Plenary Lectures

Prof. Allen Wright, University of Newcastle, U.K.
Towards the Automation of Reaction Mechanism Determination (pdf)

Prof. Joachim Kohn, New Jersey Center for Biomaterials, U.S.A.
Applications of Parallel Synthesis as Part of a New Discovery Paradigm or Biomaterials (pdf)

Prof. Ben Feringa, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Exploring Chiral Space, from asymmetric catalysis to smart materials (pdf)

Prof. Dean Webster, North Dakota University, U.S.A.
High Throughput Methods for Discovery and Optimization in Protective Coatings Systems (pdf)

Prof. Nicola Pohl, Iowa State University, U.S.A.
Automated Fluorous-Phase Synthesis and Micro-Array Formulation (pdf)

Materials Science, Catalysis

Dr. Ian Taylor-Hayward, BP Chemicals
Streamlining Catalyst Preparation (pdf)

Prof. Andrew Cooper, University of Liverpool
High Throughput Materials Discovery - Designed Function via Automation (pdf)

Dr. Christoph Jäkel, BASF AG
High Throughput and Parallel Screening Methods in Asymmetric Hydrogenations (not available)

Medicinal Chemistry, Discovery R&D

Dr. Thierry Masquelin, Eli Lilly and Company
High-Throughput Enabling Technologies and Chemistries for the Synthesis of Heterocyclic Libraries (pdf)

Dr. Stefan Oberbörsch, Grünenthal GmbH
Small and Focused Compound Libraries (not available)

Dr. Marcus Koppitz, Schering GmbH
Automated Solutions for Synthesis, Purification and Reformatting of Synthetic Compound Libraries (pdf)

Polymer R&D, Scale-up

Dr. Wolfgang Schrof, BASF AG
Parallel Polymerization and Formulation to Stabilize Small Particles (not available)

Dr. Kevin Wadsworth, Ashland Specialty Chemical Company
High Throughput Screening of Polymeric Reactions (pdf)

Process R&D

Dr. Martin Guinn, Wyeth Research
Applications of Parallel Synthesis as Part of a New Discovery Paradigm for Biomaterials (pdf)