RSC - Advancing the Chemical Sciences


Conferences and Events

 

42nd IUPAC Congress, 2-7 August 2009, Glasgow, UK


Scientific Programme


The scientific programme has been designed to be accessible and relevant to all. Listed on this page are the plenary speakers and themes.

Plenary Speakers


Professor Peter G Bruce (University of St Andrews, UK)

Professor Chris Dobson (University of Cambridge, UK)

Professor Dr Ben L Feringa (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)

Professor Dame Louise N Johnson (University of Oxford, UK)

Professor Sir Harold Kroto (Florida State University, USA)

Professor Klaus Müllen (Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany)

Professor Sir Fraser Stoddart (Northwestern University, USA)

Professor Vivian W W Yam (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

Professor Richard N Zare (Stanford University, USA)


Plenary Speakers

More information on the speakers that will give plenary lectures at the congress including brief biographies

Themes

Analysis & Detection

Co-ordinator: Duncan Graham (Strathclyde, UK)

Chemistry for Health

Co-ordinator: Chris Hill (Schering-Plough, UK)

Communication & Education

Co-ordinator: Peter Atkins (Oxford, UK)

Energy & Environment

Co-ordinator: Dwayne Heard (Leeds, UK)

Industry & Innovation

Co-ordinator: Sandy Dobbie (Cogency, UK)

Materials

Co-ordinator: Pete Skabara (Strathclyde, UK). Theme includes the MC9 conference series

Synthesis & Mechanism

Co-ordinator: Guy Lloyd-Jones (Bristol, UK)

Symposia Index

A-Z of Symposia

An alphabetical index of all the symposia taking place during the congress