| The ICCC40 starts September 9th at 4pm at the Valencia Conference Centre with the handing over of the congress documentation. The reception and welcome ceremony will take place at 6 pm.
The conference programme will be structured in four parallel sessions around current and emerging research areas of coordination chemistry. |
| PLENARY SPEAKERS |
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*PLENARY 1 “Twenty Years of Single Molecule Magnets: where to from here?” Monday 10th September 8.30 am Prof. Roberta Sessoli, University of Florence (Italy) *Sponsored by the European Institute of Molecular Magnetism. PLENARY 2 PLENARY 3 PLENARY 4 PLENARY 5 *PLENARY 6 PLENARY 7 PLENARY 8 |
| MICROSIMPOSIA |
A. MATERIALS A1 MOLECULAR MAGNETISM – Monday 10th September 2012 |
| Keynote/invited | Name | Institution | Tentative title |
| Keynote | Prof. Richard Winpenny | University of Manchester (UK) | Studies of Heterometallic Rings and Chains |
| Keynote | Prof. Hiroki Oshio | Tsukuba University (Japan) | Metal complexes with multi-bistability |
| Invited | Dr. Li-Min Zheng | Nanjing University (China) | Metal Phosphonates with Tunable Magnetic Properties |
| Invited | Prof. Song Gao | Peking University (China) | Control of uniaxial anisotropy to single-ion magnet |
| Invited | Prof. Annie Powell | Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (Germany) | Incorporation of Highly Anisotropic Ions into Coordination Clusters in the Search for Enhanced Single-Molecule Magnets |
| A2 MATERIALS FOR ENERGY – Tuesday 11th September 2012 | |||
| Keynote/invited | Name | Institution | Tentative title |
| Keynote | Prof. Dirk Guldi | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany) | Interfacing nanocarbons with coordination compounds for solar energy conversion schemes. |
| Keynote | Prof. Leone Spiccia | Monash University (Australia) | Nanoparticulate water oxidation catalysts derived from molecular precursors |
| Invited | Prof. Marcella Bonchio | ITM-CNR, University of Padova (Italy) | Shaping the Beating Heart of Artificial Photosynthesis: Oxygenic Nano-Hybrid Interfaces |
| Invited | Prof. Neil Robertson | University of Edinburgh (UK) | Molecular Control of Interfacial Electron Transfer in Dye-Sensitised Solar Cell |
| Invited | Prof. Xavier Sala | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain) | Anchoring Water Oxidation Catalysts: Towards a Water Splitting Photochemical Device |
A3 METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS (MOFs) – Wednesday 12th September 2012 |
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| Keynote/invited | Name | Institution | Tentative title |
| Keynote | Prof. Susumu Kitagawa | Kyoto University (Japan) | Mesoscopic Chemistry by porous coordination polymers |
| Keynote | Prof. Myunghyun Paik Suh | Seoul National University (Korea) | Hydrogen Storage and Carbon Monoxide Capture in Metal-Organic Frameworks |
| Invited | Prof. Lee Brammer | University of Sheffield (UK) | In situ studies: synthesis, reactions and properties of MOFs |
| Invited | Prof. Neil Champness | University of Nottingham (UK) | Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications in Hydrogen Storage and Photochemistry |
| Invited | Prof. Jean-Pascal Sutter | CNRS (France) | H-bond sustained open-framework materials |
A4 MULTIFUNCTIONAL MATERIALS – Thursday 13th September 2012 |
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| Keynote/invited | Name | Institution | Tentative title |
| Keynote | Prof. Cameron Kepert | University of Sidney (Australia) | Combining Multiple Functions within Metal-Organic Framework Materials |
| Invited | Prof. Masahiro Yamashita | Tohoku University (Japan) | Quantum Molecular Spintronics Based on Single-Molecule Magnets |
| Invited | Dr. Narcis Avarvari | University of Angers (France) | Helical (Supramolecular) Chirality in Tetrathiafulvalenes Derivaties |
B. NANOSCIENCE B1 SUPRAMOLECULAR NANOSCIENCE & SENSING – Monday 10th September 2012 |
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| Keynote/invited | Name | Institution | Tentative title |
| Keynote | Prof. Leonard F. Lindoy | University of Sidney (Australia) | Extended Diketone, Triketone and Polypyridyl Derivatives: Versatile Building Blocks for Metallo-supramolecular Chemistry |
| Keynote | Dr. Knut Rurack | BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (Germany) | Gated Fluorogenic Hybrid Sensor Materials with Inherent Signal Amplification |
| Invited | Prof. Enrico Dalcanale | University of Parma (Italy) | Supramolecular Sensing with Phosphonate Cavitands |
