Synopsis
The SCI’s Fine Chemicals Group is pleased to announce a one-day meeting to showcase cutting edge synthetic organic chemistry. The aim of the meeting is to highlight new synthetic approaches, disconnections and methods, and their application as developed by key researchers from both academia and industry. An exciting line up of leading academic and industrial scientists will present a series of lectures covering areas such as organocatalysis, C-H activation, predicting reaction selectivity, new biocatalytic and chemocatalytic transformations.
Attendees
This meeting will appeal to anyone interested in the latest developments in synthetic organic chemistry, both in industry and in academia.
Programme
Thursday 18 September 2025
- 09.30
- Registration and refreshments
- 10.00
- On data, discovery and sensitivity in (photo) catalysis
Professor Frank Glorius, University of Münster
- 11.00
- Engineering enzymes for cascade reactions at multi-tonne scale
Dr David Entwistle, Codexis
- 11.40
- Engineered microorganisms for sustainable synthesis
Professor Stephen Wallace, University of Edinburgh
- 12.15
- Lunch
- 13.30
- Accessing complex targets using enzyme-triggered cascades
Associate Professor Elaine O'Reilly, University College Dublin
- 14.00
Speaker to be confirmed
- 14.30
- Refreshment break
- 15.00
- Data science-driven development and interrogation of new synthetic methods
Professor Abigail Doyle, UCLA (remote presentation)
- 16.00
- Sustainable biotechnology for chemical manufacturing: approaches to biocatalytic hydrogenations
Professor Kylie Vincent, University of Oxford
- 16.35
- How a single biocatalytic step influenced an entire process: An improved manufacturing route to belzutifan
Dr Daniel DiRocco, MSD
- 17.15
- Closing remarks
- 17.20
- Networking reception
SCI’s Fine Chemicals Group are committed to promoting diversity and equality in the chemical sciences. We aim to identify high quality speakers for all our conferences with full inclusivity where attendees from all backgrounds are welcome. We are open to offering flexible presentation options.
Sponsorship information
The exhibition and refreshments will be situated in a single area ensuring excellent networking opportunities throughout the meeting. If you are interested in exhibiting at this event or in sponsorship opportunities, please email conferences@soci.org for further information and prices.
Accessibility Grants
SCI accessibility grants are available to support SCI members with disabilities, long term health conditions, those who require a carer, and members who are nursing parents to attend SCI events. Download an application form to apply for a grant.
Venue and Contact
Fees
Early bird - ends Thursday 24 July
SCI Member - £95
Non-member - £125
Student Member - £50
After early bird
SCI Member - £145
Non-member - £175
Student Member - £75
All registrations will automatically receive a confirmation within 24 hours of registering for the event. Should you not receive written confirmation of your booking, please email conferences@soci.org.
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Organising committee
Emmanuel Callens, 30 technology
Silvia Diez-Gonzalez, Imperial College London
Nat Monck, Evotec
Joanne Pinder, Vertex
Hugh Tawell, Domainex