Scientific Program
The Congress will include plenary lectures, symposia, oral presentations, poster presentations, workshops and group meetings. There will be ten concurrent sessions each day from Monday through Thursday and Poster Sessions each afternoon and evening from Monday through Thursday.
There will be at least two workshops each day from Monday through Thursday. There will be seven plenary lecturers, two every day at 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. every day, except Thursday.
Download the Scientific Program Brochure.
Confirmed Plenary Speakers:
- Professor Ada E. Yonath, 2009 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Israel
- Professor Mario J. Molina, 1995 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, US/Mexico
- Professor Aaron Ciechanover, 2004 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Israel
- Professor Robert H. Grubbs, 2005 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, US
- Professor Richard R. Schrock, 2005 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, US
- Professor Roald Hoffmann, 1981 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, US
- Professor Richard R. Ernst, 1991 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Switzerland
Congress Main Local Topic
The Role of Biotechnology in the Development of the Agricultural and Pharmaceutical Industry
- Bioanalytical Chemistry Contribution to the Development of Biotechnology
- Discovery and Selection of Successful Biopharmaceutical Drugs
- The Development of the Biotechnology and Biopharmaceutical Industry
Congress Main Areas
Themes for IUPAC 2011 |
[1] Chemistry and the Environment |
[2] Alternative Energy Sources |
[3] Chemistry of Life |
[4] Chemical Education and Heritage |
[5] Industrial and Applied Chemistry |
[6] Materials Science |
[7] Macromolecular, Supramolecular and Nanotechnology |
[8] Chemical Synthesis |
[9] Chemical Analysis and Imaging |
[10] Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry |
Confirmed Symposia |
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1 |
Chemistry and the Environment - N Senesi “ (Italy) |
2 |
Nanoparticles and the Environment - F. Román, UPR-Mayagüez (PR), J. Gardea, UTEP (USA) |
3 |
Advanced physico-chemical techniques to solve environmental science challenges - Laura L McConnell, USDA-ARS |
4 |
The Chemistry of Solar Energy - D Nocera, MIT (USA), J. Colón, UPR-RP (PR) |
5 |
Advances in Alternative Energy Systems - H Taft, ACS (USA) |
6 |
Biologically Derived Fuels: the Challenges Ahead - Abel Baerga, UPR-Medical Sciences (PR) |
7 |
New Concepts in Medicinal Bioinorganic Chemistry - S Cohen, UC San Diego (USA) |
8 |
Green Chemistry and Sustainability or Medicinal Chemistry - Alejandra Palermo (RSC) and Vanderla Bolzani, (Brazil) |
9 |
Structural dynamics of chemical and biological systems - J. López Garriga, UPR-RUM (PR), M. Chergui (EPF, Switzerland) |
10 |
International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry - K Ruthenberg (Germany) |
11 |
Are woman still underrepresented in Science? - I Montes, UPR-RP (PR) |
12 |
Chemical Education – ACS, (USA) |
13 |
POGIL (Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning) Across the Curriculum and Around the World - Frank Creegan, Washington College (USA) (by invitation) |
14 |
Chemistry and Culture - Bassam Z. Shakhashiri (USA) |
15 |
IUPAC Safety Training Program - M Cessa (CoCIS-IUPAC) |
16 |
Chemistry and Industry - M Cessa (CoCIS-IUPAC) |
17 |
Electrocatalysis – Juan Feliu (Spain) |
18 |
Layered Inorganic Nanomaterials - A. Clearfield, Texas A&M University (USA), J. Colón, UPR-RP (USA) |
19 |
Organic Photovoltaics |
20 |
Materials Chemistry – Jan Reedyk (The Netherlands), Len Interrante (USA) |
21 |
Challenges for Materials Chemistry in the 21st Century – L. V. Interrante (USA) |
22 |
60 Years and 60 Carbons: A symposium on Fullerenes and Supramolecular Chemistry – A. Kaifer (USA). |
23 |
Polymer Chemistry Symposium-Young Polymer Chemists - C. Ober (IUPAC-Polymer Division) |
24 |
Tailored Polymers by Precision Chain Polymerization - M Sawamoto (Japón), G. Moade (Australia) |
25 |
Main Group Chemistry- F Gabbai, Texas A&M University, (USA) |
26 |
Coordination Chemistry and Catalysis - L Oro, (Spain) |
27 |
Analytical Chemistry - L Colón, SUNY-Buffalo (USA) |
28 |
Electrochemical Biosensors - P Tuñón Blanco, (Spain) |
29 |
Computational Science - Z Chen, UPR-RP (PR) |
30 |
Surface Spectroscopy - A.J. McQuillan (Nueva Zelanda). Invited Speakers: Tian Zhong Qun of Xiamen University and John T. Yates of the University of Virginia |
31 |
Photochemistry – R Arce, UPR-RP (PR), J Scaiano, U Ottawa (Canada) |
Tentative Plenary Titles
- New Developments in Ultrafast Diffraction and Microscopy
- Fullerene Tubes as Essential Tools in New Technological Developments in Chemistry
- Chemistry of the Chlorofluorocarbons and Global Warming
- Supramolecular Chemistry: the Old, the Present and the Future
- Real and Hypothetical Intermediate Valence Fluoride Ag+2/Ag+1 Systems as Potential Superconductors
- Cyclopolymerization of diethyldipropargylmalonate and related species yields five and six membered rings polymers.
- RNA Catalysis and the Replication of Chromosome Telomeres.
- Mechanism of Action of Cytochrome C Oxidase versus Structural Genomics.
- RNA as a Research Tool for Studying Gene Functions.
- Molecular Basis of Eukaryotic Transcription: DNA and RNA Interactions.
- New Advancements in ICP-MS as Analytical Tool for Environmental Samples.
