The European Symposium of Organic Chemistry (ESOC) is a biannual event first held here in Cologne (Germany) in 1979. ESOC offers plenary and invited lectures, oral presentations and poster sessions, and brings together experts from Academia and Industry, and students whose research covers Organic Chemistry and related areas. Information about previous ESOC meetings and the names of the plenary speakers is given below, demonstrating the excellence of these symposia that were held all over Europe.
2015 – ESOC 19 | Lisbon, Portugal | July 12-16
Intl. Board: Antonio M. Echavarren | Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia, Tarragona, Spain
Congress Chair: Amélia Pilar Rauter | Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Plenary Lectures
Carlos A.M. Afonso | University of Lisbon, Portugal
Peter Chen | ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Ernest Giralt | Parc Cientific de Barcelona, Spain
Guy Lloyd-Jones | University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Ilan Marek | Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Christina Moberg | KTH School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Sweden
Peter H. Seeberger | Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
Timothy M. Swager | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
F. Dean Toste | University of California, Berkeley, United States
Dirk Trauner | University of Munich, Germany
Helma Wennemers | ETH Zurich, Switzerland
2013 - ESOC 18 | Marseille, France | July, 07-12
Intl. Board: M. Malacria | ICSN, Gif-sur-Yvette; UPMC/IUF, Paris, France
Congress Chair: Jean-A. Rodriguez | University of Aix-Marseille, France
Plenary Lectures
Ben Feringa | University of Groningen,The Netherlands – Lilly Lecture
Frank Glorius | University of Münster, Germany
Michael Orfanopoulos | University of Crete, Greece
Doug Stephan | University of Toronto, Canada
Fernando Cossio | University of the Basque Country, Spain
Eiichi Nakamura | University of Tokyo, Japan
Benjamin Davis | University of Oxford, United Kingdom
David MacMillan | Princeton University, United States
Nazario Martín | University Complutense, Spain – EuCheMS Lecture
Joël Turconi | Sanofi Sisteron, France – Sanofi Lecture
Joost Reek | University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Raffaele Riccio | University of Salerno, Italy
2011 - ESOC 17 | Crete Greece | July, 10-15
Intl. Board: M. Malacria | ICSN, Gif-sur-Yvette; UPMC/IUF, Paris, France
Congress Chair: Michael Orfanopoulos | University of Crete, Greece
Plenary Lectures
Takuzo Aida | The University of Tokyo, Japan
Phil S. Baran | Scripps Research Institute, California, United States
Chryssostomos Chatgilialoglu | National Center for Scientific Research Demokritos, Athens, Greece
R. H. Grubbs | Caltech, University of Florida, United States
Jesús Jiménez-Barbero | University of Madrid, Spain
Karl Anker Jørgensen | Aarhus University, Denmark
Robert M. J. Liskamp | University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Benjamin List | Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, Germany
David Milstein | The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
Daniel G. Nocera | Harvard University, Cambridge MA, United States
Justin B. Siegel | University of California, Davis, United States
2009 - ESOC 16 | Prague, Czech Republic | July 12 - 16
Intl. board: I. Marek
Congress Chair: I. Stary
Plenary Lectures
S. V. Ley
F. Diederich
T. Carell
S. Kobayashi
J. P. Sauvage
M. Reetz
