V INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Habana
Convention Center, Cuba
18-22 October 2004
The Cuban Chemistry Society is pleased to invite you to the 5th
International Congress on Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, to be held
October 18th - 22nd, 2004, at the Havana International
Conference Center. The aim of this event is to divulge and discuss, in a wide
cultural and social atmosphere, the most recent scientific, industrial and
teaching advances in all fields of chemistry. The theme of the congress will be
“The Challenge of Chemistry Development
to the Developing Countries”, 8 Master Lecturers have been invited for
this.
The scientific program includes master and plenary lectures, oral
presentations, posters exhibition and round tables. Four scientific sessions
and the 2nd International Symposium on Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology have been scheduled.
The high scientific standard of the Congress, the wide participation of
international specialists and the exchange with Cuban chemists and biochemists
attending the event, will allow the creation of a working atmosphere that along
with the facilities and amenities offered by the Havana International Conference
Center, will help reinforce
acquaintances consolidate new friendships in view of future joint
projects.
ORGANIZADORES/ORGANIZERS
CUBAN CHEMICAL
SOCIETY
SPONSORS
Cuban Academy of Sciences
Latin
American Network of Chemical Sciences (RELAQ)
Ministry
of Science, Technology and the Environment (CITMA)
Ministry
of Higher Education
Ministry
of Education
Ministry
of Basic Industry
Ministry
of Sugar Industry
Center of
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University
of Havana
University
of Oriente
Central
University of Las Villas
“José A.
Echevarría” Higher Polytechnic Institute
Center for
Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
Finlay
Institute
Cuban
Institute for the Research of Sugar Cane By-products
Sub-program
X Fine Pharmaceutical Chemistry. CYTED
International Union of Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
Pan-American
Association of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Chamber of
Commerce of Cuba
SPONSORING
FIRMS
Unión Química MINBAS (Cuba)
Cubagua S.A. (Cuba)
Micromass Ltd.
(UK)
Konik (España)
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Honor Members
|
Ismael Clark Axer President, Cuban Academy of Sciences |
Rosa
E. Simeón Negrín Minister of Science, Technology and the Environment |
|
Ulises
Rosales del Toro Minister of the Sugar Industry |
Marcos Portal León Minister of the Basic Industry |
|
Luis Gómez Gutiérrez Minister of Education |
Fernando Vecino Alegret Minister of Higher Education |
President
Alberto
J. Núñez Sellés
President,
Cuban Chemical Society
E.Mail: nune[email protected] , [email protected]
Fax. (537) 33 6471
Professional Organizer
Alicia
García González
Havana
Convention Center
E.Mail: [email protected]
Fax: (537) 202-8382
Secretary : Anais Linen Pérez
Centro
de Química Farmacéutica
Miembros/Members
Irma
Castro Méndez, Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment
Sylvia
Prieto González, Center for Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Hermán
Vélez Castro, Center for Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Carlos
Peniche Covas, Ministry of Higher Education
Ricardo
Martínez Sánchez, University of Havana
Alejandro Abril González, Ministry of the Sugar
Industry
Miguel de la Hoz Brito, Center for Pharmaceutical
Chemistry
María C.
Pradas García, Ministry of the Basic Industry
Loreley
Zamora Alonzo, Center for Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Julio C.
Ricardo Ginarte, Center for Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Mayra
Licea Díaz, Center for Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Daniel
Piedra Herrera, Academy of Sciences of Cuban
María A.
Chávez Planes, University of Havana
Gabriel Padrón. Centro de Ingeniería Genética y
Biotecnología
Jose C. García Piñeiro, CIBIOMED. MINSAP
Jorge Sarracent IPK. MINSAP
INVITED
LECTURERS
Dr. Luis Echegoyen.
Clemson University, South Caroline, USA
Dr.
Antonio Otero Montero . Univ. Castilla-La Mancha. España
Dr.
