The following prominent scientists have agreed to present Plenary lectures:

Lia Addadi

(Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot , Israel )

CHIRALITY AT THE INTERFACE BETWEEN CRYSTALS AND BIOLOGY

 

Eric Francotte

(Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Basel , Switzerland )

TUNING THE CHIRAL RECOGNITION ABILITY OF POLYSACCHARIDE-BASED SELECTORS

 

Wolfgang Lindner

( University of Vienna , Vienna , Austria )

COMPARISON OF MOLECULAR RECOGNITION IN THE GAS PHASE VERSUS SOLUTION PHASE INVESTIGATED BY MASS SPECTROMETRY AND LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY USING CINCHONANE DERIVATIVES AS CHIRAL SELECTORS

 

Peter E. Nielsen

(University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark)

INDUCED CHIRALITY IN PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID DUPLEXES

 

David N. Reinhoudt

(MESA+ Research Institute; Enschede, The Netherlands )

SUPRAMOLECULAR CHIRALITY

 

Julius Rebek Jr.

( Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla , USA )

THE INNER SPACE OF MOLECULES

 

Piero Salvatori

(University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy)

ADVANCES IN ENANTIOSELECTIVE HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS

 

Kenso Soai

( Tokyo University of Science , Tokyo , Japan )

ASYMMETRIC AUTOCATALYSIS AND ITS IMPLICATION IN THE ORIGIN OF HOMOCHIRALITY