Crystal engineering and structural chemistry: function through design 1
7 October 2016, 8.30 - 13.00
Chairs: Susan Bourne (South Africa) & Hocine Merazig (Algeria)
Invited Lecturers: Clement Tella (University of Ilorin, Nigeria), Delia Haynes (Stellenbosch University, South Africa), Jules Abodou Tenon (University Houphoet Boigny, Cote d'Ivoire), Kamel Boukhedadden (Universite de Versailles Saint Quentin, France)
Contributed talks: tbd
Inorganic Materials and Industry Minerals
7 October 2016, 15.00 - 19.30
Chairs: Wulf Depmeier (Germany) & Lahcen El Ammari (Morocco)
Invited Lecturers: Michele Zema (University of Pavia, Italy and IUCr, UK), Lahcen El Ammari (University of Rabat, Morocco), Brahim Elouadi (University of la Rochelle, France), Herbert Poellmann (University of Halle, Germany), Márcia Carvalho de Abreu Fantini (University of Sao Paolo, Brazil, President of the Latin American Crystallography Association)
Contributed talks: tbd
Crystallography for Life sciences
8 October 2016, 8.30 - 13.00
Chairs: Alejandro Buschiatto (Uruguay) & Mino Caira (South Africa)
Invited Lecturers: Heinrich Dirr (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg), Mino Caira (Cape Town University, South Africa), Bryan Trevor Sewell (University of Cape Town, South Africa), Richard Garratt ( University of Sào Paulo, Brazil), Nourredine Benali Cherif (Polytechnic University of Constantine, Algeria, member of the Algerian Academy of Sciences)
Contributed talks: tbd
Crystallography databases
8 October 2016, 15.00 - 19.30
Chairs: Colin Groom (CCDC) & Oliver Smart (PDB)
Invited Lecturers: Zéphirin Yav (University of Kinshasa, Congo DR), Patrice Tsobnang Kenfack (University of Dschang, Cameroon), Matteo Leoni (University of Trento, Italy, Chair of the Boards of Directors of ICDD), Oliver Smart (PDB)
Contributed talks: tbd
Inorganic Materials and Mining Industry
9 October 2016, 8.30 - 13.00
Chairs: Gilberto Artioli (Italy) & Robert Kinsford Adaboh (Ghana)
Invited Lecturers: Shimelis Admassie (Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia), Robert Kingsford-Adaboh (University of Ghana, Legon), Leslie Felicia Petrik (University of Wersterm Cape, South Africa), Nelie Mutemeri (University of Witwatersrand, South Africa)
Contributed talks: tbd
Crystal engineering and structural chemistry: function through design 2
9 October 2016, 15.00 - 19.30
Chairs: Ashwini Nangia (India) & Magatte Camarra (Senegal)
Invited Lecturers: Aliou Haadi Barry (University of Nouakchott, Mauritania), Mamoudou Diallo (University of Ziguinchor, Senegal), Aleksandar Visnjevac (Ruđer Bošković Institute, Croatia), Emmanuel Aubert (University of Lorraine, France)
Contributed talks: tbd
Large Facilities for Emerging Countries
10 October 2016, 8.30 - 11.00
Chair: Giorgio Paolucci (Sesame Scientific Director, Jordan)
Invited Lecturers: Florence Porcher (LLB, France)
Contributed talks: tbd
ROUNDTABLE 1: Crystallography as vehicle to promote Science in Africa and beyond
7 October 2016, 21.00 - 23.00
Chair: Andreas Roodt (University of Bloemfontein, South Africa)
ROUNDTABLE 2: Equipment for African laboratories and the African Light Source, AfLS
8 October 2016, 21.00 - 23.00
Chairs: Seraphin Kati Coulibali (Ministry of Research, Cote d’Ivoire) & Gerard Fauvet (France)