The 19th edition of the International Conference on the Chemistry of the Organic Solid State (ICCOSS XIX) will be held in Sestri Levante, a nice spot of the Genoa Riviera, sitting between Portofino and Cinque Terre.
ICCOSS meetings have a well established tradition and a few of the past meetings have been held at Jerusalem (1993), Matsuyama (1995), Stony Brook (1997), Cambridge (1999), Mainz (2001), Sydney (2003), Los Angeles (2005), and Merida (2007).
Click here for the schedule of talks
Registration on Sunday June 14th, 2009 from 16:30 to 19:30
Timetable for the trains is now updated!
Click here for the train timetable.
Train schedules can be found on the Trenitalia website www.trenitalia.com, from which you can directly purchase the tickets. English version is available.
ICCOSS deals with various aspects of the crystalline state and reactivity of organic and hybrid materials from preparation to characterization. It includes the investigation of crystal structures and supramolecular architectures, crystal growth and design, inclusion compounds, topochemical reactions, nanostructures, heterogeneous interfaces. Nanoporous materials useful in gas storage and separation for energetic and environmental reasons will be highlighted. Special focussed sessions will be dedicated to polymorphism of pharmaceutical solids and to molecular machines and rotors in the solid state.
Supported by IUCr
Grants are available for graduate students, post-graduate students or post-doctoral scientists with a maximum age of 30 (exceptionally 35) for travel and subsistence and not as a waiver of registration fees.
SEND US YOUR CURRICULUM WITH THE REGISTRATION FORM.
Recipients of the grants are required to create an entry in the World Database of Chrystallographers (http://wdc.iucr.org), if not already present, following the link to “Create a new entry”.
THE BEST POSTER WILL BE AWARDED BY CrystEngComm!
The Poster maximum size is set to: w = 90 cm; h = 110 cm.
All Posters should be set starting from Monday lunch time and displayed till Thursday afternoon. Tape will be provided for the poster setup.
A PRICE FOR INNOVATION WILL BE AWARDED
ON THURSDAY JUNE 18th!
Conference Structure
The conference will include about: 10 Plenary Lectures, 10 Key-Note Lectures and over 30 Short Lectures.
Including a "POLYMORPHISM DAY".
Preliminary List of Speakers
Lia ADDADI – Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.
Leonard J. BARBOUR – Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
Roger BISHOP – The University of New South Wales, Australia.
Anthony W. COLEMAN – IBCP, CNRS, Lyon, France.
Enrico DALCANALE – Università di Parma, Italy.
Gautam R. DESIRAJU – Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
Graciela DIAZ DE DELGADO – Universidad de Los Andes, Venezuela.
Gérard FEREY – Université de Versailles, France.
Bruce FOXMAN – Brandeis University, MA, USA.
Miguel A. GARCIA-GARIBAY – University of California at Los Angeles, USA.
Dante GATTESCHI – Università di Firenze, Italy.
Fabrizia GREPIONI – Università di Bologna, Italy.
Kenneth D. M. HARRIS – Cardiff University, United Kingdom.
Mark D. HOLLINGSWORTH – Kansas State University, USA.
Travis K. HOLMAN – Georgetown University, USA.
Mir W. HOSSEINI – Universitè Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France.
Bruce HUDSON – Syracuse University, USA.
Jürg HULLIGER – University of Berne, Switzerland.
Menahem KAFTORY – Technion-Israel Institute of Technology,
Israel.
Susumu KITAGAWA – Kyoto University, Japan.
Leonard R. MACGILLIVRAY – University of Iowa, USA.
Neil MCKEOWN – Cardiff University, United Kingdom.
Josef MICHL – University of Colorado, USA.
Luigi NASSIMBENI – University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Keiichiro OGAWA – University of Tokyo, Japan.
Giuseppe RESNATI – Politecnico di Milano, Italy.
Vincenzo SCHETTINO – Università di Firenze, Italy.
