Symposium Organizers and Invited Speakers
Analytical Chemistry Division
Advances in Spectroscopy and Imaging for Biological Systems
Joint with Physical, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry; see under PT
Advances in Vibrational Spectroscopy: Development and Applications
Organizer: C. Pellerin
Laurence A. Nafie, Syracuse University
François Lagugné-Labarthet, University of Western Ontario
Dennis Hore, University of Victoria
Analytical Separations
Organizers: J. Harynuk; W. Mullett
JMD Dimandja, Spelman College
K Thurbide, University of Calgary
T Gorecki, University of Waterloo
C Lucy, University of Alberta
K Waldron, Université de Montréal
Robert Papp, AstraZeneca
Richard Desmangles, Corealis Pharma
Ron Majors, Agilent Technologies
Award Symposium (McBryde, Maxxam, Beamish and Harris)
Organizer: A. Filosa
Jon Martin, Fred Beamish Award winner
Chris Le, Maxxam Award winner
Bioanalysis from Academia to Pharmaceutical Industry
Organizers: A. Romeo; N. Chauret
Carmai Seto, ABSciex
Jose M. Castro-Perez, Merck
Biosensors
Organizers: J.-F. Masson; D. Boudreau
Dominic Rochefort, Université de Montréal
Ulrich Krull, University of Toronto
Chemometrics
Organizer: H. Buijs
David Burns, McGill University
General
Organizer: K. Waldron
Juewen Liu, University of Waterloo
Shari L. Forbes, University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Mass Spectrometry: Applications in Proteomics, Metabolomics and Biomarkers
Organizers: L. Sleno; P. Thibault
Dietrich Volmer, University of Saarbruken
Rolf Rolli, CAMAG, Switzerland
Michel Desjardins, Université de Montréal
Microfluidics and Lab on a Chip
Organizer: R. Oleschuk
Jed Harrison, University of Alberta
David Sinton, University of Victoria
David Juncker, McGill University
Spectroscopy at Surfaces and Interfaces
Joint with Physical, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry; see under PT
Biological and Medicinal Chemistry Division
Advances in Spectroscopy and Imaging for Biological Systems
Joint with Physical, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry; see under PT
Altered Proteins, Design and Engineering
Organizers: J. Pelletier; R. Chica
Jacqueline Montalibet, IOGEN
Nicolas Doucet, Institut Armand-Frappier
Roberto Chica, University of Ottawa
Drew Wooley, University of Toronto
Hongbin Li, University of British Columbia
Kevin Truong, University of Toronto
Jumi Shin, University of Toronto
Susan Aitken, Carleton University
Chris Savile, Codexis
Stephen Mayo, California Institute of Technology
Shoshana Wodak, The Hospital for Sick Children Toronto
Peter Davies, Queen's University
Anti-infective Medicinal Chemistry
Organizers: C. Sturino; K. Auclair
Eric Brown, McMaster University
Joelle Pelletier, Université de Montréal
Shahriar Mobashery, University of Notre Dame
Steve Hanessian, Université de Montréal
Montse Llinas-Brunet, Boehringer-Ingelheim
John Wai, Merck Frosst
Biopolymers and Other Biomaterials for Medical Applications
Organizers: F. Winnick; E. Gillies
Harald Stover, McMaster University
Ravin Narain, University of Alberta
Ashok Kakkar, McGill University
Tapani Viitala, University of Helsinki
Gregoire Leclaire, Universite de Montreal
Cancer Therapeutics
Organizers: J. Gillard; J. Jaquith
John Gillard, Aegera
Gordon Shore, McGill University
Moshe Szyf, McGill University
Julian Adams, Infinity
Brian Blagg, University of Kansas
Jeffrey Besterman, MethylGene
Yves Pommier, NCI
Arshad Siddiqui, Merck
Phillip Jones, Merck
M. Marshall, Lilly
David Armistead, CGI
Jill Chrencik, Pfizer
Carbohydrates and Glycobiology
Organizers: S. Sato; T. Lowary; D. Jakeman
Steven G. Withers, University of British Columbia
Martin Tanner, University of British Columbia
Geert-Jan Boons, University of Georgia
Robert A. Field, John Innes Centre, Norwich
James M. Rini, University of Toronto
James Dennis, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital
Alisdair Boraston, University of Victoria
Chang-Chun Ling, University of Calgary
