Highlights from the 49th EUCHEM Conference on Stereochemistry, Buergenstock, Switzerland, May 2014

摘要

Arriving at the picturesque Seehotel Waldstaetterhof in Brunnen on the shores of Lake Lucerne provides one with a distinct feeling of participating in a very special conference. Adding to this feeling of anticipation is the question everyone is asking in the hotel foyer; do you know who is speaking? The 'Buergenstock Conference', or more officially the 'EUCHEM Conference on Stereochemistry', is a conference steeped in tradition with many time-honoured rules. One of these rules is that the line up of 14 speakers is not published ahead of the meeting, thus creating a real buzz among the participants. The president of the 2014 Buergenstock Conference, Antonio Echavarren (Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia) and the organizing committee Alain De Mesmaeker (Syngenta Crop Protection Research), Jerome Lacour (University of Geneva), Reto Naef (Novartis Pharma AG), Philippe Renaud (University of Bern) and Helma Wennemers (ETH Zuerich) did not disappoint in their selection of speakers from across the world.