| Invited | Prof. Pedro Molina | Universidad de Murcia (Spain) | Multichannel Ferroceneimidazole-Based Ion Pair Receptors |
| Invited | Prof. Makoto Fujita | University of Tokyo (Japan) | Structure and Function of Self-assembled Molecular Spheres |
B2 POLYOXOMETALATE NANOSCIENCE – Tuesday 11th September 2012 |
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| Keynote/invited | Name | Institution | Tentative title |
| Keynote | Prof. Leroy Cronin | Glasgow University (UK) | Autonomous Discovery of Inorganic Clusters with a Networked Flow System Array |
| Keynote | Prof. Anna Proust | UPMC Université Paris 06 (France) | Post-Functionalization of Hybrid POM Platforms towards Functional Systems |
| Invited | Prof. Paul Kögerler | RWTH Aachen University (Germany) | Revisiting Molybdenum Blue Nanoclusters: Strategies for Synthesis and Functionalization” |
| Invited | Prof. May Nyman | Oregon State University (USA) | Anomalous solubility of alkaline polyoxometalates |
| Invited | Prof. Yan-Guang Li | Northeast Normal University, Changchun (China) | Polyoxometalate-mediated Single-Molecule Magnets |
| B3 MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS & SURFACE SCIENCE – Wednesday 12th September 2012 and Thursday 13th September 2012 | |||
| Keynote/invited | Name | Institution | Tentative title |
| Keynote | Prof. Shie-Ming Peng | National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan) | Nanoelectronics: Molecular Metal Wires and Related Molecular Materials |
| Keynote | Prof. Mario Ruben | Karlsruhe Institut Technology (Germany) | Supramolecular Quantum Spintronics |
| Keynote | Dr. Felix Tuckzec | Christian-Albrechts-Universität (Germany) | Spin state switching in homogeneous solution and on surfaces: Experimental and theoretical results. |
| Invited | Dr. Massimiliano Cavallini | CNR Bologna, (Italy) | Unconventional lithographic processing of coordination compounds for organic electronic |
| Invited | Dr. Daniel Maspoch | CIN2 (Spain) | Controlling the Surface Growth of Metal-Organic Frameworks with Tip-Based Nanolithography |
| Invited | Prof. Andrew Houlton | Newcastle University (UK) | 1D nanomaterials synthesis using a biopolymer template |
| Invited | Prof. Talal Mallah | Université Paris Sud (France) | Transport behavior of complexes assembled on Carbon Nanotube FET devices |
| Invited | Prof. Michael Schmittel | Universität Siegen (Germany) |
Multiple Noninterfering Dynamic Coordination in Self-Assembly and Poly-Nanocages |
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C. REACTIVITY AND CATALYSIS
C1 CHEMISTRY & ENVIRONMENT– Monday 10th September 2012 |
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| Keynote/invited | Name | Institution | Tentative title |
| Keynote | Prof. D. Cole-Hamilton | University of St. Andrews (UK) | Products for the formation of monomers from waste natural oils. |
| Keynote | Dr. Jairton Dupont | Institute of Chemistry – UFRGS (Brazil) | On the catalytic properties of ionic liquid soluble metal nano particles |
| Invited | Dr. Markus Hölscher | RWTH Aachen University (Germany) | Computational/experimental studies of molecular catalysts for reactions of CO2 with arenes |
| Invited | Dr. Charlotte Williams | Imperial College London (UK) | Catalytic Activation of Renewable Resources for Polymer Synthesis |
| Invited | Dr. Cédric Fischmeister | Université de Rennes 1 (France) | Olefin Metathesis for the Catalytic Transformation of Renewable Resources |
| C2 HOMOGENEOUS CATALYTIC REACTIONS – Tuesday 11th September 2012 | |||
| Keynote/invited | Name | Institution | Tentative title |
| Keynote | Prof. Guo-Xin Jin | Fudan University (China) | Organometallic Catalysts for Olefin Polymerization |
| Keynote | Prof. Bao-Lian Su | University of Namur (Belgium) |
Transition Metal Ions in Mesoporous Structures for Liquid Phase Selective Oxidation of Hydrocarbons
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| Invited | Prof. T.S. Andy Hor | National University Singapore (Singapore) | The Structure-Activity-Function (SAF) of Multudentate Hybrid Ligands in Catalysis |
| Invited | Prof. Montserrat Gómez | Université Paul Sabatier (France) | New metallic catalytic systems for applications in tandem processes |
| Invited | Prof. Miquel Costas | Universitat de Girona (Spain) | Selective Oxidation with Non Porphyrinic Fe and Mn Complexes that Support High Oxidation States |
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C3 COORDINATION COMPOUNDS: SYNTHESIS, STRUCTURE AND BONDING – Wednesday 12th September 2012 and Thursday 13th September 2012 *Sponsored by Elsevier |
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| Keynote/invited | Name | Institution | Tentative title |
