Symposium Organizers and Invited Speakers

Analytical Chemistry

Advances in Microarray Technology and Analysis

Organizers: P. Li, E. Lagally
Luke P. Lee, University of California, Berkeley
Jianlong Zhao, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem & Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Science
Joshua Edel, Imperial College

Analysis of Single Cells

Organizers: P.Li, E. Lagally
Marc Madou, University of California, Irvine
Sang-Hyun Oh, University of Minnesota

Biomaterials and Bioanalysis

Organizers: K. Kerman, S. Kelly
Selim Unlu, Boston University
John Brennan, McMaster University
Heinz-Berhard Kraatz, University of Western Ontario

Electrochemistry and Electrocatalysis

Organizers: G. Jerkiewicz, M. Eikerling
Heather Andreas, Dalhousie University
Daniel Belanger, Université du Quebec à Montreal
Alex Brolo, University of Victoria
Aicheng Chen, Lakehead University
Michael Freund, Unversity of Manitoba
Daniel Guay, INRS Énergie et Matériaux
Steve Holdcroft, Simon Fraser University
Boniface Kokoh, Universite de Poitiers, France
Bernie Kraatz, University of Western Ontario
Jacek Lipkowski, University of Guelph
Jeanine Mauzeroll, Université du Quebec à Montreal
Sylvie Morin, York University
Linda Nazar, University of Waterloo
Sasha Omanovic, McGill University
Peter Pickup, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Sharon Roscoe, Acadia University
Harm Rotermund, Dalhousie University
David Shoesmith, University of Western Ontario
Hogan Yu, Simon Fraser University
David Wilkinson, University of British Columbia

Frontiers in Analytical Techniques Applied to the Environment

Organizers: H. Osthoff, J. Murphy
Andre Simpson, University of Toronto Scarborough
Chris Le, University of Alberta

General

Organizer: M. Thompson

Novel Separations and Detection in Analytical Chemistry: Applications in Academia, Government, and Industry

Organizers: N. Baryla, M. Thompson
Robert Bujalski, Sepracor
Panos Hatsis, Novartis
Doug Kiehl, Eli Lilly & Company
Charles Lucy, University of Alberta
Jeremy Melanson, NRC Institute for Marine Biosciences
Truong Ta, Sanofi Pasteur
Kevin Thurbide, University of Calgary
Karen Waldron, Universite de Montreal
Aaron Wheeler, University of Toronto
Mary J. Wirth, Purdue University
Ken Yeung, University of Western Ontario

Probes for Macrocycle Analysis

Organizer: T. Bender

Problems and Perspectives for the Analytical Chemist in Biomarker Detection

Organizers: M. Thompson, Romaschin

Biological and Medicinal Chemistry

Bioinorganic Chemistry

Organizer: D. Zamble
Peter Chivers, Washington University at St. Louis
Catherine Drennan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sean Elliott, Boston University
Graham George, University of Saskatchewan
Pierre Kennepohl, University of British Columbia
Martin Stillman, University of Western Ontario
Ann Valentine, Yale University
Xiao-an Zhang, University of Toronto

Biomaterials and Bioanalysis

Organizer: K. Kerman, S. Kelly
Selim Unlu, Boston University
John Brennan, McMaster University
Heinz-Berhard Kraatz, University of Western Ontario

Bioorganic Chemistry (A symposium celebrating Ron Kluger's 65th Birthday)

Organizer: D. Woolley
Steve Bearne, Dalhousie University
Jik Chin, University of Toronto
Ron Kluger, University of Toronto
John Pezacki, NRC
Rick Silverman, Northwestern University
Scott Taylor, University of Waterloo

Cancer Therapeutics

Organizer: L. Edwards

Carboydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology

Organizer: M. Nitz
Peter Andreana, Wayne State University
France-Isabelle Auzanneau, University of Guelph
Chris Cairo, University of Alberta
Dennis Hall, University of Alberta
Roland Pieters, Utrecht University

From In Silico to In Vivo: Strategies for Probing Molecular Phenomena at Biological Interfaces

