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Honolulu, Hawaii 15-20 December 2010
The Congress is jointly sponsored by the Canadian
Society for Chemistry (CSC), the American Chemical
Society (ACS), the Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ),
NZIC, the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, the
Korean Chemical Society, and the Chinese Chemical
Society.
The goal of Pacifichem 2010 is to promote collaborations
among Pacific Basin chemical scientists that will
improve the quality of life around the world. It is
a very large chemical congress attracting ~15,000
chemists and a similar number of papers. It is organised
around several hundred symposia, suggested by chemists
from the region on the basis that they represent current
cutting edge and ‘hot’ topics in chemistry.
The technical program will embrace 13 key areas,
each with its NZ Program Advisor as:
Core Areas
Analytical - Dr. Gordon M. Miskelly (g.miskelly@auckland.ac.nz).
Inorganic - Prof Sally A Brooker (sbrooker@chemistry.otago.ac.nz).
Macromolecular - Dr J. Travas-Sejdic (j.travas-sejdic@auckland.ac.nz).
Organic - Prof Robin A. J. Smith (rajsmith@chemistry.otago.ac.nz).
Physical, theoretical & computational - Prof Peter
Schwerdtfeger (P.A.Schwerdtfeger@massey.ac.nz).
Multi and Cross Disciplinary Areas
Agrochemistry - Dr Paul Kilmartin (p.kilmartin@auckland.ac.nz).
Biological chemistry - Dr Sigurd Wilbanks (sigurd.wilbanks@stonebow.otago.ac.nz).
Environmental chemistry - Prof Keith A. Hunter (khunter@chemistry.otago.ac.nz).
Materials & nanotechnology – A/Prof Keith
C. Gordon (kgordon@chemistry.otago.ac.nz).
Challenge and Opportunity
Alternative energy technology - A/Prof Simon B.
Hall (s.b.hall@massey.ac.nz).
Community outreach - Rebecca Hurrell (rebecca.hurrell@canterbury.ac.nz)
Health & technology - A/Prof Paul Teesdale-Spittle
(Paul.Teesdale-Spittle@vuw.ac.nz).
Security - A/Prof Keith C. Gordon (kgordon@chemistry.otago.ac.nz).
Call for Proposals
Pacifichem 2010 has issued its first call for symposia.
Symposia proposal submissions will take place over
two rounds. Round one is now open and closes on April
15. Notification of acceptance will be sent to symposium
organisers in the late in 2008. There will be a second
round in 2009. However, organisers suggest that it
is best to submit proposals early as room for new
symposia will decrease after the first round. Proposals
must be submitted by members of sponsoring or participating
societies and must include co-organisers from at least
three Pacific Basin countries.
Guidelines for submitting proposals and more information
on the Congress can be found on the official web site,
http://www.pacifichem.org/
Prof. Rob Smith (rajsmith@chemistry.otago.ac.nz,
phone 03 479 7924) is the NZ representative on the
Pacifichem organizing committee. He, or any of the
listed program advisors above, would be very pleased
to answer any questions or comments about organizing
a symposium within Pacifichem 2010.
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