Monday, August 30, 2010, 12.15 - 13.15 hrs
CCN West, Saal Amsterdam

Chemical Publishing in the 21st Century: Perspectives of ACS Editors

Speakers:
Peter J. Stang, Journal of the American Chemical Society
A. Paul Alivisatos, Nano Letters
Sonja Krane, Managing Editor of JACS

Journal editors Peter J. Stang of the Journal of the American Chemical Society, A. Paul Alivisatos of Nano Letters, and Sonja Krane, Managing Editor of JACS and team leader for JACS Beta will discuss and answer questions about chemical publishing from the perspective of the American Chemical Society. ACS's thirty-nine journals publish top research from authors around the world whose contributions encompass the breadth of chemical science as well as the interfacing areas of science. ACS authors enjoy benefits including rapid publication times and greater discoverability of their published research as a result of ongoing investments in the technology to support the chemical publishing endeavor and the display of published works. 

Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 12.15 - 13.15 hrs
CCN Mitte, Saal Athen

Chemistry and Web 2.0: New ways of scientific communication?

Speaker:
Prof. Dr. Andreas Hotho, Universität Würzburg

Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 12.15 - 13.15 hrs
CCN West, Saal Amsterdam

Automated Structure Determination & Verification for Complete  Molecular Confidence

Speakers:
Dr. Bernd Hinrichsen
Dr. Martin Adam
Dr. Till Kühn

Bruker is a leading provider of high-performance scientific instruments and solutions for molecular and materials research, as well as for industrial and applied analysis. Bruker's state-of-the-art systems are used in all industrial production processes for the purpose of ensuring quality and process reliability. Results obtained by MS spectrometry, NMR-spectroscopy and Single Crystal X-ray diffraction have proven to be a valuable tool in chemical research. These solutions help the user to deepen the understanding of reaction processes with respect to main components and by-products. Latest developments in hardware and software of MS spectrometry, NMR-spectroscopy as well as X-ray diffraction enable for an more automated structure elucidation and structure determination than ever.
Methods to unambiguously determine the structure based on an intelligent combination of the three methods will be presented.
 

Tuesday, August 31, 2010, 12.15 - 13.15 hrs
CCN Mitte, Saal Athen

Clariant - Specialty Chemicals par excellence

Speaker:
Dr. Martin Vollmer, Chief Technology Officer

Clariant is a world leader in the field of specialty chemicals. Clariant's products enhance every aspect of modern life by providing color and a vast array of functional effects. The outstanding application know-how as well as leading research, development and production capabilities make Clariant a preferred partner worldwide. With its five global R&D Centers Clariant delivers chemical solutions addressing customer needs in various markets via ten dedicated Business Units: Additives, Detergents & Intermediates, Emulsions, Industrial & Consumer Specialties, Leather Services, Masterbatches, Oil & Mining Services, Paper Specialties, Pigments and Textile Chemicals. This variety makes Clariant unique and attractive for customers and development partners. Several innovation projects will be presented showing the creativity of Clariant's scientists and engineers.
 

Tuesday, August 31, 2010, 12.15 - 13.15 hrs
CCN Mitte, Saal Mailand

Protein Glycosylation - functional assessment

Speaker:
Prof. Dr. Ricardo Gutiérrez Gallego, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain 

The publisher De Gruyter is pleased to invite you to this lunch seminar given by Professor Ricardo Gutiérrez Gallego to celebrate the first volume of our new journal "Biomolecular Concepts" as well as the expansion of our STM program with about 10 top quality chemistry journals.

Glycosylation is probably the most complex secondary gene event that affects the vast majority of proteins in nature and is present as a heterogeneous mixture of glycoforms on a single protein. Examples are known of proteins with a single glycosylation site and more that 100 different structures. In glycomics, the first challenge consists in the meticulous evaluation of the native glycosylation in terms of extent, content, and localisation for a given glycoprotein. If this can be accomplished, the second challenge can be addressed that is related to the functionality of glycosylation. Many functions are exerted by single monosaccharides, well-defined oligosaccharides, or larger glycans present in these glycoproteins. In order to unravel these functions it is of the utmost importance to prepare well-defined single glycans conjugated to the underlying aglycon. In this presentation the most recent developments are described to evaluate protein glycosylation from a structural-analytical point of view, as well as the most promising avenues for preparing of carbohydrate-amino acid (glycoconjugates) to assess particular glyco-related functions.

De Gruyter: The independent academic publishing house De Gruyter can look back on a history spanning over 260 years. The publishing group with headquarters in Berlin and New York annually publishes over 800 new titles in the humanities, medicine, science and law and more than 170 journals and digital media. www.degruyter.com

Tuesday, August 31, 2010, 12.15 - 13.15 hrs
CCN West, Saal Paris

Elsevier - improving the chemistry research workflow

Speaker:
Dr. Juergen Swienty-Busch, Head of Product Management

In today's challenging research environments the importance of finding relevant and trusted answers to scientific questions quickly and conveniently is paramount. Reaxys, the online workflow solution for research chemists, fuels discovery and innovation by integrating reaction and substance data search with synthesis planning. Easy access to relevant and actionable results means chemists can move more quickly through the steps in their workflow and can deliver superior outcomes. Interoperability across the broader spectrum of Elsevier's online portfolio, including ScienceDirect and Scopus the researcher can easily access both chemistry in the broader frame, as well as offering the deep dive into chemical facts.

