International Symposium CURO-π5

It is our great pleasure to invite you to the 5th International Symposium on the Synthesis and Application of Curved Organic π-Molecules and Materials – CURO-π5, which will be held from 19 to 21 July 2023 in Prague, Czech Republic.

The aim of this symposium series is to reflect the latest developments in the vibrant field of non-planar π-systems, which are attracting more and more attention from a diverse audience. Held every two years in a very friendly and informal atmosphere, these international symposiums also serve as a platform to spontaneously connect participants and initiate fruitful cooperation across frontiers. The main topic is non-planar molecular π-systems and materials covering their synthesis, properties, and applications in chemistry, physics, biology, and technology, whether studied experimentally or theoretically.

The CURO-π symposium series was established in 2014 by Professors Shigeru Yamago, Graham Bodwell, and Hiroyuki Isobe. The first meeting, CURO-π1, was held in Kyoto, Japan (2014), then CURO-π2 was organised by Professor Ramesh Jasti in Eugene, OR, USA (2016), CURO-π3 by Professor Harry Anderson in Oxford, UK (2018), and CURO-π4 by Professor Liangbing Gan in Beijing, China (2022). In 2023 Prague will take up the baton in hosting this relatively new series of international and multidisciplinary symposia. We can promise that the high scientific level of the meeting will be combined with typical local hospitality, and everything will be framed by the beauty of Prague and its touristic attractiveness.

We believe that CURO-π5 symposium will attract your attention and your participation will underline the highest scientific quality of the symposium by presenting proudly your latest achievements. We look forward to meeting you at CURO-π5 in Prague in 2023.

Irena G. Stará, chair
Ivo Starý, co-organiser

IOCB Prague

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• Ron Naaman (Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel)
• Colin Nuckolls (Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, USA)

• Jeanne Crassous (Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France)
• Birgit Esser (Institute for Organic Chemistry II and Advanced Materials, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany)
• Matthew Fuchter (Molecular Sciences Research Hub, Imperial College London, London, UK)
• Hiroyuki Isobe (Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan)
• Pavel Jelínek (Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic)
• Marcel Mayor (Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland)

• Harry Anderson (Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK)
• Araceli González Campaña (Department of Organic Chemistry Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain)
• Liangbing Gan (Colledge of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, PRC)
• Ori Gidron (Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel)
• Martin Kotora (Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic)
• Aurelio Mateo-Alonso (Centro Joxe Mari Korta, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain)
• Agnieszka Nowak-Król (Center for Nanosystems Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany)
• Marina A. Petrukhina (Department of Chemistry, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, USA)
• Michael Pittelkow (Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark)
• Michel Rickhaus (Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland)
• Hidehiro Sakurai (Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan)
• Miquel Solà (Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi, Facultat de Ciències, University of Girona, Girona, Spain)
• Tomáš Šolomek (Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Switzerland)
• Mihaiela Stuparu (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
• Yao-Ting Wu (National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan)