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Speakers

4th European Chemistry Congress preliminary list of plenary and keynote speakers

Plenary 45’ lectures

Michl Josef, US, Convener

Bonačić-Koutecký Vlasta, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, GE, Metal-Cluster Enhanced Photochemistry and Photophysics
Ciechanover Aaron, Tumor and Vascular Biology Research Center, Haifa, IL, Why our proteins have to die so we shall live OR The ubiquitin proteolytic system - from basic mechanisms thru human diseases and onto drug targeting
Ertl Gerhard, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin, GE, Catalysis at surfaces: From atoms to complexity
Grubbs Robert H., California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA, Design and applications of selective reactions of olefins
Lehn J. M., ISIS, Université de Strasbourg, France, From Supramolecular Chemistry towards Adaptive Chemistry
Tsien Roger Y., Howard Hughes Medical Institute La Jolla, USA, Breeding and building molecules to image cells, electric fields, and disease processes
Wüthrich Kurt, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA, NMR– Where Physical Chemistry Meets Biology and Medicine
Yonath Ada, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, IL, The amazing ribosome

Symposia and conveners:

Analytical chemistry Electrochemistry, Analysis, Sample manipulation

Brett Christopher MA, PT, Convener

Abramczyk Halina, Lodz, PL, Ultrafast primary events in photostable systems
Brett Christopher, Coimbra, PT, Materials strategies for electroanalytical sensors and biosensors
Buszewski Boguslaw, Torun, PL, New separation strategies
Hall Lisa, Cambridge, UK, Optical and electrochemical molecular sensors
Janata Art, GATECH, USA, Arrays for gas potentiometry
Lindner Wolfgang, Vienna, AT, Chiral separation technologies
Nyholm Leif, Uppsala, SE, Electrochem. and electrospray MS
Salzer Reiner, Dresden, DE, Clinical application of vibrational spectroscopy
Svec Frank, Berkeley, USA, Monolithic columns for HPLC: Use of nanoscience to tailor their porosity and chemistry

Education and History, Professional chemists Ethics, Employability, Labels

Facchetti Sergio, IT, Convener

Apotheker Jan, University of Groningen, NL, How to advertise the perception of chemistry through the IYC?
Buszewski Boguslaw, Torun University, PL, Ethics for the Profession
Frank Hartmut, Bayreuth University, DE, Ethics and Chemistry
Frankowicz Marek, University Krakow, PL, Round table on Bologna implementation in HEIs in Europe
Homburg Ernst, Maastricht University, NL, History of Chemistry
Laganà Antonio, Perugia University, IT, Virtual communities in Science and Education
Maciejowska Iwona and Yates Paul, PL/UK, Workshop for University teaching staff
Maciejowska Iwona, Jagiellonian Univ., PL/UK, Another Ten Important Ideas for University Lecturers
Mitchell Terence, Dortmund Univ., DE, The European roadmap to Eurolabels in Chemistry
Parchmann Ilka, Kiel University, DE, School teachers training in Europe
Smith Tony, CPE Lyon, FR, From ECTN to EC2E2N in the development of higher education in chemistry in Europe
Strbanova Sona, AS CR, CZ, Preserving scientific Heritage: Prague Monuments related to History of Chemistry
Yates Paul, Keele University, UK, The Eurolecturer: A Europe wide qualification for University Chemistry Teachers

Environment and Green Chemistry

Giger Walter, CH, Convener

- Environmental Radiochemistry

Gäggeler Heinz, CH, Convener

Ammann Markus, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH, Tracing chemical reactions on aerosols and ice
Denecke Melissa, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, DE, From micro- to nano-XAS for actinide and lanthanide speciation
Ikäheimonen Tarja, Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, FL, Environmental effects of the Fukushima accident compared to the Chernobyl accident
Reich Tobias, University of Mainz, DE, Applications of XAFS spectroscopy for the speciation of Np and Pu in natural clay

- Mining and the Environment

Zobrist Jürg, CH, Convener

Ayora Carlos, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, ES, Acid mine drainage in the Iberian Pyrite Belt: sources and remediation strategies
Dold Bernhard, University of Chile, RCH, Sustainability in mining: from the ore through exploitation to final waste management
Hojdova Maria, Academy of Science, CZ, Legacy mercury in soils and tree rings in the Czech Republic
Johnson Barrie, University of Wales, UK, Using bioprocessing technologies to reduce the environmental impact of metal mining on the environment
Rédey Akos, University of Pannonia, HU, The red mud disaster of Ajka in Hungary and its consequences

- Green Chemistry

Tundo Pietro, IT, Convener

Grasserbauer Manfred, Vienna UofT, AT, EU Climate and Energy Policy: Challenges for Green Chemistry
Citterio Attilio, Politecnico Milano, IT, Microreactors in the exploitation of renewable chemicals
North Michel, University of Newcastle, UK, Synthesis of cyclic carbonates from waste carbon dioxide
Sasson Yoel, Hebrew University, IL, Treatment of flue gas in mobile and stationary sources

European Young Chemists' Network

Fluxa Viviana, Convener

Gomez Ruiz, Santiago, ES, The art of writing: From tell to sell
Quintanilha Alexandre, U. of Porto, PT, Legal responsibilities and rights of a chemist
Roth Klaus, FU Berlin, DE, Beer: Chemistry from the first glass to a hangover
Sardo Margarida, Uni. o W England, UK, Your e-CV
Sondermann Anne, EVONIK Ind., DE, EYCN CV Clinic
Ward David, Alignomics, US, Putting your degree to work

Food Chemistry Food/Agriculture/Agrochemistry/Nanotechnology, food and processing

Wedzicha Bronek, Convener

Bánáti Diána, Ctr Food Res Inst, HU, Consumer
Castle Laurence, FERA, UK, Role of the chemical analyst
Darroudi Firouz, Leiden U Med Ctr, NL, Alternatives to animal testing
Hanekamp Jaap, Middelburg, NL, Destruction of food for the wrong (chemical) reasons
Lillford Peter, University of York, UK, Sustainability
Mottram Donald, University of Reading, UK, Optimising sensory properties
Saguy Sam, Hebrew U Jerusalem, IL, Sustainability
Shieberle Peter, U Munich, Garching, DE, Flavour Chemistry
Sonneson Ulf, SIK, SE, Optimising outputs
Steinhart Hans, University of Hamburg, DE, Assuring safe food
van Boekel Tiny, Wageningen Univ, NL, Modelling of food quality
Waldron Keith, Institute of Food Res, UK, Utilising food industry by-products
Wedzicha Bronek, University of Leeds, UK, Kinetic modelling

Inorganic Chemistry plus Young inorganic chemistry day

van Eldik Rudi, Convener

Dibenedetto Angela, University of Bari, IT, Chemicals and fuels from CO2: the existing barriers to exploitation
Fabian Istvan, Debrecen University, HU, Complex equilibria of transition metal ions
Gross Zeev, Technion, IL, Catalytic processes
Ivanovic Ivana, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, DE, Bioinspired catalysis and biotechnology
Katz Torsten, BASF, DE, CO2 capture from flue gases: existing options and perspectives
Nam Wonwoo, Ewha Womans University, ROK, Roles of metal ions in biological systems
Domingo Concha, Barcelona, ES, Applications of scCO2
Pombeiro Armando, Univ. Lisbon, PT, Transition Metal Chemistry and Catalysis
Roubeau Olivier, Univ. Zaragoza, ES, Coordination compounds
Ryabov Alexander D., Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, US, Green catalysts design
Zanotti Valerio, Univ. Bologna, IT, Organometallic chemistry
Zevenhoven Ron, Åbo Akademi University, FI, Reaction of CO2 with industrial sludge or basic rocks

Young inorganic chemistry day

Ackerman Lutz, Uni. Göttingen, DE, Catalysis for Organic Syntheses
Bonnet Sylvestre, Leiden Inst. Chem., NL, Biomimetics and Inorganic Materials
Piarulli Umberto, University of Insubria, IT, Enantioselective catalysis

Life Sciences

Mihovilovic Marko, Convener

Baxendale Ian, Uni Cambridge, UK, Flow chemistry in synthesis
Bornscheuer Uwe, Uni Greifswald, DE, Enzyme engineering
Magda Claeys, University of Antwerp, BE, Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry in atmospheric fine particulate matter and secondary organic aerosol research
Faber Kurt, Uni Graz, AT, Biocatalysis in bioorganic synthesis
Fenselau Catherine, Uni Maryland, US, Mass spectrometry-based proteomics
Greenberg Marc, John Hopkins Uni, US, DNA and RNA damage, DNA repair
Hubbel Jeffrey, EPFL Lausanne, CH, Biomaterials, with applications in tissue engineering and drug delivery in mind
Maes Bert, Uni Antwerp, BE, Metal assisted methods in medicinal chemistry
Nielsen Jens, Chalmers Uni Technol., SE, Systems biology
Panke Sven, ETH Zürich, CH, Systems biology
Reetz Manfred, Max Planck, DE, Enzyme engineering
Riva Sergio, CNR (Nat. Res. Council), IT, Biocatalysis in bioorganic synthesis
Smith Edvard, Karolinska, SE, Molecular Genetics, especially Gene Therapy Science
Sugiyama Hiroshi, Uni Kyoto, JP, Chemical biology of nucleic acids
Tietze Lutz, Uni Göttingen, DE, Combinatorial chemistry
Turecek Frank, Uni Washington, US, Tandem Mass Spectrometry in Clinical Enzymology: Recent Progress in Newborn Screening of Inborn Errors of Metabolism

Nanochemistry/ Nanotechnology/ Molecular machines, Carbon tubes, sheets, balls

Credi Alberto, Convener

Anderson Harry, University of Oxford, UK, Nanoscale wires and rings
Barth Johannes, Munich, DE, Functional molecular nanostructures at surfaces
Bjornholm Thomas, DK, Molecular and molecule-based electronics
Brust Mathias, U Liverpool, UK, Synthesis and properties of gold nanoparticles
Feringa Ben, Groningen, NL, Molecular rotary motors
Fujita Makoto, Tokyo, JP, Self-assembled molecular cages
Hirsch Andreas, Erlangen, DE, Graphene-based materials
Kim Kimoon, Pohang, ROK, Artificial nanoballs
Mattoussi Hedi, Tallahassee, USA, Bio-sensing and -imaging with inorganic nanocrystals
Prato Maurizio, Trieste, IT, Carbon nanotubes and nanoparticles
Raymo Françisco, Miami, USA, Chemically functionalized quantum dots
Samori Paolo, Strasbourg, FR, SPM studies of self-assembled architectures
Schluter Dieter, CH, Nano-engineered dendrimers and polymers
Sleiman Hanadi, McGill Univ., CAN, Supramolecular chemistry of DNA
Stoddart Fraser, Evanston, USA, Molecular machines based on interlocked molecules
Tian He, Shanghai, PRC, Molecular machines, devices and logic gates
Willner Itamar, Jerusalem, IL, DNA-based nanodevices
Yaghi Omar, Los Angeles, USA, Nanoporous materials

Organic Chemistry, Polymers

Müllen Klaus, Convener

Alfonso Carlos, Lisbon, PT, Green chemistry with catalysts
Bach Thorsten, TU Muenchen, DE, Organic synthesis
Bäumer Marcus, Bremen, DE, Monometallic and bimetallic colloid nanoparticles
Constantieux / Rodriguez, Thierry / J., Marseille, FR, Organic reactions in ionic liquids
Cooper Andrew, Liverpool, UK, Molecular organic solids with defined porosity
Cossy Janine, Paris, FR, Synthesis of heterocyclic bioactive compounds
Delcanale Enrico, Parma, IT, Supramolecular sensors
Enders Dieter, Aachen, DE, Methods for stereoselective bond formation towards the synthesis of natural products
Fürstner Alois, Mülheim, DE, Platinum, gold, iron catalysis and cross coupling for C-C bond formation
Gandelman Mark, Haifa, IL, Bio-inspired design of catalytic systems for asymmetric synthesis
Gandon Vincent, Paris, FR, Catalytic polycyclisations
Guldi Dirk M., Nuremberg, DE, Spectroscopy and design of nanometer scale structures for photoinduced electron transfer processes
Hadjichristides Nikos, Athens, GR, Multistar architectures of polymers
Herrmann Andreas, Groningen, NL, DNA as hybrid materials
Huc Ivan, Bordeaux, FR, Biomimetic chemistry on the basis of peptides
Charleux Bernadette F., Lyon, FR, Controlled radical polymerisation in emulsion
Jorgensen Karl A., Aarhus, DK, Metal-catalyzed reactions in organic chemistry
Knochel Paul, Munich, DE, Polyfunctional organometallics as key intermediates for synthetic organic chemistry
Kunz Horst, Mainz, DE, Synthetic Vaccines from Tumour-Associated Glycopeptide Antigens
Liskamp Rob M., Utrecht, NL, Molecular medicinal chemistry (Peptides, glycopolymers)
Matile Stefan, Genf, CH, Synthetic Multifunctional Nanoarchitectures as Photosystems, Biosensors and Ion Channels
Moore Jeffrey S., Urbana, USA, Advanced carbon materials for lithium ion battery electrodes
O‘Donoghue AnnMarie, Durham, UK, Proton transfer at carbon in chemistry and biology
Paterson Ian, Cambridge, UK, Stereocontrolled synthesis of bioactive natural products
Scherf Ulli, Wuppertal, DE, Polymer electronics
Sijbren Otto, Groningen, NL, Systems chemistry - from self-replication to self-synthesising materials
Singleton Daniel, Aggieland TX, USA, Organometallic, and bioorganic reaction mechanisms
Strnad Miroslav, Prag, CZ, Isolation and properties of synthetic and natural drugs
Szumna Agnieszka, Warszawa, PL, Host-guest chemistry in calixarenes
Ward Thomas, Basel, CH, Artificial Metallo-Enzymes in organic synthesis
Wennemers Helma, Basel, CH, Peptides as asymmetric catalysts
Yagci Yusuf, Istanbul, TR, Amphiphilc block copolymers

