Festive awarding of the “Historical Landmarks Award“ by the European Chemical Society to the the sites of Karl Ziegler and Giulio Natta

PROGRAM
Opening remarks
Prof. Donatella Sciuto, Rector of Politecnico di Milano
Prof. Marinella Levi, Head of the Department Of Chemistry Materials and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”
Avv. Simonetta D’Amico, Consigliera Comunale e Presidente Commissione Bilancio e Patrimonio
Immobiliare, Comune di Milano

Welcoming Speeches
Prof. Angela Agostiano, EuChemS President
Prof. Gianluca Farinola, SCI President
Prof. Sabine Becker, GDCh Vice President
Dott. Gabriele Mei, Board Federchimica PlasticsEurope Italia

Keynote speeches

Why I think Prof. Ziegler could not help but discover Olefin Polymerization
Prof. Alois Fürstner, Director at the MPI für Kohlenforschung

A Nobel Prize to shape our future
Prof. Maurizio Galimberti, Politecnico di Milano

Revealing the Award inside the “Natta Room”

The event will be held in english. 

On May 17, the award will be unveiled in the historic laboratory of the Max-Planck-Institut (MPI) für Kohlenforschung in Mülheim, Germany, built in 1914, classified as a historical monument, where Karl Ziegler’s team made its pioneering discoveries.