Program

There will be general sessions covering several major areas of chemistry, as well as many special symposia.

General sessions

• Analytical chemistry
• Inorganic chemistry
• Organic chemistry
• Physical chemistry
• Chemical education

Special symposia

Within the special symposia, there are clusters on green chemistry, nanotechnology and metals in biological systems.

• Smart polymer materials & hybrid systems, organized by Prof. Sergiy Minko, Clarkson University
• Novel materials and nanomaterials for energy conversion, organized by Prof. Oumarou Savadogo, École Polytechnique de Montréal
• Nanotechnology & the environment, organized by Prof. Dan Goia, Clarkson University
• Analytical chemistry for emerging contaminants in the environment, organized by Prof. Diana S. Aga, SUNY Buffalo.
• New trends in chromatography, organized by Dr. Yong Guo, Johnson & Johnson, Raritan, NJ.
• Nanotechnology: Emerging analytical/bioanalytical & medical applications, organized by Prof. Chuan-Jian Zhong, SUNY Binghamton
• Bioelectronics and biosensors, organized by Prof. Evgeny Katz, Clarkson University
• Scanning probe microscopy in modern nanotechnology, organized by Prof. Igor Sokolov, Clarkson University
• Metals in living systems, organized by Prof. Wolff M. Kirsch, MD, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA.
• Metal ions and metalloproteins, organized by Prof. Fadi Bou-Abdallah, SUNY Potsdam
• Metal ion complexes in biological imaging, organized by Prof. Janet Morrow, SUNY Buffalo
• Toxic metals: Nanoparticles and oxidative stress, organized by Prof. Nuran Ercal, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO.
• Detection of protein biomarkers for medical applications, organized by Prof. Jim Rusling, University of Connecticut.
• Biochemistry and biophysics of proteins and membranes, organized by Prof. Edward Moczydlowski, Clarkson University
• Organometallics and main group chemistry, organized by Prof. James Spencer, Syracuse University
• Synthetic organic chemistry: the next generation, organized by Prof. Hélène Lebel, University of Montreal
• Cope Scholar Symposium honoring John A. Porco, Jr.
• Green chemistry in industry for a sustainable world, organized by Dr. Berkeley "Buzz" Cue, BWC Pharma Consulting, LLC & the Green Chemistry Institute Pharmaceutical Roundtable.
• The chemistry of natural products, organized by Prof. José L. Giner, SUNY-ESF
• Biofuel combustion for residential and commercial space heating, organized by Prof. Philip Hopke, Clarkson University and Ellen Burkhard, Ph.D, NYSERDA.
• Chemistry and the war against cancer, organized by Dr. Vinay Likhite, Baroda Cancer Research
• Drug development and design, organized by Dr. Jason Herr, Albany Molecular
• K-12 education, organized by Dr. Dana Barry, Clarkson University. This Saturday session is especially suitable for high school chemistry teachers.