Kinga SUWINSKA – Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
Norimitsu TOHNAI – Osaka University, Japan.
Michael D. WARD – New York University, USA.
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Piero Sozzani |
Conference contact: Department of Material Science |
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International Advisory Board
Lia Addadi, ISRAEL |
Mortimer M. Labes, USA |
The conference will take place at the Grand Hotel dei Castelli in Sestri Levante (Genova).
http://www.hoteldeicastelli.com/ |
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Registration (starting from now)
Early registration is strongly recommended to ensure your participation in the meeting. Due to the large interest in the conference, a limitation could be applied to the number of participants.
Please, complete the attached registration form with your personal information, tentative title(s) and the requested format of your presentation.
Mail to iccossXIX@mater.unimib.it.
Payment: before April 20th, 2009
Please, complete your registration form with the details of the payment.
(Click HELP for the credit card payment instructions).
Registration Fees
The registration fee is 450 €.
The registration fee for students is 275 €.
Late registration (after April 20th) and on-site registrations will be increased by 80 €.
Industrial participants will pay an additional fee of 200 €.
Single-day participation fee: 180 €.
Abstract Submission (before May 5th, 2009)
Abstract for consideration as either oral or poster presentation should be submitted to iccossXIX@mater.unimib.it using the attached template before May 5th, 2009.
Registration: starting from now.
Payment: before April 20th, 2009.
Abstract Submission: before May 5th, 2009.
Lunches (Mon-Thu) are available at Grand Hotel dei Castelli at the reduced price of 100 €. They should be reserved in advance sending an email to iccossxix@mater.unimib.it and the payment will be done at the registration desk at your arrival (by cash).
A Conference Dinner ticket is available for 50 € and the ticket can be purchased on site at the registration desk (by cash).
Book as soon as possible!
Grand Hotel Castelli**** Conference Site
Special Offer for the Partecipants (Fully booked!)
Access to a private beach by a lift in the rocks.
The quality vs. price ratio is very good.
A few single rooms including breakfast are available for 120 €.
Single occupancy in a double room including breakfast: 135 €.
Additional 45 € for two persons occupancy.
Credit Card accepted. Free parking.
http://www.hoteldeicastelli.it/
http://www.hoteldeicastelli.it/ita/hotel-con-spiaggia-piscina-sestri-levante.asp
Suggested Hotels (REFER TO ICCOSS XIX MEETING!)
Several hotels are within 10-15 minutes walking from the conference site. We obtained the following prices (mention ICCOSSXIX).
However, sometimes one can find special offers also via on-line booking websites, such as:
http://it.venere.com/
http://www.booking.com/index.it.html
Grande Albergo ****
On the beach.
Single occupancy in a double room: 140 € (minimum 3 nights).
Additional 20 € for two persons occupancy.
All prices include breakfast.
Credit Card accepted.
http://www.grandalbergo-sestrilevante.com/
Grand Hotel Villa Balbi ****
Historical hotel on the beach.
Single occupancy in a double room: 150 €.
Additional 60 € for two persons occupancy.
All prices include breakfast.
Credit Card accepted.
http://www.villabalbi.it/
Vis a Vis ****
Single occupancy in a double room: 150 €.
Additional 30 € for two persons occupancy.
All prices include breakfast.
Credit Card accepted.
http://www.hotelvisavis.com/
Albergo Aurora ***
On the beach.
A few single rooms are available for 74 €.
Single occupancy in a double room: 95 €.
Additional 15 € for two persons occupancy.
Price per person in a triple room: 50 €.
All prices include breakfast.
Credit Card accepted.
http://www.hotelaurorasl.com/
Hotel Sereno ***
Single occupancy in a double room: 70 €.
Price per person in a double room: 40 €.
All prices include breakfast.
Credit Card accepted.
info@hotel-sereno.com
Hotel Villa Rosa ***
A few single rooms are available for 58 € including breakfast and one meal.
