Dear Colleagues, we are pleased to cordially invite you to the 11th International Meeting «Photosynthesis and Hydrogen Energy Research for Sustainability – 2023», in honor of Robert (Bob) Blankenship (USA), Gyozo Garab (Hungary), Michael Graetzel (Switzerland), Norman (Norm) Huner (Canada), and Gunnar Oquist (Sweden), which will be held on July 3 – 9, 2023, in Istanbul, at Bahcesehir University.

Your participation is important for the success of the Meeting and will be very much appreciated. This Meeting will be a great occasion for discussions of previous, present, and future research on photosynthesis and hydrogen energy, from molecular to global, and will provide an exciting scientific program, which will cover the breadth and depth of photosynthesis and hydrogen energy, from fundamental and applied aspects of research to artificial photosynthesis and nanobiotechnology, and to meet researchers of photosynthesis and hydrogen energy from around the world. This meeting will provide a forum for students, postdoctoral fellows, and scientists from different countries to deepen their knowledge and understanding, widen professional contact, create new opportunities, and establish new collaborations. Moreover, one of the sessions will be devoted to young scientists’ talks and their rewards.

International Conference «Photosynthesis and Hydrogen Energy Research for Sustainability – 2023» is a traditional event held in various countries of the world. The Conference, first organized in 2004, has a positive dynamic of development, evoking an ever-growing interest among the global scientific community. It is planned that more than 200 scientists will take part in the conference. As expected, scientists from more than thirty countries of the world will attend the event (Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Israel, India, Iran, Italy, Canada, China, Lithuania, New Zealand, Poland Republic of Korea, Russia, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, USA, Taiwan, Turkey, Finland, France, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, and Japan).

The Conference «Photosynthesis and Hydrogen Energy Research for Sustainability – 2023» will provide an in-depth discussion of one of the most important fundamental problems of modern biology – photosynthesis. Despite the stupendous achievements in recent decades in the study of photosynthesis, many aspects of this process remain uninvestigated. In addition, the relevance of research in the field of photosynthesis and associated hydrogen release processes in recent decades has been reinforced by the growing need of mankind for new sources of energy. Scientific knowledge about the mechanisms of transformation and storage of solar energy and the stability of the photosynthetic apparatus to stress conditions can be applied for environmentally friendly and resource-saving energy and the formation of new energy sources.

Remaining time before the start of the conference:

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Eva-Maria Aro
(Finland)

Govindjee
(USA)

William A. Cramer
(USA)

Gyozo Garab
(Hungary)

Jian-Ren Shen
(Japan)

Kimiyuki Satoh
(Japan)

Anthony Larkum
(Australia)

Seeram Ramakrishna
(Singapore)

Nathan Nelson
(Israel)

Norio Murata
(Japan)

Tingyun Kuang
(China)

Cesare Marchetti
(Italy)

Richard Cogdell
(UK)

Thomas D. Sharkey
(USA)

Wolfgang Lubitz
(Germany)

John Golbeck
(USA)

International Organizing Committee:

Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev
(Russia)
Coordinator

Julian J. Eaton-Rye
(New Zealand)
Chairman

Barry D. Bruce
(USA)
Co-Chairman

Tatsuya Tomo
(Japan)
Secretary

Members:

Seiji Akimoto (Japan)
Marian Brestic (Slovakia)
Robert Burnap (USA)
Min Chen (Australia)
Arvi Freiberg (Estonia)
Thomas Friedrich (Germany)
Alfred Holzwarth (Germany)

Harvey Hou (USA)
Irada Huseynova (Azerbaijan)
Kentaro Ifuku (Japan)
Stefan Janssen (Sweden)
Hazem M. Kalaji (Poland)
Marco Landi (Italy)
Francesco Loretto (Italy)

Dmitry A. Los (Russia)
Mohammad Mahdi Najafpour (Iran)
Andrew B. Rubin (Russia)
Kostas Stamatakis (Greece)
Rajagopal Subramanyam (India)
Anatoly A. Tsygankov (Russia)

Local Organizing and Program Committee:

Prof. Dr.  Nuran Çiçek

Assist Prof. Gürkan SOYKAN

Assist Prof. Nezihe YILDIRAN

Assist Prof. Hüseyin Günhan ÖZCAN

Res. Assist. Selen YOLDAŞ

Res. Assist. Samed PEKDEMİR

Director Girayhan Yılmaz

The Organizing Committee will highly appreciate your support for the conference. Our desire is to offer you a variety of options for promotion, presentation, and advertising. Please send an e-mail to Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev and Barry Bruce

suleyman.allakhverdiev@gmail.com

bbruce@utk.edu

with a willingness for support and participation in the conference and you will receive both the standard packages and opportunities for a specific presence according to your needs and wishes.

