| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | CATALYSIS IN HETEROCYCLIC SYNTHESIS |
| Discussion Leader: J. Ramon Vargas (Kodak) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Cathy Crudden (Queen's University)
"Asymmetric Synthesis with Organoboranes and N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes" |
| 8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
| 8:10 pm - 8:35 pm | Chris McWilliams (Merck and Co.)
"New Catalysts for the Friedlander Annulation Reaction" |
| 8:35 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
| 8:45 pm - 9:20 pm | Huw Davies (SUNY Buffalo)
"C-H Activation Strategies for the Asymmetric Synthesis of Heterocycles" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY IN HETEROCYCLIC CHEMISTRY |
| Discussion Leader: Xiaobing Li (Johnson and Johnson) |
| 9:00 am - 9:35 am | Chris Moody (University of Exeter)
"Heterocyclic Peptides" |
| 9:35 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
| 9:45 am | Photograph and Break |
| 10:15 am - 10:45 am | Dirk Trauner (UC Berkeley)
"Pericyclic Reaction Cascades in the Synthesis of Heterocyclic Natural Products" |
| 10:45 am - 10:55 am | Discussion |
| Discussion Leader: Alison Frontier (University of Rochester) |
| 10:55 am - 11:30 am | Tim Jamison (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
"Cascades, and Selective, Multi-Component Coupling Reactions" |
| 11:30 am - 11:40 am | Discussion |
| 11:40 am - 12:20 pm | Jon Ellman (UC Berkeley)
"Novel and Efficient Methods for the Synthesis of Heterocycles" |
| 12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session 1 |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | BIOLOGICALLY SIGNIFICANT HETEROCYCLES |
| Discussion Leader: Scott Schaus (Boston University) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Tao Wang (Bristol-Myers Squibb)
"The Development of Synthetic Methodology in Association with the Discovery of HIV Attachment Inhibitors" |
| 8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
| 8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Valery Fokin (Scripps Research Institute)
"Catalytic Dipolar Cycloadditions (or How to Teach an Old Dog New Tricks)" |
| 8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion |
| 8:40 pm - 9:20 pm | Philip Magnus (University of Texas)
"Synthesis of Naturally Occurring Heterocyclic Compounds" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | METALLATION PROCESSES IN HETEROCYCLIC CHEMISTRY |
| Discussion Leader: Karin Briner (Lilly) |
| 9:00 am - 9:40 am | Guy Quéguiner (INSA-Rouen)
"Organometallics of Pyridines and Diazines" |
| 9:40 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
| 9:50 am - 10:20 am | Floris Rutjes (University of Nijmegen)
"Metal-mediated synthesis of oxygen and nitrogen heterocycles" |
| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am | Break |
| Discussion Leader: John Ragan (Pfizer) |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Javier Sardina (Universidad de Santiago de Compostela)
"A Relative Organolithium Stability Scale: Quantitative Data on Substituent and Chelation effects." |
| 11:30 am - 11:40 am | Discussion |
| 11:40 am - 12:20 pm | Paul Knochel (Ludwig-Maximilians-University)
"The Use of Functionalized Mg or Cu Organometallics for Heterocycle Synthesis" |
| 12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | ASSEMBLY OF COMPLEX HETEROCYCLES |
| Discussion Leader: Nicole Bennett (Appalachian State University) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:55 pm | Jackie Smitrovich (Merck and Co.)
"A General Approach to 2-Substituted Indoles" |
| 7:55 pm - 8:05 pm | Discussion |
| 8:05 pm - 8:30 pm | David Cladingboel (AstraZeneca)
"The Synthesis of 9-Oxa-3,7-diazabicyclo[3.3.1]nonanes (Oxabispidines) and Their Use as Pharmaceutical Intermediates" |
| 8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion |
| 8:40 pm - 9:20 pm | Yoshinori Yamamoto (Tohoku University)
"Heterocycle Syntheses with Transition Metal Catalysts" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | BIOLOGICALLY SIGNIFICANT HETEROCYCLES II |
| Discussion Leader: Thomas Goodwin (Hendrix College) |
| 9:00 am - 9.40 am | Martin Banwell (Australian National University)
"New Strategies and Protocols for the Synthesis of Heterocyclic Natural Products" |
| 9:40 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
| 9:50 am - 10.20 am | Chris Brown (Eastman Kodak)
"The Design, Synthesis, and Photographic Chemistry of a New Class of Yellow Image Dyes" |
| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am | Break |
| Discussion Leader: Robert Stockman (University of East Anglia) |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Peter Lander (Lilly)
"Design and Synthesis of Potent and Selective Tricyclic Isoxazole-based Inhibitors of MRP1 (Multidrug Resistance Protein 1)" |
| 11:30 am - 11:40 am | Discussion |
| 11:40 am - 12:20 pm | Barry Snider (Brandeis University)
"Synthesis of Structurally Novel Heterocyclic Natural Products" |
| 12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session 2 |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | SYNTHETIC STRATEGIES FOR COMPLEX HETEROCYCLES |
| Discussion Leader: Ohyun Kwon (UCLA) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:55 pm | Maarten Postema (Wayne State University)
"Synthesis of Stable Carbohydrate Mimics via RCM" |
| 7:55 pm - 8:05 pm | Discussion |
| 8:05 pm - 8:35 pm | Jim Edwards (Johnson and Johnson)
"Heterocyclic Inhibitors of Cysteine Proteases" |
| 8:35 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
| 8:45 pm - 9:20 pm | Craig A. Townsend (Johns Hopkins University)
"Understanding and Engineering Beta-Lactam Biosynthesis" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | SYNTHESIS AND MECHANISM |
| Discussion Leader: Dan Elbaum (Amgen) |
| 9:00 am - 9:35 am | Shuji Kanemasa (Kyushu University)
"New Reactions for Enantiopure Heterocycles under Double Catalytic Conditions" |
| 9:35 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
| 9:45 am - 10:20 am | Gerhard Penn (Novartis Pharma AG) "Chemical Process Development of Chiral Heterocyclic Compounds: Ergolines, Octahydrobenzoquinolines and Octahydroindolonaphthyridines" |
| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am | Break |
| Discussion Leader: Mark McMills (Ohio University) |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Jennifer Toczko (GlaxoSmithKline) "Process Research Towards the Synthesis of an HIV Protease Inhibitor" |
| 11:30 am - 11:40 am | Discussion |
| 11:40 am - 12:20 pm | Peter Beak (University of Illinois) "Heterocyclic Transition States; From the Geometry of Heteroatom Transfers to Asymmetric Synthesis" |
| 12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Reception |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY IN HETEROCYCLIC CHEMISTRY |
| Discussion Leader: John Macor (Bristol-Myers Squibb) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Jotham Coe (Pfizer)
"Nicotine Meets its Match" |
| 8:10 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
| 8:20 pm - 9:10 pm | Edward C. Taylor (Princeton University)
"Reflections" |
| 9:10 pm - 9:20 pm | Discussion |
| 9:20 pm | Duane Burnett (Schering-Plough Research Institute) Vice-chair's comments |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Depart |