Price per person in a double room is 53 € including breakfast and one meal.
Price per person in a triple room is 48 € including breakfast and one meal.
Bank Transfer.
info@villarosahotel.it
tel: +39 0185 42226
fax: +39 0185 43025
Albergo Villa Jolanda*
Very closed to the conference site.
Double occupancy rooms are available for 80 €.
The price includes breakfast.
Bank Transfer
http://www.villaiolanda.com/
Albergo Isabella*
A few single rooms are available for 52 € including breakfast.
Single rooms including breakfast and one meal: 60 €
Price per person in a double room including breakfast and one meal : 55 €.
Double occupancy rooms including breakfast are available for 74 €.
Bank Transfer
http://www.albergoisabella.it/
How to reach the Conference site
Genova Airport (Cristoforo Colombo)
http://www.airport.genova.it/v2/
About 60 km from Sestri Levante.
At the airport you can find an hourly service "Volabus" from early morning to late evening that connects the airport to the Stazione Piazza Principe (railway station) in about 20 minutes (price 4 €).
Several trains start from Genova to Sestri Levante (towards Sestri Levante or Pisa or Livorno) and the travel takes about one hour. (Click here for the TRAIN TIMETABLE).
Train schedules can be found on the Trenitalia website www.trenitalia.com, from which you can directly purchase the tickets. English version is available.
If you want to rent a car at the airport, take the A12 highway towards Livorno, exit Sestri Levante.
Pisa Airport (Galileo Galilei)
http://www.pisa-airport.com/
About 110 km from Sestri Levante.
From the airport there are frequent connections by train or bus to the Stazione Centrale (railway station). The railway station is close, about 10 minutes from the airport. Tickets for train or bus can be purchased at the Information Desk.
Several trains start from Pisa to Sestri Levante (towards Sestri Levante or Genova or Torino) and the travel takes about one hour and a half. Trains can be direct (IC trains). (Click here for the TRAIN TIMETABLE).
Train schedules can be found on the Trenitalia website www.trenitalia.com, from which you can directly purchase the tickets. English version is available. (By the way if you get some spare time (2-3 hours) you can visit the famous leaning Tower and Piazza dei Miracoli).
If you want to rent a car at the airport, take the A12 highway towards Genova, exit Sestri Levante.
Milan Airport
Search for: Malpensa Airport (MXP) and Linate Airport (LIN)
http://www.sea-aeroportimilano.it/it/
Malpensa Airport (MXP)
About 230 km from Sestri Levante
At the airport you can find frequent "Malpensa Shuttle" services that run every 20 minutes and connect the airport to the Stazione Centrale (main railway station) in about 50 minutes (one way price: 7 €). Malpensa Express train to Milan center (Cadorna Station) is an alternative way.
Several trains start from Milan (Milano Stazione Centrale) to Sestri Levante (direction Sestri Levante or La Spezia or Livorno) and the travel takes about two hours and a half. Trains can be direct (IC trains). (Click here for the TRAIN TIMETABLE).
Train schedules can be found on the Trenitalia website www.trenitalia.com, from which you can directly purchase the tickets. English version is available.
If you want to rent a car at the airport, the connections from Milan to Sestri Levante are through highways (A7, A12).
Linate Airport (LIN)
About 200 km from Sestri Levante
At the airport there are frequent services that run every 30 minutes and connect the airport to the Stazione Centrale (main railway station) in about 25 minutes (one way price: Euro 4,00).
Several trains start from Milan (Milano Stazione Centrale) to Sestri Levante (direction Sestri Levante or La Spezia or Livorno) and the travel takes about two hours and a half. Trains can be direct (IC trains). (Click here for the TRAIN TIMETABLE).
Train schedules can be found on the Trenitalia website www.trenitalia.com, from which you can directly purchase the tickets. English version is available.
If you want to rent a car at the airport, the connections from Milan to Sestri Levante are through highways (A7, A12).
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