Confirmed sponsors of the conference

for oral presentation please contact Coordinator Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev suleyman.allakhverdiev@gmail.com

Confirmed Speakers

Govindjee
(USA)

Jian-Ren Shen
(Japan)

Seiji Akimoto
(Japan)

Julian Eaton-Rye
(New Zealand)

Tatsuya Tomo
(Japan)

Rajagopal Subramanyam
(India)

Yuki Kato
(Japan)

Kostas Stamatakis
(Greece)

Kentaro Ifuku
(Japan)

Nathan Nelson
(Israel)

Mohammad Mahdi Najafpour
(Iran)

Agepati S. Raghavendra
(India)

Iftach Yacoby
(Israel)

Ibrahim Dincer
(Canada)

Gyozo Garab
(Hungary)

Thomas D. Sharkey
(USA)

Norman Huner
(Canada)

Hazem M. Kalaji
(Poland)

Robert E. Blankenship
(USA)

Gunnar Oquist
(Sweden)

Stefano Santabarbara
(Italy)

Arvi Freiberg
(Estonia)

Francesco Francia
(Italy)

Marc Nowaczyk
(Germany)

Jan F. Kern
(USA)

Chris Gisriel
(USA)

Lorenzo Ferroni
(Italy)

Petar Lambrev
(Hungary)

Michael Graetzel
(Switzerland)

Ondrej Dlouhy
(Czech Republic)

Milan Szabo
(Hungary)

Vaclav Karlicky
(Czech Republic)

Gergely Nagy
(Hungary)

Barry Bruce
(USA)

Anjana Jajoo
(India)

Marek Zivcak
(Slovakia)

Bekzhan Kossalbayev
(Kazakhstan)

Keisuke Kawakami
(Japan)

Mohammad Yusuf Zamal
(India)

Yoshifumi Ueno
(Japan)

Yutaka Shibata
(Japan)

acceptance of applications is open

We will have 2 special ceremonies (events):

I) Awards ceremony for honored professors (July 3).

II) Young Talents (3 awards) and Best posters (3 awards). This conference will enable organizers to introduce awards (6 awards) to young researchers. The awards will be presented to young researchers who have done outstanding research in the field of photosynthesis and hydrogen energy research for sustainability. All young researchers, including Ph.D. students and Post-Docs may compete for awards. The name of winners will be selected by the committee (July 8).

The Conference Programme will be added soon.

The conference will be carried out in two main directions. (1) “Photosynthesis Research for Sustainability”, which will be devoted to the study of the structure, functions and biogenesis of the photosynthetic apparatus. Within this direction, the problems of light-driven processes of photosynthesis, regulation of photosynthesis and its metabolism, as well as the sustainability of the photosynthetic apparatus to stress factors will be discussed. (2) “Hydrogen Energy Research for Sustainability” will be devoted to the studies of biological production of hydrogen. This direction of the Conference will include recent advances in the study of the molecular basis of photosynthetic hydrogen formation. Both directions include fundamental and applied aspects of research, and works in the field of artificial photosynthesis and nanotechnology.

1. Photosynthesis Research for Sustainability:

1.1. Primary Processes of Photosynthesis
1.2. Structure, Function and Biogenesis of the Photosynthetic Apparatus
1.3. Photosystem I and Bacterial Photosynthesis
1.4. Photosystem II and Water Oxidation Mechanism
1.5. Energy Transfer and Trapping in Photosystems
1.6. Plant Development and Growth Regulation
1.7. Carbon Fixation (C3 and C4) and Photorespiration
1.8. Artificial and Applied aspects of Photosynthesis including Nanotechnology
1.9. Regulation of Photosynthesis, ROS production and Environmental Stress
1.10. Photosynthesis under Extreme Environments: Arctic, Antarctic and Deserts Research
1.11. Environmental Control of Photosynthetic Sustainability: Global Aspects and Challenges
1.12. Systems Biology of Photosynthesis: Integration of Genomic, Proteomic, Metabolomic and Bioinformatic Studies
1.13. Plant Mineral Nutrients and Photosynthetic Capacity
1.14. Photosynthesis Education and Emerging Techniques for Studying Photosynthesis including Neutron Scattering

2. Hydrogen Energy Research for Sustainability:

2.1. Energy for the Future – Hydrogen economy
2.2. Elevating Climate Change
2.3. Biological Hydrogen Production
2.4. Waste-to-Hydrogen Scenarios
2.5. Hydrogen production from renewable feedstock
2.6. Hydrogenases
2.7. Proton Reduction Catalysts
2.8. Reduction of Carbon Dioxide
2.9. Artificial Photosynthesis for Hydrogen energy
2.10. Fuel cell and electrolyzes
2.11. Nanomaterials for Hydrogen Production
2.12. Hydrogen Energy Education and Emerging Techniques for Studying of Hydrogen Energy
2.13. Hydrogen storage
2.14. Hydrogen policy and strategies
2.15. Solar Hydrogen Panels
2.16. Photovoltaic Solar Cells

CONFERENCE FEES

For Registration, you need to pay your Registration Fee by bank transfer (see below) within the specified time and your abstract need to be accepted (see menu Abstracts).

