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Date: Tue Mar 25 12:45:43 2008
Subject: 08.09.16 2nd EuCheMS Chemistry Congress, Cutting Edge Chemistry with Computers, Torino, Italy
2ND EUCHEMS CHEMISTRY CONGRESS
Chemistry: The Global Science
September 16-20 2008 - Torino Italy
http://www.euchems-torino2008.it
PLENARY LECTURES BY
Peter AGRE (Nobel Laureate, Baltimore, USA)
Avelino CORMA (Valencia, Spain)
Jean M.J. FRECHET (Berkeley, USA)
Robert H. GRUBBS (Nobel Laureate, Pasadena, USA)
Kyriacos C. NICOLAOU (San Diego and La Jolla, USA)
Martyn POLIAKOFF (Nottingham, UK)
K.Barry SHARPLESS (Nobel Laureate, La Jolla, USA)
The 2nd EuCheMS Chemistry Congress will be co-organised by EuCheMS (European Association for
Chemical and Molecular Sciences) and SCI (Società Chimica Italiana), the hosting society. It is a
very important event for all the European societies of chemistry and a large participation of members
is expected, coming from universities, industries, and both public and private institutions for
research and analysis.
As stated by EuCheMS, the main aims of these Congresses, which bring together all branches of
chemical and molecular sciences, are:
* to promote chemistry and chemical sciences at the cutting edge;
* to foster collaboration among scientists in research, industry, education in support of
chemistry in Europe;
* to enhance the image of chemistry.
The Congress will be organised in common sessions, with plenary lectures given by outstanding
scientists, and parallel sessions, focusing on important areas of chemistry. The programme of these
parallel symposia will include keynote lectures and invited lectures, as well as oral and poster
communications selected on the basis of abstract submission.
Symposium: Cutting Edge Chemistry with Computers
Keynote Lecture by
Richard Catlow: Computer Modelling as a Tool in the Chemistry of Materials
Invited Lectures by
Dominik Marx: Dealing with Complex Chemical Processes on the Computer
Manuela Merchan: Understanding Key Molecular Processes in Photobiology from High-Level
Computational Quantum-Chemistry Research
Jens K. Norskov: Towards Computational Design of Solid Catalysts
Luigi Cavallo: Insights on the Mechanism of Reactions Catalyzed by Transition Metal Complexes
Containing NHC-Ligands
A number of leading scientists will present topic lectures on important applications of computational
chemistry in the chemical and molecular sciences. The lectures are intended for a wide audience,
and will emphasize the chemistry rather than the methodology. However by presenting the use of
computational chemistry for specific applications, the versatility and capacity of modern
computational chemistry methods will also be highlighted. An important aspect of all talks will be
the interplay between computations and experiments for solving chemical problems.
Oral contributions and poster presentations will be invited.
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