Chaired by
CHAIR:
- GünterVon KiedrowskiE-Mail
- Ruhr Universität BochumFaculty of ChemistryLehrstuhl für Organische Chemie IBioorganische ChemieBochumGermany
VICE-CHAIR:
- DieterSchinzerE-Mail
- University of MagdeburgChemical EngineeringDepartment of ChemistryMagdeburgGermany
Dates
3-8 October 2008
Location
Hotel Villa del Mare, Acquafredda di Maratea, Italy
The conference will be held at Hotel Villa del Mare in Acquafredda di Maratea. Acquafredda di Maratea is situated on the coast, on the Gulf of Policastro, between Sapri and Maratea, about 200 km (125 miles) south of Naples and about 400 km (250 miles) south of Rome. Group transportation will be organised on arrival and departure days from and back to Sapri train station.
Practical Information Guide PDF (1 MB) |
Final Programme
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Systems Chemistry is the joint effort of prebiotic and supramolecular chemistry together with theoretical biology and complex systems research to address problems relating to the origin and synthesis of life. The emerging field can be viewed as the bottom up pendant of systems biology towards synthetic biology. A major focus is laid on the study of autocatalytic reaction systems, such as chemical self-replicating, self-reproducing, and chiral symmetry breaking systems. The field aims at the construction of dynamic supersystems embedding at least one autocatalytic subsystem. Subsystems may be classified as genetic, metabolic, or compartiment-building. Pairwise integration into higher organized supersystems is expected to yield the knowledge enabling later the triple integration into minimal chemical cells. Finding the chemical roots of Darwinian evolvability is seen as a key challenge for the field.
The conference will convene internationally leading experts from various relevant areas to elucidate where we stand in 2008. Facets from this intriguing and truly interdisciplinary endeavour come from fields as diverse as geochemistry and organocatalysis, biomolecular chemistry and liposome technology, metal-organic chemistry and the theory of networks and evolution. Joining these facets by the unifying principle of autocatalysis leads to a new view which may be especially attractive for the next generation of chemists. Time will be allotted to poster presentations.
Final Programme PDF (752 KB) Last Updated 28-August-2008 |
Abstracts, Posters & Short Oral Contributions
There will be no short talks other than those listed on the final programme. All other abstracts are accepted for poster presentation unless the Conference Officer informs you otherwise.
Posters can be fixed with self-adhesive tape onto poster panels. Recommended poster size is 100 cm high x 100 cm wide. Use letters and drawings that can be read from approximately 100 cm distance.
Group Transportation & Practical Information Guide
Detailed information on all practical aspects of the conference (access to site, registration & fee payments, accommodation, travel reimbursements...) is available from the Practical Information Guide (above under Location Information). Please read it fully and carefully...
GROUP TRANSPORTATION
Bus departure times – Sunday 3 October: from 15.00 to 22.45
All major trains arriving in Sapri from Rome/ Naples will be met by bus to transfer you the 8 km to the Hotel. This transfer service will operate free of charge so you are encouraged to take advantage of it. The buses will have a sign in the window indicating “ESF-COST High-Level Research Conferences” for easy recognition.
Group transportation back to Sapri train station will be arranged in a similar way for the departure day.
Bus departure times – Wednesday 8 October: after breakfast
ACCOMMODATION
Please note that SINGLE accommodation can only be guaranteed to invited speakers. All other participants will have to share a TWIN room. In case single rooms would become available at the time of the conference, rooms will be attributed on a “first come, first served” basis. Only the TWIN conference fee should be paid to the ESF when registering. The supplement for single should be paid to the venue directly. Should you wish to be put on the waiting list for single accommodation, please contact the Ms Antje Teegler.
Registration Form
All participants - including speakers & session chairs - are kindly expected to confirm their attendance (and, when applicable, to pay the conference fee) by filling in a Registration Form.
Closing date for registration & fee payment: 5 September 2008
Conference Fees
Fees | What the fees cover |
EUR 730 | conference, meals and twin OR double room |
EUR 520 | non-resident: conference, meals (no room) |
Financial Support
Some grants are available for young researchers to cover the conference fee and possibly part of the travel costs. Grant requests should be made by ticking appropriate field(s) in the paragraph "Grant application" of the application form.
ESF Contact
- AntjeTeeglerE-Mail
- COST OfficeBrusselsBelgium
Phone: +32 (0)2 533 3857
Fax: +32 (0)2 538 8486
Please quote 08-267 in any correspondence.
Partnership
This conference is organised by the European Science Foundation in partnership with the European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST).