| Keynote | Prof. Jonas Peters | California Institute of Technology (USA) | Fe model complexes of the interstitial atom of the cofactor: A molecular spring for N2 uptake and reduction |
| Keynote | Prof. Yoshiaki Nishibayashi | University of Tokio (Japan) | Molybdenum-Catalyzed Reduction of Molecular Dinitrogen into Ammonia under Mild Reaction Conditions |
| Keynote | Prof. Martin Albrecht | University College Dublin (Ireland) | Mesoionic carbenes: a versatile platform for transition metal chemistry |
| Invited |
Prof. Nagao Kobayashi |
Tohoku University (Japan) | Synthesis and Properties of Superazaporphyrins and Novel Subphthalocyanines |
| Invited | Prof. Alceo Macchioni | University of Perugia (Italy) | Iridium complexes as efficient catalysts for water oxidation |
| Invited | Dr. Eduardo Sola | CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain) | Reversible carbene insertions into the Ru-Si bond of Ru(kappa-P,P,Si) pincer complexes |
| Invited | Prof. Tai-Chu Lau | City University (Hong Kong) | Reactivity of (Salen)ruthenium(VI) Nitrido Complexes |
| Invited | Prof. Michel Etienne | CNRS-Toulouse (France) | On the nature and consequences of CC agostic interactions |
D. BIO-INORGANIC CHEMISTRY D1 METALS IN MEDICINE – Monday 10th September 2012 |
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| Keynote/invited | Name | Institution | Tentative title |
| Keynote | Prof. Chris Orvig | University of British Columbia (USA) | Therapeutic and Diagnostic Metal Complexes in Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry |
| Keynote | Dr. Roger Schibli | Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences (Switzerland) | Progress and Trends in Radiometal-Based Theranostics |
| Invited | Prof. Teresa Rodriguez-Blas | Universidade da Coruña (Spain) | Gd(III)-based MRI Contrast Agents: Strategies in the Design of Novel Structural Platforms |
| Invited | Dr. Katayoun Saatchi | University of British Columbia (Canada) | Metal Coordinated Nano-Sized Macromolecules for Intravascular and Organ-Specific Diagnoses |
| Invited | Prof. Debbie C. Crans | Colorado State University (USA) | From Studying Vanadium-containing Anti-Diabetic Agents to Formulation of Platinum-containing Anti-Cancer Agents |
| D2 METAL IONS AND NUCLEIC ACIDS – Tuesday 11th September 2012 | |||
| Keynote/invited | Name | Institution | Tentative title |
| Keynote | Prof. Bernhard Lippert | Technische Universitaet Dortmund (Germany) | Merging Metal-Nucleobase Chemistry with Supramolecular Coordination Chemistry |
| Keynote | Prof. John M. Kelly | Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) | Dipyridophenazine Complexes and DNA; Photophysics and Crystallographic Studies |
| Invited | Prof. Sofi Elmroth | Lund University (Sweden) | Metalation of non-coding RNA – a complementary mode of action for platinum based drugs? |
| Invited | Prof. Ramon Vilar | Imperial College London (UK) | Regulating gene expression by interaction of metal complexes with quadruplex DNA” |
| Invited | Prof. Roland Sigel | University of Zurich (Switzerland) | Metals Ions in RNA: Uncommon Coordination Patterns within Complex Architectures |
| D3 METAL IONS AND PROTEINS – Wednesday 12th September 2012 | |||
| Keynote/invited | Name | Institution | Tentative title |
| Keynote | Prof. Vincent L. Pecoraro | University of Michigan (USA) | Metalloprotein Design: New Zn Hydrolyases Using Varying Protein Scaffolds |
| Keynote | Prof. Claudio O. Fernandez | University of Rosario (Argentina) | Bionorganic Chemistry of alpha-Synuclein: Relevance to Parkinson Disease |
| Invited | Prof. Wonwoo Nam | Ewha Womans University (Korea) | Biomimetic Metal-Oxygen Intermediates in Dioxygen Activation Chemistry |
| Invited | Prof. Claudia Blindauer | University of Warwick (UK) | Native ESI and Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry studies on the zinc sensor SmtB |
| Invited | Dr. Thierry Tron | Aix Marseille Université (France) | Photoinduced Multi-Electron transfer to a Multicopper Oxidase Resulting in Dioxygen Reduction into Water |
| D4 BIOMATERIALS – Thursday 13th September 2012 | |||
| Keynote/invited | Name | Institution | Tentative title |
| Keynote | Prof. Matthew Rosseinsky | University of Liverpool (UK) | Porous materials from biological components |
| Invited | Prof. Gotzone Barandika | Universidad del País Vasco (Spain) | Metalloporphyrin-based MOFs: new strategies for catalyst immobilization |
| Invited | Prof. Natividad Galvez | Universidad de Granada (Spain) | Sorption and structure in biologically-derived MOF materials |