Organizer: C. Yip
Peter Tieleman, University of Calgary
John Pezacki, NRC

General

Organizer: D. Zamble

Life Sciences

Organizers: R. Carlini, J. Wosnick
Frank Gu, University of Waterloo
Ravi Ramachandran, Syngenta
Joel Robichaud, Merck-Frosst
Jean-François Houle, Axela
Gilbert Walker, University of Toronto
Jeffrey Besterman, Methylgene

Nucleic Acids Chemistry

Organizer: P. Johnson
Masad Dhama, McGill University
Thorsten Dieckmann, University of Waterloo
Matt Disney, University of Buffalo
Dan Fabris, University of Maryland
Robert Hudson, University of Western Ontario
Daniel Lafontaine, University of Sherbrooke
Pascale Legault, Université de Montreal
Juewen Liu, University of Waterloo
David Perrin, University of British Columbia
Dipankar Sen, University of British Columbia
Peter Unrau, Simon Fraser University

Peptides and their Pharmaceutical Relevance

Organizer: E. Benjamin

Protein Design and Engineering

Organizer: J. Shin
Rob Campbell, University of Alberta
Jean-Paul Desaulniers, Ontario Institute of Technology
Pierre Lavigne, University of Sherbrooke
Joelle Pelletier, Université de Montreal
John Sorensen, University of Manitoba
John Vederas, University of Alberta
Steve Withers, University of British Columbia
David Zechel, Queen's University

Radiopharmaceuticals

Organizer: N. Vasdev
Jason S. Lewis, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and Cornell University
Henry F. VanBrocklin, University of California, San Francisco
Alan Wilson, University of Toronto, and CAMH
Raman Chirakal, McMaster University
Andrea Armstrong, McMaster Nuclear Reactor
David Perrin, University of British Columbia
Ralf Schirrmacher, McGill University
Chris Orvig, University of British Columbia
Frank Wuest, University of Alberta
Leonard Luyt, University of Western Ontario
Neil Vasdev, University of Toronto, and CAMH
Timothy McCarthy, Pfizer, USA
Karin Stephenson, Centre for Probe Development and Commercialization

The Chemistry and Biology of Natural Products

(Submit under Organic Chemistry Division)
Organizers: N. Magarvey, P. Harrison

Chemical Education

Beyond the Traditional Chemistry Lecture: Effective, Engaging Teaching Methods

Organizer: Anne Johnson
Ghislain Deslongchamps, University of New Brunswick

Making Chemistry Relevant and Accessible to Today's Students

Organizers: R. Venkateswaran, D Kennepohl
Ariel Fenster, McGill University
Morton Hoffman, Boston University
Glen Loppnow, University of Alberta
Craig MacKinnon, Lakehead University

Safety Education in Undergraduate and Graduate Chemistry Programs

Organizers: K. Koczanski, H. Luong, G. Norval
Gelareh Bankian, University of Toronto
Chris Ambidge, University of Toronto
Rashmi Venkateswaran, University of Ottawa
Michael Mombourquette, Queen's University

Student Research in Chemistry Education

Organizer: C. Kutas

Teaching Green Chemistry in Lecture & Laboratory

Organizers: J. Andraos, A. Dicks
Michael Cann, University of Scranton, Pennsylvania

Teaching Writing Skills to Chemists

Organizer: L. Barton
Holly Gaede, Texas A&M University
Jeffery Kovac, University of Tennessee

The Future of Global Chemistry Education

Organizer: G. Loppnow
Geoffrey Rayner-Canham, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Memorial University
Robert Burk, Carleton University
Brian Wagner, University of Prince Edward Island
Judith Poe, University of Toronto at Mississauga
Margaret-Ann Armour, University of Alberta
Peter Mahaffy, King's University College, Edmonton

Transitioning from High School to University Chemistry

Organizer: D. Stone
Lori Jones, University of Guelph
Arlene Russell, University of California, Los Angeles

