Invited Lectures

A1, Synthetic Methodology

Marcos G. Suero

Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia ICIQ Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology; Tarragona, Spain
“Catalytic Carbyne Transfer in Organic Synthesis"

Keinan Ehud

 The Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
“Bio-inspired synthesis of spherical containers and bambusuril anion transporters"

Carlos Afonso

Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon, Portugal 
“Synthetic transformations under flow conditions"

A2, Green Chemistry

Berit Olofsson

Department of Organic Chemistry, Stockholm University, Sweden
“Atom-efficient diarylations through metal-free cascade reactions"

Jiwoong Lee

Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
“CO2-Mediated Processes"

A3, Reaction Mechanisms

Svetlana B. Tsogoeva

Organic Chemistry Chair I and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM), Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
“Multi-Step Domino Reactions: Access to Versatile Compounds for Material and Life Sciences"

Joost Reek

 Homogeneous and Supramolecular Catalysis, Van t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, Amsterdam
“Rational approaches to design selective transition metal catalysts using supramolecular chemistry"

A4, Supramolecular Chemistry

Werner Nau

 Jacobs University Bremen, Germany
“The Chaotropic Effect as an Assembly Motif in Supramolecular Chemistry"

Christopher A. Hunter

 Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
“Synthetic Information Molecules"

A5, Asymmetric Synthesis and Natural Products

Olivier Baudoin

University of Basel, Department of Chemistry, Basel, Switzerland
“Ring Construction via Palladium(0)-Catalyzed C–H Activation"

José Alemán

Organic Chemistry Department & Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
“Development of New Photocatalytic Reactions"

Janine COSSY

 Molecular Chemistry and Catalysis, ESPCI Paris, CNRS, PSL University, France
“POWER OF TRANSITION METALS FUNCTIONALIZATION AND CONSTRUCTION HETEROCYCLES"

Invited Lectures

B1, Organometallic Chemistry

Reiner Anwander

Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany
“New Horizons in Metal-Methyl Chemistry"

Alexander Trifonov

Institute of Organometallic Chemistry of Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
“New rare-earth alkyl, cationic alkyl and hydrido complexes for catalytic formation of C-C and C-E (E= N,P,Si, S) bonds“

Emma Gallo

University of Milan, Italy and Istituto di Chimica dei Composti OrganoMetallici, ICCOM-CNR, Fiorentino, Italy
“Synthesis of heterocyclic compounds promoted by porphyrin-based catalytic systems“

B2, Multimetallic systems

Carlos Salgueiro

FCT-NOVA, New University of Lisbon
“Modulation of the iron properties in multiheme cytochromes for sustainable green-energy alternatives"

Thomas Fässler

 Department Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Germany
“Search Strategy for Novel Superionic Solid-State Lithium-Ion Conductors – Lithium-Phosphido Trielates and Tetrelates"

B3, Molecular Magnets

Richard Winpenny

Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, United Kingdom
“From Rings to Nanostructures"

B4, Inorganic Interfaces:

Steven De Feyter

KU Leuven, Department of Chemistry, Belgium
“Controlling self-assembly and reactivity on surfaces"

Henrik Birkedal

Department of Chemistry and iNANO, Aarhus University, Denmark;
“Bone biomineralization studies by X-ray diffraction based 2D and 3D imaging"

Maria del Carmen Gimenez Lopez

Center for Research in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Materials (CiQUS), University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
“Advanced Energy Materials for Sustainable Future"

B5, Porous Materials

Christian Serre

Institut des Matériaux Poreux de Paris (IMAP), ESPCI Paris, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris, CNRS, PSL University, France
“Towards green synthesis and applications of robust MOFs"

Niveen Khashab

Physical Science and Engineering Division, KAST University, Saudi Arabia
“CRISPR/Cas9 Delivery by Biomimetic Metal Organic Frameworks"

Michael Zaworotko

Department of Chemical Sciences and Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
“The “Chemistree” of porous solids"

Invited Lectures

C1, Chemical Biology

Oliver Seitz

Department of Chemistry, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
“Live cell labelling of proteins and carbohydrates by templated chemistry"

Matthew Baker

CTR, MERLN, Fac. Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Netherlands
“Macromolecular design for 3D hydrogel biomaterials"

Christian A. Olsen

 Center for Biopharmaceuticals and Department for Drug Design and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
“Chemical Tools for Investigating Histone Deacetylase (HDAC) Enzymes"

Edward W. Tate

Imperial College London, Department of Chemistry, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, London, UK
“Chemical Probes enabling Drug Discovery"

Marina Rubini

 O' Brien Centre for Science, Belfield, University College Dublin, Ireland
“The use of proline analogues in protein engineering and design"

C2, Sensors and Diagnostic

Donal O´Shea

 Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Chemistry Department, Dublin 2, Ireland
“REAL-TIME NEAR INFRARED FLUORESCENCE IMAGING: RESEARCH TOOLS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR CLINICAL USE"

Pedro M. P. Gois

Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa) Pharmacy Faculty, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
“New Chemistries for Stimuli-Responsive Targeting Drug Conjugates"

C3, Biomolecules: Synthesis and Applications 

Jalila Simaan

BiosCiences, iSm2, CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, Marseille, France
“Copper-containing monooxygenases: from enzymatic systems to bioinspired models"

Christelle Hureau

CNRS Toulouse, Université Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier, France
"Polyanions to counteract the detrimental interaction between Cu(II)/Zn(II) and the Alzheimer's-related amyloid-β peptide"

Manuel Aureliano

FCT and CCMAR Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal
“Polyoxovanadates with biological and biomedical activities"

Francesco Ricci

Chemistry Department, University of Rome, Italy
“Reorganization of self-assembled DNA-based polymers in higher ordered structures"

