Plenary and other Invited Lectures at International and Major German Conferences
Leopoldina-INSA Symposium on Nanoscience
Halle (Saale), 25.-26. November 2013
International Conference in Honor of Prof. Michel Che
(Program)
Paris, France, 12. September 2013 (opening)
XXIII National Meeting of the Portuguese Chemical Society
Aveiro, Portugal, 12.-14. June 2013 (1st plenary lecture)
1st European Conference on Polyoxometalate Chemistry
for Molecular Nanoscience (PoCheMoN)
Tenerife, Spain, 16.-19. May 2013 (opening)
International Symposium: Frontiers in Metal Oxide Cluster Science
Lanzarote, Spain, 18.-22. November 2012 (opening)
International Symposium in Commemoration of Hans Georg von Schnering
Stuttgart, 30. June -1. July 2011
IAS-ISF Conference on: Frontiers in Metal Oxide Cluster Science
Jerusalem, Israel, 11.-16. July 2010 (opening)
Fifth International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry 2010
Nara, Japan, 6.-10. June 2010
239th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society Symposium: Self-Assembled Molecular Containers
San Francisco, USA, 21.-25. March 2010
The Spectrum of Solid State Chemistry: From Basic Research to Applications
Stuttgart, 6.-7. November 2009
Gordon Research Conference: Inorganic Chemistry, The New Frontiers
Biddeford, Maine, USA, 21.-26. June 2009 (opening)
Contemporary Chemistry Conferences: Symposium 2009 with International Participation
Bucharest, Romania, 15. May 2009
Jean Perrin Conference
Paris, France, 21. October 2008
Montpellier, France, 22. October 2008
38th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry
Jerusalem, Israel, 20.-25. July 2008 (closing ceremony)
Molecular Frontiers Symposium: Energy and Nano: Emerging Molecular Science & Technology
Stockholm, Sweden, 29.-31. May 2008
IInd EURYIAS-2008: Self-organization and Selection in Evolution of Matter, Molecules and Life
Bucharest, Romania, 29. April-3. May 2008
Weihnachtskolloquium: Molecular Modeling (with international participation)
Heidelberg, 10. December 2007
Rich Chemistry of Metal-Rich Compounds
Karlsruhe, 8.-10. October 2007
234th American Chemical Society Meeting.
Section: Polyoxometalates and related clusters in chemistry, medicine and nanoscience
Boston, USA, 19.-23. August 2007
(Symposium dedicated to M. T. Pope, W. Klemperer, A. Müller)
International Nanoscience Symposium
Hamburg, 30. May - 1. June 2007
International Conference: Supramolecular Chemistry, From Design to Applications
Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 12.-15. April 2007 (opening)
1st ERA-Chemistry Flash Conference
Autrans, France, 12.-14. March 2007 (honorary lecture)
Modeling Biological Ion Transport and Interfacial/Confined Water by Metal-Oxide-Based Nano-Objects
Shanghai, China, 4.-10. March 2007
1st European Chemistry Congress/Symposium: Chemistry and the Senses
Budapest, Hungary, 27.-31. August 2006
Scientific Symposium
on the occasion of the 75. birthday of Prof. Hans Georg von Schnering
Stuttgart, 6. July 2006
Symposium: Molecular and Supramolecular Chemistry of Multimetallic Systems
Bucharest, Romania, 26.-27. May 2006
Scientific Symposium
on the occasion of the conferment of the Doctor Honoris Causa on Prof. Marshall Luban (University of Osnabrück)
Osnabrück, 22.-23. March 2006 (opening)
Research School: Metal Ions in Biology
Odense, Denmark, 3. March 2006
Berzeliusdagarna (Berzelius days)
Stockholm, Sweden, 3.-4. February 2006
Inaguración Científica del Instituto de Ciencia Molecular de la Universidad de Valencia
Valencia, Spain, 12. December 2005
ESF Research Conference: Supramolecular Chemistry: Molecular Architectures and Systems
Obernai (near Strasbourg), France, 14.-19. October 2005
International Symposium: Trends in Nanoscience: Structure and Function
Kloster Irsee, Germany, 08.-12. October 2005
CECAM Workshop: Electronic Structure of Polyoxometalates: Interplay between Experiment and Theory
Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) de Lyon, France, 11.-13. July 2005 (opening)
Les Frontieres de la Chimie Inorganique
Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France, 13. June 2005
Physical-Chemical Foundations of High Technologies of the XXIst Century
Organized by the Institute of Physical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences
Moscow, Russia, 30. May - 4. June 2005
International Conference of the Ernst Bloch Society: Von der Physik zur Politik: Die Naturphilosophie Ernst Blochs
Ernst Bloch Zentrum, Ludwigshafen, Germany, 22.-25. April 2005 (opening)
Joint Meeting GVC/DECHEMA: Surfaces and Interfaces - Engineering at the Nanoscale
Frankfurt a. Main, Germany, 7.-9. March 2005 (opening)
Symposium/Workshop: Chemistry and Society
Organized by the Academia Europaea Chemistry division
Scientific Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Paris, France, 11.-12. February 2005
Journée de la division de chimie de coordination de la SFC
University of Versailles, France, 13.-14. January 2005
Workshop: Leonardo lebt: Bilder und Assoziationen bei Natur-
und Sprachwissenschaften
Center for Interdisciplinary Research University of Bielefeld (ZiF), Germany, 3.