Environment Division

Frontiers in Analytical Techniques Applied to the Environment

Organizers: H. Osthoff, J. Murphy
Andre Simpson, University of Toronto Scarborough
Chris Le, University of Alberta

General

Organizer: J. Murphy
Scott Mabury, University of Toronto
Tim Weis, Pembina Institute

Heterogeneous Chemical Experiments and Models for the Environment

Organizers: H. Al-Abadleh, D. Gamble
Donald Sparks, University of Delaware
Carol Ptacek, University of Waterloo

Inorganic Elements in the Environment

Organizers: S. Mojumdar, J. Cutler
E. Jona, University of Trencin

Organic Matter in the Environment: Characterization, Reactivity, Formation

Organizers: J. Abbatt, A. Simpson
Lihini Aluwihare, Scripps, University of California, San Diego
Allen Robinson, Carnegie Mellon University

Industrial Chemistry

Commercial Technologies From Advanced Polymeric Materials

Organizers: K. Moffat, G. Sacripante
Lisa Knight, Lanxess
Darren Anderson, Vive Nano
Robert Pelton, Sentinel Bioactive Paper Network
Guerino Sacripante, Xerox Research Centre of Canada

Industry Emerging Technologies and Trends

Organizers: A. Côté, N. Chopra, N. Toltl
Mark Mamac, BASF
Andrea Sudik, Ford Motor Company
James Blackwell, Intel Corporation
Kenny-tuan Dinh, Xerox Corporation

Life Sciences

Novel Separations and Detection in Analytical Chemistry: Applications in Academia, Government, and Industry

Peptides and their Pharmaceutical Relevance

Organizer: E. Benjamin

Robust Synthesis Methods for Commercial Applications

Organizers: T. Wigglesworth, R. Carlini
Brian Fahie, Eli Lilly and Company
Francis Gosselin, Merck Research Laboratories
Stephen Horne, Apotex Pharmachem Inc.
Hicham Fenniri, NRC National Institute for Nanotechnology
Mike Organ, York University

Inorganic Chemistry

Biodegradable / Green Polymers: Catalysis to Materials

Organizer: P. Mehrkhodavandi
Geoffrey Coates, Cornell University
Didier Bourissou, Universite Paul Sabatier, France
Jun Okuda, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Malcolm H. Chisholm, Ohio State University
Paul G. Hayes, University of Lethbridge
Fran. M. Kerton, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Philip G. Jessop, Queen's University
Laurel Schafer, University of British Columbia
Paul Charpentier, University of Western Ontario
John Kadla, University of British Columbia
Frank Schaper, Université de Montreal
Robert E. Prud'homme, Université de Montreal

Bioinorganic Chemistry

General

Organizer: R. Morris

Inorganic Elements in the Environment

Organizers: S. Mojumdar, J. Cutler
E. Jona, University of Trencin

Interplay of Ligand Design and Small Molecule Activation

Organizer: M. Fryzuk
Sandro Gambarotta, University of Ottawa
Hansjörg Grützmacher, ETH
Jason Love, University of Edinburgh
Robert H. Morris, University of Toronto
Richard R. Schrock, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mark Stradiotto, Dalhousie University
Jörg Sundermeyer, Philipps-Universität Marburg
Laura Turculet, Dalhousie University

Main Group Chemistry

Organizer: A. McWilliams
Jason Clyburne, Saint Mary's University
Freider Jaekle, Rutgers University
Charles MacDonald, University of Windsor
Ian Manners, University of Bristol
Richard Oakley, University of Waterloo
Paul Ragogna, University of Western Ontario
Roland Roesler, University of Calgary
Manfred Scheer, Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, University of Regensburg
Rainer Streubel, Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, University of Bonn
Gerard van Koten, Utrecht University

Nanochemistry

Organizers: J. Veinot, H. Fenniri
Frank van Veggel, University of Victoria
Byron Gates, Simon Fraser University
Brian Korgel, University of Texas at Austin
Susan Kauzlarich, University of California, Davis
Normand Voyer, University of Laval
Hanadi Sleiman, McGill University
David Perrin, University of British Columbia
Molly Shoichet, University of Toronto
James A. Wisner, University of Western Ontario
Danny Puzzo DIC Award for Graduate Work in Inorganic Chemistry Winner

