| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 - 9:30 pm | Dioxygenase Biocatalysis |
| Paul Swanson, Discussion Leader |
| Rebecca Parales, University of Iowa
Structure-Function Approaches to Elucidate Napthalene Dioxygenase Specificity |
| Tomas Hudlicky, University of Florida
Bacterial Dioxygenases in Asymmetric Synthesis: Oligoinositols and Alkaloids |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:45 am | Photo |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Natural Products |
| Andreas Bommarius, Discussion Leader |
| Kenji Mori, Science University of Tokyo
Biocatalysis in Pheromone Synthesis |
| David E. Cane, Brown University
Mechanism and Structure of Terpene Synthases |
| Seiichi P.T. Matsuda, Rice University
Tinkering with Terpene Biosynthesis |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Biocatalysis in Non-Aqueous Media |
| Romas Kazlauskas, Discussion Leader |
| Francesco Secundo, CNR-ICRM of Milan
Optimization of Enzyme Efficiency in Organic Solvents |
| Udo Kragl, University of Rostock
Biotransformations in Ionic Liquids - Scope & Limitation |
| Marina Vogel, University of Dresden
Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation with Cyclohexanone Monooxygenase from Acinetobacter using Organic Solvents |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Epoxides and Derivatives |
| Manfred Schneider, Discussion Leader |
| Dick Janssen, Groningen University
Novel Enzymes for the Production and Conversion of Epoxides |
| Animesh Goswami, Bristol-Meyers Squibb
Biocatalysis in the synthesis of Chiral Pharmaceutical Intermediates |
| Kevin Gray, Diversa, Inc.
Rapid Evolution of Reversible Denaturation & Elevated Melting Temperature in a Microbial Haloalkane Dehalogenase |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Inorganic Aspects of Biocatalysis |
| Robert DiCosimo , Discussion Leader |
| Mahn-Joo Kim, Pohang University of Science & Technology
Asymmetric Enzyme-Metal Multicatalysis |
| Marian Mikolajczyk, University of Lodz
Heteroatom Containing Substrates in Enzymatic Reactions - Selected Problems |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Biocatalyst Development & Mechanism |
| David Crout, Discussion Leader |
| Rolf Schmid, University of Stuttgart
What's in a Biocatalyst? From Screening to Design to Screening |
| Mark DiStefano, University of Minnesota
Design of Reaction Catalysts based on Protein Cavities |
| John Shanklin, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Exploring the Desaturation Hydroxylation Connection |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Applications to Fine Chemicals |
| Margaret Keyser, Discussion Leader |
| Jeffrey C. Moore, Merck
Insights into Pharmaceutical Biocatalysis: Discovery and Development |
| Marie Zarevucka, Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
Enzymes as Tools for Preparation of Chiral Biologically Active Compounds |
| David Rozzell, Biocatalytics, Inc.
New Developments with Cofactor-Requiring Enzymes |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Industrial Applications |
| Christian Wandrey, Discussion Leader |
| Marcell Wubbolts, DSM
Biocatalysis and Metabolic Engineering: Green Routes for Fine Chemicals |
| Lonnie Ingram, University of Florida
Gene Arrays as a Tool to Investigate Glycolytic Flux in Recombinant Escherichia coli |
| Bernhard Hauer, BASF
Development of Biocatalysts for the Preparation of Chiral Intermediates |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Biocatalyst Development |
| Jon Stewart, Discussion Leader |
| Steve Benkovic, Penn State University
Understanding Catalysis Through Protein Engineering |
| Bernard Witholt, Institut für Biotechnologie, ETH
Interesting Challenges in Biocatalysis |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Departure |
