Monday 2 September

8:00 – 9:05         Registration with Coffee

9:05 – 9:15 Opening Remarks – David Procter

from 9:15     Morning Session: Chair – David Procter

9:15 – 10:15 Cristina Nevado University of Zurich – Pharmaron Lecture

from 10:15     Keith Ingold Tribute Session: Chair – Samir Zard

10:15 – 10:45      Derek Pratt      University of Ottawa

10:45 – 11:15       Coffee Break

from 11:15     Keith Ingold Tribute Session – Continued

11:15 – 11:45        John Murphy      University of Strathclyde

11:45 – 12:15       Ilhyong Ryu         National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

12:15 – 12:45      Philippe Renaud University of Bern

12:45 – 13:15     Armido Studer      University of Münster

13:15 – 14:15      Lunch

from 14:15     Afternoon Session: Chair – Emmanuel Lacôte

14:15 – 14:45   Didier Gigmes      CNRS, University Aix-Marseille

14:45 – 15:15   Shunsuke Chiba   Nanyang Technological University

15:15 – 15:45 Coffee Break

from 15:45     Afternoon Session – Continued: Chair – James Douglas

15:45 – 16:15 Matthew Burns    AstraZeneca

16:15 – 17:15 Matthew Gaunt    University of Cambridge – Vertex Pharmaceuticals Lecture

from 17:45     Sygnature Poster Session and Wine Reception at the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology

Tuesday 3 September

8:15 – 9:15         Reception with Coffee

from 9:15     Morning Session: Chair – Giacomo Crisenza

9:15 – 10:15   Song Lin                Cornell University – AstraZeneca Lecture

10:15 – 10:45    Anthony Green     University of Manchester

10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break

from 11:15     Morning Session – Continued: Chair – Aaron Trowbridge

11:15 – 11:45 Xin-Yuan Liu          Southern University of Science and Technology

11:45 – 12:15 David Nagib   Ohio State University

12:15 – 12:45 Paolo Melchiorre  University of Bologna

12:45 – 13:45 Lunch

from 13:45     Afternoon Session: Chair – Cristina Trujillo

13:45 – 14:15 Alison Wendlandt Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Astex Pharmaceuticals Lecture

14:15 – 14:45 Hideki Yorimitsu     Kyoto University

14:45 – 15:15 Rob Paton                Colorado State University

15:15 – 15:45 Coffee Break

from 15:45     Afternoon Session – Continued: Chair – Michael James

15:45 – 16:15 Chaozhong Li           Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry

16:15 – 17:15 Corinna Schindler   University of British Columbia – TY Shen Lecture

from 17:45     Apex Molecular Poster Session and Wine Reception at the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology

from 20:15      Conference Dinner at The Edwardian, Manchester

After Dinner Talk – Samir Zard École Polytechnique Paris

Wednesday 4 September

8:15 – 9:15       Reception with Coffee

from 9:15     Morning Session: Chair – Steven Bottle

9:15 – 9:45       Shigeru Yamago      Kyoto University

9:45 – 10:15   Corey Stephenson    University of British Columbia

10:15 – 10:45 Erin Stache          Princeton University – Cell Press Lecture

10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break

from 11:15     J&J Innovative Medicine Session: Chair – Michael Greaney

11:15 – 11:45      Ed Anderson          University of Oxford

11:45 – 12:15 Student Talks        Zhihang Li University of Bristol – Elena Stepanova KTH Royal Institute of Technology

12:15 – 13:15 Daniele Leonori         RWTH Aachen

from 13:15     Poster Prize Awards and Final Remarks – David Procter

from 13:30      Lunch and Departure