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Welcome to the first INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EXCITED STATE AROMATICITY AND ANTIAROMATICITY (ICESAA)!

 

 

We are pleased to announce the first International Conference on Excited State Aromaticity and Antiaromaticity (ICESAA 1), which will be held in Sigtuna, Sweden, from July 30 to August 2, 2019.

 

 

Excited state aromaticity and antiaromaticity have important roles for the improved understanding of photochemical reactions, and the concept bridge experimental and theoretical chemistry. In contrast to aromaticity in the electronic ground state, given by Hückel’s the 4n+2 rule, excited state aromaticity according to Baird’s rule is found in compounds with 4n π-electrons. However, the concept is still underexplored despite the increased attention.

 

 

The ICESAA conference will be devoted to fundamental aspects as well as to applications of the excited state aromaticity and antiaromaticity concepts. Yet, the conference also extends to studies of photophysical and photochemical properties and processes of molecules with aromatic chromophores in a broader sense and to studies of other forms of aromaticity in the electronic ground state, e.g., Möbius and spherical aromaticity.

 

 

The conference will take place at Sigtunastiftelsen (http://sigtunastiftelsen.se), in Sigtuna, a small historic town conveniently located only 17 minutes from Stockholm Arlanda international airport, Sweden.

 

 

Conference Special Issue
In conjunction with the first ICESAA, a special issue in Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry will be dedicated to the conference. 

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Confirmed Speakers:
 

Colin Baird, Western University, Canada

 

Nikola Basarić, Ruder Bošković Institute, Croatia

 

Mahesh Hariharan, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, India

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Yoshimitsu Itoh, The University of Tokyo, Japan

 

Peter Karadakov, York University, UK

 

Dongho Kim, Yonsei University, South Korea

 

Mercedes Alonso, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

 

Renana Poranne, ETH-Zürich, Switzerland

 

Shohei Saito, Kyoto University, Japan

 

Judy Wu, University of Houston, USA

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Confirmed Junior Speakers:

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Anastasia Bochenkova, Lomonosov Moscow State University 

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Stefano Crespi, University of Groningen

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Cina Foroutan-Nejad, Masaryk University

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Martin Peeks, Oxford University / University of New South Wales

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Scientific committee:
Henrik Ottosson (Uppsala University, Sweden)
Bo Durbeej (Linköping University, Sweden)
Miquel Solà (Universitat de Girona, Spain)

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Local organizing committee:
Henrik Ottosson (Uppsala University, Sweden)
Bo Durbeej (Linköping University, Sweden)
Ouissam El Bakouri  (Uppsala University, Sweden)
Josene Toldo (Uppsala University, Sweden)

 

 

Sponsored by:
Swedish Research Council