December 2004
International Symposium: Nano-structures and Physicochemical Properties
of Polyoxometalate Superclusters and Related Colloid Particles
Shonan Village Center, Kanagawa, Japan, 21.-25. November 2004
Symposium: Real and Virtual Architectures of Molecules and Crystals
Max Planck Institut für Mathematik in den Naturwissenschaften, Leipzig, Germany, 30. September - 1. October 2004
XXVII European Congress on Molecular Spectroscopy (EUCMOS) 2004
Cracow, Poland, 5.-10. September 2004 (opening ceremony)
Symposium: Nanoparticles, Nanostructures and Nanocomposites
St. Petersburg, Russia, 5.-7. July 2004 (opening, but lecture only read because of my absence)
15th International Summer School on Coordination Chemistry
Szklarska Poreba, Poland, 6.-12. June 2004 (opening)
International CeNTech Symposium: Perspectives of Nanotechnology
Münster, Germany, 4.-5. June 2004 (opening according to last minute change of schedule)
Final Colloquium of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 'Schwerpunktprogramm':
Synthese und Reaktionen von polyedrischen Verbindungen aus Hauptgruppenelementen
Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Munich, Germany, 19. April 2004
11th International Symposium on Advanced Materials: Frontier of Nano-Materials
and Colloid Chemistry (ISAM)
Tokyo, Japan, 7.-10. March 2004
Selbstorganisation durch koordinative und nichtkovalente Wechselwirkungen
Graduate College Conference, University of Halle
Halle/Saale, Germany, 1. March 2004 (opening)
39th Winter Seminar on Biophysical Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Cybernetics
of Cell Functions
Klosters, Switzerland, 10.-24. January 2004
Different Faces of Chemistry: Symposium of the Academia Europaea
Paris, France, 30. September - 7. October 2003
28th International Conference on Solution Chemistry
Debrecen, Hungary, 23.-28. August 2003
Tag der Chemie (Festvortrag)
Bochum, Germany, 26. June 2003
III. Symposium of Molecular Science
Valencia, Spain, 6. June 2003
ACHEMA Meeting German Chemical Society (Festvortrag)
Frankfurt a. Main, Germany, 21. May 2003
Organic Conductors, Superconductors and Magnets: From Synthesis to Molecular Electronics (NATO ASI Meeting)
Corfu, Greece, 29. April - 11. May 2003
3rd International Conference of the Chemical Societies of the South-East European Countries
Bucharest, Romania, 22.-25. September 2002
Tagung der Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte: Kosmos - Erde - Leben
Halle (Saale), Germany, 21.-24. September 2002
35th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ICCC 35) (Award Lecture)
Heidelberg, Germany, 21.-26. July 2002
Congress SFC Eurochem
Toulouse, France, 8.-11. July 2002
Tagung der Leibniz-Sozietät (Festvortrag)
Berlin, Germany, 27. June 2002
Mini Symposium: Nanoporous and Nanostructured Materials (during KemiForum)
Stockholm, Sweden, 11. June 2002
Graph Invariants in Chemistry
Bielefeld, Germany, 25.-26. April 2002
Synthetic Approaches to Molecular Magnets: Chemical Tools and New Trends
Dourdan, France, 6.-10. April 2002
Molecular Nanomagnets
Dourdan, France, 13.-15. December 2001
Structure Forming Processes in Supramolecular Chemistry: Kinetics and Thermodynamics
Paris, France, 9.-12. November 2001
Polyoxometalates: New Perspectives
Paris, France, 15.-16. October 2001 (opening)
Polyoxometalate Molecular Science (Nato Meeting)
Tenerife, Spain, 25. August - 4. September 2001
Chemistry of Highly-Organized Substances and Scientific Principle
St. Petersburg, Russia, 26.-29. June 2001
III. International Conference: Romania and Romanians in Contemporary Science
Sinaia, Romania, 12.-17. June 2001
