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12th International Chemistry Conference Africa 2013

Programme

Sunday 7 July
  Arrival
16h00 – 18h00 Registration
18h00 – 18h15 Welcome
18h15 – 20h00 Cocktail reception


Wednesday afternoon: SAB, NECSA and National Centre for Nanostructured Materials  and social tours

Thursday evening: Gala dinner at Voortrekker monument

Plenaries: 45 min in total (together with question time)
keynotes: 30 min in total
lectures: 20 min in total
we did not consider shorter student lectures at this stage… due to lack of space in our time table… 
we have at this stage 5 official poster sessions  (2 for odds 2 for evens and 1 for late posters) and 2 informal poster viewing sessions (all)

Monday  morning,  8 July
07h30 – 08h30
Registration
08h30 – 09h15
Welcome and official opening
 
09h15 – 10h15
Opening lecture: Sir David King
  
10h15 – 10h45
Tea
  Session 1:
Physical chemistry
Session 2
Organic chemistry
Session 3
Inorganic chemistry
Session 4
Analytical chemistry
Session 5
Biochemistry
10h45 – 11h15
Keynote lecture:
  
       
11h15 – 11h35
lecture
  
       
11h35 – 11h55
lecture
  
       
11h55 – 12h15
lecture
  
       
12h15 -13h30
Lunch
Monday  afternoon,  8 July
12h30 -13h30
Lunch
13h30 – 14h15
Plenary lecture:
  Session 1:
Physical chemistry
Session 2
Organic chemistry
Session 3
Inorganic chemistry
Session 4
Environmental chem.
Session 5
Biochemistry
14h15 – 14h45
Keynote lecture        
14h45 – 15h05
          
15h05 – 15h35
Tea
15h35 – 15h55
          
15h55 – 16h15
          
16h15 – 16h35
          
16h35 – 16h55
          
16h55 – 17h15
          
17h15 – 18h15
Cocktail and poster viewing<
Tuesday  morning,  9 July
07h30 – 08h00
Registration
08:00 – 08h15
Anouncements
08h15 – 09h00
 
Plenary lecture:
  
  Session 1:
Catalysis
Session 2
Pharmaceutical and clinical chemistry
Session 3
Bio-Inorganic chemistry
Session 4
Spectroscopy
Session 5
Biotechnology
09h00 – 09h30 Keynote lecture
       
09h30 – 10h00
Keynote lecture        
10h00 – 10h30
Tea
10h30 – 10h50
lecture
       
10h50 – 11h10
lecture
       
11h10 – 11h30
lecture
       
11h30 – 11h50
lecture
       
11h50 – 12h30
Poster session 
12h30 -13h30
Lunch
Tuesday afternoon,  9 July
12h30 -13h30
Lunch
13h30 – 14h15
Plenary lecture:
  Session 1:
Materials and nano-chemistry
Session 2
Pharmaceutical and clinical chemistry
Session 3
Electrochemistry
Session 4
Spectroscopy
Session 5
Proteomics and Metabolomics
14h15 – 14h45
Keynote lecture        
14h45 – 15h05 lecture
       
15h05 – 15h35
Tea
15h35 – 15h55
lecture        
15h55 – 16h15
lecture        
16h15 – 16h35
lecture        
16h35 – 16h55
lecture        
16h55 – 17h15
lecture        
17h15 – 18h15
Cocktail and poster viewing
Wednesday  morning,  10 July
07h30 – 08h00
Registration
08:00 – 08h15
Anouncements
08h15 – 09h00
 
Plenary lecture:
  
  Session 1:
Structure, X-ray crystallography, NMR
Session 2
Forensic Toxicology
Session 3
Mining and extraction metallurgy
Session 4
Chemical metrology
Session 5
Chemistry Education
09h00 – 09h30
 
Keynote lecture
       
09h30 – 10h00
Keynote lecture
 
       
10h00 – 10h30
Tea
10h30 – 10h50
lecture
 
       
10h50 – 11h10
lecture
 
       
11h10 – 11h30
lecture
 
       
11h30 – 11h50
lecture
 
       
11h50 – 12h30
Poster session  and collection of packed lunch box
  
12h30
Bus arrival for afternoon visits
  

Wednesday afternoon 10 July; social programme and technical visits.
 SAB, NECSA and National Centre for Nanostructured Materials  and social tours
Thursday  morning,  11 July
  
07h30 – 08h00
Registration
08:00 – 08h15
Anouncements
08h15 – 09h00
 
Plenary lecture:
  
  Session 1:
Thermal Analysis
Session 2
Natural products and bioprospecting
Session 3
Green chemistry
Session 4
Chromatography
Session 5
Industrial chemistry
09h00 – 09h30
 
Keynote lecture
       
09h30 – 10h00
Keynote lecture
 
       
10h00 – 10h30
Tea
10h30 – 10h50
lecture
 
       
10h50 – 11h10
lecture
 
       
11h10 – 11h30
lecture
 
       
11h30 – 11h50
lecture
 
       
11h50 – 12h30
Poster session  
  
12h30 -13h30
Lunch
Thursday  afternoon,  11 July
 
12h30 -13h30
Lunch
 
13h30 – 14h15
Plenary lecture:
  
  Session 1:
Surface characterisation
Session 2
Natural products and bioprospecting
Session 3
Green chemistry
Session 4
Chromatography
Session 5
Polymer chemistry
14h15 – 14h45
Keynote lecture
  
       
14h45 – 15h05
 
lecture
       
15h05 – 15h35
Tea
15h35 – 15h55
lecture
 
       
15h55 – 16h15
lecture
 
       
16h15 – 16h35
lecture
 
       
            
            
18:00
Buses depart for gala dinner
  
Friday  morning,  12 July
  
07h30 – 08h00
Registration
08:00 – 08h15
Anouncements
08h15 – 09h00
 
Plenary lecture:
  
  Session 1:
Chemometrics
Session 2
Food Chemistry
Session 3
Organometallic chem.
Session 4
Mass Spectrometry
Session 5
Chemical Engineering
09h00 – 09h30
 
Keynote lecture
       
09h30 – 10h00
Keynote lecture
 
       
10h00 – 10h30
Tea
10h30 – 10h50
lecture
 
       
10h50 – 11h10
lecture
 
       
11h10 – 11h30
lecture
 
       
11h30 – 11h50
lecture
 
       
11h50 – 12h30
Poster session  (Late posters)
  
12h30 -13h30
Lunch
  

Friday  afternoon,  12 July
12h30 -13h30
Lunch
13h30 – 14h15
Plenary lecture:
  Session 1:
Computational chem.
Session 2
Food Chemistry
Session 3
Organometallic chem.
Session 4
Mass Spectrometry
Session 5
Chemical Engineering
14h15 – 14h45
Keynote lecture
       
14h45 – 15h05 lecture        
15h05 – 15h35 Tea
15h35 – 15h55
lecture

       
15h55 – 16h15
lecture

       
16h15 – 16h35
lecture

       
16h35 – 16h55
lecture

       
16h55 – 17h15
lecture
       
17h15 – 18h15
Farewell cocktail and presentation of awards