Nazario Martín Léon. Universidad
Complutense de Madrid. España
Dr. Arturo San Feliciano Universidad de Salamanca. España
Dr. Lambert Otten, Universidad de
Guelph, Canadá.
Dr. Jorge Mario García Fernández, CITMA, Cuba
INTERNATIONALSCIENTIFIC
ADVISORY BOARD
Ernest Eliel, University of North Caroline, USA
Adamo Fini,
Universita degli Studi, Bologna, Italie
Marcial
Moreno, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, España
Raúl
Morales Segura, Universidad de Chile, Chile
René Roy, University of Ottawa, Canada
Luis
Echegoyen, Clemson University, South Caroline, USA
Laura B.
Reyes Moreno, Universidad Autónoma de México, México
Josef Hoogmartens, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgie
Anne M. Wilhelm, Ecole Nationale d’Engineurs en Arts Chimiques et
Technologiques, France
Nelson
Durán, Universidad Campinas, Brazil
Hans Kammerling, Utrecht Universiteit, Nederlands
NATIONAL
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
President: Rubén Alvarez Brito. Center
of Bio-materials [email protected]
Secretary: Irma Castro Méndez. Ministry of Science,
Technology and the Environment. [email protected]
Members
Alex Fragoso Sierra. University of Havana
Inés Casal
Enrique. University of Havana
Manuel
Pruna Goodhall. Museum of the History of Science
Marianela González Hernández. University of Havana
Gonzalo
Vidal Castillo. University of Havana
Rebeca Vega Mitche. University of Havana
Roberto
Cao Vázquez. University of Havana
Margarita
Esteva Guas. University of Havana
Margarita
Suárez Navarro. University of Havana
José A.
González Lavaut. Center for Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Raúl Mocelo Castell. University of Havana
Rolando
Pellón Comdom. Center for Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Armando Cuellar Cuellar. Pharmacy and Food Institute
Abilio Laguna Granja. Center of Natural Products
Hermán Vélez Castro. Center for Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Lourdes Zumalacárregui de Cárdenas. IPSJAE
Carlos Menéndez Gutiérrez. IPSJAE
Saturnino
Pire Rivas. ISPJAE
María A. Chávez Planes. University of Havana
Joaquín
Díaz Brito. University of Havana
Maria
Eliana Lanio Ruiz. University of Havana
Mayra
Tejuca Martínez. University of Havana
Carlos
Álvarez Valcárcel. University of Havana
Olimpia Carrillo Farnés. University of Havana
Georgina
Espinosa López. University of Havana
Fabiola
Pazos Santos. University of Havana
TOPICS
TEACHING AND
HISTORY IN CHEMISTRY
Secretaries: Marianela
González, [email protected] , Manuel Pruna
Goodhall, [email protected]
ANALYTICAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Secretaries: Roberto
Cao Vázquez [email protected] , Ana Margarita Esteva Guas [email protected]
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
AND V INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP
ON NATURAL PRODUCTS CHEMISTRY
Secretaries: Margarita
Suárez, [email protected] , José A.
González, [email protected]
INDUSTRIAL AND
ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
Secretaries: Lourdes Zumalacárregui de Cárdenas, Carlos Méndez Gutierrez, [email protected]
II
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Secretaries: María A. Chávez Planas,
Carlos Alvarez Valcárcel [email protected]
Important Dates to be Remembered
May 15, 2004: Abstracts presentation and inscription.
July 15, 2004: Work’s acceptance and communication to
authors.
October 18, 2004: Registration. Opening of the Exhibition-Fair.
Welcoming Cocktail. (Invitation requested)
October 19,2004: Opening Ceremony of the Congress.
October 21, 2004: Cultural Gala.
October 22, 2004: Closing Ceremony of the Congress.
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
English and Spanish (simultaneous
interpretation will be offered in the Master Lectures of the Congress)
ABSTRACTS
Abstracts must be sent by email with the
registration form before May 25, 2004 to the corresponding Session Secretary.
