Program

Program

XIV International Symposium of Free Radicals

June 7–10, 2026 • Bologna, Italy

Sunday
June 7, 2026
Venue: Aula Absidale Santa Lucia
  • Registration
  • Opening – From Radical Foundations to Modern Reactivity Design
  • Bernd Giese – 50 years of the Giese reaction (Distinguished Speaker)
  • Chrys Chatgilialoglu (Distinguished Speaker)
  • Armido Studer (Plenary Lecture I – PL1)
  • Welcome cocktail
Monday
June 8, 2026
Venue: Aule Belmeloro
  • Designing Radical Reactivity: Catalysis and Reaction Control
  • Abigail Doyle (Plenary Lecture II – PL2)
  • Luca Dell’Amico (Invited Lecture 1 – IL1)
  • David Nicewicz (Invited Lecture 2 – IL2)
  • Oral 1 (OT1)
  • Oral 2 (OT2)
  • Coffee break
  • From Radical Reactivity to Complex Functional Systems and Materials
  • Oral 3 (OT3)
  • Yang Yang (Invited Lecture 3 – IL3)
  • Garret Miyake (Invited Lecture 4 – IL4)
  • Athina Anastasakis (Invited Lecture 5 – IL5)
  • Lunch and Posters
  • Modern Radical Methods in Synthesis and Industry
  • Giulia Bergonzini (Invited Lecture 6 – IL6)
  • Shunsuke Chiba (Invited Lecture 7 – IL7)
  • Pier Giorgio Cozzi (Invited Lecture 8 – IL8)
  • Oral 4 (OT4)
  • Coffee break
  • Oral 5 (OT5)
  • Xin-Yuan Liu (Invited Lecture 9 – IL9)
  • Corey Stephenson (Invited Lecture 10 – IL10)
  • Posters & Wine Tasting / Beers
  • Speakers' Dinner
Tuesday
June 9, 2026
Venue: Aule Belmeloro
  • Decoding Radical Reactivity: Physical Organic, Theory and Excited-State Control
  • Takashi Ooi (Plenary Lecture III – PL3)
  • Massimo Bietti (Invited Lecture 11 – IL11)
  • Rob Paton (Invited Lecture 12 – IL12)
  • Oliver Wenger (Invited Lecture 13 – IL13)
  • Coffee break
  • Designing Radical Reactivity: From Methodology to Catalytic Strategy
  • Sungwoo Hong (Invited Lecture 14 – IL14)
  • Oral 6 (OT6)
  • Oral 7 (OT7)
  • Oral 8 (OT8)
  • Franziska Schoenebeck (Invited Lecture 15 – IL15)
  • Lunch and Posters
  • Advanced Radical Methodology: Catalysis, Selectivity and Reaction Design
  • Corinna Schindler (Invited Lecture 16 – IL16)
  • Oral 9 (OT9)
  • Oral 10 (OT10)
  • Tehshik P. Yoon (Invited Lecture 17 – IL17)
  • Short Tour of the city
  • Social Dinner
Wednesday
June 10, 2026
Venue: Aule Belmeloro
  • Fundamental Radical Chemistry: Mechanism, Structure and Reactivity in Complex Environments
  • Wen-Jing Xiao (Plenary Lecture IV – PL4)
  • Olivier Ouari (Invited Lecture 18 – IL18)
  • Derek Pratt (Invited Lecture 19 – IL19)
  • Rebecca Melen (Invited Lecture 20 – IL20)
  • Coffee break
  • Translational Radical Chemistry: From Discovery to Application
  • Oral 11 (OT11)
  • Oral 12 (OT12)
  • Oral 13 (OT13)
  • Jesus Alcazar (Invited Lecture 21 – IL21)
  • Cristina Nevado (Invited Lecture 22 – IL22)
  • Lunch and Posters
  • Radical Reactivity: Mechanism, Design and Molecular Complexity
  • David J. Procter (Invited Lecture 23 – IL23)
  • Xingwei Guo (Invited Lecture 24 – IL24)
  • Sami Lakhdar (Invited Lecture 25 – IL25)
  • Oral 14 (OT14)
  • Christina White (Plenary Lecture V – PL5)
  • Closing Remarks & Poster Prizes

Departure