N-Heterocyclic Carbene Chemistry

Organizer: D. Goussev
Martin Albrecht, University College Dublin
Manuel Alcarazo, Max Planck Institute für Kohlenforschung, Germany
Guy Bertrand, University of California, Riverside
Christopher Bielawski, University of Texas at Austin
Catherine S.J. Cazin, University of St. Andrews
Shawn K. Collins, Université de Montréal
Cathleen M. Crudden, Queen's University
Reto Dorta, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Gernot Frenking, Philipps-Universität, Marburg, Germany
D. Michael Heinekey, University of Washington
Steven P. Nolan, University of St. Andrews
Michael G. Organ, York University
Pedro J. Pérez, Universidad de Huelva, Spain
Eduardo Peris, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, Spain
Roland Roesler, University of Calgary
Adam S. Veige, University of Florida
Wiley J. Youngs, University of Akron

Synthesis and Applications of Boron Compounds

Organizer: R. Batey
Tom Baker, University of Ottawa
Martin Burke, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Dennis Hall, University of Alberta
Ken Itami, Nagoya University
Lanny Liebeskind, Emory University
David Perrin, University of British Columbia
Milton Smith, Michigan State University
Victor Snieckus, Queen’s University
Mark Taylor, University of Toronto
Suning Wang, Queen’s University

Rings, Chains, and Polymers with Inorganic Elements

Organizer: D. Foucher
Ian Manners, Bristol University, Polymer Session
Mark MacLachlan, University of British Columbia, Ring Session
Pierre Harvey, University of Sherbrooke
Eric Rivard, University of Alberta
Thomas Baumgartner, University of Calgary
Richard Puddephatt, University of Western Ontario
Alaa Abd-El-Aziz, University of British Columbia Okanagan
Andreas Eichhöfer, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
John F. Corrigan, University of Western Ontario

Symposium in Honour of Dick Puddephatt

Organizers: N. Jones, D. Song
John E. Bercaw, California Institute of Technology
William D. Jones, University of Rochester
Richard Eisenberg, University of Rochester
Karen I Goldberg, University of Washington
Daniel B. Leznoff, Simon Fraser University
Richard Puddephatt, University of Western Ontario

Macromolecular Science and Engineering

A Symposium in Honour of Mitch Winnik

Organizer: J. Duhamel
Mitch Winnik, University of Toronto
Eugenia Kumacheva, University of Toronto
Matthew Moffat, University of Victoria
Yahya Rharbi, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble
José Paulo Farinha, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal
José MG Martinho, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal
Ian Manners, University of Bristol
Vladimir Baranov, University of Toronto
Mark Nitz, University of Toronto
Adie Eisenberg, McGill University
Guojun Liu, Queen's University
Steve Menchen, Applied Biosystems
Willie Lau, Rohm and Haas
Jean Duhamel, University of Waterloo

Biodegradable / Green Polymers: Catalysis to Materials

Organizer: P. Mehrkhodavandi
Geoffrey Coates, Cornell University
Didier Bourissou, Universite Paul Sabatier, France
Jun Okuda, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Malcolm H. Chisholm, Ohio State University
Paul G. Hayes, University of Lethbridge
Fran. M. Kerton, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Philip G. Jessop, Queen's University
Laurel Schafer, University of British Columbia
Paul Charpentier, University of Western Ontario
John Kadla, University of British Columbia
Parisa Mehrkhodavandi, University of British Columbia
Frank Schaper, University of Montreal
Robert E. Prud'homme, Université de Montreal

Commercial Technologies From Advanced Polymeric Materials

Organizers: K. Moffat, G. Sacripante
Lisa Knight, Lanxess
Guerino Sacripante, Xerox Research Centre of Canada
Robert Pelton, Sentinel Bioactive Paper Network, and McMaster University