Matthew S. MacAuley, Simon Fraser University, CCUCC Award winner
Computational Biochemistry and Drug Design
Joint with Physical, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry; see under PT
Enzyme Structure-Function
Organizer: J. Keillor
Martin Tanner, University of British Columbia
Steve Withers, University of British Columbia
David Palmer, University of Saskatchewan
John Honek, University of Waterloo
Joanne Turnbull, Concordia University
Adrian Whitty, Boston University
Liz Hedstrom, Brandeis University
John Richard, State University of New York at Buffalo
Andrew Bennet, Simon Fraser University
Mass Spectrometry: Applications in Proteomics, Metabolomics and Biomarkers
Joint with Analytical Chemistry; see under AN
Metabolic Disorders
Organizer: C. Black
Matthew Surman, AMRI
David Powell, Merck
William Washburn, Bristol-Myers Squibb
Jamie Scott, Astra-Zeneca
Metals in Enzymes
Joint with Inorganic Chemistry; see under IN
Natural Product Chemistry
Joint with Organic Chemistry; see under OR
New Advances in Medicinal Chemistry
Organizer: M. Tomaszewski
Lakshmi P Kotra, University of Toronto
Bob Young, Simon Fraser University
Don Weaver, Dalhousie University
Louis-David Cantin, AstraZeneca R&D Montreal
Andrew Griffin, AstraZeneca R&D Montreal
Chris Orvig, University of British Columbia
Tarek Mansour, Xenon Pharma
Philippe Nantermet, Merck, Rahway
Shana Kelley, University of Toronto
Nicolas Moitessier, McGill University
Nucleic Acids Chemistry and Biology
Organizers: M.J. Damha; C.J. Wilds
Robert Hudson, University of Western Ontario
Dipankar Sen, Simon Fraser University
Jean-Paul Desaulniers, University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Barry Linkletter, University of Prince Edward Island
Tony Yan, Brock University
Richard Manderville, University of Guelph
Maria DeRosa, Carleton University
Melanie O'Neill, Simon Fraser University
David Sabatino, Seton Hall University
Martin Egli, Vanderbilt University
Paul Miller, Johns Hopkins University
Muthiah Manoharan, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
Yingfu Li, McMaster University
Peptide science
Organizers: W. Lubell; F. Polyak
Karen Meerovitch, Mimetogen Pharmaceuticals
Andrei Yudin, University of Toronto
John Vederas, University of Alberta
Kamaljit Kaur, University of Alberta
Brigitte Guérin, Université de Sherbrooke
Dan Yang, The University of Hong Kong
Karin Akerfeldt, Haverford College
Anja Sandström, Uppsala University, Sweden
Christian Marsolais, Teratechnology Inc.
Radiopharmaceuticals and Imaging
Organizers: R. Schirrmacher; P. Caravan
Neva Lazarova, Center for Probe Development & Commercialization
Brigitte Guerin, Université de Sherbrooke
William Riddoch, Draximage
Johan van Lier, Université de Sherbrooke
Cara Ferreira, MDS Nordion
Martin Lepage, Université de Sherbrooke
Robert Hudson, University of Western Ontario
Christine Allen, University of Toronto
Willem Mulder, Mount Sinai Medical Center
Thomas Meade, Northwestern University
Tom Ruth, TRIUMF
Nic Gillings, Copenhagen University Hospital
Leonard I. Wiebe, University of Alberta
Carmen Wängler, University Hospital Munich
Paul Schaffer, TRIUMF
Hans-Jürgen Wester, Technische Universität München
Christopher Phenix, Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute
Solution NMR: Biomolecular Structure, Dynamics, and Function
Joint with Physical, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry; see under PT
Supramolecular Materials
Joint with Materials Chemistry; see under MT
Chemical Education Division
Cheating and Ethics in the Classroom
Organizer: D. Harpp
George Wesolosky, McMaster University
Tricia Bertram-Gallant, University of california
Stacey Brydges, University of California
David Harpp, McGill University
Chemistry Beyond Formulas
Organizers: TBA
David Cape, Marcelle Cosmetics
Do Teaching Techniques Make a Difference?
Organizer: A. Fenster
Health Related Topics in the Chemistry Classroom
Organizer: J. Schwarcz
Arie Benchetrit, M.D.
