Milan, May 21, 2024 - The Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering 'Giulio Natta' of the Politecnico di Milano has been awarded the EuChemS Historical Landmarks Award, established by EuChemS (European Chemical Society). The ceremony was held in the historic building located in Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, Milan where Prof. Giulio Natta worked and taught.

This award is intended to designate sites in Europe where significant events in the field of chemistry have taken place. In particular, this year, it was awarded to two places related to the work of Giulio Natta and Karl Ziegler. The two scientists initially were linked by their cooperative and competitive research and development activities in the field of polymer science. Then they shared the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1963.

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Agenda

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

EuChemS Historical Landmarks Award | Photogallery