Covering the areas: • Production of synthesis gas (raw materials, e. g. natural gas, heavy oils, coal, waste materials, biomass; process design and technology; new developments) • Purification and separation processes • Direct catalytic conversion of syngas • methanol production • Fischer-Tropsch-Synthesis: gas-to-liquids (GTL), coal-to-liquids (CTL), biomass-to-liquids (BTL) • biocatalytic conversion and other processes • Carbon dioxide as carbon source in synthesis gas • Hydroformylation, Oxo processes • Special fields of industrial interest in carbonylation, e.g.: • amidocarbonylation • alcohol carbonylation • oxidative carbonylation • hydrocarboxylation, hydrocarbonylation and others • Methanol and derivates as building blocks for chemicals and fuels