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The Asian Chemical Congress (ACC)

9th Asian Chemical Congress Program(2 - 4 July 2001)

FACS Award Lecturers  Chair Barry Noller

Monday 2 July 
14.00 每 15.00 
(Great Hall) 

Foundation Lectureship (2001 Analytical Chemistry)

Professor Paul Haddad (Australia)
"Separation of Inorganic Ions using Capillary Electrochromatography"
Monday 2 July 
16.45 每 17.45 
(Great Hall)
Distinguished Contribution to Economic Development

 Dr. Jong-Kee Yeo (Korea) 
"A Challenge: Restructuring a Chemical company via R and D"
Tuesday 3 July 
14.00 每1500 
(Great Hall)
Distinguished Young Chemists Award (2001 Organic Chemistry)

Professor Margaret Brimble (New Zealand)
"Synthetic studies towards natural products containing bis-spiroacetals"

Session themes 

5 Monday afternoon and 7 Tuesday afternoon
Session A Chemistry and Community Monday (4 papers) and Tuesday (7 papers)
Coordinators: Bob Bucat, Charles Fogliani, Cristina Padolina, Masato Ito
Monday (Great Hall)  Chair Bob Bucat 
OFA 1 15.20 每 15.40  Professor John Bremner (Australia) 
"Trends in regional chemistry research training: Some directions for the future"
OFA 2 15.40 每 16.00 Prof J N Oleap Fernando (Sri Lanka)
"Enhanced multifarious tertiary educational opportunities in the chemical sciences through Sri Lanka's (new) college of chemical sciences"
OFA 3 16.00 每 16.20  Dr Igor Novak (Singapore) 
"Things you always wanted to know about Chemistry"
OFA 4 16.20 每 16.40  Charles Fogliani (Australia) 
"The Australian National Chemistry Quiz: A Means of 
Promoting Chemistry in Asia" 
Tuesday (Great Hall)  Chair Masato Ito
OFA 5 & OFA 6
15.20 每15.40 and 
15.40 每 16.00 
Professor Yuan T. Lee (Taiwan) 
(Title only) "Chemistry for a better community"
OFA 7 16.00 每 16.20  Dr Tony Wright (New Zealand) 
Small Molecules 每 Large Molecules: A Major Hurdle for Many students"
OFA 8 16.20 每 16.40  Dr Assunta Cuyegkeng (Philippines) 
"Chemistry beyond the classroom: Linking high school 
chemistry with the local community"
Chair Charles Fogliani
OFA 9 16.40 每 17.00 Dr Ting-Kueh Soon (Malaysia) 
"Environmental education in Malaysian schools : New 
approaches and strategies" 
OFA 10 17.00 每 17.20  Dr M Camacho (Puerto Rico) 
"Classification of chemical reactions by science majors"
OFA 11 17.20 每 17.40  Prof MM Ito (Japan) 
"International Chemistry Olympiad : A survey on the 
circumstances of its participant countries"
OFA 12 17.40 每 18.00  Pascal Mimero (France) 
"The European Chemistry Thematic Network (ECTN) over 100 chemistry departments from 30 countries" 
Session B Inorganic Chemistry  Monday (4 papers) and Tuesday (8 papers)
Monday (M1/M2)  Chair John Webb
OFB1 15.20 每 15.40  K Matsumoto (Japan)
"Fluorescent lanthanoid chelates as labels for biotechnology"
OFB 2 15.40 每 16.00  Mudasir (Indonesia)
"DNA binding of iron(II) mixed-ligand complexes containing 
phen and dip ligands"
OFB 3 16.00 每 16.20 F Wimmer (Brunei)
"The lipophilicity and the pharamacological properties of some neutral and charged cis-plantinum(II) complexes"
OFB 4 16.20 每 16.40 V P Singh (Botswana)
"Synthetic, structural and biocidal aspects of new boron 
complexes derived from biologically active ligands"
Tuesday (M2) 
(No Powerpoint) 
Chair Masaaki Tabata
OFB 5 15.20 每 15.40  Y-C Jiang (Taiwan)
"Synthesis and Characterization of organically templated 
iron fluorophosphates and fluoroarsenates 
OFB 6 15.40 每 16.00 
Alex McAuley (Canada)
"Macrotricyclic complexes ; Synthesis and reactivity"
OFB 7 16.00 每 16.20 
Wang, S-L (Taiwan)
" Novel metal gallium phosphates containing nano-sized 
channels"
OFB 8 16.20 每 16.40 T Yatabe (Japan)
" Sigma 每pi conjugated liquid crystals" 
Chair Franz Wimmer
OFB 9 16.40 每 17.00  SB Jonnalagadda (South Africa)
" Studies on uncatalysed and ruthenium catalysed reaction 
between methylene violet and acidic chlorite-Kinetics and 
