Symposia 

Physical, Theoretical & Computational Division (PT)

Divisional Representative: Kathleen Gough, University of Manitoba
 

PT1 • Applications of Spectroscopy: Remotely and in the Lab (Joint with EN)

Organizer: Jennifer van Wijngaarden, University of Manitoba

Confirmed invited speakers:

Christian Pellerin, Université de Montréal

Adriana Predoi-Cross, University of Lethbridge

Yujun Shi, University of Calgary

Ruth Signorell, University of British Columbia

Kaley Walker, University of Toronto

Yunjie Xu, University of Alberta

PT2 • Applications of Synchrotron Analysis of Materials (Joint with MT)

Organizer: Jeffrey Cutler, Canadian Light Source Inc.

Confirmed invited speakers:

Robert Blyth, Canadian Light Source Inc.

pupa Gilbert (née Gelsomina De Stasio), University of Wisconsin-Madison

De-Tong Jiang, University of Guelph

Nigel Poolton, Daresbury Laboratory

Luca Quaroni, Canadian Light Source Inc.

David Wilkinson, McMaster University

PT3 • Biocomputational Chemistry

Organizer: Chérif Matta, Mount Saint Vincent University

This symposium is supported by Chemical Computing Group, Inc., Gaussian, Inc., John Wiley & Sons Canada Ltd. and Mount Saint Vincent University

Confirmed invited speakers:

Paul Ayers, McMaster University

Axel Becke, Dalhousie University

Curt Breneman, Rensselaer Polytechnic University

Russell Boyd, Dalhousie University

Katherine Darvesh, Mount Saint Vincent University

Heather Gordon, Brock University

Anna Gubskaya, New Jersey Center for Biomaterials and Rutgers University

Pavel Hobza, Center for Biomolecules and Complex Molecular Systems

Lakshmi Kotra, University Health Network and University of Toronto

Claude Lecomte, Université Henri Poincaré Nancy

Louis Massa, Hunter College

Gilles Peslherbe, Concordia University

Paul Popelier, The University of Manchester

Tamar Schlick, New York University

Peter Tieleman, University of Calgary

Gang Wu, Queen's University

PT4 • Biospectroscopy and Biodiagnostics (Joint with AN)

Organizers: Marco Gruwel, Larry Leonardi, Lin-P'ing Choo-Smith and Mike Sowa, Institute for Biodiagnostics

Confirmed invited speakers:

Yves Aubin, Health Canada

Michèle Auger, Université Laval

Olga Jilkina, Institute for Biodiagnostics

Melanie Martin, University of Winnipeg

Eilean McKenzie, Institute for Biodiagnostics

John Pezacki, Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences

Luca Quaroni, Canadian Light Source Inc.

Benoit Simard, Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences

Niranjan Venugopal, CancerCare Manitoba

Haishan Zeng, BC Cancer Research Centre

PT5 • Computational Chemistry in Chemical Education (Joint with CE)

Organizer: James Xidos, University of Manitoba

Confirmed invited speakers:

Christopher Cramer, University of Minnesota

Mark Thachuk, University of British Columbia

PT6 • Diversity and Innovation in Computational Chemistry

Organizers: Georg Schreckenbach, University of Manitoba and Tom Woo, University of Ottawa

Confirmed invited speakers:

Jochen Autschbach, University at Buffalo

Alexander Brown, University of Alberta

Natalie Cann, Queen's University

Christopher Cramer, University of Minnesota

Matthias Ernzerhof, Université de Montréal

So Hirata, University of Florida

Radu Iftimie, Université de Montréal

Paul Mezey, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Nick Mosey, Princeton University

Marcel Nooijen, University of Waterloo

Gren Patey, University of British Columbia

Raymond Poirier, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Pierre-Nicholas Roy, University of Alberta, Keith Laidler Award Lecture

Jeremy Schofield, University of Toronto

Viktor Staroverov, University of Western Ontario

John Tse, University of Saskatchewan

Jichang Wang, University of Windsor

PT7 • Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion (Joint with MS and MT)

