Crystal Engineering…

… is a fast growing area of knowledge with implications in both academical and industrial environment. It can be defined as the rational design and synthesis of functional molecular solids. APIs represent a particularly great challenge to crystal engineers because of applied reasons and their frequent exhibited polymorphism, which can have intellectual property implications.

Aim

The aim of this workshop is to review the recent developments in the field of Crystal Engineering by some of the world leading experts. We plan to cover the state-of-the-art in this field, in particular polymorphism, cocrystals, crystal packing analysis, high-pressure crystallography, polymorphic phase transitions, crystal transformations and patents. The workshop intends to create a relaxed atmosphere which will help a personal access to the speakers and an interaction between researchers during the coffee breaks and lunch. The official language of the whole event will be English.

Speakers

Prof. J. Bernstein (Israel)
Prof. R. Boese (Germany)
Prof. D. Braga (Italy)
Prof. F. Grepioni (Italy)
Prof. A. Katrusiak (Poland)
Prof. J. J. Novoa (Spain)
Dr. R. Prohens (Spain)
Dr. C. Puigjaner (Spain)
Prof. P. Segura (Spain)

Organizers

Prof. Juan J. Novoa
Dep. de Química Física i IQTCUB
Universitat de Barcelona

Dr. Cristina Puigjaner and Dr. Rafel Prohens
Plataforma de Polimorfisme i Calorimetria
Serveis Cientificotècnics
Universitat de Barcelona

Location

The workshop will be held at the
Aula Magna Enric Casasses
Facultat de Quimica - Universitat de Barcelona
Avinguda Diagonal 647, Barcelona

Registration

Open to academic and industry. Standard registration: 400 €. Academic registration: 200 €. (VAT 16% not included). Researchers and students from the University of Barcelona and xarxa QTiC: free. Team discounts for groups. Paying participants have coffee breaks and lunch included in the inscription.

To register, please send an e-mail with your contact details to: ntce08@gmail.com and pay the registration fee by bank transfer to account number: 2013 0088 63 0200326711 (indicate "project 304753" in the concept box for the transfer). Payment must be received prior to the workshop.