The board of the KNCV section Organic Chemistry is pleased to present to you the speakers for the 2018 edition of the Wageningen International Symposium on Organic Chemistry. This biennial event will be held on April 5 and April 6 2018 in Wageningen International Conference Center (WICC). This editions event features 7 distinguished speakers from top universities in Europe and the USA, including 2016 Nobel laureate Sir Fraser Stoddart! Besides that a selection of postdocs and PhD students from Dutch Universities will present their most recent results. The board wishes to cover all important areas of organic chemistry and its interactions with other sciences. The topics vary from chemical biology to supramolecular chemistry. The 7 invited speakers are strong representatives of their area of expertise and they will definitely inspire our Dutch organic chemistry community.
The speakers are:
Speaker | Affiliation |
MG Finn | Georgia Institute of Technology (USA) |
Laura Kiessling | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA) |
Annemieke Madder | Ghent University (B) |
Rachel K. O'Reilly | University of Birmingham (UK) |
David Spring | University of Cambridge (UK) |
Sir Fraser Stoddart | Northwestern University (USA) |
Keith Woerpel | New York University (USA) |
Interested participants can present their work in parallel sessions in between the plenary lectures. An excellent opportunity for PhD students, postdocs and VENI laureates to present their work! Please apply during your registration and upload your abstract directly. The application should contain the title, the authors and the affiliation. In case several authors are listed please underline the name of the presenter in the abstract. After 14 March 2018 you will be informed whether you are included in the final program.
Register now and save money! Please register here.
Registration includes conference attendance for the 2 days, lunches, coffee and tea.
Hotel reservation should be made separately.
- Early bird (until January 30 2018)
- Section Members: 75 euro
- Non-members: 150 euro
- Regular (after January 30 2018)
- Section Members: 125 euro
- Non-members: 185 euro
- Students (no PhD students)
- Section Members: 15 euro
- Non-members: 65 euro
- Optional dinner: 40 euro
Please note: registration is now closed!
See you in Wageningen!
The board of the KNCV section Organic Chemistry,
Jeroen Cornelissen, chair
Leendert van den Bos, secretary