The 15th International Symposium on Organosilicon Chemistry

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The Scientific Programs for ISOS-XV have been designed to provide an informative and comprehensive overview of the latest research developments in Organosilicon Chemistry. Over 8 plenary lectures, 52 invited plenary lectures, 1 special forum, and oral & poster presentations are actively being planned and many distinguished professionals in related fields will join and share their expertise and knowledge with the participants. Abstracts will be presented in the form of oral and poster sessions, and will include superb scientific material that will be carefully selected by the Program Committee from the many abstracts submitted. Assuring an outstanding scientific event, the programs will provide a rewarding opportunity for you to exchange ideas and insights with your colleagues from many different Countries around the world.

Plenary Lecturers

Tentative title

Akira Sekiguchi Disilyne with a Silicon-Silicon Triple Bond: A New Entry to Multiple Bond Chemistry	University of Tsukuba	Japan
T. Don Tilley* New Directions in Transition Metal Silicon Chemistry	University of California, Berkeley	USA
Reinhold Tacke Drug Design Based on the Carbon/Silicon Switch Strategy	University of Wuerzburg	Germany
Mitsuo Kira A Study Directed toward Silicon-based Molecular Machines	Tohoku University	Japan
Michael J. Sailor One-dimensional photonic crystals from porous Si used in sensing, medicine, and microfluidics	University of California at San Diego	USA
Leonard V. Interrante Polycarbosilanes as Ceramic Precursors and Low-k Dielectric Materials	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	USA
Il-Nam Jung Recent Advances in Si-C Bond Forming Reactions	Korea University	Korea
Kenichi Isobe Current Trends of Silicone Industry in Japan II	Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.	Japan

* Kipping Awardee Lecture

Special Lecturers

Robert West	University of Winsconsin	Organosilicon Research Center	USA
Hubert Schmidbauer	Technical University of Munich	Inorganic Chemistry Institute	Germany
Kohei Tamao	RIKEN Frontier Research System	RIKEN Nanoscience Research Program	Japan

The Organizing Committee is planning a Special Lecture along with the theme of the symposium. This Special Lecture (90min) will be a memorable event discussing the past, present, and future of Silicon Chemistry, with world-class experts in organosilicon chemistry.

Invited Lecturers

* The updated list as of January, 2008. (Alphabetical Order)

Norbert Auner	Univ. of Frankfurt	Germany
Florence Babonneau	University of Paris 6	France
Byeong Soo Bae	KAIST	Korea
Kim Baines	University of Western Ontario	Canada
Alan Bassindale	The Open University	UK
Donald Berry	University of Pennsylvania	USA
Philip Boudjouk	North Dakota State University	USA
Dmitry Bravo-Zhivotovskii	Technion-Israel Institute of Technology	Israel
Michael A. Brook	McMaster University	Canada
Jorge Cervantes	University of Guanajuato	Mexico
Julian Chojnowski	The Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies	Poland
Matthias Driess	Technische Universitat Berlin	Germany
Maki Itoh	Dow Corning	Japan
Braddock-Wilking Janet	University of Missouri	USA
Jianxiong Jiang	Hangzhou Teachers College	China
Yusuke Kawakami	Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology	Japan
Takayuki Kawashima	The University of Tokyo	Japan
Tatiana A. Kochina	Institute of Silicate Chemistry RAS	Russia
Daniel Kost	Ben-Gurion University	Israel
Soichiro Kyushin	Gunma University	Japan
Rick Laine	University of Michigan	USA
William J. Leigh	McMaster University	Canada
Kenrick Lewis	Momentive Performance Materials	USA
Paul Lickiss	Imperial College London	UK
Tien-Yau Luh	National Taiwan University	Taiwan
Ian Manner	University of Bristol	UK
Bogdan Marciniec	Adam Mickiewicz University	Poland
Christoph Marschner	Technische Universitaet Graz	Austria
Eric S. Moyer	Dow Corning	USA
Thomas Muelleur	Oldenburg University	Germany
Joji Ohshita	Hiroshima University	Japan
Henrik Ottosson	Uppsala University	Sweden
Ralf Ridel	University of Darmstadt	Germany
Scott Sieburth	Temple University	USA
Takanobu Sanji	Tokyo Institute of Technology	Japan
Feng Shengyu	Shandong University	China
David Y. Son	Southern Methodist University	USA
Carsten Strohmann	University of Wurzburg	Germany
Masato Tanaka	Tokyo Institute of Technology	Japan
Hiromi Tobita	Tohoku University	Japan
Norihiro Tokitoh	Kyoto University	Japan
Masafumi Unno	Gunma University	Japan
Robert West	Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison	USA
Michel Wong Chi Man	Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier	France
Hee-Gweon Woo	Chonnam National University	Korea
Caihong Xu	Chinese Academy of Sciences	China