THEMES
The WATOC 2025 congress brings together leading experts from around the world to discuss the latest advancements in theoretical and computational chemistry. The 75 sessions will be organized thematically, within the following broad themes:
Electronic-structure theory, chemical structure and bonding, large systems and embedding, molecular dynamics, quantum dynamics, spectroscopy and molecular properties, special and extreme conditions, reactivity and reaction pathways, catalysis, energy storage and environmental chemistry, biological systems, medicinal chemistry, soft matter, materials, machine learning, mathematical methods, computing and software, quantum computing, teaching and education.
Congress Chair: Trygve Helgaker
Congress Secretaries: Simen Reine, Erik Tellgren
Young WATOC Chairs:
Abril Castro, Ainara Nova
Local Congress Committee: David Balcells, Sigbjørn Løland Bore, Michele Cascella, Abril Castro, Odile Eisenstein, Trygve Helgaker, Simen Kvaal, Ainara Nova, Thomas Bondo Pedersen,
Simen Reine, Erik Tellgren, Einar Uggerud
Congress Crew: Morten Ledum (Crew leader), Lucia Moran Gonzalez (Crew leader), Henrique Musseli Cezar (Crew leader),Marco Bortoli (WATOC photographer), Derya Aricigil, Michael Augello, Lucas Bitencourt Theodoroviez, Klara Elvira Haug Boström, Ning Cao, Aurore Evelyne Francine Denjean, Mohamed Eid Ahmed Safy, Sondre Eliasson, Hanne Jeeyung Eriksen, Håkon R. Fredheim, Miguel Angel Gaona Fernandez, Gabriel Gerez, Hanan Gharayba, Jose Alberto Guerrero Cruz, Helena Hradiska, Catherine Hughes, Hannes Kneiding, Håkon Emil Kristiansen, Manuela Leal Nader, Oliver Macphail Bohle, Daniel Marke, Joel Ormala, Quentin Pitteloud, Mauricio Portolli Franco, Tonje Reinholdt Haugen, Jordan Rio, Inga Schmidtke, Simon Elias Schrader, Oystein Senstad
Congress Organizers: Gyro Conference – watoc@gyro.no