analytical application"
OFB 10 17.00 每 17.20  R Karvembu (India)
"Thiobis(ß-diketonato) bridged binuclear ruthenium(III") 
complexes" (India)
OFB 11 17.20 每 17.40  D Steinborn (Germany)
"Platinum complexes with bioligands: from the hydrated 
proton [H13O6]+ to carbohydrate complexes of platinum (IV)"
OFB 12 17.40 每 18.00  S Lorenzo (Australia)
"The crystallisation of larger sized cucurbiturils with inorganic ions"
Session C Instrumental Chemistry  Monday (4 papers) and Tuesday (7 papers)
Coordinators: John Webb, Philip Marriott, Tabata Masaaki, H K Lee, Yateman  Arryanto
Monday (M3)  Chair Philip Marriott
OFC1 15.20 每 15.40  C A Binag (Philippines)
"Electrochemistry of new conducting polyanilino ethanethiols"
OFC2 15.40 每 16.00  R A M V Vergara (Philippines) 
"Electrochemical behavior of poly (3-methylthiophene) modified electrode and determination of dopamine"
OFC3 16.00 每 16.20 T Nyokong (South Africa)
"Development of electrochemical sensors based on 
phthalocyanine catalysts"
OFC4 16.20 每 16.40 S Kokot (Australia)
"Chemometrics an indispensable tool at the core of 
analytical chemistry" 
Tuesday (M3)  Chair Christina Binag
OFC5 15.20 每 15.40  Professor HK Lee (Singapore)
"Miniaturized extraction techniques for environmental analysis" (Invited)
OFC6 15.40 每 16.00  Dr Rick Parry (USA) 
"Rapid characterization of food and beverage product quality 
using rapid gas chromatography techniques with time-of 每flight mass spectrometry" 
OFC7 16.00 每 16.20  PH Petsul (PNG) 
"The development of an on-chip micro flow injection analysis of nitrite and nitrate with a cadmium reductor"
Chair HK Lee
OFC8 16.20 每 16.40  Prof P Marriott (Australia)
"Fundamental operating performance and applications of 
comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography"
OFC9 16.40 每 17.00  M A Abaya-Perez (Philippines)
"A polypyrrole-bassed pH transducer characterized by flow 
injection analysis"
OFC10 17.00 每 17.20  Prof F Dayrit (Philippines)
"Application of thermal desorption-gas chromatography as a 
quality assurance method for medicinal plants"
OFC11 17.20 每 17.40  B J V Tongol (Philippines) "Carbon dioxide sensor based on a pH sensitive polypyrrole"
Session D Natural Products Monday (4 papers) and Tuesday (8 papers)
Coordinators: Peter Waterman, Stephen Pyne, Iqbal Choudhary
Monday (P1/P2)  Chair Iqbal Choudhary
OFD 1 15.20 每 15.40  Dr Maribel Nonato (Philippines) 
"A new secondary amines, the predicted biogenetic precursor of the Pandanus alkaloids from Pandanus amaryllifolius Roxb.
OFD 2 15.40 每 16.00  Professor Junichi Kobayashi (Japan) 
"Antitumor macrolides from marine dinoflagellates" 
OFD 3 16.00 每 16.20  Prof M Mosihuzzaman (Bangladesh) 
"Antidiabetic agents from some Bangladeshi plants"
OFD 4 16.20 每 16.40  Prof S Sotheeswaran (Fiji) 
"Phytomedicines from the South Pacific"
Tuesday (P2) 
(No Powerpoint) 
Chair Stephen Pyne
OFD 5 15.20 每 15.40  Professor B Abegaz (Botswana) 
"Traded plants of Africa: Sources of novel and bio-active natural products"
OFD 6 15.40 每 16.00 
Professor Iqbal Choudhary (Pakistan) 
"Exciting new discoveries in natural chemistry"
OFD 7 16.00 每 16.20  Prof N Nahar (Bangladesh) 
"Some novel anticancer agents from Bangladeshi plants"
OFD 8 16.20 每 16.40 
RA Barrow (Australia) "In the footsteps of Florey: Utilising 
cultured microfungi in the search for new antibiotics" 
Chair Maribel Nonanto
OFD 9 16.40 每 17.00 
Unang Supratman (Indonesia) 
"Insecticidal bufadienolides from Indonesian Kalanchoe plants"
OFD 10 17.00 每 17.20  Professor Y Thebtaranonth (Thailand) "C-16 Artemisin 
derivatives and their antimalarial and cytotoxic activities ; 
syntheses of Artemisinin monomers, dimers, trimers and 
tetramers by nucleophilic additions to Artemisitene"
OFD 11 17.20 每 17.40  Prof S Pyne (Australia) 
"Progress towards the synthesis of bioactive alkaloids using 
