VISIONS IN CHEMISTRY THE TORKIL HOLM SYMPOSIUM

VISIONS IN CHEMISTRY
THE TORKIL HOLM SYMPOSIUM
Radisson Blu Falconer Hotel & Conference Center, Copenhagen 27-28 January 2012
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
Danish Academy of Technical Sciences

THE SYMPOSIUM
The Themes
The symposium will include presentations on organic synthesis,
catalysis, spectroscopy, sustainable chemistry, and chemistry at
the interface to biology.
Nobel Prize Winners
The ATV Scientific Organizing Committee is very pleased
to announce that the list of speakers for the 2012 “Visions in
Chemistry” Symposium includes two Nobel Laureates.
Background
This international symposium is organised with the help of the
Danish Academy of Technical Sciences (ATV) and follows the
general format of the highly successful Knud Lind Larsen Symposium,
the last of which was held in 2010.
The Aim
The aim of the Torkil Holm Symposium is to bring together
world-leading experts, from both academia and industry, to present
a broad range of topics within the field of chemical science.
The Torkil Holm Prize
During the symposium The Torkil Holm Research Award
for Chemistry will be awarded.
The prize will be awarded to a younger researcher, who has
already established his or her credentials as an independent
investigator in any area of chemical science and who shows
great promise for further scientific development.
Candidates from Danish academia, private research institutions
and industry are all eligible for the prize.
The Sponsor
Thanks to a generous donation from the Torkil Holm
Foundation, the first Torkil Holm “Visions in Chemistry”
Symposium will take place in Copenhagen on January
27 and 28 2012.
Dr. phil Torkil Holm
Dr. phil Torkil Holm is a distinguished
emeritus in organic chemistry at the
Technical University of Denmark.
The Danish Academy of Technical Sciences
Since the first Knud Lind Larsen Symposium held in 2000,
ATV has structured these symposiums, which are today regarded
among the world’s most influential. ATV is a private, independent
institution, the object of which is to promote technological
and scientific research and ensure the application of research
results to further the creation of value and welfare in the
Danish society.
Networking
The Torkil Holm Symposium provides an excellent environment
for networking with some of the best in the chemistry field.
This is further promoted by scientific and social gathering in
appropriate breaks for discussion including seated lunch breaks
and a symposium dinner.
Join the Torkil Holm Symposium to boost your network
and experience world class chemistry.
We look forward to two intensive days of presentations and
discussions of research at the leading edge of chemistry.
The ATV Scientific Organizing Committee

THE Speakers
Professor Richard R. Schrock,
MIT
Professor Schrock received his Ph. D.
from Harvard University in 1971. He
spent one year as an NSF postdoctoral
fellow at Cambridge University and three
years at the E. I. duPont de Nemours and
Company. In 1975 he moved to MIT
(Professor, 1980 and Frederick G. Keyes
Professor, 1989). His field of research is
high oxidation state early metal complexes
with alkyl, alkylidene, or alkylidyne ligands.
In 2005 he shared the Nobel Prize
in Chemistry with Y. Chauvin and R. H.
Grubbs. He is a member of the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences and the
National Academy of Sciences, and has
published over 520 research papers.
Professor Ahmed Zewail,
Caltech
After completing his Postdoc at UC-
Berkeley, Professor Zewail joined the
faculty of Caltech in 1976, where he is
now the Linus Pauling Chair professor
of chemistry and professor of physics.
In 1999, Dr. Zewail received the Nobel
Prize in chemistry for his pioneering
work in femtochemistry. More recently,
he has developed the field of 4D electron
microscopy for direct visualization in
space and time. Zewail was awarded a
PHD Honoris Causa by Lund University
in Sweden in 2003 and is a member of
the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
In 2009 he was appointed to President
Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science
and Technology.
Professor Takuzo Aida,
University of Tokyo
Takuzo Aida obtained a Ph. D. in Polymer
Chemistry in 1984. Then he began
an academic career at the University of
Tokyo in the development of precision
macromolecular synthesis using metalloporphyrin
complexes. In 1996, he was
promoted to Full Professor, and in 2008,
he was appointed as the director for RIK-
EN Institute. His achievements include
light-harvesting dendrimers, graphite
nanotubes, bucky gels, and aqua materials.
Dr. Aida has received several awards
amongst them the American Chemical
Society’s award in Polymer Chemistry
(2009) and Alexander von Humboldt
Research Award (2011)
Professor Jan-Erling Bäckvall,
Stockholm University
Professor Bäckvall received his Ph.D.
from the Royal Institute of Technology,
Stockholm (1975) and he was Postdoc.
at MIT (1976). Then he was at the Royal
Institute of Technology until he was appointed
Professor of Organic Chemistry
at Uppsala University in 1986. He has
been Professor at Stockholm University
since 1997. He is chairman of the Editorial
Board of “Chemistry - A European
Journal”. He has published more than
400 papers and presented more than
130 invited plenary and main lectures at
international conferences.
Professor Ole Hindsgaul,
Carlsberg Laboratory
Professor Hindsgaul obtained his Ph.D.
from University of Alberta in 1980, and
in 1981 he finished his postdoctoral work
at Berkeley. He returned to the University
of Alberta Chemistry Department where
he was a Professor for 22 years, until in
2003 he became Distinguished Professor
at the Carlsberg Laboratory where he is
currently employed. His focus of research
is the application of synthetic carbohydrate
chemistry to problems in cell biology
and he has won the Roy L. Whistler
Award for Outstanding Contributions in
Carbohydrate Chemistry. He has been
on the Knud Lind Larsen organizing
committee three times.
Vice president Klemens
Masonne, BASF
Dr. Massonne worked with Professor Th.
Eicher in his Ph.D. at Saarbrücken University.
In 1990 he started his professional
career at BASF. At BASF he has held different
positions within the field of process
development untill he was appointed
Vice President in 2008. His research field
is organic intermediates with focus on
organophosphorous chemistry and ionic
liquids.

