Plenary Lecture		Jean-Marie Lehn (Louis Pasteur University, France) The 1987 Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry for the development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity.
Special Lecture		Richard R. Schrock (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A.) The 2005 Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry for the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis.
Invited Lectures		Hans R. Kricheldorf (University of Hamburg, Germany) Prof. Kricheldorf is a pioneer of ring-opening polymerization and ring-expansion polymerization. He leads a cutting edge science of polycondensation in a wide range of research fields such as catalysts, initiators, mechanism elucidation, and performance materials.
		Toshio Masuda (Kyoto University, Japan) Prof. Masuda is a leading scientist in the field of polymerization of substituted acetylenes using transition metal catalysts. His research includes the design of polymerization catalysts, examination of optoelectronic properties of the formed polymers, application to gas separation membranes, and construction of helical structure.
		Terunori Fujita (Research Fellow & General Manager, Catalysis Science Lab., Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., Japan) Dr. Fujita is a leading and internationally renowned industrial researcher of olefin polymerization catalysis and olefin-based polymer synthesis. He has developed an important new class of next generation olefin polymerization catalysts known as FI catalysts that are capable of producing a variety of unique olefin-based materials.
Commemorative Lectures		The Winners of the "2007 Mitsui Chemicals Catalysis Science Award" and the "2007 Mitsui Chemicals Catalysis Science Award of Encouragement"

Plenary Lecture		Robert H. Grubbs (California Institute of Technology, U.S.A.) The 2005 Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry for the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis.
Invited Lectures		Kyoko Nozaki (The University of Tokyo, Japan) Prof. Nozaki is a leading chemist in the field of asymmetric catalysis. She applied asymmetric catalysis not only to intermediates synthesis but also to polymerization for the creation of functional polymers possessing highly controlled stereostructures.
		Eiji Tanaka (Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Japan) Executive Officer and General Manager of Science & Technology Office at Mitsubishi Chemical. Mr.Tanaka leads Mitsubishi Chemical's innovative technology and products based on a long-term viewpoint.
		Luigi Cavallo (University of Salerno, Italy) Prof. Cavallo is one of the leading scientists in the field of computational chemistry. He contributed to develop combined QM/MM methods to investigate reaction mechanisms of real-size industrial catalysts.
		James C. Stevens (The Dow Chemical Company, U.S.A.) Currently a Research Fellow in Dow's R&D. Dr. Stevens has been involved with the discovery and commercial implementation of Dow's "INSITE" technology and Constrained-Geometry Catalysts.
		Richard F. Jordan (The University of Chicago, U.S.A.) Prof. Jordan's pioneering studies of electrophilic metal alkyl complexes and the identification of cationic active species in metallocene-catalyzed olefin polymerizations were key achievements in the development of modern single-site olefin polymerization catalysts.