Dalton 2016

Introduction

A meeting bringing together researchers from the breadth of inorganic chemistry to this conference organised by the Dalton Division and associated Interest Groups in the 250th anniversary year of John Dalton's birth:

Coordination and Organometallic Chemistry Discussion Group
Inorganic Biochemistry Discussion Group
Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms Discussion Group
Main Group Chemistry Discussion Group
Solid State Chemistry Group

Registration for this meeting (including accommodation and food) is £240 for RSC members, £270 for non-members and only £80 for PhD and Masters student members presenting their work.

We have a number of UK and internationally based plenary lecturers confirmed:

RSC Prize winners:
Pedro Pérez (Universidad de Huelva)
Peter Ford (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Todd Marder (Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg)
Chris Barnard (Industrial, Johnson-Matthey)

Interest Group plenaries:
Jonas Peters (Cal Tech)
Antoni Llobet (The Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia, ICIQ)
Claire Carmalt (UCL)
Martin Warren (Kent)
Martha Greenblatt (Rutgers)
Eric Rivard (University of Alberta), Mike Lappert Memorial Lecturer

John Dalton 250th birthday celebration lecture:
Rachel Dunn (Durham), Life and work of John Dalton.

The conference will also include the Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Dalton Poster Competition, generously supported by the Geoffrey Wilkinson Trust Fund. There will be separate categories for PhDs and postdocs, with 2 x first prizes consisting of a £1000 bursary to attend a conference of the winners choice, and 2 x second prizes of £100.

We'll be tweeting throughout the event so join in on #Dalton2016.