Congratulations to Prof. Ei-ichi Negishi on being awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Prof. Negishi was a lecturer at the Fourth Mitsui Chemicals International Symposium on Catalysis Science held in 2009.

10:00～10:10	Opening Ceremony
10:10～11:00	Plenary Lecture Prof. Roald Hoffmann (Cornell University) Chemistry's Essential Tensions: Different Ways of Looking at a Science
11:00～11:50	Prof. Yasuhiro Iwasawa (The University of Tokyo) Chemical Design and Dynamic Structures on Catalyst Surfaces for Innovative Processes
13:50～14:40	Emeritus Prof. Bernard Witholt (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich) Industrial Chemistry with Whole Cell Biocatalysts
14:40～15:30	Dr. Shin-ichiro Tawaki (Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.) Development of Novel Biocatalysts for the Production of Useful Chemicals from Biomass
15:50～17:20	Award Ceremony & Commemorative Lectures (The Winners of the "2009 Mitsui Chemicals Catalysis Science Award" and the "2009 Mitsui Chemicals Catalysis Science Award of Encouragement")

10:00～10:50	Plenary Lecture Emeritus Prof. Henri B. Kagan (Université Paris-Sud) Asymmetric Catalysis, a Promising Route to Biologically Active Compounds or Their Synthetic Intermediates
10:50～11:40	Prof. Masakatsu Shibasaki (The University of Tokyo) Recent Progress in Asymmetric Two-Center Catalysis
13:10～14:00	Dr. Robert J. Farrauto (BASF Catalysts LLC) Automotive Emission Control: Past, Present and Future
14:00～14:50	Prof. Kyriacos C. Nicolaou (The Scripps Research Institute and the University of California, San Diego) Catalysis in Total Synthesis
15:10～16:00	Prof. Barry M. Trost (Stanford University) On Inventing Reactions for Atom Economy
16:00～16:50	Prof. Ei-ichi Negishi (Purdue University) Transition Metal-Catalyzed Organometallic C-C Bond Formation Reactions That Have Revolutionized Organic Synthesis
16:50～16:55	Closing Ceremony