Symposium on Nanotechnology
Mendeleev University, Moscow, Russia, 30. May 2001
11th International Symposium on Intercalation Compounds
Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, 28.-31. May 2001
XII Congreso Argentino des Fisicoquímica y Química Inorgánica
San Martin de los Andes, Argentina, 21.-28. April 2001
Molecular Magnets
Davos, Switzerland, 10.-15. March 2001
14th Biennial MARVEL Symposium Supramolecular Materials
Tucson, Arizona, USA, 10.-13. March 2001
PACIFICHEM 2000 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies: Symposium Polyoxometalates and Nanostructures
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 14.-19. December 2000 (opening)
III. International Conference: Vibrational Spectroscopy in Materials Science
Kraków, Poland, 23.-26. September 2000 (opening)
II. International Symposium: Atom Scale Processing and Novel Properties in Nanoscopic Materials
Osaka, Japan, 9.-10. December 1999
1999 Gordon Research Conference of Solid State Chemistry
Oxford, England, 19.-24. September 1999
XVIII International Union of Crystallography Congress and General Assembly
Glasgow, Scotland, 4.-13. August 1999
1999 Inorganic Gordon Conference
Newport, Rhode Island, USA, 18.-23. July 1999
14th Summer School on Coordination Chemistry
Polanica-Zdrój, Poland, 6.-12. June 1999 (opening)
8. DECHEMA Diskussionstagung: Anorganisch-technische Chemie
Frankfurt a. Main, Germany, 24.-25. February 1999
The 62nd Okazaki Conference: Structural Hierarchy in Molecular Science From Nano and Meso Structures to Micro Structures
Okazaki, Japan, 10.-13. January 1999
ESF Workshop: Molecular Clusters, Magnetism and Quantum Size Effects
Florence, Italy, 28. November - 1. December 1998
II International Conference: Vibrational Spectroscopy in Materials Science
Kraków, Poland, 22.-25. October 1998 (opening)
9. Vortragstagung der Wöhler-Vereinigung für Anorganische Chemie
Eisenach, Germany, 8.-10. October 1998
1st International Conference on Supramolecular Science & Technology
Zakopane, Poland, 27. September - 3. October 1998 (opening)
33rd International Conference on Coordination Chemistry
Florence, Italy, 30. August - 4. September 1998
33rd Winter Seminar on Molecular Biology and Biophysical Chemistry of the Cell
Klosters, Switzerland, 17.-31. January 1998
Komplexe Systeme und Nichtlineare Dynamik in Natur und Gesellschaft
Schloss Reisensburg, Germany, 16.-18. October 1997
IV. National Conference on Molecular Spectroscopy with International Participation:
From Molecules to Molecular Materials - Role of Molecular Interactions and Recognition
Polanica-Zdrój, Poland, 28. September - 1. October 1997 (opening)
Deutscher Verein zur Förderung des mathematischen und naturwissenschaftlichen Unterrichts: 88. Hauptversammlung
Hamburg, Germany, 23.-27. March 1997
European Research Conference on Inorganic Chemistry:
Biocoordination Chemistry and Framework Structures
Karrebæksminde, Denmark, 6.-11. September 1996
NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Self-Assembly in Synthetic Chemistry
Val-Morin, Québec, Canada, 16.-21. May 1996
European Research Conference on Metal Clusters in Chemistry
Mont Sainte-Odile (near Strasbourg), France, 2.-7. May 1996
1995 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (Pacifichem '95)
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 17.-22. December 1995
IIIrd National Conference on Molecular Spectroscopy with International Participation:
Molecular Interactions and Recognition
Wroclaw - Przesieka, Poland, 7.-10. December 1995
7. Stuttgarter Chemietage
Stuttgart, Germany, 10.-12. October 1995
EUROBIC II