Amir Raz, McGill University
How I Do It
Organizer: J. Schwarcz
Student Presentations
Organizer: A. Dicks
Energy Division
Advances in Solar Energy Conversion: Solar Cells and Beyond
Organizers: J.F. Morin; E. Zysman-Colman; M. Leclerc
Gerald van Koten, University of Cardiff
Neil Robertson, University of Edinburgh
Rafael Kleiman, McMaster University
Nicolas Drolet, Konarka Inc.
Steven Holdcroft, Simon Fraser University
Stefan Bernhard, Carnegie Mellon University
Suning Wang, Queen's University
Curtis Berlinguette, University of Calgary
Benoit Marsan, Université du Québec à Montréal
Anders Hagfeldt, Uppsala University
Felix N. Castellano, Bowling Green State University
Ken Sakai, Kyushu University
Tim Bender, University of Toronto
Batteries and Electrochemical Capacitors
Organizers: S. Schougaard; D. Rochefort; Y. Abu-Lebdeh
Peter Pickup, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Jeff Dahn, Dalhousie University
Karim Zaghib, Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Québec
Guoxian Liang, Phostech Lithium, Inc.
Rajshekar Dasgupta, Electrovaya Corp.
Xueliang (Andy) Sun, The University of Western Ontario
Isobel Davidson, NRC
Keryn Lian, University of Toronto
Linda Nazar, Rio Tinto Alcan Award winner
Biofuels
Joint with Industrial Chemistry; see under IC
Electrochemistry and Surface Electrocatalysis
Joint with Surface Science; see under SS
Fuel Cells
Organizers: D. Guay; G. Brisard; S. MacKinnon
Peter Pickup, Memorial University
Xueliang A. Sun, University of Western Ontario
Shanna Knights, Ballard Power Systems
Ana Tavares, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Hydrogen
Organizers: B. Peppley; C. Thurgood; P. Bénard
R. Tom Baker, University of Ottawa
David B. Levin, University of Manitoba
Environment Division
Atmospheric Chemistry and Atmosphere-Air-Water-Soil Chemical Interactions
Organizers: P.A. Ariya; P. Ayotte
Jon Abbatt, University of Toronto
Gil Nathanson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Pierrette Blanchard, Environment Canada
Allan Bertram, University of British Columbia
Jen Murphy, University of Toronto
Rob McLaren, York University
Michel Bourqui, McGill University
Experiments and Models for Heterogeneous Chemistry in the Environment
Organizers: H. Al-Abadleh; D. Gamble
Leslie Evans, University of Guelph
General Session / Environmental Award Session
Organizers: W. Cullen; D. Loock
X. Chris Lee, University of Alberta, 2011 Environment Division Research and Development Award winner
Steve Hrudey, University of Alberta
Ken Reimer, Queen's University
Organic Compounds in the Environment
Organizers: J.-P. Gagné; L. Tremblay
Philippe Massicotte, Université du Québec à Trois-Riviès
Yves Gélinas, Concordia University
Nicolas Fecteau, Université du Québec à Trois-Riviès
Speciation and Bioavailability of Metals
Organizers: P. Campbell; C. Fortin; F. Wang
Ronny Blust, University of Antwerp
Stephen Cabaniss, University of New Mexico
Ed Tipping, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Lancaster, UK
Phil Rainbow, Natural History Museum, London
Holger Hintelmann, Trent University
Feiyue Wang, University of Manitoba
Marc Amyot, Université de Montréal
Alexandre Poulain, University of Ottawa
Danielle Fortin, University of Ottawa
Scott Smith, Wilfred Laurier University
Charles Gobeil, INRS-ETE
Paul Drevnick, INRS-ETE
Claude Fortin, INRS-ETE
Kristin Mueller, INRS-ETE
John Murimboh, Acadia University
Peter Teasdale, Griffith's University, Australia
Céline Guéguen, Trent University
Vera Slaveykova, University of Geneva
Paula Sanchez-Marin, INRS-ETE
David Buchwalter, North Carolina State University
Jean-Philippe Belenger, Université de Sherbrooke
Michel Lavoie, INRS-ETE
Zhongzhi Chen, INRS-ETE
Herman Van Leeuwen, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands
Monserrat Filella, University of Geneva
Marylou Tercier Waeber, University of Geneva
Nelson Belzile, Laurentian University
Toxicity and Mobility of Nanomaterials in the Enviroment
Organizers: É. Pelletier; G. Sunahara
Alistair Boxall, University of York, UK
Steve Diamond, US Environmental Protection Agency
Lee Ferguson, Duke University
Erik J Joner, Bioforsk Soil and Environment, Norway
Industrial Chemistry Program
Applied Nanotechnology
Organizers: C. Moorlag; M. Geissler
Maria DeRosa, Carleton University
Darren Anderson, Vive Nano Inc.