THE Speakers
Professor Scott J. Miller,
Yale University
Professor Miller received his Ph.D. from
Harvard University in 1994. After finishing
his postdoc at Caltech, he began his
independent career at Boston College
where he was appointed Professor in
2002. In 2006 he moved to Yale University,
and in 2008 he was appointed
Irénée du Pont Professor. Prof. Miller’s
field of research is modern methods in the
synthesis of complex molecules, where
he seeks to discover new reactions and to
apply new principles to selective synthesis.
His research has earned him prizes
for creativity and innovation such as the
Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award of the
American Chemical Society.
Professor Melanie Sanford,
University of Michigan
Professor Sanford worked with Professor
Robert H. Grubbs in her Ph.D at
Caltech. She then conducted post-doctoral
research at Princeton University working
with Professor John Groves. Melanie
has been employed at the University of
Michigan since 2003 (Professor, 2010;
Arthur Thurnau Professor, 2011). She has
received a number of awards, including
the ACS Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award,
BASF Catalysis Award, the National
Fresenius Award, and ACS Award in Pure
Chemistry (-08, -09, -10, -11)
Professor Erik J. Sorensen,
Princeton University
Professor Sorensen worked with Prof. K.
C. Nicolaou during his Ph. D. studies at
the University of California (1995). After
his Postdoctoral degree, he started his
career at The Scripps Research Institute
(Associate Professor, 2001). In 2003, he
moved to Princeton University where
he is the Arthur Allan Patchett Professor
in Organic Chemistry. Prof. Sorensen is
interested in the field of complex chemical
synthesis of natural products and nonnatural
molecules. Some of his awards are
the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award and
the Pfizer Global Research Award for
Ex-cellence in Organic Chemistry.
Professor Christopher Walsh,
Harvard Medical School
Dr. Walsh is the Hamilton Kuhn Professor
of Biological Chemistry & Molecular
Pharmacology (BCMP) at Harvard Medical
School. He completed the PhD degree
at Rockefeller University. He has been
Head of the MIT Chemistry Dept, Chair
of the HMS BCMP Dept, and President
of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Dr.
Walsh has pioneered the connection of
genes to proteins to small molecules in
the biosynthesis of therapeutic natural
products, publishing over 700 research
papers. He is a member of the US
National Academy of Science, the
Institute of Medicine, and winner of
The Welch Award in Chemistry.
Professor Jesper Wengel,
University of Southern Denmark
Professor Wengel obtained his Ph.D.
degree from Odense University (1992)
and has worked there until 1996 when
he was appointed professor at University
of Copenhagen. Since year 2000 he has
been professor at University of Southern
Denmark. His research interests are
synthetic bioorganic chemistry, bioactive
oligonucleotides and DNA nanotechnology.
He is a member of the Danish
Academy of Technical Sciences and The
Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and
Letters. His awards include the Villum
Kann Rasmussen Grant for Technical
Research and The UCB Award for
Excellence in Medicinal Chemistry.

PRACTICAL INFO
Time
27-28 January 2012
Friday, 27 January: 8.30am-approx. 9pm (incl. dinner)
Saturday, 28 January: 9am-5pm
Registration
Please register at www.atv.dk before 16 January 2012
Participation Fee
Includes coffee, tea, lunches and symposium dinner
Ordinary participants: DKK 2.900
Graduate participants: DKK 1.000
All prices are excl. 25 % VAT
Payment
Invoice and confirmation will be forwarded upon receipt
of registration. If cancellation is received later than 11 January
2012, the participation fee cannot be refunded.
The ATV Scientific Organizing Committee
Professor Klaus Bock
Danish National Research Foundation
Professor Karl Anker Jørgensen
Århus University
Vice President Ole Kirk
Novozymes A/S
Professor Morten Meldal
Copenhagen University
Divisional director Klaus Bæk Simonsen
H. Lundbeck A/S
Professor David Tanner (Chairman)
Technical University of Denmark, DTU
Accommodation
Accommodation is arranged individually by the participants.
Symposium Secretariat
ATV – Danish Academy of Technical Sciences
Lundtoftevej 266, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby
Denmark
Tel. +45 4588 1311
Fax. + 45 4588 1351
E-mail.: THSymposium@atv.dk
www.atv.dk
Venue
Radisson Blu Falconer Hotel & Conference Center
Falkoner Allé 9, DK‐2000 Frederiksberg
Copenhagen, Denmark
Tel. +45 3815 8001
www.radissonblu.dk