| SATURDAY |
| 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Keynote Session |
| Discussion Leader: James Boncella (Los Alamos National Laboratory) |
| 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Alan Goldman (Rutgers University)
"Breaking and Making C-O Bonds with Pincer Iridium Complexes" |
| 4:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I (Last Names A-K present) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Organometallic Structures and Reactivities |
| Discussion Leader: Bernadette Donovan-Merkert (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Thomas Myers (The University of California Davis)
"A main group approach to bond activation through metal ligand cooperation" |
| 7:45 pm - 7:50 pm | Discussion |
| 7:50 pm - 8:05 pm | Truman Wambach (The University of British Columbia)
"Investigating Ruthenium Enamide Compounds Chelated by a Bidentate P-N Fragment" |
| 8:05 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
| 8:10 pm - 8:25 pm | Hilan Kaplan (Boston College)
"Rethinking Iron-NHC Bonding: Synthesis and Characterization of Iron Complexes Bearing Bis(imino)-N-heterocyclic Carbene Ligands" |
| 8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:45 pm | Alexandra Velian (Massachusetts institute of technology)
"P-C Bond Formation via Phosphinidene Transfer Reactions" |
| 8:45 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:05 pm | Damian Hruszkewycz (Yale University)
"Insight Into the Efficiency of 1-Substituted Allyl Precatalysts for the Suzuki-Miyaura Reaction" |
| 8:05 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
| 9:10 pm - 9:25 pm | Bradford Ryland (The University of Wisconsin-Madison)
"Mechanistic Studies of Cu/Nitroxyl-Catalyzed Aerobic Alcohol Oxidations" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Organic Transformations |
| Discussion Leader: Adam Hock (Illinois Institute of Technology) |
| 9:00 am - 9:15 am | R. Kashif Khan (Boston College)
"Polytopal Rearrangements (Olefin Metathesis & Non-Olefin Metathesis Pathways) and Catalytic Fidelity of Stereogenic-at-Ru Carbenesfor High Selectivity" |
| 9:15 am - 9:20 am | Discussion |
| 9:20 am - 9:35 am | Chun-I Lee (Texas A&M University)
"Iridium-Catalyzed Borylation of Terminal Alkynes" |
| 9:35 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
| 9:40 am - 9:55 am | Sarah Parker (Harvard University)
"Development of a Cyclometallated Platinum-phosphine Catalyst for the Selective 1,2-Hydrosilylation of Butadiene" |
| 9:55 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 11:00 am | Career Panel Discussion: "Crossroads: Advice on Career Defining Decisions" |
| Mentorship Component with Discussion Leaders and Keynote Speakers |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II (Last Names L-Z present) |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Developments in Energy and Sustainability |
| Discussion Leader: John Walzer (ExxonMobil) |
| 1:30 pm - 1:45 pm | David Leitch (California Institute of Technology)
"A Tandem Catalytic Approach to Upgrading Light Hydrocarbons" |
| 1:45 pm - 1:50 pm | Discussion |
| 1:50 pm - 2:05 pm | Tianbiao Liu (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
"Learning from Nature's Organometallics: Design Fe-Electrocatalysts for H2 Oxidation and Production" |
| 2:05 pm - 2:10 pm | Discussion |
| 2:10 pm - 2:25 pm | Wesley Sattler (California Institute of Technology)
"Generation of Powerful Tungsten Reductants by Visible Light Excitation" |
| 2:25 pm - 2:30 pm | Discussion |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Gordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm. |
