91st Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition in Edmonton, AB, May 24–28, 2008  

  

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Inorganic Chemistry Division

 

Inorganic Chemistry Division (IN)

Divisional Representative: Steve Bergens, University of Alberta

The Inorganic Division gratefully acknowledges the financial contribution of MBraun, Inc. and Alberta Advanced Education and Technology in support of the scientific program.

 

IN1/EN3 Bioinorganic Chemistry-General (Joint with EN)

Organizer: Juergen Gailer and Farideh Jalilehvand, University of Calgary

This symposium is supported by Bruker Canada and Teledyne Leeman Labs.

Confirmed invited speakers:

Graham George, University of Saskatchewan

Pierre Kennepohl, University of British Columbia

Shawn Manley, University of Calgary

Helen Nichol, University of Saskatchewan

Chris Orvig, University of British Columbia

Arvi Rauk, University of Calgary

Martin Stillman, The University of Western Ontario

 

IN2/EN4 Bioinorganic Chemistry-Toxic Metals (Joint with EN)

Organizer: Juergen Gailer and Farideh Jalilehvand, University of Calgary

This symposium is supported by Bruker Canada and Teledyne Leeman Labs.

Confirmed invited speakers:

Neil Burford, Dalhousie University

Graham George, University of Saskatchewan

Gosia Korbas, University of Saskatchewan

Vicky Mah, University of Calgary

Katie Pei, University of Calgary

Ingrid Pickering, University of Saskatchewan

Elmar Prenner, University of Calgary

Martin Stillman, The University of Western Ontario

Ray Turner, University of Calgary

Nathan Zahler, University of Michigan

 

IN3/OR3 Catalysis (Joint with OR)

Organizers: Cathleen Crudden, Queen’s University and Steve Westcott, Mount Allison University

This symposium is supported by the ACS Petroleum Research Fund, MBraun, Inc., PARTEQ, SiliCycle and Torcan.

Confirmed invited speakers:

Tom Baker, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Steven Bergens, University of Alberta

Simon Doherty, University of Newcastle

Deryn Fogg, University of Ottawa

Michel Gagné, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Dennis Hall, University of Alberta, Merck Frosst Centre for Therapeutic Research Award Lecture

Kenichiro Itami, Nagoya University

Nathan Jones, University of Western Ontario

Hélène Lebel, Université de Montréal

Jennifer Love, University of British Columbia

Parisa Mehrkhodavandi, University of British Columbia

Warren Piers, University of Calgary

Laurel Schafer, University of British Columbia

Doug Stephan, University of Toronto

Mark Stradiotto, Dalhousie University

 

IN4/OR6 Conjugated Materials and Heterocycles (Joint with OR)

Organizer: Alison Thompson, Dalhousie University

This symposium is supported by Sepracor Canada.

Confirmed invited speakers:

François Gabbaï, Texas A&M University

James Wuest, Université de Montréal

Raymond Ziessel, CNRS/Université Louis Pasteur

 

IN5 Main Group Chemistry: A Symposium in Honour of Neil Burford, Tristram Chivers and Richard Oakley

Organizer: Roland Roesler, University of Calgary and Robin Hicks, University of Victoria

This symposium is supported by the ACS Petroleum Research Fund.

Confirmed invited speakers:

Alan Cowley, University of Texas at Austin

Frank Edelmann, Otto-von-Guericke Universität

Hansjörg Grützmacher, ETH Zürich

Robert Haddon, University of California, Riverside

Ian Manners, University of Bristol

Jack Passmore, University of New Brunswick, Alcan Award Lecture 

Warren Piers, University of Calgary

 

IN6/MT7 Nanotechnology: Nanoparticles, Nanowires and Quantum Dots (Joint with MT)

Organizers: Jonathan Veinot and Eric Henderson, University of Alberta and Arnold Kell, Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences

This symposium is supported by the Xerox Research Centre of Canada.

Confirmed invited speakers:

Ludovico Cademartiri, University of Toronto, Inorganic Chemistry Division Award for Graduate Work in Inorganic Chemistry Lecture 

Colin Hessel, University of Alberta

Timothy Kelly, University of British Columbia

Robert Scott, University of Saskatchewan

T.K. Sham, The University of Western Ontario

Mark Swihart, University at Buffalo

 

IN7/MT9 Solid-State Chemistry: From Materials Discovery to Industrial Processing (Joint with MT)

Organizers: Arthur Mar, University of Alberta and Zuo-Guang Ye, Simon Fraser University

Confirmed invited speakers:

Nate Brese, Rohm and Haas

Jeff Dahn, Dalhousie University

Ulrich Häussermann, Arizona State University

Steve Kuznicki, University of Alberta

Kenneth Poeppelmeier, Northwestern University

William Sheets, Laboratoire CRISMAT

George Shimizu, University of Calgary, Strem Chemicals Award for Pure or Applied Inorganic Chemistry Lecture

 

IN8 Symposium in Honour of Bill Graham: From C-H Activation to Future Challenges in Organometallic Chemistry

Organizers: Joe Takats, University of Alberta and Michael Heinekey, University of Washington

This symposium is supported by Alberta Advanced Education and Technology , Bruker AXS, Strem Chemicals, Inc., University of Alberta, Department of Chemistry and University of Alberta, Faculty of Science.

Confirmed invited speakers:

Michael Baird, Queen's University

Steven Bergens, University of Alberta

Robert Bergman, University of California, Berkeley

Martin Cowie, University of Alberta

Marcetta Darensbourg, Texas A&M University

Michael Fryzuk, University of British Columbia

Liangbing Gan, Peking University

Brian James, University of British Columbia

William Jones, University of Rochester

Peter Legzdins, University of British Columbia

Robert Morris, University of Toronto

Richard Puddephatt, The University of Western Ontario

Lisa Rosenberg, University of Victoria

Douglas Stephan, University of Toronto

Mark Stradiotto, Dalhousie University

 

IN9 General

Organizer: Martin Cowie, University of Alberta

 

 

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