Invitation to the Asian Analytical Chemistry Network (AACN) Symposium
“Today and Future of Asian Analytical Chemistry”
Organized by Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry (JSAC), associated with 58th Annual Meeting of JSAC, sponsored by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), JSAC, and GCOE of Osaka University
Date and time : September 26, 2009. 10:00 am – 16:20 pm
Venue : Center for Research and Development in Higher Education, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Registration is free.
Aim of Symposium : The first AACN symposium will be held inviting eleven speakers from different Asian countries to learn the present situation of Analytical Chemistry in Asian countries, especially focused on the following topics mainly relating to the education of Analytical Chemistry in Asian Universities ;
(1) Undergraduate education of Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry,
(2) Textbook used in Analytical Chemistry class and experiment. Language used in the class.
(3) Representative research in Analytical Chemistry,
(4) Future prospect of education/research systems of Asian Universities.
Invited speakers
Prof. Erkang Wang (Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, China)
Prof. Hasuck Kim (Seoul National University, Korea)
Prof. Hian-Kee Lee (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Prof. King-Chuen Lin (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Prof. Pham Hung Viet (Vietnam National University, Vietnam)
Dr. Fortunato B Sevilla III (University of Santo Thomas, Philippine)
Dr. Orawon Chailapakul (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand)
Dr. Ibrahim Abd. Rahman (University of Brunei Darussalam, Brunei)
Dr. Yoki Yurizal (University of Indonesia, Indonesia)
Datuk Dr. Ting-Kueh Soon (Institut Kimia Malaysia, Malaysia)
Prof. Hiroshi Nakamura (Tokyo University of Science, Japan)
Chair: Prof. Hiroshi Nakamura (President of Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry)
Organizing members: Prof. Totaro Imasaka, Prof. Tsutomu Masujima, Prof. Hisanobu Wakita, Prof. Hitoshi Watarai
Contact to Mr. Muneaki Kimura, <mkimura@jsac.or.jp>, Secretary General of JSAC, for the detailed information and visit AACN HP; http://aacn.asia/