Dendritic Macromolecules: From Synthesis to Applications

Organizer: A. Kakkar
Jean-Pierre Majoral, CNRS, Toulouse, France
Michael Malkoch, The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
René Roy, Université du Québec à Montréal

Force Spectroscopy on Macromolecules: From Single Molecules to Materials

Organizer: H. Li
Nancy Forde, Simon Fraser University
Michel Grandbois, University of Sherbrooke
Zhibin Guan, University of California, Irvine
Gilbert Walker, University of Toronto
Michael Woodside, University of Alberta
Wesley Wong, Harvard University
Christopher Yip, University of Toronto

Green Polymer Production and Processing

Organizers: S. Zhu, M. Cunningham
Amar Mohanty, University of Guelph
Jordan Wosnick, Xerox Research Centre of Canada
Rupert E. Spence, DuPont Canada
Pascale Champagne, Queen's University
Chul Park, University of Toronto
Phillip Choi, University of Alberta
Robin Hutchinson, Queen's University
Milan Maric, McGill University
Leonardo Simon, University of Waterloo

Polymers and Nanostructures

Organizer: A. Adronov
Ian Manners, University of Bristol
Mike Wolf, University of British Columbia
Mario LeClerc, Université Laval
Hicham Fenniri, NINT, University of Alberta
Gilbert Walker, University of Toronto
Patrick Malenfant, GE, NRC

Probes for Macrocycle Analysis

Organizer: T. Bender

Recent Advances in Organic Electronics

Organizers: W. Piers, T. Baumgartner, R. Tykwinski
John E. Anthony, University of Kentucky
Peter Bäuerle, University of Ulm
Mario LeClerc, Laval University
Tobin J. Marks, Northwestern University
Colin Nuckolls, Columbia University
Dmitrii Perepichka, McGill University
Lawrence Scott, Boston College
Shigehiro Yamaguchi, Nagoya University

Materials Chemistry

Commercial Technologies From Advanced Polymeric Materials

Organizers: K. Moffat, G. Sacripante
Lisa Knight, Lanxess
Darren Anderson, Vive Nano
Robert Pelton, Sentinel Bioactive Paper Network
Guerino Sacripante, Xerox Research Centre of Canada

Hybrid Polymer-Inorganic Materials

Organizer: G. Liu

Inorganic Nanostructured Materials

Organizer: J. Buriak

Liquid Crystalline Materials

Organizer: K. Maly

Polymer Materials for Biomedical Applications

Organizer: E. Kumacheva

Recent Advances in Organic Electronics

Organic Chemistry

Cancer Therapeutics

Organizer: L. Edwards

Carboydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology

Dendritic Macromolecules: From Synthesis to Applications

Organizer: A. Kakkar
Jean-Pierre Majoral, CNRS, Toulouse, France
Michael Malkoch, The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
René Roy, Université du Québec à Montréal

General

Organizer: M. Taylor

Liquid Crystalline Materials

Organizer: K. Maly

Modern Physical Organic Chemistry

Organizer: F. Hof
Michelle Chretien, Xerox Canada
Darren Johnson, University of Oregon
Mark Nitz, University of Toronto
Marcey Waters, University of North Carolina
Steve Zimmerman, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Nanochemistry

Organic Synthesis: Stereocontrol

Organizer: G. Dake
Alison Frontier, University of Rochester
Tomas Hudlicky, Brock University
Mark Lautens, University of Toronto
Glenn Sammis, University of British Columbia
Karl Scheidt, Northwestern University
Claude Spino, University of Sherbrooke
Dale Ward, University of Saskatchewan
Hisashi Yamamoto, University of Chicago

Radiopharmaceuticals

Organizer: N. Vasdev

Recent Advances in Organic Electronics

Recent Developments in Heterocyclic Chemistry

Organizer: A. Beauchemin
Sylvain Canesi, Université du Québec à Montréal
Marco Ciufolini, University of British Columbia
Brian Pagenkopf, University of Western Ontario
Glenn Sammis, University of British Columbia
Daniel Seidel, Rutgers University