Organizer: Colin Cameron, Defence Research and Development Canada

Confirmed invited speakers:

Ed Andrukaitis, Defence R&D Canada

Daniel Bélanger, Université du Québec à Montréal

Peter Pickup, Memorial University of Newfoundland

PT8 • Laboratory X-Ray and Neutron Diffraction for Materials Chemistry (Joint with MT)

Organizer: Lachlan Cranswick, The Canadian Neutron Beam Centre and James Britten, McMaster University

This symposium is supported by Bruker AXS

Confirmed invited speakers:

Jacques Barbier, McMaster University

Stanley Cameron, Dalhousie University

Branton Campbell, Brigham Young University

Arthur Mar, University of Alberta

Lynne McCusker, ETH Zürich

Richard Oakley, University of Waterloo

Thomas Proffen, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Pamela Whitfield, National Research Council Canada

PT9 • Microscopy and Biophysical Chemistry (Joint with AN)

Organizers: Matthew Paige, University of Saskatchewan and David McMillen, University of Toronto

This symposium is supported by MikroMasch USA

Confirmed invited speakers:

Gonzalo Cosa, McGill University

David Cramb, University of Calgary

Raymond Kapral, University of Toronto

Frank van Veggel, University of Victoria

Paul Wiseman, McGill University

Christopher Yip, University of Toronto

PT10 • Photoprocesses in Chemical Systems: New Directions for Photonics Applications

Organizer: Kalai Saravanamuttu, McMaster University

This symposium is supported by the ACS Petroleum Research Fund

Confirmed invited speakers:

David Andrews, University of East Anglia

Mark Andrews, McGill University

Christopher Barrett, McGill University

Patanjali Kambhampati, McGill University

Karen Kavanagh, Simon Fraser University

Robert Lemieux, Queen's University

Dwayne Miller, University of Toronto

Sylvia Mittler, University of Western Ontario

Gregory Scholes, University of Toronto

Frank van Veggel, University of Victoria

Chang Qing Xu, McMaster University

Yue Zhao, Université de Sherbrooke

PT11 • Post-Modern Electrochemistry (Joint with AN)

Organizers: Sylvie Morin, York University, Ian Burgess, University of Saskatchewan and Alexandre Brolo, University of Victoria

This symposium is supported by the ACS Petroleum Research Fund, Electrochemical Society, Canadian Section, Heka Electronics Incorporated, London Scientific Limited, Renishaw Inc., the Surface Science Division, Spectra Research Corporation and Systems for Research

Confirmed invited speakers:

Antonella Badia, Université de Montréal

Andrzej Baranski, University of Saskatchewan

Daniel Bélanger, Université du Québec à Montréal

Dan Bizzotto, University of British Columbia

Aicheng Chen, Lakehead University

Keng Chang Chou, University of British Columbia

Richard Compton, University of Oxford

Zhifeng Ding, University of Western Ontario

Daniel Guay, INRS - Énergie et Matériaux

Gregory Jerkiewicz, Queen's University

Karen Kavanagh, Simon Fraser University

Heinz-Bernhard Kraatz, University of Saskatchewan

Jacek Lipkowski, University of Guelph

Richard McCreery, University of Alberta

Mark McDermott, University of Alberta

Mario Morin, Université du Québec à Montréal

Peter Pickup, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Kristin Poduska, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Sharon Roscoe, Acadia University

Jeffrey Shepherd, Laurentian University

Oleg Semenikhin, University of Western Ontario

Danial Wayner, Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences

Henry White, University of Utah

PT12 • Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy in Inorganic Materials (Joint with IN)

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

Michèle 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

PT13 • Surfaces of Nanostructures, Nanostructured Surfaces

Organizers: Stephen Urquhart, University of Saskatchewan and Peter Kruse, McMaster University

This symposium is supported by the Surface Science Division, Spectra Research Corporation and Systems for Research

Confirmed invited speakers:

David Castner, University of Washington

Gino DiLabio, National Institute for Nanotechnology

Byron Gates, Simon Fraser University

Bruce Lennox, McGill University

Tong Leung, University of Waterloo

Iain McNab, University of Toronto