Highlights from the 48th EUCHEM conference on stereochemistry, Buergenstock, Switzerland, May 2013

摘要

Recognizing known faces of possible speakers at the train station is usually how the journey to the outstanding Buergenstock conference starts, now held in the majestic village of Brunnen, Switzerland (Fig. 1). Tradition dictates that the programme remains a mystery until the beginning of the conference and that speakers can only give one plenary lecture during their life-time. The conference is characterized by a well-balanced blend of scientists from both academia and industry and participants (roughly 100) are requested to stay for the whole week. Every year since the 1st edition back in 1965, the Buergenstock gathers 14 of the world's leading scientists within the chemical sciences to present their research under the inspirational views of the Swiss Alps (Fig. 1).