Secretary emails and names have been previously mentioned. Abstract selection
will be completed by the Scientific Committee and the official acceptance will
be known by email before July 25, 2004. “Last minute” registrations for poster
presentations will be accepted until October 18, 2004 (16:00 hrs), which will
be presented on a separated area of the Center. “Last minute” delegates will
receive a registration badge and an attendance certificate.
Abstract Presentation Requirements
§
Abstracts must be presented
in (8.5x11”) sheets of paper, typed at one and a half space. Text should be
written in Arial font (11 points) with Word 6.0 (Microsoft) as minimum.
§
Abstract title should be
centered in capital and bold letters. Author(s) name(s) should be written as
initial(s) followed by family name(s) at three spaces from the title. Authors
names must be separated by commas underlining the one who will present the
paper. Afterwards, the author’s institution(s) must be identified as follows:
institution name(s), postal address, city and country. It is recommended to add
telephone, fax and email.
§
Abstract text will start at
three spaces from the institutional identification, without heading, paragraph
indention, nor additional spaces between paragraph. Organizational elements may
be used within the text to help its better comprehension (numbers, sings,
figures, etc.)
§
Abstracts shall not exceed
one page. It is recommended to use the following abstracts structure:
presentation of the problem, working hypothesis, main methods or techniques
employed, results and their importance. Whenever possible, it is recommended to
include reaction schemes, formulae, drawings or other graphical methods which
can contribute to attract the attention of the reader. A reaction scheme is
equivalent to dozens of words.
§
It is recommended to include
current bibliographic references about the work topic (no more than three)
§
Abstracts with amendments,
deletions or hand writing notes will not be accepted.
§
Abstracts will be published
on a normal issue of Revista Cubana de Química.
§
Abstracts must be sent by
email.
POSTERS
Posters must be presented in
a 82 cm wide and 120 cm long form. Authors will dispose of time to assembly
their works. The author must remain by his work at the time of the exhibition
to answer any possible question.
AUDIOVISUAL AIDS
These aids shall abide by the
following specifications:
Slides: 35 mm
VCR: VHS (NTSC 3.58 standard)
Slide projector
Data projector
Computer
Computer presentations shall abide the following requirements:
§
Windows operative systems
§
Power Point presentations
§
CD presentations, 3.5 floppy
disk, software for iomega Zip of 100 mb
§
Compacted presentation as
follows: Winzip version 8.0 or lower, Winrar version 2.5 or lower, Arj
§
Image presentations in Corel
9 or 10 design
Applications needing
associated programs must have their installations ( QuickTime, Adobe Acrobat,
etc.)
REGISTRATION FEES
Delegates: US$
400.00
Students: US$ 200.00 (after accreditation by the principal, dean or
rector of the institution to which the students belongs)
Accompanying person: US$ 100.00
Affiliates to IUPAC shall be granted
a 10% discount on registration fees by submitting a document accrediting as
such. IUPAC sponsorship guarantees
that all entrance visas requested by bona fide chemists not less than three
month before the meeting shall be granted. If visa is not granted a month
before the meeting opening date, the applicant shall notify the IUPAC
Secretariat as soon as posible.
REGISTRATION WILL ENTAIL THE FOLLOWING RIGHTS
Delegates (including students):
Name badge, participation in
the scientific activities of the Congress, program and CD with the abstracts
(Revista Cubana de Química), attendance certificate and other printed
materials. Welcoming cocktail, cultural gala, farewell party and lunch during
the 4 days of sessions. (October 19-22)
Accompanying person:
Name badge, participation in
the social program of the Congress (Welcoming cocktail, cultural gala, farewell
party) and souvenirs.
Payment
Payment
of the registration fees shall be made in US cash or credit cards at the
Registration Bureau.
Visa,
Master Card and Cabal credit cards are accepted in Cuba, if not issued by an
American bank.
