Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. will hold "The Third Mitsui Chemicals International Symposium on Catalysis Science (MICS2007)" focusing on the theme: "Polymerization Catalysis -Current Status and Future Prospects-."
MICS2007 will be honored by the participation of the world's front-line speakers including the plenary speakers, three Nobel Prize Laureates in Chemistry, Professor J-M Lehn (Louis Pasteur University in France), Professor R. H. Grubbs (California Institutes of Technology in the U. S. A.) and Professor R. R. Schrock ( Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the U. S. A. ). It is the strong hope of Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., that the Symposium MICS2007 will serve as a forum of extensive interchange among participants from around the world and an excellent opportunity for creating new knowledge.
Theme
Focusing on the current status and the future prospects of polymerization catalysis, and the contribution of this to the creation of new functional materials.
Date / Venue
- Date
- (Held on March, 14-15, 2007)
We are pleased to have so many in attendance at this symposium. - Venue
Kazusa Akademia Hall
(Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan)
Simultaneous Interpretation will be available. ( English / Japanese)
Organized / Supported
- Organized By
- Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
- Supported by
- Chiba Prefecture / Sodegaura City / Ichihara City / Kisarazu City / Mobara City
- Supported by
- The Chemical Society of Japan / The Society of Polymer Science, Japan / Catalysis Society of Japan / The Japan Petroleum Institute / The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan / The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan
Use of Personal Information
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- Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. uses personal information written in the registration forms for participation to MICS2007 to facilitate organizing the symposium. In addition, Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. will use your personal information to inform you about future symposiums.
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- Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. will take photographs and make videotapes of MICS2007 for the purposes of recording and later reporting on the symposium. Photos and videotapes are for public relations purposes, and will be used in corporate publications, (e.g. reports and brochures), for corporate videotapes, and on the company website.
Plenary Lectures
- • Prof. J.-M. Lehn
- (Louis Pasteur University, France)
The 1987 Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry - • Prof. R. H. Grubbs
- (California Institute of Technology, U.S.A.)
The 2005 Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry
Special Lecture
- • Prof. R. R. Schrock
- (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A.)
The 2005 Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry
Invited Lectures
- • Prof. R. F. Jordan
- (The University of Chicago, U.S.A.)
- • Prof. L. Cavallo
- (Univeristy of Salerno, Italy)
- • Prof. H. R. Kricheldorf
- (University of Hamburg, Germany)
- • Dr. J. Stevens
- (The Dow Chemical Company, U.S.A.)
- • Prof. Kyoko Nozaki
- (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
- • Prof. Toshio Masuda
- (Kyoto University, Japan)
- • Mr. Eiji Tanaka
- (Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Japan)
- • Dr. Terunori Fujita
- (Research Fellow & General Manager, Catalysis Science Lab., Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., Japan)