Benoit Simard, NRC-SIMS
Darren Makeiff, NINT
Jeffrey Zink, University of California Los Angeles
Batteries and Electrochemical Capacitors
Joint with Energy; see under EG
Biofuels
Organizers: J. Schmidt; E. Hogan
Career Planning: Advice to Graduate and Undergraduate Students
Organizers: D. Anderson
Ravi Ramachandran, Syngenta
Darren Anderson, Vive Nano Inc.
Zheng Huang, Future PRC Consulting Ltd.
Jonathan Sargent, GreenCentre Canada
Jalai Hawari, NRC-BRI
Fuel cells
Joint with Energy; see under EG
Green Materials: Design and Benign Synthesis
Organizers: J. Clavérie; A. Goredema
Yvon Durant, Itaconix
Audrey Moores, McGill University
Allan Rey, Apotex
Green Materials: Formulation, Fabrication and Processing
Organizers: J. Denault; A. Mohanty; M. Misra
Hamdy Khalil, Woodbridge
Joseph Kurian, Dupont
Min Tan Ton That, IMI-CNRC
Gregory Hersant, Oleotek
Amar Mohanty, University of Guelph
Manjusri Misra, University of Guelph
Alfred Leung, NRC-IRB
Basil Favis, École Polytechnique
New Trends in Practical Synthesis and Scale Up
Organizers: N. Chopra; D Désilets
Timothy Bender, University of Toronto
Robert Britton, Simon Fraser University
Sarah Dolman, Merck
Smart Stimuli-responsive Materials: From Fundamentals to Applications
Joint with Macromolecular Science and Engineering Division; see under MS
Inorganic Chemistry Division
Advances in Solar Energy Conversion: Solar Cells and Beyond
Joint with Energy; see under EG
General Session
Organizer: C. Reber
Main Group Chemistry: Fundamentals and Applications
Organizers: P. Ragogna; A. Dyker
Cameron Jones, Monash University
Christopher Cummins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jason Masuda, St. Mary's University
Warren Piers, University of Calgary
Gernot Frenking, Universitat Marburg
Carsten Knapp, Freiburg
David Scheschkewitz, Imperial College
Jan Weigand, Muenster
Eric Rivard, University of Alberta
Metal-catalysed Polymerisation
Organizer: F. Schaper
Jean-François Carpentier, Université de Rennes
Peter H. M. Budzelaar, University of Manitoba
Stephen McNeil, University of British Columbia Okanagan
Richard Jordan, University of Chicago
Sandro Gambarotta, University of Ottawa
P. Mehrkhodavandi, University of British Columbia
Robert Duchateau, Eindhoven University of Technology
Metallosupramolecular Assemblies: Structures, Properties and Applications
Organizers: M. Murugesu; L. Thompson; G. Hanan
M. Turnbull, Clark University
A. Powell, Universität Karlsruhe
R. Clérac, Université de Bordeaux
K. Dunbar, Texas A&M University
T. Glaser, Universität Bielefeld
H. Oshio, Tsukuba University
E. Brechin, University of Edinburgh
J. R. Long, University of California, Berkeley
M. Fujita, University of Tokyo
H. Miyasaka, Tohoku University
M. P. Shores, Colorado State University
S. Kozimor, Los Alamos National Laboratory
D. Luneau, Université de Lyon
M. MacLachlan, University of British Columbia
D. Leznoff, Simon Fraser University
S. Loeb, University of Windsor
M. Murugesu, University of Ottawa
G. Hanan, Université de Montréal
L. Thompson, Memorial University
M. Pilkington, Brock University
M. Lemaire, Brock University
M. Wolf, University of British Columbia
R. Hicks, University of Victoria
G. Shimizu, University of Calgary
A. Addison, Drexel University
M. Murrie, University of Glasgow
D. Kurth, Universität Würzburg
K. Sakai, Kyushu University
E. Zysman-Colman, Université de Sherbrooke
Metals in Enzymes
Organizer: D.S. Bohle
Frank Neese, Universität Bonn
Samuel de Visser, University of Manchester
John Dawson, University of Southern Carolina
Martin Stillman, University of Western Ontario
Pierre Kennepohl, University of British Columbia
Charles Walsby, Simon Fraser University
Peter Pawelek, Concordia University
Xavier Ottenwaelder, Concordia University
Karine Auclair, McGill University
Organometallic Reagents for Organic Synthesis
Joint with Organic Chemistry; see under OR
Radiopharmaceuticals and Imaging
Joint with Biological and Medicinal Chemistry; see under BM
