Plenary Speakers
Prof. Alan J. Heeger, 2000 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
(University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
Semiconducting Polymers: The Third Generation (PDF)
Prof. Sir Richard H. Friend
(University of Cambridge, UK)
Control of Structure and Electronic Structure in Polymeric Semiconductor Diodes
Prof. Hidetoshi Fukuyama
(Tokyo University of Science, Japan)
Interacting Electrons in Conducting Molecular Solids (PDF)
Prof. Sumio Iijima
(Meijo University, Japan)
Structural Characterization of Nano-carbon Materials by Atom-resolution Electron Microscopy
Prof. Julius Rebek, Jr.
(The Scripps Research Institute, USA)
The Inner Space of Molecules (PDF)
Keynote Speakers
Prof. Ray H. Baughman (The University of Texas at Dallas, USA)
The Diverse and Growing Family of Carbon Nanotube and Related Artificial Muscles
Prof. Jean-Luc Bredas (The Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
Electronic and Optical Processes in Organic Solar Cells
Prof. Arthur J. Epstein (The Ohio State University, USA)
Organic-based Magnets and Organic-based Spintronics
Prof. Stephen R. Forrest (University of Michigan, USA)
Efficient Light and Solar Energy Generation through Nanoscale Control of Organic Materials
Prof. Yoshihiro Iwasa (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Electric Double Layer Transistor with Ionic Liquids
Prof. Denis Jerome (Universite Paris-Sud Orsay, France)
The Remarkable Physical Features of Quasi One Dimensional Organic Superconductors
Prof. Kazushi Kanoda (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Mott Physics Revealed by Triangular-Lattice Organics
Prof. Klaus Muellen (Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany)
The Polymer Chemistry of Carbon Materials and Graphenes
Dr. Konstantin S. Novoselov (The University of Manchester, UK)
Graphene and Its Chemical Derivatives
Dr. Toshihiro Ohnishi (Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., Japan)
From Electrical Conduction to Light Emission and Energy Conversion Based on Conjugated Polymers
Prof. Yung Woo Park (Seoul National University, Korea)
The Diminishing Magneto Resistance in High Electric Fields in Polyacetylene Nanofibres
Prof. Virgil Percec (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
Prof. John R. Reynolds (University of Florida, USA)
Spanning the Spectrum with Donor-Acceptor Polymers for Electrochromics and Photovoltaics
Prof. Yoshinori Tokura (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Organic Molecular Ferroelectrics
Prof. Zeev Valy Vardeny (The University of Utah, USA)
Isotope Effect in Organic Spin Response
Prof. Gordon G. Wallace (University of Wollongong, Australia)
Conducting Polymers: A Platform for Organic Medical Bionics
Prof. Wolfgang Wernsdorfer (Institute Neel, CNRS, France)
Molecular Spintronics Using Single-Molecule Magnets
Prof. Fred Wudl (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
Recent Advances in Organic Photovoltaics: Doubling the Open Circuit Voltage
Prof. Takakazu Yamamoto (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
Preparation of New pi-Conjugated Polymers by Organometallic Polycondensation
Prof. Yang Yang (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
High Performance Organic/Polymeric Solar Cells- Towards Next Generation Renewable Energy
Prof. Anvar Zakidov (The University of Texas at Dallas, USA)
Carbon Nanotube Functionalization in Hybrid Solar Cells, OLED Tandems and Superconducting Wires