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Scientific Conference Producers

Programme


16:30

Registration

18:00

Welcome Mixer

08:00

Registration

09:15

Introductory Remarks

Welcome

Prof. Roland KEUNINGS
PRO-RECTEUR À LA RECHERCHE, UCL, Belgium

Opening Remarks

Prof. István MARKÓ
UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
09:30

Chair:

Prof. Jean-Jacques TOULME
IECB & INSERM - UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX II, Bordeaux, France

From Supramolecular Chemistry to Constitutional Dynamic Chemistry

Prof. Jean-Marie LEHN
ISIS/UNIVERSITY OF STRASBOURG, Strasbourg, France
10:20

Chair:

Prof. Wim DEHAEN
KULEUVEN, Heverlee, Belgium

Protein-sized Synthetic Folded Architectures

Dr Ivan HUC
IECB & CNRS - UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX, Bordeaux, France
11:10

Coffee break

11:40

Chair:

Prof. Dirk TOURWE
VUB, Brussels, Belgium

Adventures in Peptide Synthesis and Molecular Recognition

Dr. Laurent TREMBLEAU
UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
12:30

Lunch and Poster Installation

14:00

Chair:

Prof. Martin O'DONNELL
PURDUE UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS, Indianapolis, IN, United States

Novel Modified Nucleobases, Nucleosides and Nucleotides: Synthesis, Biological Activity and Applications

Dr. Michal HOCEK
IOCB, ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, Prague, Czech Republic
14:50

Chair:

Dr Dominique LESUISSE
SANOFI AVENTIS, Chilly-Mazarin, France

Reactivity and Conformational Flexibility: a Study of Bridged Azetidinones

Prof. Jacqueline MARCHAND-BRYNAERT
UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
15:40

Coffee break

16:10

Chair:

Prof. Frans C. DE SCHRYVER
KULEUVEN, HEVERLEE, Belgium

Fine Approach to Polymer Synthesis

Prof. Kyoko NOZAKI
THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, Tokyo, Japan
17:00

Chair:

Dr Edmond DIFFERDING
, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Organic Nanochemistry

Prof. François DIEDERICH
ETH ZURICH, Zürich, Switzerland
17:50

End of Day One

09:30

Chair:

Dr Christophe GENICOT
UCB SA, Brussels, Belgium

Natural Product Synthesis: a Stimulus for Discovery

Prof. Steven V. LEY
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, Cambridge, United Kingdom
10:20

Chair:

Dr. Solo GOLDSTEIN
INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SERVIER, Suresnes, France

Total Synthesis of Natural Products: An Inspiring Source of Unique Synthetic Methodologies

Prof. István MARKÓ
UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
11:10

Coffee break

11:40

Chair:

Dr Willy DUMONT
FUNDP, NAMUR, Belgium

Dearomatization of Phenols – Why, How and What for?

Prof. Stéphane QUIDEAU
UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX 1, Talence, France
12:30

Lunch and Poster Session 1

14:30

Chair:

Prof. Jacques FASTREZ
UCL, LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE, Belgium

Tackling the Problems of Carbohydrate-Mediated Biological Recognition

Prof. Chi-Huey WONG
THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Taipei, Taiwan
15:20

Chair:

Prof. Pierre DE CLERCQ
UGENT, Ghent, Belgium

Total Synthesis of Bioactive Natural Products: Complex Targets-Simple Solutions

Prof. Goverdhan MEHTA
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, Hyderabad, India
16:30

Coffee break

17:00

Chair:

Dr Guy ROSSEY
SANOFI AVENTIS, Montpellier, France

Advances in Complex Target-Oriented Synthesis

Prof. David A. EVANS
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE, United States
17:50

End of Day Two

09:30

Chair:

Prof. Benjamin LIST
MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE, Muelheim an der Ruhr, Germany

Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis

Dr. Hisashi YAMAMOTO
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, Chicago, United States
10:20

Chair:

Prof. Alain KRIEF
FUNDP, Namur, Belgium

Chiral Metal Hydrides for Asymmetric Catalysis

Prof. Olivier RIANT
UC LOUVAIN, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
11:10

Coffee break

11:40

Chair:

Prof. Eli LOEWENTHAL
CHEMISTRY DPT, TECHNION, Haifa, Israel

New Methods for the Preparation of Enantiomerically Pure Quaternary Carbon Centers

Prof. Dr Ilan MAREK
TECHNION-ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Haifa, Israel
12:30

Lunch and Poster Session 2

14:30

Chair:

Dr Brigitte LESUR
INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SERVIER, Paris, France

Novel Ligands and Reactions in Asymmetric Catalysis

Dr. Juan Carlos CARRETERO
UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE MADRID, Madrid, Spain
15:20

Chair:

Dr Philippe BOVY
SANOFI AVENTIS, Vitry-Sur-Seine, France

Catalytic and Asymmetric Vinylogous Mukaiyama Reactions: Methodology and Synthetic Applications

Dr. Jean-Marc CAMPAGNE
ENSCM, Montpellier, France
16:30

Coffee break

17:00

Chair:

Dr. Stéphane DE LOMBAERT
BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS, Ridgefield CT, United States

Rapid Formation of Molecular Complexity in Natural Product Synthesis

Prof. Erik SORENSEN
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, Princeton, United States
17:50

End of Day Three

19:30

Optional Symposium Dinner

09:30

Chair:

Dr Stéphane DUMAS
EPIX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

Fluorous Mixture Synthesis Approaches to Natural Product Stereoisomer Libraries

Prof. Dennis P. CURRAN
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, Pittsburgh, United States
10:20

Chair:

Prof. Georges DIVE
ULG, Liège 1, Belgium

Discovery, Understanding and Applications of New Fluorination Processes

Prof. Véronique GOUVERNEUR
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, Oxford, United Kingdom
11:10

Coffee break

11:40

Chair:

Prof. Patrick PALE
UNIVERSITE DE STRASBOURG, STRASBOURG, France

A Quest for New Reactions: Some Interesting Perspectives for Organic Synthesis

Prof. Samir ZARD
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE, Palaiseau, France
12:30

Lunch and Poster Session 3

14:30

Chair:

Dr Alain DE MESMAEKER
SYNGENTA & PRESIDENT OF SCS, Stein, Switzerland

Modified Nucleotides: Tools in Bioorganic Chemistry

Prof. Bernd GIESE
UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG, Fribourg, Switzerland
15:20

Chair:

Dr Alex CORDI
INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SERVIER, SURESNES, France

Selective Reactions and their Use in the Synthesis of Biologically Active Natural Products

Prof. Janine COSSY
ESPCI PARISTECH, Paris, France
16:30

Coffee break

17:00

Chair:

Prof. Jacqueline MARCHAND-BRYNAERT
UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

New Chemistry from an Old-timer!

Prof. Léon GHOSEZ
, Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium
18:15

Closing Remarks

Dr Edmond DIFFERDING
, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Closing Reception