The objective of this series of 2 conferences is to strengthen the Europe leadership in the field of EPOC by defragmenting the European resources: organisation of scientific exchanges, common publication and experiments, congress organisation, harmonization of methodology, setting up of future European projects through the FP7. Prominent scientists from academia and industry will be invited to give Keynote Lectures on specified topics, reviewing the current international state-of-the-art and discussing the anticipated breakthroughs. Early stage and experienced researchers will be provoked to present their latest developments in both fundamental (1st Conference) and practical (2nd Conference) aspects of EPOC.

The objective of OREPOC conference will be to give an overview of recent studies focused on the origin of EPOC. The main interest will be to generate discussions, exchanges between researchers from various scientific communities (catalysis, surface science, physical chemistry, environmental chemistry, material science and solid-state electrochemistry). In order to elucidate the origin of EPOC at molecular level a whole arsenal of surface science, catalytic and electrochemical techniques have been employed during the last few years. These techniques have provided an unambiguous picture of the processes taking place on a catalyst surface under electrochemical promotion conditions. A combination of the results of any two or three of these techniques would have sufficed to put together the puzzle, but each of them has something new to offer, some new facet of the surface chemistry reveal. OREPOC will provide the unique opportunity of a multidisciplinary but integrated approach of all experimental results and theoretical findings in order to conclusively solve the puzzle of EPOC and furthermore to explore the phenomenon limitations towards practical utilization. OREPOC will serve as a forum for the development of a “common language” between scientists from different areas which will facilitate exchange of knowledge and the development of combined methods.

In view of recent developments in operando and in-situ characterization techniques and instrumentation of catalytic surfaces as well as novel and controllable electrocatalysts preparation methods, new possibilities are emerging for the development of synthesis-structure-performance relationships of electropromoted catalysts.

Electrochemical and Spectroscopic ex-situ characterization techniques, Operando and in-situ characterizations of electrochemical catalysts, Mathematical and Molecular Modeling, Thin film characterization, EPOC and Metal-Support Interactions