Thursday, September 14th, 2023
| 8:30 | Registration |
| 9:00 | Welcoming remarks Prof. Edgars Sūna (Chairman of the Scientific Board, Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis) |
| 9:10 | Presentation of the Paul Walden medal to Prof. Olafs Daugulis (University of Houston, Texas, US) by Prof. Māris Turks, Dean of the Faculty of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry (Riga Technical University) |
| 9:30 | Prof. Olafs Daugulis (University of Houston, Texas, US) New Methods for Carbon-Hydrogen Bond Functionalization |
| 10:20 | Prof. Nicolai Cramer (Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland) From [ ] to L* |
| 11:10 | Symposium group photo and Coffee break |
| 11:40 | Prof. Andrew D. Smith (University of St Andrews, UK) Promoting the Forbidden: Catalytic Enantioselective [1,2]-Rearrangements |
| 12:30 | Poster pitches (PhD students) |
| 12:45 | Lunch |
| 14:40 | Prof. Zoltan Novak (Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary) Synthesis of Fluoroalkylated derivatives: feedstocks, reagents, catalysis and media |
| 15:30 | Poster pitches (PhD students) |
| 15:45 | Coffee break |
| 16:15 | Poster pitches (PhD students) |
| 16:30 | Prof. Lutz Ackermann (Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany) Metallaelectro-Catalyzed Bond Activation |
| 17:20 | Guided tour of the Paul Walden and Wilhelm Ostwald monuments |
Friday, September 15th, 2023
| 9:00 | Prof. Pierangelo Metrangolo (Politecnico Milano, Italy) A Journey through the World of Halogen Bonding |
| 9:50 | Prof. Rebecca Melen (University of Cardiff, UK) Group 13 Lewis acids for synthesis and catalysis |
| 10:40 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 | PhD Renāte Melngaile (Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Latvia) Development of Fluoromethylene Transfer Reagents |
| 11:30 | PhD student Gļebs Jeršovs (Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Latvia) Sulfur-selective alkylation of sulfinamides |
| 12:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 | Poster session |
| 15:20 | Prof. Paolo Melchiorre (University of Bologna, Italy) Photochemistry & Organocatalysis: New Radical Opportunities |
| 16:10 – 16:20 | Poster awards and Closing remarks |
The poster prizes for the best posters provides