Symposium in Honour of John Harrod
Organizers: I.S.Butler; D. Zargarian
T. Don Tilley, University of California - Berkeley
I. Manners, University of Bristol
M. Brook, McMaster University
R. Laine, University of Michigan
B. R. James, University of British Columbia
M. Baird, Queen's University
R. H. Morris, University of Toronto
D. Stephan, University of Toronto
T.-K. (Bill) Chan, McGill University
B. Arndtsen, McGill University
F.-G. Fontaine, Université Laval
L. Rosenberg, University of Victoria
Scott Collins, University of Akron
R.J. Puddephatt, University of Western Ontario
G. Nikonov, Brock University
Macromolecular Science and Engineering Division
Biopolymers and Other Biomaterials for Medical Applications
Joint with Biological and Medicinal Chemistry; see under BM
Block Copolymer Self-assembly: Symposium in Honour of Adi Eisenberg
Organizer: G. Liu
Frank Bates, University of Minnesota
Timothy Lodge, University of Minnesota
Marc Hillmyer, University of Minnesota
Thomas Russell, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Deyue Yan, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
Ming Jiang, Fudan University, China
Shiyong Liu, University of Science and Technology, China
Volka Abetz, GKSS, Germany
Hiroshi Jinnai, Kyoto University of Technology, Japan
Mitchell A. Winnik, University of Toronto
Ian Manners, University of Bristol, UK
Bruce Lennox, McGill University
Geraldin Bazuin, Université de Montréal
Mario Gauthier, University of Waterloo
Theo van de Ven, McGill University
Adi Eisenberg, McGill University
Branched and Hyperbranched Macromolecules: Design and Applications
Organizer: A. Kakkar
Alex Adronov, McMaster University
Phillip Choi, University of Alberta
Jean Duhamel, University of Waterloo
Hicham Fenniri, University of Alberta
Bert Klein Gebbink, Utrecht University
Elizabeth Gillies, University of Western Ontario
T. Bruce Grindley, Dalhousie University
Nikos Hadjichristidis, University of Athens
Pierre Harvey, University of Sherbrooke
Guojun Liu, Queen’s University
Jean-Francois Morin, Université Laval
Mitchell Winnik, University of Toronto
Zhibin Ye, Laurentian University
Brett Helms, University of California Berkeley
Metal-catalysed Polymerisation
Joint with Inorganic Chemistry; see under IN
Opto-electronic Materials
Organizers: W. Skene; W. Wang; T. Baumgardner
Klaus Meerholz, University of Cologne
Frieder Jäkle, Rudger's University
Soo Young Park, Seoul National University
Michael Wolf, University of British Columbia
Jonathan Veinot, University of Alberta
Yuning Li, University of Waterloo
Dmytro Perepichka, McGill University
Suning Wang, Queen's University
Dwight Seferos, University of Toronto
Mario Leclerc, Université Laval
Polymer-Containing Nanostructures
Organizer: A. Adronov
Alexander Star, University of Pittsburgh
Rachel O'Reilley, University of Warwick
Andrew Dove, University of Warwick
Dwight Seferos, University of Toronto
Kalai Saravanamuttu, McMaster University
Matthew Francis, University of California Berkeley
Tyler Norsten, A*STAR - Institute of Materials Research & Engineering (IMRE)
Polymers at Surfaces
Organizer: S. Giasson
Shiping Zhu, McMaster University
Sergiy Minko, Clarkson University
Smart Stimuli-responsive Materials: From Fundamentals to Applications
Organizers: Y. Zhao; L. Robitaille; T. Wigglesworth
Adah Almutairi, University of California San Diego
Shiyong Liu, University of Science and Technology of China
Soo Young Park, Seoul National University
Takahiro Seki, Nagoya University
Patrick Theato, University of Sheffield
Hesheng Xia, Sichuan University
Yongfeng Zhou, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Sumitra Rajagopalan, BioAstra
Natia Frank, University of Victoria
Hani E. Naguib, University of Toronto
Christopher J. Barrett, McGill University
R. Scott Murphy, University of Regina
Alexis Larogue, NRC-IMI
Kelly S. Chichak, GE Global Research
Gabriel Iftime, Xerox Research Centre of Canada
