Division representatives:
Rebecca Davis, University of Manitoba
Christine Gottardo, Lakehead University
Symposia and organizers:
Advances in asymmetric synthesis
Organizer:
Rebecca Davis, University of Manitoba
Advances in green chemistry - joint with EN/IN
Organizers:
Matthew Gradiski, Green Chemistry Initiative, University of Toronto
Kevin Szkop, Green Chemistry Initiative, University of Toronto
Maria Cleveland, Green Chemistry UBC, The University of British Columbia
Jade Poisson, Green Chemistry UBC, The University of British Columbia
Jeanette Loos, Green Chemistry UBC, University of British Columbia
Patrick Giesbrecht, Dalhousie University Green Chemistry Initiative, Dalhousie University
Applied photochemistry: from synthesis to mechanisms
Organizers:
Belinda Heyne, University of Calgary
Christine Gottardo, Lakehead University
Invited speakers:
Cornelia Bohne, University of Victoria
Scott Murphy, University of Regina
Geniece Hallett-Tapley, St. Francis Xavier University
Brian Wagner, University of Prince Edward Island
Chemistry and applications of functional molecular materials - joint with IN
Organizer:
Viktor Nemykin, University of Manitoba
Invited speakers:
Tomas Torres, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Dirk Guildi, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg
Early career investigator symposium - joint with BM/IN
Organizer:
Christopher Thibodeaux, Mcgill University
Invited speakers:
Zac Hudson, University of British Columbia
Avena Ross, Queen's University
Ryan Hili, York University
Saurabh Chitnas, Dalhousie University
Jeff Chan, University of Illinois, USA
Wei-Chen Chang, North Carolina State University, USA
Emerging tools and methodologies in organic chemistry
Organizers:
David Leitch, University of Victoria
John Naber, Merck, USA
Invited speakers:
Richard Bourne, University of Leeds
Sophie Rousseaux, University of Toronto
François Lévesque, Merck, USA
Nicole Goodwin, GlaxoSmithKline
Robert Paton, Colorado State University, USA
General session
Organizer:
Rebecca Davis, University of Manitoba
Hypervalent iodine chemistry - joint with IN
Organizers:
Viktor Zhdankin, University of Minnesota, Duluth
Graham Murphy, University of Waterloo
Invited speakers:
Thomas Wirth, Cardiff University, UK
Geraldine Masson, Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, France
Novel activation strategies in catalysis: fundamental and applied innovation - joint with IN
Organizers:
Lisa Rosenberg, University of Victoria
Rylan Lundgren, University of Alberta
Invited Speakers:
Rob Knowles, Princeton University, USA
Sebastien Monfette, Pfizer, USA
Danielle Schultz, Merck, USA
Alex Radosevich, MIT, USA
Johanna Blacquiere, Western University
Janelle Steves, GlaxoSmithKline, USA
Tianning Diao, New York University
Organic contaminants: fate, impact and treatment - joint with EN
Organizers:
Graham Gagnon, Dalhousie University
Bing Chen, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Overcoming the barriers in organic chemistry – a symposium in memory of Guthrie, More O’Ferrall, Chiang, and Kresge
Organizer:
Ron Kluger, University of Toronto
Invited speakers:
Jeffrey Keillor, University of Ottawa
Derek Pratt, University of Ottawa
Jik Chin, University of Toronto
Andrew Dicks, University of Toronto
Graeme Howe, Queens University
Jiali Gao, University of Minnesota
Jason Hein, the University of British Columbia
Pi-conjugated organic materials - joint with MT
Organizers:
Jean-Francois Morin, Université Laval
Loren Kaake, Simon Fraser University
Invited speakers:
Dwight Seferos, University of Toronto
Timothy Kelly, University of Saskatchewan
Russell Holmes, University of Minnesota, USA
Malika Jeffries-EL, Boston University, USA
Strategies in total synthesis
Organizer:
Sylvain Canesi, Université du Québec à Montréal
Invited speakers:
Jeffrey Albert, Intellisyn R&D
Robert Batey, University of Toronto
Robert Britton, Simon Fraser University
James Gleason, McGill University
Avena Ross, Queens University
Symposium Sponsor:
Corealis Pharma Inc.
Synthetic Tool Development and Mechanistic Chemical Biology - joint with BM
Organizer:
Anthony Rullo, McMaster University
Invited speakers:
Andrew Bennet, Simon Frasier University
Xin Zhang, Penn State University, USA
Ratmir Derda, University of Alberta
Andrei Yudin, University of Toronto
Dale Boger, The Scripps Research Institute, USA
Ryan Hili, York University
Jianmin Gao, Boston College, USA
Therapeutic Interventions to combat bacterial resistance - joint with BM
Organizers:
Frank Schweizer, University of Manitoba
Marya Ahmed, University of Prince Edward Island
Invited speakers:
Jürgen Bulitta, University of Florida, USA
Tom Chang, Utah State University , USA
David Jakeman, Dalhousie University
Nathan Magarvey, McMaster University
Yoav Finer, University of Toronto
Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu, University of British Columbia
Vincent Rotello, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
What, how, why: solving problems in modern chemistry, memorial symposium for Professor Philip Hultin
Organizers:
Laina Geary, University of Nevada, Reno
Jason Hein, The University of British Columbia
Invited speakers:
Vanessa Marx, Novartis
Rylan Lundgren, University of Alberta
Rodney Smith, University of Waterloo
Vladimir Michaelis, University of Alberta