C4, Bioinorganic Chemistry

Serena DeBeer

 Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
“Making and breaking bonds: Spectroscopic studies of energy converting enzymes"

Invited Lectures

D1, Assemblies, Aggregates and Interfaces

Tim Liedl

 Fakultät für Physik and Center for NanoScience, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
“DNA-assembled functional materials"

Tibor Kudernac

Faculty of Science and Engineering,  Molecular Inorganic Chemistry, Groningen, Netherlands
“Supramolecular Polymers with Life-Like Mechanical Functions"

Alexander Böker

 Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research (IAP), Universität Potsdam, Germany
“Novel Microcontact Printing Approaches for the Generation of Multi-Patch Functional Colloids"

D2, Nanomaterials and Nanostructures

Wojciech Bury

Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wrocław, Poland
“Searching for porous materials for sorption, separation, and catalysis - from non-covalent systems to porous organic polymers"

David Portehault

Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (LCMCP), Paris, France
"Molten salts to address the solid-state chemistry of nano-objects"

Jorge Perez Juste

CINBIO and Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Vigo, Spain
“Hybrid Plasmonic thin-films for SERS-based sensing in solution and in gas phase"

D3, Theory meets experiments- predicting properties of materials

Giovanni M. Pavan

Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Italy and Department of Innovative Technologies, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Polo Universitario Lugano, Switzerland 
“Computational approaches towards bioinspired dynamic materials"

Aran Garcia-Lekue

 Donostia International Physics Center, San Sebastian, Spain
“Tailoring magnetic and topological fingerprints in graphene nanoribbons"

Matthieu Verstraete

University of Liege, Belgium
“Spectroscopy and transport in defected 2D materials"

D4, Organic-Inorganic Hybrids

Miriam Unterlass

University of Konstanz, Department of Chemistry, Germany
“Direct Access to Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials through Hydrothermal Synthesis"

Daniel Maspoch

Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Spain and ICREA, Barcelona, Spain
“From metal-organic framework colloids to functional materials and devices"

Marinella Striccoli*

CNR-IPCF SS Bari, Via Orabona 4 Bari, Italy
“Nanocrystal Coupled Dimers and Hybrid Nanostructures"

Invited Lectures

E1, Drug Design and Discovery

Ana Rita C. Duarte

LAQV/REQUIMTE, Department of Chemistry, NOVA School of Science and Technology, FCT NOVA, Caparica, Portugal
“Formulation of therapeutic deep eutectic systems targeting current challenges in pharmaceutical sciences"

Elisabetta Groaz

Medicinal Chemistry, Rega Institute for Medical Research, KY Leuven, Belgium
“Nucleoside phosphonate prodrugs as prominent source of hepatitis B virus (HBV) inhibitors"

Gilles Gasser

Chimie ParisTech, PSL University, CNRS, Institute of Chemistry for Life and Health Sciences, Paris, France
“TOWARDS SELECTIVE DELIVERY OF NOVEL METAL-BASED PHOTOSENSITIZERS FOR ANTICANCER PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY"

E2, Drug Delivery

Christoph E Hagemeyer

Nanobiotechnology Laboratory, Australian Centre for Blood Diseases, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
“Development of novel diagnostics and antibody-drug-conjugates using a combination of click chemistry and enzymatic ligation"

Ramón Martinez Mañez

School of Industrial Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de  “Gated materials for drug delivery and biomedical applications"

E3, Metals in Medicine

Nils Metzler-Nolte

Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
“A Bioorganometallic Journey from Peptide Bioconjugates to Novel Metal-based Antibiotics"

Anne-Kathrin Duhme-Klair

 Department of Chemistry, University of York, UK
“Siderophores and their potential applications in the development of antimicrobials"

E4, Biopolymers, Hydrogels and Processing

Veronica I. Dodero

Bielefeld University, Germany
“Supramolecular Medicine: From basic research to gluten-related disorders"

J. F. Mano

 Department of Chemistry, CICECO — Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
“Macromolecular design in natural-origin hydrogels for tissue engineering applications"

Takashi Hayashita

Department of Material and Life Sciences, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan
“Design and Function of Nanostructure Probes for Bacteria Discrimination"

E5, Diagnostics and Nanotherapeutics

Teresa Pellegrino

Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Genova, Italy
“Engineering Magnetic Nano-platforms to Combine Magnetic Hyperthermia with other Therapeutic Treatments for Tackling Cancer"

E6, Molecular Sensors

Dirk-Peter Herten

 Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences & School of Chemistry, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, Medical School, UK and Northern Ireland
“Make them blink! - A chemistry approach to advanced fluorescence microscopy"

Invited Lectures

F1, Organo and Metal Homogenous Catalysis

Jose L. Vicario

Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain
“Exploring new reactivity patterns through the organocatalytic activation of small– and medium–sized carbocycles"

Anat Milo

Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
“Learning from nature the hard way: Secondary-Sphere Modification in Organocatalysis"

John F. Bower

Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
“New Electrophilic Amination Strategies for N-Heterocycle Synthesis“

F2, Heterogeneous and Supported Catalysis

Jeremy Luterbacher

Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
“Developing new bio-based chemicals by direct functionalization of biomass with acetals”

F3, Bio and Biomimetic Catalysis 

F4, Photo and Electrocatalysis

Marcella Bonchio

University of Padova and ITM-CNR, Department of Chemical Sciences, Italy
“SUPRAMOLECULAR QUANTASOMES FOR ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS"

Daniele Leonori

Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, UK; and Institute of Organic Chemistry, RWTH-Aachen University, Germany
“New Methods for C–C and C–N Bond Assembly via Halogen-Atom Transfer (XAT)"