Synthesis and Applications of Boron Compounds

The Chemistry and Biology of Natural Products

Organizers: N. Magarvey, P. Harrison

Physical, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry

Bioplasmonics

Organizer: G. Walker
Alex Brolo, University of Victoria
George Schatz, Northwestern University
John Pezacki, NRC Steacie Institute
Kathy Gough, University of Manitoba
Jean-Francois Masson, Université de Montreal
Mark McDermott, University of Alberta
Pierre Berini, University of Ottawa
Chitra Rangan, University of Windsor
Reuven Gordon, University of Victoria
Gang Zheng, University Health Network, University of Toronto
Jayshri Sabarinathan, University of Western Ontario
Dave Waldeck, University of Pittsburgh

Coherence and Decoherence in Molecular Processes

Organizer: P. Brumer
Tobias Brixner, Wurzburg
Paul Brumer, University of Toronto
David Coker, Boston
Marcus Dantus, Michigan
Eitan Geva, Michigan
Robin Hochstrasser, Penn
Ray Kapral, University of Toronto
Valerie Kleiman, Florida
Roman Krems, University of British Columbia
Todd Martinez, Stanford University
Keith Nelson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Pierre Pillet, CNRS
Oleg Prezhdo, Washington
Stuart Rice, Chicago
Greg Scholes, University of Toronto
Nikolaus Schwentner, Berlin
Moshe Shapiro, University of British Columbia, Weizmann
Albert Stolow, NRC
Warren Warren, Duke University

Electrochemistry and Electrolysis

Force Spectroscopy on Macromolecules: From Single Molecules to Materials

General

Organizer: C. Goh

Nanostructures: Structure-Property Relationships and Applications

Organizer: A. Dhirani
Richard Martel, Université de Montreal
Philippe Guyot-Sionnest, University of Chicago
Martin Moskovits, University of California Santa Barbara, API Nanotronics
Simon Fafard, Cyrium Technologies
Hadi Mahabadi, Xerox Canada
Michael Brett, University of Alberta

Solid State NMR: Methods and Applications

Organizers: D. Bryce, G. Goward
Alex Bain, McMaster University
Andreas Brinkmann, NRC
Arno Kentgens, Radboud University
Gang Wu, Queen's University
Gillian Goward, McMaster University
John Ripmeester, NRC
Josef Zwanziger, Dalhousie University
Kristopher Ooms, King's University College
Marek Pruski, Iowa State University
Megan Spence, University of Pittsburgh
Peter MacDonald, University of Toronto
Robert Schurko, University of Windsor
Roderick Wasylishen, University of Alberta
Scott Kroeker, University of Manitoba
Simon Sharpe, Sick Kids Hospital, University of Toronto
Timothy Cross, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Vladimir Ladizhansky, University of Guelph

The Dynamics of Cellular Processes

Organizer: D. McMillen
Brian Ingalls, University of Waterloo
Raymond Kapral, University of Toronto
Theodore Perkins, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa

Theoretical Chemical Physics

Organizers: D. Segal, J. Schofield
David N. Beratan, Duke University
Gregory S. Ezra, Cornell University
Gabriel Hana, University of Alberta
Radu Iftimie, University of Montreal
Mark Thachuk, University of British Columbia
Roger F. Loring, Cornell University
Alex Brown, University of Alberta
Nicholas Mosey, Queen's University
Jason Pearson, University of PEI
Tom Woo, University of Ottawa
Paul Ayers, McMaster University
Alex Wang, University of British Columbia
Dennis Salahub, University of Calgary
Mark Tuckerman, New York University
Gerhard Hummer, NIH
Irwin Oppenheimer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Steve Nielsen, University of Texas at Dallas
Mikko Karttunen, University of Western Ontario
Sergei Noskov, University of Calgary
Regis Pomes, University of Toronto
Gren Patey, University of British Columbia

Surface Science

Electrochemistry and Electrolysis

From In Silico to In Vivo: Strategies for Probing Molecular Phenomena at Biological Interfaces

Organizer:C. Yip
Peter Tieleman, University of Calgary
John Pezacki, NRC