Symposia 

Inorganic Chemistry Division (IN)

Divisional Representative: Scott Kroeker, University of Manitoba

The Inorganic Chemistry Division gratefully acknowledges the financial contributions of MBraun Inc. in support of the scientific program.
 

IN1 • Concepts and Models in Bioinorganic Chemistry

Organizers: Heinz-Bernhard Kraatz, University of Saskatchewan and Pierre Kennepohl, University of British Columbia

Confirmed invited speakers:

Scott Bohle, McGill University

David Bryce, University of Ottawa

Neil Burford, Dalhousie University

Ann English, Concordia University

Robert Morris, University of Toronto

Hanadi Sleiman, McGill University

Martin Stillman, University of Western Ontario

Deborah Zamble, University of Toronto

IN2 • Main Group Compounds in Catalysis, Materials Research and Biochemistry

Organizers: Lothar Stahl, University of North Dakota and Paul Ragogna, University of Western Ontario

Confirmed invited speakers:

Sean Barry, Carleton University

Thomas Baumgartner, University of Calgary

Neil Burford, Dalhousie University

Tristram Chivers, University of Calgary

John Corrigan, University of Western Ontario

Derek Gates, University of British Columbia

Hansjörg Grützmacher,  ETH Zürich

Robin Hicks, University of Victoria

Charles Macdonald, University of Windsor

Jack Passmore, University of New Brunswick

Kathryn Preuss, University of Guelph

John Protasiewicz, Case Western Reserve University

Christopher Reed, University of California, Riverside

Roland Roesler, University of Calgary

Ignacio Vargas-Baca, McMaster University

Suning Wang, Queen's University, Alcan Award Lecture

IN3 • Mechanism and Design in Organometallic Catalysis

Organizers: Peter Budzelaar, University of Manitoba, Jennifer Love, University of British Columbia and Deryn Fogg, University of Ottawa

This symposium is supported by the ACS Petroleum Research Fund, Kanata Chemical Technologies Inc. , Symyx and University of Manitoba, Faculty of Science

Confirmed invited speakers:

Mu-Hyun Baik, Indiana University

Peter Chen, ETH Zürich

Cathleen Crudden, Queen's University

Christopher Cummins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Steven Diver, University at Buffalo

Simon Duckett, York University, UK

David Emslie, McMaster University

Ian Fairlamb, York University, UK

Deryn Fogg, University of Ottawa, Strem Chemicals Award in Pure or Applied Inorganic Chemistry Lecture

Brian James, University of British Columbia

Marc Johnson, University of Michigan

Oleg Ozerov, Brandeis University

IN4 • Recent Advances on the Chemistry of Porphyrins, Phthalocyanines and Related

         Macrocycles

Organizers: Pierre Harvey, Université de Sherbrooke and Roger Guilard, Université de Bourgogne

This symposium is supported by Agilent Technologies Canada Inc., Luzchem Research Inc. and Varian Canada Inc.

Confirmed invited speakers:

Alex Adronov, McMaster University

Silviu Balaban, Institut für Nanotechnologie

Roman Czernuszewicz, University of Houston

Shunichi Fukuzumi, Osaka University

Claude Gros, Université de Bourgogne

Zeev Gross, Technion

Michael Hanack, Universität Tübingen

Karl Kadish, University of Houston

Laszlo Kalman, Concordia University

Nagao Kobayashi, Tohoku University

Lechoslaw Latos-Graüyński, University of Wroclaw

Chang-Hee Lee, Kangwon National University

Barry Lever, York University

Daniel Mansuy, Université René Descartes

Ichiro Okura, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Jonathan Sessler, University of Texas at Austin

Ronald Steer, University of Saskatchewan

Christine Stern, Université de Bourgogne

Martin Stillman, University of Western Ontario

Tomás Torres, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

Johan van Lier, Université de Sherbrooke

Jean Weiss, Université Louis Pasteur

IN5 • Solid-State Chemistry for Energy Conversion (Joint with MT)

Organizer: John Greedan, McMaster University

This symposium is supported by the ACS Petroleum Research Fund

Confirmed invited speakers:

Allan Jacobson, University of Houston

Mercouri Kanatzidis, Northwestern University

Holger Kleinke, University of Waterloo

Antoine Maignan, Laboratoire de Cristallographie et Sciences des Matériaux

Charles Mims, University of Toronto

Yurij Mozharivskvj, McMaster University

Vitalij Pecharsky, Iowa State University

Tony Petric, McMaster University

Matthew Rosseinsky, University of Liverpool

Mas Subramanian, Oregon State University

Patrick Woodward, Ohio State University

IN6 • Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy in Inorganic Materials (Joint with PT)

Organizers: Scott Kroeker, University of Manitoba and Robert Schurko, University of Windsor

This symposium is supported by the ACS Petroleum Research Fund, Bruker Canada, Cambridge Isotope Laboratories, Inc., Revolution NMR, LLC, Spectra Stable Isotopes and Varian, Inc.

Confirmed invited speakers:

Todd Alam, Sandia National Laboratories

Michčle Auger, Université Laval, Clara Benson Award Lecture

Hellmut Eckert, Universität Münster

Colin Fyfe, University of British Columbia

Philip Grandinetti, Ohio State University

Dominique Massiot, CNRS-Orléans

Marek Pruski, Ames Laboratory

Jeffrey Reimer, University of California, Berkeley

John Ripmeester, National Research Council

Mark E. Smith, University of Warwick

Jonathan Stebbins, Stanford University

Roderick Wasylishen, University of Alberta

Stephen Wimperis, University of Glasgow

Josef Zwanziger, Dalhousie University

IN7 • General

Organizer: Sam Yan, Brandon University