Robert Lemieux, Queen's University
Jeremy Rawson, University of Windsor
Materials Chemistry Division
Applied Nanotechnology
Joint with Industrial Chemistry; see under IC
Batteries and Electrochemical Capacitors
Joint with Energy; see under EG
Biopolymers and Other Biomaterials for Medical Applications
Joint with Biological and Medicinal Chemistry; see under BM
Block Copolymer Self-assembly: Symposium in Honour of Adi Eisenberg
Joint with Macromolecular Science and Engineering Division; see under MS
Fuel Cells
Joint with Energy; see under EG
Green Materials: Design and Benign Synthesis
Joint with Industrial Chemistry; see under IC
Green Materials: Formulation, Fabrication and Processing
Joint with Industrial Chemistry; see under IC
Liquid Crystal Materials: Beyond Displays
Organizers: H. Eichhorn; A. Soldera
Daniel Guillon, CNRS, Strasbourg, France
Denis Morineau, Université de Rennes
Bob Lemieux, Queen's University
Torsten Hegmann, University of Manitoba
Vance Williams, Simon Fraser University
Ronald Dong, University of British Columbia
Ken Maly, Wilfred Laurier University
Dave Walba, University of Colorado
Soo Young Park, Seoul National University
Andrew Cammidge, University of East Anglia
Materials and Sensors for In Situ Imaging and Biomedical Applications
Organizers: J. Capobianco; F. Vetrone
Kui Yu, NRC Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences
Dusica Maysinger, McGill University
Dongling Ma, Université du Québec
Jay Nadeau, McGill University
Jin Zhang, University of Western Ontario
Opto-electronic Materials
Joint with Macromolecular Science and Engineering Division; see under MS
Polymer-Containing Nanostructures
Joint with Macromolecular Science and Engineering Division; see under MS
Self-assembly at Surfaces and Interfaces
Organizers: H. Eichhorn, D. Perepichka
Tricia Carmichael, University of Windsor
Byron Gates, Simon Fraser University
Bruce Lennox, McGill University
Jean-Francois Morin, Laval University
John Polanyi, University of Toronto
Jim Wuest, Université de Montréal
Kerry Hipps, Washington State University
Federico Rosei, INRS
Smart Stimuli-responsive Materials: From Fundamentals to Applications
Joint with Macromolecular Science and Engineering Division; see under MS
Supramolecular Materials
Organizers: H. Sleiman, A. Schmitzer
Cornelia Bohne, University of Victoria
Hicham Fenniri, University of Alberta
Kurt Gothelf, Aarhus University, Denmark
Stephen Loeb, University of Windsor
Stephan Matile, Universite de Geneve, Switzerland
Alan Rowan, Radboud University, the Netherlands
Nadrian Seeman, New York University
Dipankar Sen, Simon Fraser University
Jonathan Sessler, University of Texas Austin
John Sherman, University of British Columbia
Normand Voyer, Universite Laval
James Wuest, Universite de Montreal
Bernie Yurke, Boise State University
Steven Zimmerman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Toxicity and Mobility of Nanomaterials in the Enviroment
Joint with Environment; see under EN
Organic Chemistry Division
Carbohydrates and Glycobiology
Joint with Biological and Medicinal Chemistry; see under BM
General Session
Organizers: J.L. Gleason; H. Lebel
Green Chemistry and Catalysis
Organizers: C.J. Li; A.B. Charette
K. Barry Sharpless, The Scripps Research Institute
Barry M. Trost, Stanford University
Masad J. Damha, McGill University
Kwok-yin Wong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Jean Lessard, Université de Sherbrooke
Robert D. Singer, Saint Mary’s University
Joëlle Pelletier, Université de Montréal
Laurel L. Schafer, University of British Columbia
Mark Taylor, University of Toronto
Shawn Collins, Université de Montréal
Philip G. Jessop, Queens University
Thierry Ollevier, Université Laval
Chris Savile, Codexis
Keith Fagnou Memorial Symposium
Organizers: L. Barriault; A. Beauchemin
Robert Ben, University of Ottawa
André Charette, Université de Montréal
Huw M. L. Davies, Emory University
