The 39th Inorganic Discussion Weekend at Carleton.(Carleton University)(Conference news)

Canadian Chemical News, February, 2007 by Crutchley, Robert

Continuing a long southern Ontario tradition that started in 1968, the 39th Inorganic Discussion Weekend (IDW) was held from October 27 to 29, 2006, at Carleton University in Ottawa, ON. The conference was attended by more than 170 students, post-doctoral fellows, and professors from all fields of inorganic chemistry and 16 universities and colleges. Richard E Jordan (University of Chicago) gave the Bruker Plenary Lecture, titled "Reactions of Metal Catalysts with Polar Vinyl Monomers," which was generously supported by Bruker-Biospin. Jillian Burial MCIC (University of Alberta and NINT) gave the Carleton Faculty of Science and Office of Research Invited Lecture, titled "Using Self--Assembled Nanoscale Structures to Direct Surface Chemical Functionalization of Silicon."...

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