10:00-10:10

Opening Speech
Kenji Fujiyoshi
(Chairman of the Organization Committee, President & CEO, Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.)

10:10-10:55

Prof. Jean-Marie Lehn
(Louis Pasteur University, France)

From Supramolecular Chemistry to Constitutional Dynamic Chemistry

10:55-11:40

Prof. Richard R. Schrock
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A.)

The Development and Use of Modern Olefin Metathesis Catalysts for Organic and Polymer Chemistry

13:15-14:00

Prof. Hans R. Kricheldorf
(University of Hamburg, Germany)

Syntheses of (Biodegradable) Polymers by Means of Bismuth Catalysts and Initiators

14:00-14:45

Prof. Toshio Masuda
(Kyoto University, Japan)

Design of Polymerization Catalysts and Synthesis of Substituted Polyacetylenes

14:45-15:30

Dr. Terunori Fujita
(Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., Japan)

Discovery and Development of FI Catalysts for Olefin Polymerization: Unique Catalysis and Distinctive Polymer Formation

15:50-17:20

"2007 Mitsui Chemicals Catalysis Science Award"



Dr. Zhaomin Hou
(Chief Scientist, RIKEN, Japan)

Development of Polymerization Reactions Based on New Organo Rare Earth Metal Catalysts


Prof. Gregory C. Fu
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A.)

Metal-Catalyzed Coupling Reactions

"2007 Mitsui Chemicals Catalysis Science Award of Encouragement"



Dr. Jun Terao
(Assistant Professor, Osaka University, Japan)

Carbon Bond Formation Reactions Using Anionic Transition Metal Complexes as the Key Catalytic Intermediates



Dr. Michael C. W. Chan
(Assistant Professor, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

Modeling Weak Attractive Polymer-Ligand Interactions in Olefin Polymerization Catalysis

10:00-10:45

Prof. Robert H. Grubbs
(California Institute of Technology, U.S.A.)

Olefin Metathesis for the Synthesis of Large and Small Molecules

10:45-11:30

Prof. Kyoko Nozaki
(The University of Tokyo, Japan)

Controlled Coordination Polymerization Catalyzed by Group 10 Metal Complexes

13:15-14:00

Mr. Eiji Tanaka
(Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Japan)

Clay Mineral Supported Metallocene and Post-metallocene Catalysts for Olefin Polymerization

14:00-14:45

Prof. Luigi Cavallo
(University of Salerno, Italy)

Mechanisms of Stereoselective Polymerizations

15:05-15:50

Dr. James C. Stevens
(The Dow Chemical Company, U.S.A.)

Teaching Old Polyolefins New Tricks with Modern Catalysts

15:50-16:35

Prof. Richard F. Jordan
(The University of Chicago, U.S.A.)

Reactions of Single-Site Catalysts with Polar Vinyl Monomers

16:35-16:40

Closing Speech
Akihiro Yamaguchi
(Senior Managing Director, Center Executive, R&D Center, Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.)