14th Paul Walden Symposium Program

Thursday, September 25th, 2025

8:30Registration
9:00Welcoming remarks
Prof. Edgars Sūna (Chairman of the Scientific Board, Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis)
9:10Presentation of the Paul Walden medal to Prof. Eriks Rozners (University of Binghamton, USA) by Prof. Māris Turks, Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology (Riga Technical University)
9:30Prof. Eriks Rozners (University of Binghamton, USA)
10:20Prof. Mariola Tortosa (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain)
11:10Symposium group photo and Coffee break
11:40Prof. Kevin Lam (University of Greenwich, UK)
12:30Poster Pitches (PhD students)
12:45Lunch
14:40Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius (University of Münster, Germany)
15:30Poster Pitches (PhD students)
15:45Coffee break
16:15Poster Pitches (PhD students)
16:30Prof. Darren Dixon (University of Oxford, UK)
17:20Guided tour of the Paul Walden and Wilhelm Ostwald monuments

Friday, September 26th, 2025

9:00Prof. Alois Fürstner (Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Germany)
9:50Prof. Dr. Franziska Schoenebeck (RWTH Aachen, Germany)
10:40Coffee break
11:00Aleksandrs Čižikovs
11:30Prof. Cristina Nevado (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
12:20Lunch
13:30Poster Session
15:30Artūrs Sperga
16:00Prof. Mark D. Levin (University of Chicago, USA)
16:50Poster awards and Closing remarks