Monday, August 30, 2010, 12.15 - 13.15 hrs
CCN Mitte, Saal Athen

Evonik, the creative industrial group of Germany – on Energy Efficiency solutions, Lithium Ion Technology and further innovative Specialty Chemicals concepts

Dr. Harald Schmidt, Evonik Degussa GmbH, Creavis Technologies & Innovation

Evonik belongs to the leading companies in specialty chemistry with a broad product portfolio for health and nutrition, cosmetics and technical products, rubber chemicals, high performance polymers, coatings and additives, building blocks and active oxygen products, catalysts, inorganic fine particles and high end materials for electronics, photovoltaics and batteries.
While research and development close to the market is pursued in our Business Units, technology driven, high-risk and long term strategic R & D is carried out within the Science to Business Centers and Project Houses of Creavis Technologies & Innovation in a structured process for more than ten years.
Following a general introduction into Evonik the presentation will introduce the mentioned innovation concepts applied in strategic R & D. Within two case examples the realisation and activities of the Science-to-Business Center Energy Efficiency (S2B Eco2) and the Evonik Lithium Ion Technology will be presented in more detail.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 12.15 - 13.15 hrs
CCN Mitte, Saal Brüssel

Invisible Danger – Method for Identification of Bacteria in Industrial Products
Molecular engineering of Butadiene Rubber to meet future tire demands
Applied Research in Flame Retardant Engineering Plastics

Speakers:
Monika Lamoratta
Heike Kloppenburg
Dr. Jochen Endtner

We present a new method for culture-independent characterisation of microbial communities in emulsion paints by using sequence specific separation with denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE).
This gives us the advantage to identify the bacteria independent from any culture conditions.

This paper describes the differences between the catalyst systems, concentrates on the molecular structure of high-cis BR grades and correlates the polymer architecture with physical properties. The outstanding properties of NdBR help to reduce the rolling resistance of tires, increasingly important for the tire labels in Europe from 2012.

After an insight into flame retardant plastics and their mode of action, the talk demonstrates the numerous aspects that all have to be considered in developing a flame retardant polyamide grade for the global market: fire safety, ecology, stability, mechanical and electrical performance, processability, appearance and international standards.
 

Tuesday, August 31, 2010, 12.15 - 13.15 hrs
CCN Mitte, Saal München

„Ionic Liuids – an advanced reaction media for organic synthesis“ and „Nematic Liquid Crystals – From Synthesis to Modern Display Applications“

Speakers:
Dr. Nikolai Ignat’ev
Dr. Christian Jasper

Ionic Liquids (ILs) are new advanced materials which possess the unique properties: high thermal and electrochemical stability, electrical conductivity and ability to dissolve many organic and inorganic substances. Most prominent property of Ionic Liquids is their non-volatility that makes this new reaction media attractive for application in different chemical processes. Ionic Liquids are promising alternative to organic solvents for application in homogeneous or biphasic catalysis. Ionic Liquids can serve not only as media for chemical reactions, but also participate in catalytic process. Recently, Merck KGaA has developed a catalytic system Ionic Liquid/Brønsted acid. It was found that Brønsted acid dissolved in Ionic Liquid shows very low volatility even at the temperature, which exceeds the boiling point of the acid. The acidity of Ionic Liquids can be tuned very broadly by addition of appropriate amount of Brønsted acid. Acidic ILs were successfully applied in the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds, halogenations reactions, dehydration of saccharides and polysaccharides, deprotection of ketals , and preparation of chroman derivatives, for example vitamin E.

Nematic liquid crystals play an important role for modern display applications.
The presentation is divided into three parts. The introduction focuses on the first discovery, the background and the design of liquid crystals. In the second part, the chemistry of liquid crystalline materials is highlighted and places emphasis on the unique properties of fluorinated compounds. In the last part, fundamentals of LCD´s are presented using the example of two different display modes.

Monday, August 30, 2010, 12.15 - 13.15 hrs
CCN Mitte, Saal München

“Springer's new eProducts: SpringerMaterials - The Landolt-Börnstein Database & eBooks”
“Make sure your work is read. Publish with Springer – Advantages and benefits of publishing with Springer”

Speaker:
Ulrike Graiff

SpringerMaterials is the world’s largest resource for physical and chemical data in materials science: SpringerMaterials is based on  Landolt-Börnstein , the unique, fully evaluated data collection in all areas of physical sciences and engineering. International experts scan the primary literature in more than 8,000 peer-reviewed journals and evaluate and select the most valid information to be included in the database.  SpringerMaterials comprises to date 250,000 substances & material systems, 3,000 properties and 1,200,000 literature citations, 44,000 chemical safety documents. SpringerMaterials also comprises a Database on Thermophysical Properties and a Database on Inorganic Solid Phases.
 

Tuesday, August 31, 2010, 12.15 - 13.15 hrs
CCN West, Saal Amsterdam

“The Xevo Family and New Waters Innovations:  High Performance Made Simple”; “Atmospheric Solid Analysis Probe: An (Almost) Universal Introduction Tool.” and “Achieving Very Low Determination Limits in Environmental Samples: On-line Pre-Concentration or Direct Injection?”

Speakers:
Jean-Marc Joumier, Business Development Manager
Gérard Bondoux, Industrial & Environmental Marketing Manager
Alexandre Paccou, Application Laboratory Manager

Thanks to the "Engineered Simplicity" concept, to the new development in ion optics and to new software tools, it is now possible to perform routinely applications which were out of reach.
Through examples selected in the domains of environment and food safety, we will explain how hardware and software developments can speed up the development of methods, provides better detection limits and more comprehensive information on the samples for both confirmatory and screening methods.

The ASAP probe is an easy and fast way to introduce directly solid or liquid samples into the MS source. Applications will be shown for monitoring chemical reactions, screening for the presence of pesticide residues in food, and crude oil characterisation.

When analyzing pollutants at trace level in environment samples, off line SPE, or on-line sample pre-concentration are almost mandatory. The newly introduced
Xevo TQ -S allows to easily meet EU regulatory levels for drinking water with the direct injection of only 100 µl. Benefits and drawbacks of the various approaches will be discussed.