John Hartwig, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dennis Hall, University of Alberta
Michael Kerr, University of Western Ontario
John Montgomery, University of Michigan
Jim Gleason, McGill University
André Beauchemin, University of Ottawa
Louis Barriault, University of Ottawa
Modern Physical Organic Chemistry
Organizer: D. Pratt
Stan Brown, Queen's University
Fraser Hof, University of Victoria
Tito Scaiano, University of Ottawa
Mark Taylor, University of Toronto
Luca Valgimigli, University of Bologna
Ronald Kluger, University of Toronto
Massimo Bietti, Università "Tor Vergata", Italy
Gino DiLabio, National Research Council of Canada
Natural Product Chemistry
Organizer: C. Spino
Russell Kerr, University of PEI
Jean Burnell, Dalhousie University
Fred West, University of Alberta, Alfred Bader Award winner
Guillaume Bélanger, Université de Sherbrooke
Michel Rohmer, Strasbourgh
Barry M. Trost, Stanford University
Christophe Corre, University of Warwick
David E. Cane, Brown University
New Trends in Practical Synthesis and Scale Up
Joint with Industrial Chemistry; see under IC
Nucleic Acids Chemistry and Biology
Joint with Biological and Medicinal Chemistry; see under BM
Organic Synthesis: Stereocontrol
Organizers: J.L. Gleason; H. Lebel
Eric Fillion, University of Waterloo, Merck Frosst Award winner
Michel Gravel, University of Saskatchewan
Jeremy Wulff, University of Victoria
Organometallic Reagents for Organic Synthesis
Organizers: S. Collins; B. Arndtsen
Mark Stradiotto, Dalhousie University
Laurel L. Schafer, University of British Columbia
Derin Fogg, University of Ottawa
Doug Stephan, University of Toronto
Cathleen M. Crudden, Queens University, Clara Benson Award winner
Georgii I. Nikonov, Brock University
Michael G. Organ, York University
Jeffrey M. Stryker, University of Alberta
Bill Jones, University of Rochester
Andrei Yudin, University of Toronto
Mike Baird, Queen's University
Scott Denmark, University of Illinois
Mark Lautens, University of Toronto
Peptide Science
Joint with Biological and Medicinal Chemistry; see under BM
Supramolecular Materials
Joint with Materials Chemistry; see under MT
Physical, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry Division
Advances in Spectroscopy and Imaging for Biological Systems
Organizers: R. Campbell; G. Cosa
Chris Cairo, University of Alberta
Christoph Fahrni, Georgia Institute of Technology
John Pezacki, NRC Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences
Linda Johnston, NRC Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences
Rickard Blunck, Université de Montréal
Mark Bates, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Harvard University
Paul Wiseman, McGill University
Nancy Forde, Simon Fraser University
Michel Woodside, University of Alberta and National Insitute for Nanotechnology
Hongbin Li, University of British Columbia
Julio Fernandez, Columbia University
Advances in Vibrational Spectroscopy: Development and Applications
Joint with Analytical Chemistry; see under AN
Computational Biochemistry and Drug Design
Organizers: G. Lamoureux; N. Moitessier
Donald Weaver, Dalhousie University
Matthieu Schapira, University of Toronto
Jerome Waldispuhl, McGill University
Thijs Beuming, Schrodinger
Artem Cherkasov, University of British Columbia
Benoit Roux, University of Chicago
Valerie Campagna-Slater, McGill University
Enrico Purisima, BRI, Montréal
Christopher Corbeil, CCG
Electronic Structure Theory: Addressing Existing Challenges and Adding New Ones
Organizer: M. Ernzerhof
Paul Ayers, McMaster University, Keith Lailder Award winner
John Perdew, Tulane University
Gustavo Scuseria, Rice University
Marcel Nooijen, University of Waterloo
Michael Galperin, UC San Diego
Randall Dumont, McMaster University
Viktor Staroverov, University of Western Ontario
Erin Johnson, UC Merced
Adrienn Ruzsinszky, Tulane University
Michel Côté, University of Montreal
Gemma Solomon, University of Copenhagen
