PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
Conference Speakers (confirmed)
• K. E. Gubbins, North Carolina State University, USA - Recipient of the Rossini Award 2012, Recipient of the Calorimetry Conference Hugh Huffman Memorial Award, 2012 – to be nominated
• Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, Scientific Director of FAPESP, and Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Opening conference : "Bioenergy in Brazil"
Conference Sessions
1. Energy, with emphasis on fuels from renewable sources and petroleum
Chairs: John Shaw, Univ. Alberta
Anthony Goodwin, Schlumberger
Plenary lecture: Kamel Bennaceur, Vice President, Brazil Research and Geoengineering Center (BRGC), Schlumberger
2. Ionic Liquids
Chairs: João A.P. Coutinho, Univ. Aveiro, Portugal
Agílio Pádua, Univ. Blaise Pascal, France
Plenary Lecture: Edward Maginn, Universidade de Notre Dame, EUA
Invited Lecture: Luís MNBF Santos, FCUP, Portugal
3. Molecular energetics and databases
Chairs: Manuel M. da Piedade, Univ. Lisbon, Portugal
R. Chirico, NIST, USA
Plenary Lecture: Compilations, Evaluations, Computations, and the Role of Uncertainties
Karl Irikura, National Institute of Science and Technology, Computational Chemical Group, Physical & Chemical Properties Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8380, USA; E-mail: karl.irikura@nist.gov
Invited lecture: Jan M.L. Martin, Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Organic Chemistry, Kimmelman Building, Room 252, IL-76100 Rehovot, Israel; E-mail: gershom@weizmann.ac.il.
Invited lecture: Structure-Property Relations in Ionic Liquids: New Methods - Light from Confusion.
Sergey P. Verevkin, University of Rostock, Department of Physical Chemistry, Hermannstrasse 14, 18051 Rostock, Germany; E-mail: sergey.verevkin@uni-rostock.de
4. Phase Equilibria and Solutions
Chairs: Theo de Loos, Delft Univ. Technology, The Netherlands
Luis Galícia-Luna, Instituto Politecnico Nacional, México
Plenary Lecture: Ionic Liquids Applications
Joan F. Brennecke, Univ Notre Dame, USA
Invited Speakers:
• Esteban Brignole, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina
• Urszula Domanska, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
• Dominique Richon, Ecole des Mines de Paris, France: Phase Equilibria at high pressures
5. Education and Thermodynamics Frontiers
Chairs: Ron D. Weir, Royal Military College and Ricardo B. Torres, FEI, Brazil
Plenary Lecture: Teaching thermodynamics: the modern challenge Peter Atkins (Oxford University, UK)
Invited lecture: Clathrate-hydrate systems as educational tools for phase equilibria
Juan Beltran (Royal Military College, Canada)
Invited Lecture: Thermodynamic advances in the petroleum industry (upstream and downstream), for oil extraction and thermophysical characterization of new biofuels.
Jean-Pierre Grolier (Univ. Blaise Pascal, France).
6. Thermodynamics of Materials
Chairs: Mary Anne. White, Dalhousie University, Canada
Ricardo H. Castro, Univ. California, Davi, USA
Plenary Lecture: Calorimetry as a tool for the study of catalysts used in depollution processes and clean and renewable energies
Aline Auroux - Institut de Recherches sur la Catalyse et l'Environnement de Lyon UMR 5256 CNRS/Universite Lyon 1, FRANCE
7. Pharmaceuticals
Chairs: Simon Gaisford, Univ. London
Carlos Montanari, Univ. São Paulo, Brazil
To be announced
8. Biothermodynamics
Chairs: Conceição A. Minetti - Rutgers University, U.S.A.
Heiko Heerklotz - University of Toronto, Canada
Plenary Lecture: Peter L. Privalov - The Johns Hopkins University, U.S.A.
Invited Speakers:
• Alfred Blume - Martin-Luther-Universität, Germany
• Sandro Keller - University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
• Horst Klump - University of Cape Town, South Africa
• George Makhatadze - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, U.S.A.
• Joachim Seelig - University of Basel, Switzerland
• Jerson Lima Silva - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
9. Thermodynamic modeling and simulations
Chairs: Alexey Victorov, University of St. Petersburg, Russia,
Edward Maginn, Univ. Notre Dame, USA and Charlles Abreu, Univ. Fed. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
To be announced
10. Thermal studies of phase transitions
Chairs: Jan Thoen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Kazuya Saito, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Invited Lectures:
• Photothermal calorimetry for the study of phase transitions in n-alkanes and polymers
Massimo Marinelli, University of Roma II (Tor Vergata), Rome, Italy
• Unique lattice and magnetic properties of materials at the nanoscale
Brian Woodfield, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA
• Phase transitions study of small systems at low temperature and complex systems at room temperature by dynamic nanocalorimetry
Jean-Luc Garden, Institut Néel, CNRS, Grenoble, France
• High-resolution calorimetric study of intermediate phases near the main transition in phosphatidylcholines
Haruhiko Yao, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan
• Study of magnetic phase transitions of solids at low temperatures through photopyroelectric calorimetry
Alberto Oleaga, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Bilbao, Spain
WORKSHOPS
BIOTHERMODYNAMICS IN DRUG DESIGN/DISCOVERY
PROGRAM
SATURDAY – 4 AUGUST 2012
13:00 – 13:30 Workshop Registration
13:30 – 15:30 Tutorial – Practical Applications of Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
15:30 – 16:00 Afternoon Break
16:00 – 18:00 Tutorial – Practical Applications of Isothermal Titration Calorimetry (ITC)
18:00 – 19:00 Q & A Session on Microcalorimetric Methodology
Moderator: David A. Remeta
SUNDAY – 5 AUGUST 2012
08:15 – 08:30 Welcome Remarks Carlos Montanari - Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
08:30 – 09:15 Lecture I "Calibration and operation of NanoITCs for determination of K, DH, and stoichiometry" Lee Hansen - Brigham Young University, U.S.A.
09:15 – 10:00 Lecture II "The human 90kDa heat shock protein Hsp90: A target for cancer therapeutics." Carlos Ramos - UNICAMP, Brazil
10:00 – 10:30 Morning Break
10:30 – 11:15 Lecture III Lucia Bianconi (to be confirmed)
11:15 – 12:15 Keynote Lecture Peter L. Privalov - The Johns Hopkins University, U.S.A.
12:15 – 13:30 Lunch on Honoring Professor Peter L. Privalov
13:30 – 14:15 Lecture IV "How water can influence the thermodynamic signature in protein-ligand binding" Gerhard Klebe - University of Marburg, Germany
14:15 – 15:30 Lecture V "Mapping the Thermodynamic Landscape of Fragment-Based Drug Discovery"
Glyn Williams - Astex Therapeutics Ltd., United Kingdom
15:30 – 16:00 Afternoon Break
16:00 – 16:45 Lecture VI "Entropy-Enthalpy Compensation and Transduction: Insights from Molecular Simulations" Michael K. Gilson - University of California - San Diego, U.S.A.
16:45 – 17:30 Lecture VII "Calorimetry as a tool for understanding biomolecular interactions and an aid to drug design" John Ladbury - University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, U.S.A.
17:30 – 18:30 Panel Discussion – Current Topics in Biothermodynamics
Moderators: David P. Remeta and Carlos Montanari
• New Developments in Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (including high temperature and pressure)
Session in memory of Tooru Atake
Chairs: Jean-Pierre Grolier, Univ. Blaise Pascal, France
Yasuhiro Nakazawa, Osaka University, Japan
