Conference program

Wednesday, September 17

9:00Shuttle bus from Vienna (Schwedenplatz) to ISTA
Intermediate stop: Klosterneuburg (Stadtplatz)
9:30–11:00Registration & welcome coffee
11:00–11:15Opening words
11:15–11:55Ben Feringa (University of Groningen)
Dynamic Molecular Systems, from Switches to Motors
11:55–12:35Leticia González (University of Vienna)
Photoswitches at the Crossroads
12:45–14:00Lunch break
14:00–14:40Arri Priimägi (University of Tampere)
On “Life-Like” Light-Driven Soft Actuators and Moving Polymer Films
14:40–16:00Poster session & coffee break
16:00–16:40Olalla Vázquez (University of Marburg)
Illuminating Biology: Photoexciting Molecules as Triggers of Cellular Function
16:40–17:20Tehshik Yoon (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Stereocontrol in Photochemical Synthesis
17:40Shuttle bus from ISTA to Vienna (Schwedenplatz)
Intermediate stop: Klosterneuburg (Stadtplatz)

Thursday, September 18

8:30Shuttle bus from Vienna (Schwedenplatz) to ISTA
Intermediate stop: Klosterneuburg (Stadtplatz)
9:30–10:10Ivan Aprahamian (Dartmouth College)
Hydrazone-Based Adaptive Functional Materials
10:10–10:50Olga García Mancheño (University of Münster)
Acridinium Dyes as Versatile Organophotocatalysts
10:50–11:20Coffee break
11:20–12:00Gregory Fu (California Institute of Technology)
Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions: A Radical Alternative to SN1 and SN2 Reactions
12:00–12:40Natalia Shustova (University of South Carolina)
Adaptive Metal-Organic Materials
12:45Group photo
12:45–14:00Lunch break
14:00–14:40Jiro Abe (Aoyama Gakuin University)
Negative Photochromism of Biaryl-Bridged Imidazole Dimers
14:40–16:00Poster session & coffee break
16:00–16:40Grace Han (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Photoswitching for Energy Storage and Release
16:40–17:20Dirk Trauner (University of Pennsylvania)
Designing Photoswitches to Restore Human Vision and Alleviate Pain
17:30–20:30Conference dinner (Redlingerhütte)
21:00Shuttle bus from ISTA to Vienna (Schwedenplatz)
Intermediate stop: Klosterneuburg (Stadtplatz)

Friday, September 19

10:00Shuttle bus from Vienna (Schwedenplatz) to ISTA
Intermediate stop: Klosterneuburg (Stadtplatz)
10:30–11:15Welcome coffee
11:15–11:55Stefan Hecht (Humboldt University Berlin)
Concepts to Control and Power Chemical Reactions with Light
11:55–12:35Hirohisa Ohmiya (Kyoto University)
Radical Catalysis for Selective Molecular Transformations
12:35–14:00Lunch break
14:00–14:40Nathalie Katsonis (University of Groningen)
Prebiotically Plausible Photosynthesis of Lipids and Protocells
14:40–15:20Thorsten Bach (TU Munich)
Catalytic Photochemical Deracemization Reactions
15:20–15:30Closing words
15:50Shuttle bus from ISTA to Vienna (Schwedenplatz)
Intermediate stop: Klosterneuburg (Stadtplatz)

Poster presenters: Please print your posters in portrait format A0 (84.1 cm × 118.9 cm, or 33.1″ × 46.8″).