Florence, Italy, 30. August - 3. September 1994
30th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry
Kyoto, Japan, 24.-29. July 1994
IInd National Conference on Molecular Spectroscopy
Wroclaw, Poland, 27.-30. September 1993
24. Hauptversammlung der Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker
Hamburg, Germany, 5.-11. September 1993
XXI. European Congress on Molecular Spectroscopy
Vienna, Austria, 23.-28. August 1992
European Research Conference:
New Perspectives in Organometallic and Coordination Chemistry
Wildbad Kreuth, Germany, 15.-20. September 1991
Chemistry and Biochemistry of Nitrogen Fixation
Oxford, England, 1.-3. August 1991 (opening)
European Research Conference:
Supramolecular Chemistry: Towards Self-Organisation Processes
Le Bischenberg, France, 5.-8. July 1991
American Chemical Society National Meeting
Symposium: Soluble Metal Chalcogenides
Washington DC, USA, 26.-31. August 1990 (opening)
American Chemical Society National Meeting
Symposium: Inorganic Modelling of Hydrodesulfurization, Hydrodenitrification and Hydrodemetallation Petroleum Chemistry
Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 22.-27. April 1990
XIXth European Congress on Molecular Spectroscopy
Dresden, GDR, 4.-8. September 1989
6th International Symposium on Microbial Growth on C1 Compounds
Göttingen, Germany, 20.-25. August 1989
Chemistry of Heteronuclear Clusters and Multimetallic Catalysts
Königstein, Taunus, Germany, 7.-12. September 1987
Second Joint Meeting of the German and Swedish Biophysical Societies
Lübeck, Germany, 9.-11. October 1985
Selective Recognition and Activation of Small Molecules and Ions in Bioinorganic Chemistry
Leiden, Holland, 14.-19. July 1985
Climax Fifth International Conference on the Chemistry and Uses of Molybdenum
Newcastle, England, 1.-5. July 1985
1984 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (Pacifichem '84)
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 16.-21. December 1984
Annual Meeting of the American Chemical Society
Washington DC, USA, 28. August - 2. September 1983
International Conference on the Chemistry of Chromium, Molybdenum & Tungsten
Brighton, Sussex, England, 4.-7. July 1983
EUCHEM Conference on Reactions and Intermediates in Nitrogen Fixation Processes
Brighton, Sussex, England, 14.-18. March 1983
Chemiedozententagung, Festsitzung der Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker
Kaiserslautern, Germany, 22.-26. March 1982 (opening)
19. Hauptversammlung der Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker
Hamburg, Germany, 14.-18. September 1981
XV European Congress on Molecular Spectroscopy
Norwich, England, 7.-11. September 1981
Aspects of Metal-Sulphur Interactions in Biology and Chemistry, Half Day Symposium of the Royal Institute of Chemistry
London, England, 22. January 1981
Fourth International Symposium on Nitrogen Fixation
Canberra, Australia, 30. November - 5. December 1980
Koordinationsverbindungen mit schwefelhaltigen Liganden
Bayreuth, Germany, 9-10. October 1980
IX National Conference on Molecular Spectroscopy with International Participation
Albena, Bulgaria, 29. September - 3. October 1980
American Chemical Society National Meeting
Symposium: Inorganic and Bioinorganic Co-ordination Chemistry of Sulfur Ligands
Houston, Texas, USA, 23.-28. March 1980
Analytical Applications of FT-IR to Molecular and Biological Systems
Florence, Italy, 31. August - 12. September 1979
Sixth International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy
Bangalore, India, 4.-9. September 1978
XIII European Congress on Molecular Spectroscopy
Wroclaw, Poland, 12.-16. September 1977