D. Avnir
E. J. Sorensen
T. Hayashi
B. M. Stoltz
2007 - ESOC 15 | Dublin, Ireland | July 8 - 13
Intl. Board: Guy Lloyd-Jones
Congress Chair: Pat Guiry
Plenary Lectures
M. Catellani
J. Cossy
C. Drennan
A. Echavarren
B. Grubbs
C. Hunter
P. Knochel
K. Komatsu
A. Pfaltz
2005 - ESOC 14 | Helsinki, Finland | July 4 - 8
Intl. Board: C. Moberg
Congress Chair: K. Wahala
Plenary Lectures
C.Aubert
L. De Cola
G. Fu
H-D. Holtje
M. Lucarani
N. Martin
I. Paterson
H-G. Schmalz
T. Skrydstrup
V. Snieckus
2003 - ESOC 13 | Dubrovnik, Croatia | September 10-15
Intl. board: V. Sunjic
Congress Chair: V. Sunjic
Plenary Lectures
G. Balme
I. P. Beletskaya
R. Deschenaux
B. L. Feringa
J. A. Gladysz
G. Gottarelli
A. Koskinen
C. L. Latos-Gracycski
I. Ojima
M. A. Pericas
M. Saunders
L. Tietze
2001 - ESOC 12 | Groningen, Netherland | July 13 - 18
Intl. board: B. L. Feringa
Congress Chair: V. B. L. Feringa
Plenary Lectures
K. C. Nicolaou
E. W. Meijer
J. K. M. Sanders
V. Balzani
E. M. Carreira
B. M. Trost
H. Waldmann
B. Giese
D. Hilvert
A. Furstner
A. G. M. BarreU
Z. Rappaport
M. T. Reetz
1999 - ESOC 11 | Goteborg, Sweden | July 23-28
Intl. board: P. Ahlberg
Congress Chair: P. Ahlberg
Plenary Lectures
Y. Apeloig
R. Breslow
Y. N. Bubnov
L. Eberson
J. L. Garcia Ruano
C. Gennari
M. von Itzstein
H. B. Kagan
A. J. Kirby
H. Kunz
M. Mikolajczyk
R. J. M. Nolte
R. Noyori
F. Vogtle
1997 - ESOC 10 | Basel, Switzerland | June 22-27
Intl. board: C. Tamm
Congress Chair: C. Tamm
Plenary Lectures
F. Diederich
P. F. Leadley
D. N. Reinhoudt
H. Schwarz
S. Shaik
P. Sinay
E. Winterfeldt
1995 - ESOC 9 | Warszawa, Poland | June 18-23
Intl. board: M. Mikolajczyk
Congress Chair: M. Makosza
Plenary Lectures
W. Adam M
F. Camps
A. Eschenmoser
W. Hartwig
J. F. Normant
W. J. Stec
C. J. M. Stirling
N. S. Zefirov
1993 - ESOC 8 | Barcelona, Spain | August 29 - September 3
Intl. board: J. Font
Congress Chair: J. Font
Plenary Lectures
J. E. Backvall
R. Baker
Y. Belokon
R. O. Duthaler
J. Elguero
H. Kessler
J. M. Lehn
S. Ley
M. Moreno-Manas
J. M. Saveant
K. Schaffner
R. Sustmann
M. Vandewalle
1991 - ESOC 7 | Namur, Belgium | July 15-19
Intl. board: A. Krieft
Congress Chair: A. Krieft
Plenary Lectures
J. E. Baldwin
J. Barluenga
S. A. Brenner
H. Bock
P. De Clerq
F. De Schryver
A. R. Fersht
P. Kocienski
G. Pattenden
Z. Rappoport
M. T. Reetz
H. Ringsdorf
A. I. Scott
D. Seebach
A. Vasella
C. Gennari
1989 - ESOC 6 | Beograd, Yugoslavia | September 10-15
Intl. board: D. Sunko
Congress Chair: D. Vitorovic
Plenary Lectures
R. P. Evstigneeva
L. Ghozez
B. Giese
G. Lowe
M. Lj. Mihailovic
W. D .Ollis
Ch. Tamm
1. Willner
1987 - ESOC 5 | Jerusalem, Israel | August 30 - September 3
Intl. board: D. Ginsburg
Congress Chair: I. Willner
Plenary Lectures
K. Wutrich
O. M. Nefedov
Dondoni
M. Lahav
W. Francke
1985 - ESOC 4 | Aix-en-Provence, France | September 2-6
Intl. board: J. Metzger
Congress Chair: D. Bouin
Plenary Lectures
A. R. Battersby
W. Eigen
M. Julia
F. Minisci
1983 - ESOC 3 | Canterbury, England | September 5-9
Intl. board: C. L. Stirling
Congress Chair: R. F. Hudson
Plenary Lectures
P. von Rague Sehleyer
A.R. Fercht
H. G. Viehe
J. M. Lehn
1981 - ESOC 2 | Stresa, Italy June | 1-5
Intl. board: C. Modena
Congress Chair: C. Modena
Plenary Lectures
D. Arigoni
J. Dale
J. Ficini
F. Montanari
W. D. Ollis
Yu. A. Ovchinnikov
E. Vogel
1979 - ESOC 1 | Cologne, Germany | August 20-23
Intl. board: W. Walter
Congress Chair: E. Vogel
Plenary Lectures
D. H. R. Barton
A. Eschenmoser
R. Huisgen
G. Ourisson
L. Salem