9.00 – 9.15

Opening ceremony

9.15 – 10.00

 PL1  Pierre Vogel, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

Glycomimetics and their Potential as Drugs

10.00 – 10.45

 PL2  Alberto Brandi, University of Florence

Enantiopure Pyrroline N-Oxides in the Synthesis of Pyrrolizine and Indolizine Alkaloids

10.45 – 11.15

 C o f e e    b r e a k

11.15– 12.00

 PL3  Cristobal Lopez, Instituto de Química Orgánica General (CSIC)

Iterative, Orthogonal Strategy for Oligosaccharide Synthesis Based on the Regioselective Glycosylation of Triol Acceptors with Partially Unprotected n-Pentenyl-Orthoesters

12.00 – 12.45

 PL4  Bert Fraser-Reid, North Carolina State University

Carbohydrate “Protecting Groups” do More Than Protect

12.45 – 14.15

 L u n c h    b r e a k

14.15– 15.00

Carbohydrate Medicinal Chemistry - Novel Multicomponent Cyclizations on Carbohydrate Templates

15.00 – 15.45

PL6   Ricardo Riguera Vega, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela

Assignment of the Absolute Configuration by ¹H-NMR: From Mono to Polyfunctional Compounds

15.45 – 16.30

 PL7  Victor Snieckus, Queen's University

Directed ortho Metalation: Soon to be a Textbook Reaction?