Yan Alexander Wang, University of British Columbia
Hong Guo, McGill University
General Session
Organizers: G. Peslherbe; P. Wiseman
Moshe Shapiro, John C. Polanyi Award winner
Modern Physical Organic Chemistry
Joint with Organic Chemistry; see under OR
Organic Ultrathin Films and Biomimetic Interfaces
Joint with Surface Science; see under SS
Solid State NMR: From Materials to Biomolecules
Organizers: I. Marcotte; M. Lafleur
Marc Baldus, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Ansgar Siemer, Columbia University
Frances Separovic, Melbourne University
Bruce Balcom, University of New Brunswick
Vladimir Ladizhansky, University of Guelph
Valerie Booth, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Michel Lafleur, Université de Montréal
Solution NMR: Biomolecular Structure, Dynamics, and Function
Organizers: A. Mittermaier; P. Lavigne
Charalampos Kalodimos, Rutgers State Universiy of New Jersey (confirmed)
Kathy Borden, Université de Montréal
Wing-Yu Choy, University of Western Ontario
Logan Donaldson, York University
Nick Doucet, INRS (confirmed)
Kalle Gehring, McGill University (confirmed)
Natalie Goto, University of Ottawa
Mitsu Ikura, University of Toronto
Philip Johnson, York University
Voula Kanelis, University of Toronto (confirmed)
Pascal Legault, Université de Montréal
Lawrence McIntosh, University of British Columbia (confirmed)
Giuseppe Melacini, McMaster University
Jan Rainey, Dalhousie University (confirmed)
Gary Shaw, University of Western Ontario (confirmed)
Steve Smith, Queen's University
Leo Spyracopoulos, University of Alberta
Bryan Sykes, University of Alberta (confirmed)
Spectroscopy at Surfaces and Interfaces
Organizers: J. Gibbs-Davis; D. Hore
Zhan Chen, University of Michigan
Eric Borguet, Temple University
Keng Chou, University of British Columbia
Franz Geiger, Northwestern University
Rob Walker, Montana State University
Garth Simpson, Purdue University
Gary Leach, Simon Fraser University
Andrew Grosvenor, University of Saskatchewan
Albert Stolow, NRC
Ultrafast Phenomena
Organizers: P. Kambhampati; B. Siwick
Dwayne Miller, University of Toronto
Greg Scholes, University of Toronto
Albert Stolow, NRC
Kevin Kubarych, University of Michigan
Keith Nelson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Oleg Prezhdo, University of Rochester
Paul Brumer, University of Toronto
Carlos Silva, Université de Montréal
Ken Eisenthal, Columbia University
Understanding Molecular Properties and Interactions: A Symposium in Honour of Ajit Thakkar's 60th Birthday
Organizers: N. Cann; R. Doerksen
Bernie Schlegel, Wayne State University
Pratim Chattaraj, Indian Institute of Technology
Manuel Yanez, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
Axel Becke, Dalhousie University
Elvira Romera, Universidad de Granada
Surface Science Division
Atmospheric Chemistry and Atmosphere-Air-Water-Soil Chemical Interactions
Joint with Environment; see under EN
Electrochemistry and Surface Electrocatalysis
Organizers: J. Mauzeroll; A. Badia
Heinz-Bernhard Kraatz, The University of Western Ontario
Sylvie Morin, York University
Zhifeng Ding, The University of Western Ontario
Heather Andreas, Dalhousie University
Organic Ultrathin Films and Biomimetic Interfaces
Organizers: C. DeWolf; A. Badia
Joelle Frechette, John Hopkins University
Jean-François Masson, Université de Montréal
R. Bruce Lennox, McGill University
Antonella Badia, Université de Montréal
Jacek Lipkowski, University of Guelph
Shan Zhou, National Research Council Canada
Linda Johnston, NRC Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences
Polymers at Surfaces
Joint with Macromolecular Science and Engineering Division; see under MS
Self-assembly at Surfaces and Interfaces
Joint with Materials Chemistry; see under MT
Spectroscopy at Surfaces and Interfaces
Joint with Physical, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry; see under PT
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