| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | MECHANISTIC & ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY (I) |
| Discussion Leader: Geoff Coates (Cornell University) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Robert Bergman (U.C. Berkeley)
"C-H Activation in Catalytic H/D Exchange and Host-Guest Mediated Reactions" |
| 8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
| 8:10 pm - 8:40 pm | Jim Mayer (University of Washington)
"Reaction Chemistry of Strongly Oxidizing Metal Compounds" |
| 8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:20 pm | Gregory J. Kubas (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
"Heterolytic Splitting of Coordinated Sigma Bonds on Highly Electrophilic Complexes" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| 9:30 pm | Reception |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | INORGANIC MATERIALS & SURFACES (I) |
| Discussion Leader: Bahram Moassar (GE Global Research Center) |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Tony Cheetham (U.C. Santa Barbara)
"Hybrid Inorganic-Organic Framework Materials" |
| 9:30 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
| 9:45 am - 10:15 am | Coffee Break / Conference Photo |
| 10:15 am - 10:45 am | Wayne Goodman (Texas A&M University)
"Catalysis by Supported Metal Nanoclusters" |
| 10:45 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Mark Hampden-Smith (Cabot Superior Micropowders)
"New Approaches to Multifunctional Catalytic and Electrocatalytic Materials" |
| 11:30 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
| 11:45 am - 12:15 pm | Charlie Torardi (DuPont Central Research)
"Structural Building Blocks for Phosphor Synthesis - Designing New Luminescent Materials" |
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session (GROUP 1) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | MOLECULAR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE |
| Discussion Leader: David L. Clark (Los Alamos National Laboratory) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Thomas Fanghänel (Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung,
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe)
"Interaction of Trivalent Actinides with Mineral Surfaces" |
| 8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
| 8:10 pm - 8:40 pm | Gordon E. Brown, Jr. (Stanford University, Earth Sciences)
"Structure and Reactivity of Metal Oxide Surfaces Under
Environmental Conditions" |
| 8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:20 pm | John Zachara (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
"New Insights on the Environmental Chemistry of Uranium from Spectroscopy and Microscopy Studies of Field Materials" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| 9:30 pm | Poster Session (Group 1) |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | STRUCTURE & BONDING |
| Discussion Leader: Rinaldo Poli (Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, Toulouse) |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Malcolm H. Chisholm (Ohio State University)
"Informatics Based on Electronically-Coupled M2 Units" |
| 9:30 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
| 9:45 am - 10:15 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:15 am - 10:45 am | Jennifer C. Green (Oxford University)
"Hydrogen Transfer Between Ligands: a Computational Study" |
| 10:45 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Carlos Murillo (Texas A&M University)
"Electronic Communication between Pairs of Dimetal Units" |
| 11:30 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
| 11:45 am - 12:15 pm | Tom Zeigler (University of Calgary)
"Transition Metals Under the Iinfluence of a Magnetic Field. First Principle Calculations of NMR,ESR,CD, and MCD Parameters" |
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session (GROUP 1) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | SYNTHETIC METHODOLOGY |
| Discussion Leader: Karsten Meyer (U.C. San Diego) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Jesper Bendix (University of Copenhagen)
"Atom Transfer as a Preparative Tool in Coordination Chemistry. Novel Nitrido Chemistry of the First Row Transition Metals" |
| 8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
| 8:10 pm - 8:40 pm | Jonas Peters (California Institute of Technology)
"Tailoring Spin Ttates for Multi-electron Redox Reactivity at Pseudotetrahedral First Row Ions" |
| 8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:20 pm | Marinella Mazzanti (Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique)
"Comparative Studies of the Structure, Bonding and Reactivity of
Lanthanide(III) and Uranium(III) Complexes with Polydentate N-donor Ligands" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| 9:30 pm | Poster Session (Group 1) |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | BIOINORGANIC CHEMISTRY |
| Discussion Leader: Martin Kirk (University of New Mexico) |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Edward Solomon (Stanford University)
"Spectroscopic Methods in Bioinorganic Chemistry: The Blue Copper Active Site" |
| 9:30 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
| 9:45 am - 10:15 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:15 am - 10:45 am | Lisa Berreau (Utah State University)
"Metal Alkoxide Chemistry of Nitrogen/Sulfur Ligands: Relevance to Liver
Alcohol Dehydrogenase" |
| 10:45 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am | James Penner-Hahn (U of Michigan)
"Zn Promoted Alkyl Transfer Enzymes: A New Role for Zn in Biology" |
| 11:30 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
| 11:45 am - 12:15 pm | Julie Kovacs (U of Washington)
"Understanding the Mechanism of Superoxide Reduction by the Cysteinate-Ligated Non-Heme Iron Enzyme Superoxide Reductase (SOR)" |
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session (GROUP 2) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | INORGANIC MATERIALS & SURFACES (II) |
| Discussion Leader: Jennifer Hollingsworth (Los Alamos National Laboratory) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Malcolm L.H. Green (Oxford University)
"Small Matters: Inorganic Chemistry inside Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes" |
| 8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
| 8:10 pm - 8:40 pm | Peter Bonitatebus (GE Global Research Center)
"Synthesis and Surface Modification of Monodisperse Iron Oxide Nanoparticles" |
| 8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:20 pm | Scott Chambers (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
"Experimental and Theoretical Investigations of the Valence Band Properties of Oxide Surfaces and Interfaces" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| 9:30 pm | Poster Session (Group 2) |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | MECHANISTIC AND ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY (II) |
| Discussion Leader: George Stanley (Louisiana State University) |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Richard R. Schrock (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
"The Catalytic Reduction of Dinitrogen to Ammonia by Single-Site Molybdenum Catalysts" |
| 9:30 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
| 9:45 am - 10:15 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:15 am - 10:45 am | Nik Kaltsoyannis (University College London)
"On the Nature of Cycloheptatrienyl-Transition Metal Bonding" |
| 10:45 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Rinaldo Poli (Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, Toulouse)
"Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP): It's all Inorganic Chemistry!" |
| 11:30 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
| 11:45 am - 12:15 pm | Poster Talk |
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session (GROUP 2) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Conference Business Meeting |
| 7:45 pm - 9:30 pm | THE ART OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY |
| Discussion Leader: George Stanley (Louisiana State University) |
| 7:45 pm - 8:15 pm | Poster Talk |
| 8:15 pm - 8:25 pm | Discussion |
| 8:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Robin J.H. Clark (University College, London)
"Raman Microscopy at the Arts/Science Interface" |
| 9:30 pm | Poster Session (Group 2) |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Departure |