7th International Dendrimer Symposium (IDS7)
June 26 - July 1, 2011
National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)
100 Bureau Drive
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899 (Washington D.C. area)
IDS7 Symposium Information
Includes Daily Schedule of Events, Daily Program-at-a-Glance, Poster Schedule, and more
Background: Dendrimers are monodisperse polymeric material with branched architecture first reported as cascade molelcules by Prof. Fritz Vögtle in 1978 and later by Dr. Donald Tomalia and Prof. George Newkome in 1985 as dendrimers and arborols, respectively. The field has expanded in the past 25 years and now dendrimers, dendritic polymers and hyperbranched architectures found application in various fields including materials, catalysis, defense, energy, environmental remediation and biomedical applications to name a few.
Introduction: With the exponential growth of this field, with many groups pursuing dendrimer research all over the globe, researchers felt the need for a dedicated international symposium to bring multidisciplinary groups working with dendrimers together and discuss their research. As a results, the first international dendrimer symposium was organized in Frankfurt, Germany (1999) followed every two years by Tokyo, Japan (2001); Berlin, Germany (2003); Mt. Pleasant, MI, USA (2005); Toulouse, France (2007); Stockholm, Sweden in 2009. An average of 300-400 participants attended these symposia from over 30 countries every two years.
Focus: The symposia focused on the scientific research, latest developments in technology, synthesis, characterization and applications. The meeting provided for limited parallel sessions with sufficient breaks and social gatherings to provide for collaborative networking opportunities, including a welcome reception, poster sessions, coffee breaks, and a conference dinner.
For further info and discussions, please contact:
Dr. Anil K. Patri
Deputy Director
Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory
SAIC Frederick (Contractor), NCI Frederick
1050 Boyles Street, Frederick, MD 21701.
Email: patria@mail.nih.gov
Phone: (301) 846-5237
The following hotels are located within the Washingtonian Center:
Gaithersburg Marriott Washingtonian Center9751 Washingtonian Boulevard
Gaithersburg, MD 20878-5359
301-527-9000 or 1-800-321-2211
Also complimentary shuttle to NIST headquarters and the D.C. Metro Subway system.
Courtyard Gaithersburg Washingtonian Center
204 Boardwalk Place
Gaithersburg, MD 20878-7343
Also complimentary shuttle to NIST headquarters and the D.C. Metro Subway system. Shuttle will leave from the Gaithersburg Marriott Washingtonian.
SpringHill Suites Gaithersburg
9715 Washingtonian Boulevard
Gaithersburg, MD 20878
301-987-0900 or 1-888-287-9400
Also complimentary shuttle to NIST headquarters and the D.C. Metro Subway system. Shuttle will leave from the Gaithersburg Marriott Washingtonian.
MEETING CHAIR
Anil K. Patri, Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory
MEETING CO-CHAIRS
Mary Cloninger, Montana State University
Scott Grayson, Tulane University
Mark Grinstaff, Boston University
Debra Kaiser, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Lars Piehler, Army Research Laboratories
Eric Simanek, Texas Christian University
S. 'Thai' Thayumanavan, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Eva Malmström Jonsson, KTH Fibre and Polymer Technology, Sweden
Jean-Pierre Majoral, CNRS, Toulouse, France
George R. Newkome, University of Akron, USA
A. Dieter Schlüter, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Donald A. Tomalia, National Dendrimer & Nanotechnology Center, USA
Plenary Speakers
Takuzo Aida
University of Tokyo
James R. Baker, Jr.
University of Michigan
Jean-Pierre Majoral
CNRS, France
Eva Malmström
KTH, Sweden
George R. Newkome
University of Akron
Virgil Percec
University of Pennsylvania
Dieter Schlüter
ETH, Switzerland
Donald Tomalia
National Dendrimer Center, MI
Roger Tsien
UC San Diego
Invited Speakers
Dietmar Appelhans
Leibniz Institute for Polymer Research
Tatsuo Arai
University of Tsukuba
Mark Banaszak Holl
University of Michigan
Zhishan Bo
Beijing Normal University
Martin Brechbiel
National Cancer Institute
Raul Cachau
National Cancer Institute
Ann-Marie Caminade
LCC-Toulouse
Paola Ceroni
University of Bologna
Dick Crooks
University of Texas Austin
Peter Dvornic
Michigan Molecular Institute
Hamid Ghandehari
University of Utah
Elizabeth Gillies
University of Western Ontario
Yves Gnanou
ENSCPB
Rafael Gomez
Universidad de Alcalá
Danilo Gonzalez
Universidad de Talca
Ted Goodson
University of Michigan
N K Jain
S K Gaur University, India
N. Jayaraman
India Institute of Science
Ashok Kakkar
McGill University
R. Kannan
Wayne State University
Barbara Klajnert
Medical University Poland
Kenji Kono
Osaka Prefectural University
Myongsoo Lee
Seoul National University
Michael Malkoch
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Charles Moorefield
University of Akron
M. A. Munoz-Fernandez
Salud Madrid
David Owen
StarPharma
Jon Parquette
Ohio State University
Ling Peng
Université de la Méditerranée
Edmana Prasad
IIT-Madras, Chennai, India
S. Ramakrishnan
India Institute of Science, India
Rene Roy
Université du Québec à Montréal
Amitav Sanyal
Boğaziçi University
Rana Sanyal
Boğaziçi University
Doron Shabat
Tel-Aviv University
Thommey Thomas
University of Michigan
Sergei Vinogradov
University of Pennsylvania
Philip Wyatt
Wyatt Technology Corporation
Kimihisa Yamamoto
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Exhibitors
The following organizations exhibited at IDS7:
For additional information, contact:
Donna Watterson
Materials Research Society
724-779-2757
watterson@mrs.org
This meeting concluded on July 1, 2011. For your convenience, the rates and cancellation information are posted below.
Regular Rates (after 5 pm ET on May 2, 2011)
- (Regular Registration) Academic - $1295
- (Regular Registration) Industry - $1550
- (Regular Registration) Student - $795
COMPANION registration – includes admission to: conference banquet, welcome reception, and poster receptions
- Early Companion - $225
- Regular Companion - $325
Cancellation Policy for IDS7:
To cancel all or any portion of your meeting registration order, you must notify MRS in writing of your request for a refund. The timing of your request is important in determining refund amounts. Refunds will be made upon receipt of written refund request within the following guidelines:
- Registration (regular conference registration, student conference registration or companion registration) refund requests received up to 10 days prior to the start of the meeting:
Refund amount requested less a $35 processing fee.
- Refund request received less than 10 days prior to or until the conclusion of the meeting:
Due to the guarantees required for meals and other services regular and student registrants will receive refund amount requested less $525. Companion registrations are not refundable.
- Refund request received 1 to 29 days following the conclusion of the meeting:
No refunds provided. During this time period, registrants may apply a portion of the non-refundable registration fee to MRS member dues or additional MRS product or service.
- Refund request received more than 30 days after the conclusion of the meeting:
No refunds will be provided for requests made more than 30 days after the close of the meeting