Tetrahedron Symposium Launches Virtual Conference

AMSTERDAM, June 11 /PRNewswire/ --

    - Virtual Environment Brings Renowned Organic Chemists Live From Paris 
to Your Desk Top



    Elsevier, the world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and 
medical information products and services, today announced that it will host 
the Tetrahedron Virtual Conference 
(http://www.tetrahedron-symposium.elsevier.com) - a real-time virtual
platform offering low cost online access to the high quality content to be
presented at the Tenth Tetrahedron Symposium in Paris, France, 24-26 June
2009.



    From Wednesday 24 June, virtual delegates will have access to real-time
video webcasts of selected presentations during the three days of the
Symposium and to the archived content for three months after the event. As
well as access to world-renowned speakers, including a chemistry Nobel
Laureate, virtual delegates have access to selected posters presented at the
conference, the opportunity to visit virtual exhibitor booths, take part in
scheduled chat sessions with selected speakers and network with other online
delegates.



    The Tenth Tetrahedron Symposium also celebrates 50 Years of Tetrahedron
Letters (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/tetlet) and will bring together 1150
delegates to hear from an eminent line-up of speakers. Topics to be addressed
span the full range of organic chemistry, including new developments in
synthetic methodology, objectives in total synthesis, functional and
mechanistic studies of biological systems, and advances in new materials.



    Online delegates can watch real-time presentations detailing the latest
research by the following top speakers: 



    
    Carlos Barbas - The Scripps Research Institute, USA, 
    Thomas Carell - University of Munich, Germany,
    Jean-Marie Lehn - University of Strasbourg, France,
    Steve Ley - University of Cambridge, UK,
    Kim Janda - The Scripps Research Institute, USA,
    Richard Schrock - MIT, USA,
    Masakatsu Shibasaki - University of Tokyo, Japan,
    Barry M. Trost - Stanford University, USA and
    George Whitesides - University of Harvard, USA





    This new virtual platform enables greater participation from the global
organic chemistry community in this celebratory Symposium. "This is a great
opportunity to see and listen to some of the best research and the greatest
scientists within the field of organic chemistry", commented Herbert
Waldmann, Chairman of the Board of Editors of Tetrahedron Publications and
Director at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology in Dortmund,
Germany. "We are very pleased that the global organic chemistry community
will have a chance to share their research and meet each other. The virtual
part of the Symposium makes this event even more accessible for colleagues
around the world and it enables truly international interaction."



    The Tenth Tetrahedron Symposium takes place in Paris, France 24-26 June
2009. The Symposium in Paris is now sold out. Access to the Virtual
Conference costs EUR99 before Friday 26 June and EUR149 for access after the
event. Full information on both the live and virtual conference is available
at http://www.tetrahedron-symposium.elsevier.com.



About Elsevier

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medical information products and services. Working in partnership with the 
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offices worldwide publish more than 2,000 journals and 1,900 new books per 
year, in addition to offering a suite of innovative electronic products, such 
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bibliographic databases, and online reference works.



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