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Organized jointly by ChemComm and local institutes in China, the ChemComm symposia on energy science and materials consist of a series of one-day symposia to be held in three different cities ‒ Beijing, Tianjin and Dalian (please see the linked events below).

The theme of the symposia is energy science and materials, with a particular focus on sustainable energy and fuels, and will feature leading researchers from around the world.

Speakers at each symposium include leading international speakers and renowned scientists from institutions in China. These symposia are devoted to recent advances and new trends in energy science as well as interdisciplinary studies at its interfaces with other subjects, like new materials, nanotechnology, photocatalysis, CO₂ conversion, photonics and biotechnology. The symposia are free to attend for all, however, we ask participants to register.

Together with our local hosts, ChemComm warmly invites you to take part in these symposia ‒ we look forward to welcoming you in Beijing, Tianjin and Dalian.

The standard registration deadline is set for the 17^th September 2017. Please find out more for each event on the symposia’s respective websites.

ChemComm Symposia on Energy Science and Materials
Beijing Symposium 9 October 2017 Beijing, ChinaChaired by Professor Suojiang Zhang Prof. Zhang		Tianjin Symposium 11 October 2017 Tianjin, ChinaChaired by Chem Soc Rev Advisory Board Member Professor Jinlong Gong Prof. Gong		Dalian Symposium 13 October 2017 Dalian, ChinaChaired by ChemComm Associate Editor          Professor Can Li Prof. Li

Meet our ChemComm Associate Editors Professor Amy Prieto and Professor Dan Gamelin, ChemComm Advisory Board Member Professor Douglas MacFarlane, and Nanoscale Associate Editor Dr Serena Corr at the symposia!

Profs. Prieto, Gamelin, MacFarlane and Corr (left to right)

Our Deputy Editor Dr. Jeanne Andres will also be there at the conference. Ask her about ChemComm at the symposia!

The Royal Society of Chemistry was delighted to sponsor two Chemical Communications and five Organic Chemistry Frontiers Prizes for “Best Conference Abstracts” at the International Conference on New Challenges in Organic Synthesis which was held on 26-29 November at Guangdong University of Technology in Guangzhou, China. 500 participants joined the discussion, thus making the conference exciting and successful.

Participants of ICOS 2016 (click to enlarge)

Professor Ang Li, winner of the 2016 ChemComm Emerging Investigator Lectureship, delivered his Lectureship talk during this conference.

Professor Ang Li

The conference was chaired by Professor Keiji Maruoka, who is an Advisory Board member for Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. The winner list of the RSC Conference Abstract Prize is as follows:

ChemComm Conference Abstract Prize:

• Junliang Zhang from East China Normal University‘s poster was called “Highly Chemo- and site-selective C-H functionalizations of Phenols with α-Aryl-α-diazoesters“
• Fengtao Zhou from Northwestern Polytechnical University‘s poster was called “Design of Stronger Brønsted Acid Catalyts for Highly Enantioselective Mukaiyama-Mannich Reactions“

Organic Chemistry Frontiers Conference Abstract Prize:

• Chang-Qiu Zhao from Liaocheng University‘s poster was called “Non-epimerizative Alkylation of H-P Species to Stereospecifically Generate P-Stereogenic Phosphine oxides: Extreme Shortcut to Bis- or Functional Tertiary Phosphine Ligands“
• Hui Xing from the University of Queesnland‘s poster was called “Cubane as a Bezene Isostere: Entomological Evaluation“
• Yiyong Huang from Wuhan University of Technology‘s poster was called “Asymmetric Synthesis of 1,3-Butadienyl-2-carbinols by the Homoallenylboration of Aldehydes with a Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalyst“
• Xianghua Yang from Guangdong University of Technology‘s poster was called “Push-pull olefins as potential organocatalysts: design, synthesis and reactivity“
• Yan Liu from Guangdong University of Technology‘s poster was called “Hypervalent Iodine-mediated Chemoselective and Efficient Iodination of Alkynes“

Professor Keiji Maruoka (centre) and the poster prize winners

We would like to congratulate our prize winners! Well done!

Finally, Professor Véronique Gouverneur, Chair of the ChemComm Board, Professor Yong-Qiang Tu, ChemComm Associate Editor, and former Chem Soc Rev Editorial Board Member Helma Wennemers gave presentations at this conference.

Prof. Gouverneur, Tu & Wennemers (left to right)

Prof. Ang Li

International Conference on New Challenges in Organic Synthesis
26-29 November 2016
Guangzhou, China

Professor Ang Li, the winner of our 2016 ChemComm Emerging Investigator Lectureship, will deliver his inaugural lectureship talk at the International Conference on New Challenges in Organic Synthesis in Guangzhou, China on 26-29 November 2016. This significant meeting gathers experts and early-career researchers in synthetic methodology, total synthesis, chemical biology and organic functional materials and is proudly supported by ChemComm and Organic Chemistry Frontiers.

Our ChemComm Editorial Board Chair Professor Véronique Gouverneur and Associate Editor Professor Yong-Qiang Tu will be speakers at the meeting, while our Advisory Board Member Professor Keiji Maruoka will be Chair of the meeting.

Prof. Gouverneur, Tu & Maruoka (left to right)