From October 11 to 14, 2024, the 2024 International Photochemistry Technology and Industry Conference, co-hosted by Central China Normal University, the Hubei Provincial Department of Science and Technology, the Wuhan Municipal Bureau of Science and Technology Innovation, and the Qingshan District People's Government of Wuhan, and Beijing Perfectlight Technology Co., Ltd., successfully took place in Wuhan.
Over 900 representatives from 16 countries and regions, including China, the United States, Germany, Switzerland, France, Australia, Saudi Arabia, India, Japan, Singapore, and South Korea, attended the conference, including scholars, entrepreneurs, and investment institutions.
The conference lasted three days, with 18 academic forums held from October 12 to 14, along with an "International Summit Forum on the Development and Opportunities of the Photochemistry Industry" and the finals of the "Wuchuangyuan" International Photochemistry and Green Manufacturing Technology Innovation Competition. Nobel Prize winner Professor Benjamin List from the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Germany, delivered a keynote address on the 14th.
Academicians from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, including Tong Zhenhe, Tu Yongqiang, Feng Xiaoming, Zhou Xiang, Wu Lizhu, Tang Zhiyong, Zhu Weihong, foreign academicians from the Russian Academy of Engineering Zhang Xumu, and esteemed scholars such as Tomislav Rovis, an academician from the American Academy of Engineering and Columbia University, attended the opening ceremony.
This conference featured impressive reports from 155 renowned scholars and several prominent industry representatives from both domestic and international arenas. Among them were Nobel Prize winner Benjamin List, Chinese Academy of Sciences Academicians Feng Xiaoming and Zhu Weihong, and Foreign Academician Zhang Xumu from the Russian Academy of Engineering.
Academician Feng Xiaoming's report was titled "Asymmetric Photochemical Transformations Enabled by Chiral N,N'-Dioxide-Metal Complexes."
Academician Zhu Weihong
"Sterically Hindered Photoresponsive Diarylethenes with Intrinsic Chirality"
Academician Zhang Xumu
"@ Catalysis—A New Horizon in Asymmetric Catalysis"
Benjamin List
"The Universality of Acid Catalysis"
Senior Engineer Huang Xinming from Beijing Perfectlight Technology Co., Ltd. presented a report titled "Utilization of a Tubular Reactor for Photochemical Scale-up" at the academic sub-forum on the 13th. The report introduced the application of tubular photoreactors in the photochemical scaling process.
The photochemical equipment introduced in the report was also displayed at the conference venue, with key exhibits as follows:
Currently, Perfectlight's photochemical synthesis equipment covers four scales of laboratory micro, small, pilot, and large-scale production processing, from basic research in gas-liquid heterogeneous Taylor flow to multi-channel reaction condition screening and batch-scale production equipment.
With the rapid development of nanotechnology, biotechnology, and information technology, photochemistry will play an increasingly crucial role in new material synthesis, energy conversion and storage, and environmental management. As a pioneer in the industry, Beijing Perfectlight Technology Co., Ltd. will continue to keep pace with technological advancements, increase research and development investment in the field of photochemistry, strengthen and promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements in photochemistry and related fields, and accelerate the construction of a leading domestic photochemistry innovation platform and demonstration base for application scenarios, providing momentum for the high-quality development of the local economy.
Founded in 2006, Beijing Perfectlight Technology Co., Ltd. is a dual high-tech enterprise (national and Zhongguancun) integrating research and development, production, sales, and services, dedicated to developing intelligent, high-precision, high-performance photochemical synthesis equipment. Perfectlight possesses multiple independent intellectual property rights, which have been applied in research fields such as drug synthesis, new energy, and "dual carbon" environmental protection.
Perfectlight will continue to promote the growth and development of photochemical synthesis in China with a spirit of continuous innovation and self-challenge.