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the organizing committee of the International Conference: “Photosynthesis and Hydrogen Energy Research for Sustainability – 2023”: in honor of Robert (Bob) Blankenship (USA), Győző Garab (Hungary), Michael Graetzel (Switzerland), Norman (Norm) Huner (Canada), and Gunnar Oquist (Sweden), which will be held on July 3-9, 2023 in Bahçeşehir University Future Campus, Istanbul Turkey, and we are pleased to invite all of you to attend this meeting and present your latest results on photosynthesis.

This meeting will cover all topics of photosynthesis, artificial photosynthesis and hydrogen Energy research.

We are setting the registration fee as low as possible:

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Meeting Registration Fee

 

Registration fee	Before June 15, 2023	After June 15, 2023
Participants (including Speakers, Organizers)	400 USD	500 USD
Students	250 USD	300 USD
Accompanying person	100 USD	150 USD
*Industrial/Commercial Sponsors	600 USD	700 USD

Russian participants can do it on spot.

*Industrial/commercial sponsors are strongly encouraged to attend and present a display or exhibition booth. The conference will provide tables, chairs, power cables, and 24/7 security in a convenient, onsite location within the venue. We ask these sponsors to commit to at least a Gold-level of sponsorship. Commercial participants will also be able to participate in coffee breaks, meals, and banquet activities at no additional charge. Early registration is encouraged for venue planning.

Bank transfer:

Account Holder: BAHÇEŞEHİR ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Account Number – Branch: 4510-1992146-35640 / SURDIŞI TİCARİ MERKEZ

USD Account: TR39 0013 4000 0019 9214 6016 59

SWIFT: DENITRIS

When you are making the payment, Please do not forget to note “ICPRS-KONFERANS HS”

 

Please, notify us by e-mail ( support.icprs@int.bau.edu.tr ) that the money had been transferred. Please, provide your name, the amount transferred, and the number of transactions.

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We hope these modest registration fees will facilitate your attendance at this timely meeting when the importance of our field is being appreciated by a wider spectrum of scientists ranging from those involved in renewable energy research to those concerned with increasing agricultural productivity and global climate change.

Also, we hope all of you will take this opportunity to visit Istanbul and spend some inspiring and enjoyable days and see some of the beautiful sights of the country. Your participation will be a great occasion for discussions of previous, present, and future research on Photosynthesis and Hydrogen Energy and also to meet researchers from around the world. Once again, we are looking forward to seeing you at what will be a conference with productive and friendly atmosphere.

Organizing Chair: Julian J. Eaton-Rye

Organizing Coordinator: Suleyman Allakhverdiev

 

The registration fee for regular participants and students covers:

• Scientific sessions and exhibition access
• Conference materials
• Coffee breaks
• Get together reception
• Official conference dinner
• Participation certificate

*Student fee applies to those who are studying full-time for an undergraduate or a master’s and PhD degrees. It does not apply to anyone who receives a salary related to their studies. It is mandatory to provide a proof of student status.

 

Cultural tour is optional and will be announced later.

 

VISA information

Some countries need to visa for entering to Turkey. If you need a visa, strongly advised to make their application at least two months before the intended date of travel. To assist with the visa application process, we will provide you with a letter of invitation. The letter of invitation does not represent a commitment on the part of the Organizers to provide financial support.

Despite the recent earthquake in Turkey, the conference will be held in time

Last day for abstract submission: 20th June 2023

Last day for registration: 1 July 2023

Conference dates: July 3-9, 2023

Call for Abstracts

For Registration, you need to pay your Registration Fee by bank transfer, and your abstract need to be accepted within the specified time.

Submit your abstract for the 11th International Conference «Photosynthesis and Hydrogen Energy Research for Sustainability – 2022» in honor of in honor of Robert (Bob) Blankenship (USA), Győző Garab (Hungary), Michael Graetzel (Switzerland), Norman (Norm) Huner (Canada), and Gunnar Oquist (Sweden)

It is required to be a participant to submit an abstract (one abstract per participant). (See the comment above.)

Please, send your abstracts by e-mail to (conference.icprs@int.bau.edu.tr), and copy to Elena Zadneprovskaya (zadneprovskaya@ifr.moscow) by June 20th 2023. (The contact person and E-mail address form our side might change later).

For poster presentation: maximum Poster size is A0 (~ 80 x 120 cm or 33,1 x 46,8 inches), vertical

We will have 2 special ceremonies (events):

I) Awards ceremony for honored professors (July 3).

II) Young Talents (3 awards) and Best posters (3 awards). This conference will enable organizers to introduce awards (6 awards) to young researchers. The awards will be presented to young researchers who have done outstanding research in the field of photosynthesis and hydrogen energy research for sustainability. All young researchers, including Ph.D. students and Post-Docs may compete for awards. The name of winners will be selected by the committee (July 8).

Information will be added soon