China UK Symposium on Metal-Organic Frameworks - Properties and Applications

20 - 23 February 2012
China

Introduction

This Symposium will feature three one-day meetings that will take place at three different locations throughout China: Guangzhou, Tianjin and Beijing. Each one-day meeting will feature a selection of lectures covering the properties and applications of metal organic frameworks given by some of the world's leading international scientists. The symposium is supported by the British Embassy, Beijing and organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry and the three host universities.

Attendance at any of the three one day meetings is free. The symposium will appeal to academic and industrial scientists with an interest in metal organic frameworks.

Symposium Venues and Dates

The three symposia will take place as follows:

Monday 20 February
Third Floor, Fengshengtang Building, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou.

Wednesday 22 February
Room 222, Building 6, Nankai University, Tianjin.

Thursday 23 February
Room Z201, Chemistry College, Peking University, Beijing.

International Speakers

The UK invited speakers presenting at all three venues are as follows:

• Prof. Michaele Hardie (Leeds University)
• Prof. Stuart James (Queen's University Belfast)
• Prof. Russell Morris (University of St Andrews)
• Prof. Martin Schroder (University of Nottingham)       

The national invited speakers presenting in Guangzhou are:

• Prof. Song Gao (Peking University)
• Prof. Chengyong Su (Sun Yat-Sen University)
• Prof. Mingliang Tong (Sun Yat-Sen University)
• Prof. Jiepeng Zhang (Sun Yat-Sen University)       

The national invited speakers presenting in Tianjin are:

• Prof. Miao Du (Tianjin Normal University) 
• Prof. Lasheng Long (Xiamen University)
• Prof. Xiuping Yan (Nankai University)
• Prof. Bin Zhao (Nankai  University)       

The national invited speakers presenting in Beijing are:

• Prof. Junliang Sun (Stockholm University) 
• Prof. Zheming Wang (Peking University)
• Prof. Guangshan Zhu (Jilin University)
• Prof. Ruqiang Zou (Peking University)       

Partners

British Embassy Beijing, the Royal Society of Chemistry, Nankai University, Peking University and Sun Yat-Sen University.