Mitsui Chemicals is proud to announce that it will hold "The Fourth Mitsui Chemicals International Symposium on
Catalysis Science (MICS2009)", under the theme of "Catalysis Science and Its Contribution to Future Human Development".
It is the strong hope of Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., that the Symposium MICS2009 will serve as a forum of extensive
interchange among participants from around the world and an excellent opportunity for creating new knowledge.
The symposium was held on March 11-12, 2009.
We are pleased to have so many in attendance at this symposium.
Report on the Symposium
- Date :
- March, 11-12, 2009
- Venue :
- Kazusa Akademia Hall
(Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan)
Simultaneous Interpretation will be available. ( English / Japanese)
- Organized By :
- Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
- 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
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- Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. uses personal information written in the registration forms for participation to MICS2009 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 MICS2009 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.
Prof. Roald Hoffmann
(Cornell University, U.S.A.)
The Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry 1981
Emeritus Prof. Henri B. Kagan
(Université Paris-Sud,France)
The Wolf Prize Laureate in Chemistry 2001
Prof. Yasuhiro Iwasawa
(The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Emeritus Prof. Bernard Witholt
(Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland)
Dr. Shin-ichiro Tawaki
(Catalysis Science Laboratory, Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., Japan)
Prof. Masakatsu Shibasaki
(The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Dr. Robert J. Farrauto
(BASF Catalysts LLC, U.S.A.)
Prof. Kyriacos C. Nicolaou
(The Scripps Research Institute and the University of California, San Diego, U.S.A.)
Prof. Barry M. Trost
(Stanford University, U.S.A.)
Prof. Ei-ichi Negishi
(Purdue University, U.S.A.)
(In order of lecture)
The Winners of the "2009 Mitsui Chemicals Catalysis Science Award"
The Winners of the "2009 Mitsui Chemicals Catalysis Science Award of Encouragement"
