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8 Biannual Conference on Chemistry - CHEM 08

Preface

“We need to have more than just a scientific meeting. We need

Chem 0x series of conferences to inspire not only Faculty

members but also postgraduate and even undergraduate

students”.

These are the words I addressed the organizing committee with in the year

2000 when we started Chem 01. Our colleagues kept this goal throughout

the 7 conferences we organized and will try always to keep them. In Chem0x

we tried our best to invite distinguished speakers from Egypt and from all

over the world. This enriched the scientific discussions, kept us connected

with the latest in chemistry and allowed us to make new friends.

Chem 08 will feature some new activities. Five general lectures of wide

interest covering areas such as Spectroscopy and photoinduced phenomena,

Photodynamic therapy, nanostructures and sustainable energy. Our

younger colleagues are addressed by two lectures one on Study and research

opportunities in German universities and the other on the elements of

excellence in Chemistry teaching. We are sure that these general lectures in

addition to the invited and keynote talks will characterize Chem 08 as a non-

forgettable scientific event.

Chem 08 has a very busy timetable with 18 sessions and more than 50 oral

presentations. In addition, three more parallel activities will be conducted.
The first is a roundtable discussion entitled “Entrepreneurship in Science:

Towards a sustainable society”. The other two activities are workshops. The
first workshop will be conducted in cooperation with the German university

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