Introduction

The third Dalton Transactions International Symposium on bioinorganic chemistry will be held in Japan in November 2011. The purpose of RSC journal symposia is to bring together scientists in a stimulating and friendly environment that will foster collaborations between the researchers and the universities involved in the meetings. The Dalton Transactions symposium will feature a selection of lectures reflecting the academic and industrial breadth of the field of bioinorganic chemistry.

The symposium is supported by Dalton Transactions, the leading European journal for inorganic, bioinorganic and organometallic chemistry, from RSC Publishing.

Venue and dates

The symposium will take place at two venues: 

• Monday 14th November at Osaka University, Japan
• Wednesday 16th November at Kyushu University, Japan 

Who should attend?

The symposium will appeal to academic and industrial scientists with an interest in bioinorganic chemistry. Student participation is also strongly encouraged. Attendance at the symposium is free of charge.

Confirmed speakers

Osaka University: 14th November

• Takashi Hayashi, Osaka University, Japan
• Shun Hirota, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
• Shinobu Itoh, Osaka University, Japan
• Kazuya Kikuchi, Osaka University, Japan
• Nils Metzler-Nolte, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
• Chris Orvig, University of British Columbia, Canada
• Erwin Reisner, University of Cambridge, UK 

Kyushu University: 16th November

(co-sponsored by the International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (I2CNER)

• Yoshio Hisaeda, Kyushu University, Japan
• Tsutomu Katsuki, Kyushu University, Japan
• Nils Metzler-Nolte, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
• Yoshinori Naruta, Kyushu University, Japan
• Seiji Ogo, Kyushu University, Japan
• Chris Orvig, University of British Columbia, Canada
• Erwin Reisner, University of Cambridge, UK