Organizer: Tomas Hudlicky, Brock University

This symposium is supported by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. and TDC Research Inc.

Confirmed invited speakers:

David Gonzalez, Universidad de la Républica

Margaret Kayser, University of New Brunswick

Peter Lau, Biotechnology Research Institute

Hiromichi Ohta, Keio University

Horacio Olivo, University of Iowa

Gustavo Seoane, Universidad de la Républica

Jon Stewart, University of Florida

OR2 • Bio-Organic Mechanisms

Organizer: Derek Pratt, Queen's University

Confirmed invited speakers:

Stan Brown, Queen's University, R.U. Lemieux Award Lecture

Jeffrey Keillor, Université de Montréal, Merck Frosst Centre for Therapeutic Research Award Lecture

OR3 • Carbohydrates in Medicine and Drug Discovery

Organizer: Frank Schweizer, University of Manitoba

This symposium is supported by the Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Carbohydrate Science

Confirmed invited speakers:

Robert Ben, University of Ottawa

Heinz Feldmann, National Microbiology Laboratory

George Fleet, University of Oxford

Todd Lowary, University of Alberta

Alberto Marra, Università di Ferrara

Sri Madhyastha, Kane Biotech Inc.

OR4 • Green Chemistry for Chemical Synthesis

Organizers: C.J. Li, McGill University and Robert Singer, St. Mary's University

This symposium is supported by the ACS Green Chemical Institute, McGill University, Saint Mary's University and Wyeth Research

Confirmed invited speakers:

Bruce Arndtsen, McGill University

Karine Auclair, McGill University

Steven Bergens, University of Alberta

Tak-Hang Chan, McGill University

André Charette, Université de Montréal

Rick Danheiser, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, RSC Green Chemistry Lecture 

Keith Fagnou, University of Ottawa

Dennis Hall, University of Alberta

Tomas Hudlicky, Brock University

Philip Jessop, Queen's University

Francesca Kerton, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Chulbom Lee, Princeton University

Marcus Lindstrom, McGill University

Jennifer Love, University of British Columbia

James McNulty, McMaster University

Audrey Moores, McGill University

Thierry Ollevier, Université Laval

Michael Organ, York University

Joëlle Pelletier, Université de Montréal

Patrick Walsh, University of Pennsylvania

OR5 • Latest Trends in Medicinal Chemistry, Drug Discovery and Design (Joint with BM)

Organizers: Lakshmi Kotra, University of Toronto and Christine Gottardo, Lakehead University

Confirmed invited speakers:

Karine Auclair, McGill University

Margaret Johnson, The Scripps Research Institute, Boehringer Ingelheim Award Lecture

Shawn Maddaford, NeurAxon Inc.

Henry Pauls, The Campbell Family Foundation for Breast Cancer Research

Donald Weaver, Dalhousie University

OR6 • Metal-Catalyzed Organic Synthesis

Organizers: Andrew Wee, University of Regina and Laurel Schafer, University of British Columbia

This symposium is supported by the ACS Petroleum Research Fund and Apotex Pharmachem Inc.

Confirmed invited speakers:

Erick Carreira, ETH Zürich

André Charette, Université de Montréal

Huw Davies, University at Buffalo

Thomas Livinghouse, Montana State University

Jennifer Love, University of British Columbia

Shengming Ma, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry

Jean-François Paquin, Université Laval

Christina White, University of Illinois

OR7 • Organic Materials - Self Assembly (Joint with MS and MT)

Organizers: Torsten Hegmann, University of Manitoba, Robert Lemieux, Queen's University and Sundar Sundararajan, Carleton University

This symposium is supported by the ACS Petroleum Research Fund, Xerox Research Centre of Canada, PerkinElmer LAS Canada, Inc. and Varian Canada Inc.

Confirmed invited speakers:

Géraldine Bazuin, Université de Montréal

Miguel Garcia-Garibay, University of California, Los Angeles

Douglas Gin, University of Colorado at Boulder

Takashi Kato, The University of Tokyo

David Reinhoudt, Universiteit Twente, RSC Journal of Materials Chemistry Lecture

Hanadi Sleiman, McGill University

Mitchell Winnik, University of Toronto

OR8 • Recent Advances in Mechanistic Organic Chemistry

Organizer: Matthew Lukeman, Acadia University

Confirmed invited speakers:

John Andraos, York University

Claude Bernasconi, University of California, Santa Cruz

Peter Guthrie, University of Western Ontario

Anthony Kirby, University of Cambridge

Rory More O'Ferrall, University College Dublin

Vladimir Popik, University of Georgia

Thomas Tidwell, University of Toronto

Laren Tolbert, Georgia Institute of Techology

Jakob Wirz, Universität Basel

OR9 • Recent Advances in Natural Products Chemistry (Joint with BM)

Organizer: Raymond Andersen, University of British Columbia and Russell Kerr, University of Prince Edward Island

Confirmed invited speakers:

Geoffrey Cordell, University of Illinois at Chicago

William Gerwick, University of California, San Diego

Reinhard Jetter, University of British Columbia

Shawna MacKinnon, Institute for Marine Biosciences

Soledade Pedras, University of Saskatchewan

Erika Plettner, Simon Fraser University

Dae-Kyun Ro, University of Calgary

Ben Shen, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Sheo Singh, Merck Research Laboratories

John Vederas, University of Alberta

Jeffrey Wright, University of North Carolina Wilmington

OR10 • Stereoelectronic Effects

Organizer: Cathleen Crudden, Queen's University

This symposium is supported by SiliCycle and Tranzyme Pharma Inc.

Confirmed invited speakers:

Yvan Guindon, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal

Masahiro Murakami, Kyoto University

Claude Spino, Université de Sherbrooke

Keith Woerpel, University of California Irvine

OR11 • General - Modern Synthetic Methods

Organizer: Bryan Hill, Brandon University

OR12 • General - Physical Organic Chemistry

Organizer: John Sorensen, University of Manitoba