Lewis acid and metal catalysed reactions"
OFD 12
Session E Green Chemistry and Cleaner Production  Monday (4 papers)
Coordinators: Chris Strauss, Jyh-Shing Yang
Monday (M4)  Chair Chris Strauss
OFE 1 15.20 每 15.40 Dr T Deguchi (Japan) 
"Next-generation chemical process development in Japan as a crucial part of green sustainable chemistry"
OFE 2 15.40 每 16.00  Yateman Arryanto (Indonesia) "The synthesis and 
characterisation of hydrocracking catalyst materials from fly 
ash"
OFE 3 16.00 每 16.20 J Mohammade-Rovshandeh (Iran) 
"Thermoplasticization of poplar wood by double derivatization"
OFE 4 16.20 每 16.40 Janet Scott (Australia) 
"Understanding solvent-free reactions"
Session F Chemical Information Networks  Tuesday ( 7 papers)
Coordinators: David Winkler, Xiaoxia Li
Tuesday (M4)  Chair David Winkler
OFF 1 15.20 每 15.40 Xiaoxia Li (China)
"Concept-based searching in a web guide for internet chemical resources"
OFF 2 15.40 每 16.00  Yuan (China) 
"From 3D-QSAR to Synthesis /design: Bioactive compounds 
discovery via computer-aided techniques "
OFF 3 16.00 每 16.20  Vlad Bajic (Singapore) 
"A neural network model for locating promoters in anonymous DNA of vertebrates"
OFF 4 16.20 每 16.40 Jason Cole (UK) 
"Recent developments to GOLD : A program for protein-
ligand docking"
Chair Xiaoxia Li
OFF 5 16.40 每 17.00  Warr (UK) 
"Integrated life science informatics" 
OFF 6 17.00 每 17.20  David Winkler (Australia)
"QSAR 每 Keeping it simple"
OFF 7 17.20 每 17.40  Burden (Australia) 
"QSAR 每 Making it robust"
Session G Advances in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Tuesday (8 papers)
Coordinators: Brian Yates, Alan Knight, Wong Ming Wah
Tuesday (P1)  Chair Ming Wah Wong
OFG 1 15.20 每 15.40  Professor Denis Evans (Australia) 
"The Fluctuation Theorem" 
OFG 2 15.40 每 16.00  Professor John White (Australia) 
"Template 每 induced crystal growth"
OFG 3 16.00 每 16.20  Dr Suda Kiatkamjornwong (Thailand) 
"Poly (methyl methacrylate-co-methacrylic acid) for UV-
sensitive aqueous-based developable offset plate"
OFG 4 16.20 每 16.40  Dr H. Mohd. Ghazaly (Malaysia) 
"Physical properties of n-butyl methacrylate copolymer latex 
films derived from crosslinked latex polymers"
Chair Denis Evans
OFG 5 16.40 每 17.00  Meredith Jordan (Australia) 
"Vibrational effects on the NMR properties of an N-H-N 
hydrogen bond"
OFG 6 17.00 每 17.20  Dylan Jayatilaka (Australia) 
"Experimental Wave Functions"
OFG 7 17.20 每 17.40  Dr T Arakawa (Japan) 
"Determination of transition metal ions based on quenching 
of the rare earth luminescence"
OFG 8 17.40 每 18.00  Prof Ming Wah Wong (Singapore) 
"Effects of constituent and medium on the structures and 
stabilities of ketene-pyridine ylides: A theoretical study" 
Session H Environmental Chemistry  Tuesday (7 papers)
Coordinators: Ross Sadler, Mohinder Singh
Tuesday (M1)  Chair Ross Sadler
OFH 1 15.20 每 15.40  Dr JAJ Perera (Sri Lanka) 
"Solving environmental problems in the Asia-Pacific region 
though enhanced knowledge of environmental chemistry"
OFH 2 15.40 每 16.00 Dr Ravi Naidu (Australia) 
"Current and future issues relating to contaminants in the Asia-Pacific region"
OFH 3 16.00 每 16.20 
S Lau (Malaysia) "Heavy metal contamination in Tasik Biru, 
Bau, Sarawak, Malaysia"
OFH 4 16.20 每 16.40  Prof Des Connell (Australia) 
"Effects of banning persistent organochlorine pesticides in the levels in the Australian marine environment"
Chair Des Connell
OFH 5 16.40 每 17.00  Dr Jae Ryoung (Korea) 
"Fast and Convenient silyl derivitization of phenolic pollutants for simultaneous GC/MS determination"
OFH 6 17.00 每 17.20  Dr R Sadler (Australia) 
"Modelling soil transport of PAHs using molecular descriptors" 
OFH 7 17.20 每 17.40  Dr N Sethunathan (India) 
"Rice ecosystem: An excellent medium for detoxification of 
pesticides" 

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