| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:15 pm | SUNDAY EVENING SESSION |
| Discussion Leader: Joe Templeton (University of North Carolina) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Welcome and Announcements |
| 7:45 pm - 8:15 pm | Bill Jones (University of Rochester)
"Reversible Carbon-Carbon Bond Cleavage Reactions in Nitriles" |
| 8:15 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 9:00 pm | Shannon Stahl (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
"Palladium Oxidase Catalysis: Mechanisms and Applications
of Aerobic Oxidation Catalysis" |
| 9:00 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion |
| 9:15 pm | Chair's Reception |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | MONDAY MORNING SESSION |
| Discussion Leader: Chuck Casey (University of Wisconsin - Madison) |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Dean Harman (University of Virginia)
"The Rational Design of Tungsten, Molybdenum, and Rhenium Dearomatization Agents: Using π Bases in Organic Synthesis" |
| 9:30 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
| 9:45 am - 10:15 am | Photograph / Coffee Break |
| 10:15 am - 10:45 am | Sue Hallenbeck (DuPont)
"Polyolefin Thermoplastic Elastomers as Lycra® Alternatives" |
| 10:45 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Bob Bergman (University of California - Berkeley)
"C-H Activation in Catalytic H/D Exchange and Carbon-Carbon Bond-Forming Reactions" |
| 11:30 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
| 11:45 am - 12:15 pm | Peter Hofmann (University of Heidelberg, Germany)
"Towards Rational Catalyst Design: Reactions and Structures in Bond Activation Chemistry" |
| 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 #1 (Monday/Tuesday) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | MONDAY EVENING SESSION |
| Discussion Leader: Bernadette Donovan-Merkert (UNC-Charlotte) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Alceo Macchioni (University of Perugia, Italy)
"Application of NOE and PGSE NMR Methodologies to Investigate Intermolecular Organometallic Adducts in Solution" |
| 8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
| 8:10 pm - 8:40 pm | John Briggs (Dow Chemical)
"Butadiene Hydrocarbonylation to 3-Pentenol" |
| 8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:20 pm | Guy Bertrand (UCR-CNRS Joint Research Chemistry Laboratory)
"New Types of Stable Carbenes" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| 9:30 pm | Poster Session #1 (Monday/Tuesday) |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | TUESDAY MORNING SESSION |
| Discussion Leader: Keith Hollis (Univ. of California - Riverside) |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | T. V. RajanBabu (Ohio State University)
"The Organometallic Advantage: Stereoselective Cyclizations That Do Not Deplete Functional Groups" |
| 9:30 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
| 9:45 am - 10:15 am | Margarete Leclerc (Symyx)
"The Discovery of New Stereospecific Polypropylene Catalysts Using High-Throughput Techniques" |
| 10:15 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Bruno Chaudret (CNRS, Toulouse, France)
"Organometallic Approach to Nano-Objects : Control of Surface, Shape
and Organization" |
| 11:30 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
| 11:45 am - 12:00 pm | Poster Talk #1 |
| 12:00 pm - 12:05 pm | Discussion |
| 12:05 pm - 12:20 pm | Poster Talk #2 |
| 12:20 pm - 12:25 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session #1 (Monday/Tuesday) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | TUESDAY EVENING SESSION |
| Discussion Leader: Paul Fagan (DuPont) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Walter Leitner (RWTH Aachen, Germany)
"Activation of Aromatic C-H bonds with Non-classical Ruthenium Hydride Complexes" |
| 8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
| 8:10 pm - 8:40 pm | Lutz Gade (Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France)
"Modular Strategies in Oxazoline Ligand Design: Applications in Homogeneous Catalysis" |
| 8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:20 pm | Tom Baker (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
"Controlling Lewis Acidity at Phosphorus in Precious Metal Phosphenium Complexes" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| 9:30 pm | Poster Session #1 (Monday/Tuesday) |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | WEDNESDAY MORNING SESSION |
| Discussion Leader: Rick Kemp (Univ. of New Mexico / Sandia Nat'l Lab) |
| 9:00 am - 9: 30 am | Kyoko Nozaki (University of Tokyo)
"New Metal-Catalyzed Carbonylation Reactions" |
| 9: 30 am - 9: 45 am | Discussion |
| 9: 45 am - 10:15 am | Rich Jordan (University of Chicago)
"Organometallic Aspects of Vinyl Monomer Polymerization" |
| 10:15 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Hans-Ulrich Blaser (Solvias AG, Basel, Switzerland)
"Industrial Application of Enantioselective Catalysis: Opportunities and Major Challenges"
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| 11:30 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
| 11:45 am - 12:00 pm | Poster Talk #3 |
| 12:00 pm - 12:05 pm | Discussion |
| 12:05 pm - 12:20 pm | Poster Talk #4 |
| 12:20 pm - 12:25 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session #2 (Wednesday/Thursday) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | WEDNESDAY EVENING SESSION |
| Discussion Leader: Smita Kacker (ExxonMobil) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Peter Ford (University of California - Santa Barbara)
"Probing Reactive Intermediates in Homogeneous Catalytic Systems" |
| 8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
| 8:10 pm - 8:40 pm | Christian Mehnert (ExxonMobil)
"Supported Ionic Liquid Catalysis - A New Concept for Homogeneous Catalysis" |
| 8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:20 pm | Roy Periana (University of Southern California)
"Chemistry and Mechanism of New Hydrocarbon Functionalization Catalysts" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| 9:30 pm | Poster Session #2 (Wednesday/Thursday) |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | THURSDAY MORNING SESSION |
| Discussion Leader: Emilio Bunel (Eli Lilly) |
| 9:00 am - 9: 30 am | Vincenzo Busico (Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy)
"Metallocene-based Polymerization Catalysts: Breakthrough or Mind Trap?" |
| 9: 30 am - 9: 45 am | Discussion |
| 9: 45 am - 10:15 am | Shane Krska (Merck)
"Mechanistic Investigations of Molybdenum-Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation Reactions" |
| 10:15 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Marcetta Darensbourg (Texas A&M University)
"Bioorganometallic Model Chemistry: Active Sites for CODH, Acetyl Coenzyme Synthase, and the Hydrogenases" |
| 11:30 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
| 11:45 am - 12:00 pm | Poster Talk #5 |
| 12:00 pm - 12:05 pm | Discussion |
| 12:05 pm - 12:20 pm | Poster Talk #6 |
| 12:20 pm - 12:25 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session #2 (Wednesday/Thursday) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | THURSDAY EVENING FESTIVITIES |
| Discussion Leader: Maurice Brookhart (University of North Carolina) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Russ Hughes (Dartmouth College)
"Reflections and Distortions of This Past Week" |
| 7:45 pm - 8:00 pm | Election of Vice Chair for 2004 Conference / Business Meeting |
| 8:00 pm - 8:30 pm | Bob Crabtree (Yale University)
"Carbenes: Normal or Abnormal" |
| 8:30 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
| 8:45 pm - 9:15 pm | Dietmar Seyferth (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
"New High-Temperature Organometallic Chemistry" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| 9:30 pm | Poster Session #2 (Wednesday/Thursday) |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Depart |
