International Society of Heterocyclic Chemistry 2019 Newsletter December 2019 Message from the President As the current president of the ISHC, it is my pleasure to inform you about past and current developments and activities of our society. I am indebted to the members of the executive committee of ISHC and editors of Progress of Heterocyclic Chemistry who are responsible for several exciting developments that will allow us to communicate between members of ISHC and learn about their activities more efficiently. The 27 th ISHC Congress was held in Kyoto, Japan September 1-6, 2019 Prof. Shuji Akai (Osaka University) and Prof. Yasuyuki Kita (Ritsumeikan University) successfully hosted the 27th ISHC Congress at Kyoto, Japan. The 821 participants (355 students) from 33 countries enjoyed the meeting. During this meeting, we celebrated the achievements of three outstanding scientists for the awards. E. C. Taylor Senior Award Prof. Dale L. Boger (Scripps Research Institute) Katritzky Junior Award Prof. Richmond Sarpong (U. C. Berkeley) ISHC Industrial Award Dr. Guy Humphrey (Merck, Sharp & Dohme)
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International Society of Heterocyclic Chemistry
2019 Newsletter December 2019
Message from the President As the current president of the ISHC, it is my pleasure to inform you about past and current developments and activities of our society. I am indebted to the members of the executive committee of ISHC and editors of Progress of Heterocyclic Chemistry who are responsible for several exciting developments that will allow us to communicate between members of ISHC and learn about their activities more efficiently.
The 27th ISHC Congress was held in Kyoto, Japan September 1-6, 2019
Prof. Shuji Akai (Osaka University) and Prof. Yasuyuki Kita (Ritsumeikan University) successfully hosted the 27th ISHC Congress at Kyoto, Japan. The 821 participants (355 students) from 33 countries enjoyed the meeting. During this meeting, we celebrated the achievements of three outstanding scientists for the awards. E. C. Taylor Senior Award Prof. Dale L. Boger (Scripps Research Institute) Katritzky Junior Award Prof. Richmond Sarpong (U. C. Berkeley) ISHC Industrial Award Dr. Guy Humphrey (Merck, Sharp & Dohme)
We had a fantastic line up of 8 plenary, 30 invited, 64 oral, and 432 poster contributors covering a breadth of exciting topics. Plenary Lecturers Takuzo Aida (University of Tokyo) Mir Wais Hosseini (University of Strasbourg) Paul Knochel (Universität München) Dawei Ma (Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry) Stefan Matile (University of Geneva) Scott Miller (Yale University) Masakatsu Shibasaki (Institute of Microbial Chemistry, Tokyo) Hiroaki Suga (University of Tokyo) Herbert Waldmann (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund) Invited Lecturers Aaron Aponick (University of Florida) Brigitte Bibal (University of Bordeaux) Rong-Jie Chein (Academia Sinica, Taiwan) Chunyan Chi (National University of Singapore) Darren J. Dixon (University of Oxford) Koichi Fukase (Osaka University) M. Ángeles Herranz (complutense University of Madrid) Sayuri Hirano (Spera Pharma, Inc.) Yoshiharu Iwabuchi (Tohoku University) Hideaki Kakeya (Kyoto University) Motomu Kanai (University of Tokyo) Sanghee Kim (Seoul National University) Masato Kitamura (Nagoya University) Bo Liu (Sichuan University) Debabrata Maiti (IIT Bombay) Seijiro Matsubara (Kyoto University) Makoto Michida (Daiichi Sankyo Co.,Ltd.) Thomas J. J. Müller (Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf) Sensuke Ogoshi (Osaka University) Tomoki Ogoshi (Kyoto University) Junko Ohkanda (Shinshu University) Tobias Ritter (Max Planck Institute for Coal Research) Michael S. Sherburn (Australian National University) Norio Shibata (Nagoya Institute of Technology) Toshikazu Takata (Tokyo Institute of Technology) Hiromitsu Takayama (Chiba University) Masayuki Wasa (Boston College) Dan Yang (University of Hong Kong) Ying Yeung Yeung (Chinese University of Hong Kong) Andrei K. Yudin (University of Toronto) The Congress would not have been financially successful without support from many companies and foundations, which are listed in the abstract book. The Society is very grateful to these sponsors for their support.
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Latest PHC Published Volume 31 of Progress in Heterocyclic Chemistry covering the 2018 literature is now available.
2019 Elections After the 2019 election, on January 1, 2020, the current members of the Executive and Advisory Committees are: Executive: President: Chris Vanderwal Past President: Masayuki Inoue Secretary: David Williams Treasurer: Fred Luzzio Publicist: Alan Aitken Advisory: Adrian Dobbs, Till Opatz, Simon Blakey, Christian Melander, Antonio Burtoloso, Hidetoshi Tokuyama, Jason Smith, Jeffrey Kuethe, Peter Meier
The 28th ISHC Congress The 28th ISHC Congress will be held in Oregon, USA in September, 2021. More information will be posted on our website in the coming months.
Closing Remarks This Newsletter is my last official duty as ISHC President. I have enjoyed serving as President the last two years and working with the Committee members to keep our Society alive and well. It was also a pleasure to meet many of our members at the recent Congress in Kyoto. Let’s all wish Prof. Chris Vanderwal well as he leads the Society as our President the next two years. I would like to thank all of you for your support of our Society. I also take this opportunity to wish you a happy holiday season and a happy and productive 2020. Masayuki Inoue President, ISHC
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