Aromaticity: Celebrating Benzene 200 Years
workshop
Invited Speakers
Mercedes Alonso Giner (VUB, Belgium)
Harry Anderson (U. of Oxford, UK)
Jeanne Crassous (CNRS Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, France)
Israel Fernandez (U. Complutense, Spain)
Gernot Frenking (Philipps-U. Marburg, Germany)
Renana Gershoni Poranne (Technion, Israel I. of Technology)
Andreas Hirsch (Friedrich Alexander U. Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany)
Dongho Kim (Yonsei U. , Republic of Korea)
Nazario Martin (U. Complutense, Spain)
Marcel Mayor (U. Basel, Switzerland)
Henrik Ottosson (Uppsala U. , Sweden)
Diego Peña (U. Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
Marina A. Petrukhina (U. Albany, USA)
Shohei Saito (Osaka U. , Japan)
David Sarlah (Rice U., USA)
Irena G. Stará (Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague)
Dage Sundholm (U. of Helsinki, Finland)
Ken Tanaka (Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan)
Alexander Tkatchenko (U. du Luxembourg)
Judy Wu (U. of Houston, USA)
Scientific and Organising Committee
Mercedes Alonso Giner (VUB, Belgium)
Ben Feringa (U. of GroningenThe Netherlands)
Yves Geerts (ULB, Belgium)
Evano Gwilherm (ULB, Belgium)
Cédric Theunissen (ULB, Belgium)
Veronique Van Speybroeck (Ugent, Belgium)
8 – 10 December 2025
ULB – Campus Plaine
Quartier Jaune – Building N.O. – 5th Floor – Solvay room
Practical information for attendees
Registration and Fee
Registration at the top of the page. Attendance is free of charge but registration is required (limited space).
After registering you should receive an automatic response confirming that your registration has been submitted. This message is then followed by an email confirming your participation.
Name badges will be distributed on site on Monday 8 December 2025 from 09:00 a.m.
Banquet :
A banquet is scheduled for Tuesday 9 December at 7:30 p.m. Those wishing to join the banquet are required to pay a €50 fee when registering for the workshop.
Poster session
A poster session will be organized on Monday 8 December 2025. Poster presentation from attendees is strongly encouraged.
If you wish to apply, please send a title and a short abstract (maximum 500 words including references) to Isabelle Van Geet by email at isabelle.vangeet@solvayinstitutes.be, by 17 November 2025.
Notifications regarding the status of your abstract will be sent once the review process is complete.
Instructions for poster presentations
- Please bring your printed poster with you to the conference.
- Posters will be on display for the duration of the poster session only (on Monday 8 December from 6:00 to 8:00 pm).
- Display board: 120 x 95 cm – Poster A0.
- The poster layout is PORTRAIT.
Location
The workshop will be held at
ULB (Université Libre de Bruxelles) – Campus Plaine – Bld de la Plaine
1050 Brussels – Quartier Jaune – Building N.O. – 5th Floor – Solvay room
Travel and accommodation
Attendees will have to arrange and pay for their own travel, accommodation, and subsistence costs. Please see below links that might help you find accommodation in Brussels.
Brussels City Center: Hôtel Atlas – Sleep Well – Bed & Brussels – Booking.com – Hotel Saint-Nicolas – Hotel Queen Anne – Hotel Bloom – Max Hotel – Metropole Hotel – Plaza Hotel
Hotels close to the venue:
Hotel Brussels: 3.6 km (25 minutes walk – tram number 8: 20 minutes)
Hotel Barsey by Warwick: 3,8 km (28 minutes walk – tram number 8: 21 minutes)
Hotel Ibis Styles Hotel Brussels Louise: 3.6 km (25 minutes walk – tram number 8: 20 minutes)
Hotel Capital: 3.3 km (19 minutes walk – tram number 8: 16 minutes)
For any enquiries, please contact Isabelle Van Geet : isabelle.vangeet@solvayinstitutes.be