COIL-4

CONGRESS On IONIC LIQUIDSWASHINGTON DC

June 15-18, 2011 Hilton Crystal City at Washington Reagan National Airport

about the congressT

he Host Committee for the 4th International Congress on Ionic Liquids (COIL-4) invites you to Washington, DC June 15-18, 2011 to explore thefascinating world of the science and application of ionic liquids. This meeting is the 4th in a series of successful meetings dating back to June 2005 whenover 450 participants from 33 countries met in Salzburg, Austria to discuss and debate the lively topic of ionic liquids. Equally successful meetings havesubsequently been held in Yokohama (COIL-2, 2007), and Cairns, Australia (COIL-3, 2009).

COIL-4 marks the first opportunity for the UnitedStates to host this meeting and it comes at an auspicious
time. Interest in ionic liquids has been rapidly growing in
the US, in part because of the fascinating set of physical,
chemical, and biological property sets these materials
possess, and in part from the growing realization ofnew applications in such key areas as Sustainable Energy,Biomass, Biorefineries, Renewable Fuels and Chemicals,Materials, Pharmaceuticals, Separations, Catalysis, andBiotechnology (to name a few). Government andindustrial funding in the area is rapidly increasing.
COIL-4 represents an opportunity to meet anddiscuss these and other major topics in the field withinternational experts. In addition, representatives fromlarge and small industry can provide insight into key
issues such as scale-up, costs, availability, registration, andother key parameters needed to plan new ventures.
The Scientific program will include 8 Plenary Lectures(45 minutes), 35 Keynote and Featured Lectures(30 minutes), and a number of contributed talks (20minutes). Lively poster sessions and social events will
provide much time for interaction with ionic liquid
scientists and engineers from around the world. Pleasejoin us to learn more about the Ionic Liquid state ofmatter and the growing impact of these fascinating
materials on key societal issues such as Sustainable
Energy, New and Renewable Materials, Biology,Biotechnology, and Industrial Processes.

For more information email us at: COIL-4@acs.org or visit the website:

http://coil-4.org

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CONGRESS On IONIC LIQUIDSWASHINGTON DC

Invited Speakers

conference committees

Plenary Speakers

Conference ChairHost Committee

C. Austen Angell, Arizona State University, Arizona
Daniel W. Armstrong, University of TX at Arlington, Texas
Joan F. Brennecke, Notre Dame University, Indiana
Douglas MacFarlane, Monash University, Australia
Megan B. O’Meara, BASF, Germany
Luis P. Rebelo, Instituto de Tecnologia Química Biológica,
Portugal
Kenneth R. Seddon, Queen’s University of Belfast,
Northern Ireland, UKJohn S. Wilkes, Air Force Academy, Colorado

Robin D. Rogers, The University of Alabama,Alabama

Jared L. Anderson, University of Toledo, Ohio
Jennifer L. Anthony, Kansas State University,Kansas
Gary Baker, Oak Ridge National Laboratory,Tennessee
Tom Beyersdorff, IOLITEC USA, Alabama
Joan F. Brennecke, University of Notre Dame,Indiana
Edward W. Castner, Jr., Rutgers University,
New Jersey
Jason Clyburn, Saint Mary’s University,
Nova Scotia
James E. Davis, Jr., University of South Alabama,Alabama
Tom Hawkins, Edwards Air Force Base,
California
Wesley Henderson, North Carolina State
University, North Carolina
Timothy P. Lodge, University of Minnesota,
Minnesota
Timothy E. Long, Virginia Tech University, Virginia
Edward J. Maginn, Notre Dame University,Indiana
Claudio J. Margulis, University of Iowa, Iowa
Rich Noble, University of Colorado, Colorado
Megan B O’Meara, BASF North America, NewJersey
Mark B. Shiflet, DuPont, Delaware
Paul Trulove, Naval Academy, Maryland
John S. Wilkes, Air Force Academy, Colorado
James F. Wishart, Brookhaven NationalLaboratory, New York

Keynote Speakers
Edward Castner, USAJoão A. P. Coutinho, Portugal
Jairton Dupont, Brazil
Maria Forsyth, Australia
Tommy Hawkins, USA
Patricia Hunt, United Kingdom
Toshiyuki Itoh, Japan
Barbara Kirchner, Germany
Anja Mudring, Germany
Keiko Nishikawa, Japan
Agilio A. H. Pádua, FranceAnders Riisager, Denmark
Seema Singh, USA
Annegret Stark, Germany
Paul Trulove, USATom Welton, United Kingdom
Suojiang Zhang, China

Anchor Speakers
Jennifer Anthony, USA
Tom Beyersdorff, USAKatharina Bica, Austria
Oleg Borodin, USAMargarida Costa Gomes, FranceSheng Dai, USA
James Davis, Jr., USA
Wesley Henderson, USA
Yoon-Mo Koo, Korea
Edward Maginn, USA
Claudio Margulis, USA
Rich Noble, USA
Jenny Pringle, Australia
Hector Rodriguez, Spain
Mark B. Shiflett, USA
Peter Wasserscheid, Germany
Masayoshi Watanabe, Japan
Jim Wishart, USA

International Advisory
Committee
Andy Abbott, University of Leicester,
United Kingdom
Katharina Bica, Technische Universität Wien,AustriaJoão A. P. Coutinho, Universidade de Aveiro,
PortugalFrank Endres, Technische Universität Clausthal,
Germany
Rasmus Fehrmann, Danmarks Tekniske
Universitet, Denmark
Maria Forsyth, Monash University, Australia
Buxing Han, CAS Institute of Chemistry, China
Toshiyuki Itoh, Tottori University, Japan
Yoon-Mo Kim, Inha University, Korea
Anja V. Mudring, Ruhr-Universität Bochum,
Germany
Mayumi Nishida, Koei Chemical Company,
Japan
William R. Pitner, Merck KGaA, Germany
Jenny Pringle, Monash University, Australia
Anders Riisager, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet,Denmark
Hector Rodriguez, Universidade de Santiago
de Compostela, Spain
Masayoshi Watanabe, Yokoham National
Univeristy, Japan
Peter Wasserscheid, University of Erlangen,Germany
Tom Welton, Imperial College, United Kingdom
Urs Welz-Bierman, CAS Dalian Institute ofChemical Physics, China
Yasuo Yamazaki, Nippon Chemical Industrial,
Japan
Suojiang Zhang, CAS Institute of Process
Engineering, China

Council of Chairs
Kenneth R. Seddon, Queen’s University ofBelfast, UK: COIL-1, 2005
Hiro Ohno, Tokyo A&T University, Japan:COIL-2, 2007
Hiro-o Hamaguchi, University of Tokyo, Japan:COIL-2, 2007
Douglas MacFarlane, Monash University,
Australia: COIL-3, 2009
Robin D. Rogers, The University of Alabama,
USA: COIL-4, 2011
Luis P. Rebelo, Instituto de Tecnologia Química
Biológica, Portugal: COIL-5, 2013

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS!
The deadline for submitting abstracts for consideration willbe March 15, 2011. Watch the website for details.