Physical, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry

Eisenstein Odile, Convener

Ashfold Mike N R, Bristol, UK, Novel Materials
Assfeld Xavier, Nancy, FR, Enzymatic reactions
Bargeer Matias, Postdam, DE, Time resolved structural analysis
Canadell Enric, ICMAB Bellaterra, ES, Electroactive material
Cavalieri Andrea, Oxford, UK, fs X-Ray spectrometry
Garcia Juan Manuel, CSIC Granada, ES, Morphogenesis
Haidju Janos, Uppsala, SE, Free electrons and lasers
Chergui Majed, EPFL Lausanne, CH, Ultra fast process biomolecules
Kautek Wolfgang, Vienna, AT, Ultra fast process materials
Kiskinova Maja, Trieste, IT, Synchrotron
Menucci Benedetta, Pisa, IT, Solvation
Nicolini Claudio, Genoa, IT, LB-grown protein crystals
Norksov Jens, DTU, Lyngby, DK, Catalysis
Pacchioni Gianfranco, Milano, IT, Solid state chemistry
Price Sally, Univ Coll London, UK, Intermolecular forces
Pyykko Pekka, Helsinki, FI, Relativity
Rudolph Petra, Groningen, NL, Novel Materials
Shaik Sason, Jerusalem, IL, Valence bond analysis biochemical applications
Thiel Walter, Max Planck Mulheim, DE, Multi scale

Solid State Chemistry Materials chemistry / New materials

Sozzani Piero, Convener

Addadi Lia, Weizmann Institute, IL, Biomineralization and bio-inspired materials
Atwood Jerry, University of Missouri, USA, Molecular materials
Ben Teng, Jilin University, PRC, High surface area hyper crosslinked porous materials
De Cola Luisa, Physikalisches Institut, DE, Optically-active zeolites
Froeba Michael, Hamburg University, DE, Hybrid mesoporous materials
Harada Akira, Osaka University, JP, Cyclodextrin supramolecular materials
Hosseini Mir Wais, Strasbourg University, FR, Self-assembly of crystals with complex architectures
Mann Stefen, U Bristol, UK, Self-assembled hybrid nano-objects
Millini Roberto, ENI spa, IT, Hybrid zeolites
Miyata Mikiji, Osaka University, JP, Design of chromophores in the solid state
Seeman Nadrian, New York University, USA, DNA materials and nanomachines
Shimizu George, University of Calgary, CA, Metal sulfonate and phosphonate microporous materials
Schettino Vincenzo, Florence University, IT, Extremely high pressure reactions in the solid state
Stein Andreas, Minnesota University, USA, Shaped porous nanoparticles
Terasaki Osamu, Stockholm University, SE, Controlling shape and morphology of mesoporous materials

Special symposium

Michl Josef, US, Convener

Khripach Vladimir A., IOBC, BY, Steroid phytohormones: new directions in studies and applications
Lipschutz Bruce H., UoC S. Barbara, US, Green Chemistry
Siegel Jay S., U Zürich, CH, Functional Molecules based on Aromatic Architectures
Snyder Scott A., Columbia U, US, Organic synthesis
Yamamoto Hisahi, U Chicago, US, Bronsted Acid Catalyst - New Tool in Organic Synthesis

Special symposium: Ethics in Science - Chemistry and Ethics

Hartmut Frank, DE, Convener

Pavlath Attila, ACS, USA, Moderation and common sense
Frontasyeva Marina, Dubna, RUS, Alive ethics for the global chemistry youth
Ndjoko Karine, Geneva, CH, Responsibility for the world we have shaped
Mehlich Jan, Ahrweiler, DE, Betrayal in Lab - Internal Ethics of Science
van der Westhuizen Jan, Bloemfontein, RSA, Ethical problems in South African education
Vetulani Jerzy, Krakow, PL, Cultural restraints of science
Moser Frank, UNEP Geneva, CH, The Stockholm Convention’s Ethical Basis
Dei Luigi, Firenze, I, Primo Levi: Chemistry, literature, and ethics

Special guest of Congress and dramatic interlude of the Special Symposium:

Djerassi Carl, Stanford University, USA, author of "Insufficiency"

INSUFFICIENCY -- a play in 9 scenes

Staged dramatic reading directed by Zdenek Havlas Jr. of Djerassi's newest "science-in-theatre" play dealing with the science of "bubbleology" as applied to champagne and beer with a few digs along the way at the foibles of academic publishing, academic snobbery, and academic tenure. An apt illustration of themes pertaining to the “Ethics in Science - Chemistry and Ethics” Congress special topic, but actually of relevance to the entire chemical community.

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