Currency
change and Traveler’s check: Bank of Credit and Commerce, branch at the Havana
International Conference Center., Office # 621
REGISTRATION FORM
Those presenting papers shall send their registration form and their
abstracts by email before May 15, 2004,
to the corresponding Session Secretary. Those not presenting papers shall send
their registration forms by email or fax, before May 15, 2004, to:
Mrs. Alicia García, Havana
International Conference Center
Fax: (537) 202-8382
Email: [email protected]
Complete
this registration form with the information you want to appear in the official
documents of the Congress (name badge, certificates, etc.)
Family names:
Names:
Institution:
Address:
Fax – Phone:
E-mail:
City – Country:
Specialty:
Title:
Accompanying person: Yes □ No □
Number of Accompanying persons
Accompanying person(s) name(s):
Presentation: Poster □ Oral □
Title:
Topic
Teaching and History of
Chemistry □
Analytic and Inorganic
Chemistry □
Organic Chemistry and 5th
International Workshop Chemistry of Natural Products □
Industrial and Environmental
Chemistry □
2nd International
Symposium Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
□
Audiovisual Aids
□ Slides projector
□ Data projector
□ Computer
□ Video beam
□ VCR: VHS (NTSC 3.58
standard)
CHEMICAL TRADE FAIR
Firms and companies related to Chemistry and its
applications are welcome to participate in the Chemical Trade Fair, which will
be organized simultaneously to the Congress. Updating of new products,
equipment, processes and systems will offer an unique opportunity to be aware
of recent advantages in Chemistry, on a firsthand exchange with main chemical
suppliers.
The Fair will take place at the Grand Foyer of
the Havana International Conference Center on October 18 to 22, 2004.
Interior stand rate is US$
110.00 x m2. It includes:
Minimum space: 9m2
Electricity consumption: up
to 500 W
Octanon R-8 (2.50 x 1.00m) system modular panels
Credentials
Signs with the name of the
firm
Location in the plane will be proposed to the
Organizing Committee and according to the time the requests were made.
The venue has at your disposal the renting of
audiovisual aids, which you will be able to use according to the updated
tariffs.
In the Fairs and Exhibitions Department of the
Havana International Conference Center you can find all the information you need
regarding rates, participation measures, goods’ shipping and Custom house
requirements, etc.
Those who are interested
shall contact, before June 30, 2004:
Mrs. Violeta Rodríguez Oramas
Havana International
Conference Center
Fax: (537) 202-8382
Email: [email protected]
ACCOMMODATION
As a decision of the Organizing Committee the tour operator of the Sol
Meliá Group, SOL CARIBE TOURS,
allied to the Cubanacán Travel Agency, will offer the following tourist package:
Public prices in US / nightly / per person
Hotels SiNGLe Double
Meliá Habana ***** 114 74
Habana
Libre ***** 105 65
Palco **** 76 51
Bello Caribe *** 62 45
This prices include:
§
Accommodation and breakfast
§
Transport to the registration
§
Transport to the welcoming
cocktail
§
Transport to the cultural
gala
§
Transport to the venue’s
sessions (round trip/ 4 days)
§
Permanent assistance by a Sol
Caribe Tours representative.
TOUR OPERATOR
SOL CARIBE TOURS
Reservations and accommodations
Havana
Libre-Trip Hotel
Fax: (53-7) 554605
E-mail: [email protected]
/ alina.leal @solcaribetours.com
VISAS
Participants from countries
where there are not agencies or representatives of the Havana International
Conference Center nor of Sol Caribe Tours, will have to carry out the visa
procedures by themselves at the Diplomatic Representation of Cuba in their
countries.
WELCOMING AT THE “JOSÉ MARTÍ”
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
The tour operator of the Sol
Meliá Group, SOL CARIBE TOURS, allied to the Cubanacán Travel Agency, will welcome
our foreign visitors who will be attended by the tourist group regarding
airport functioning.
The Organizing Committee and the Cubanacán
Travel Agency will create a Reception and Assistance Commission in the
international airport to attend guests.