation and tune substrate
accessibility of immobilized CALB M. Mangiagalli |
| 12:40 - 13:00 | OC-53. Synthesis of C4 α-hydroxyesters from C2-biomass derived
glycolaldehyde
with Sn-β V. de Blas-Sanchez |
OC-58. Designing Designer Solvents: Optimizing Protein Stability in Deep Eutectic
Solvents through a Combined Experimental and Computational Approach A. Damjanović |
| 13:00 - 13:20 |
AWARDS AND CLOSING CEREMONY (Isaac Peral Room) |
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| 13:20- 15:00 | CLOSING LUNCH | |