1st Announcement

Chemistry for the Modern World

EuAsC2S-16
16th Eurasia Conference on Chemical Sciences
Venue: MAS Athena, Thulhiriya, Sri Lanka.
23rd – 25th September, 2020

Organized byNational Institute of Fundamental Studies (NIFS),Kandy, Sri Lanka

Organizing Committee
Prof. Vijaya Kumar, Chairman
Prof. Lalith Jayasinghe, Secretary
Dr. Kumari Tilakaratne, Organizing Secretary
Prof. Nimal Adikaram, Member
Prof. Savitri Kumar, Member
Prof. G.R.A. Kumara, Member
Prof. Namal Priyantha, Member
Ms. Sagarika Samarakkody, Member
Prof. Siril Wijesundara, Member

Local Advisory Committee
Prof. Saman Seneweera, Director, NIFS (Chair)Prof. Athula Bandara

Prof. A.D.L. Chandanie

Prof. Nilwala Kottegoda

Prof. Ramanee Wijesekera

International Advisory Board
Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman (Pakistan)

Prof. Iqbal Choudhary (Pakistan)

Prof. Sabrina Dallavalle (Italy)

Prof. Luciana Dini (Italy)

Prof. Yoshinori Fujimoto (Japan)

Prof. Nor Hadiani Ismail (Malaysia)

Prof. Nikolai Kuhnert (Germany)

Prof. Goverdhan Metha (India)

Prof. M. Mosihuzzaman (Bangladesh)

Prof. Bilge Sener (Turkey)

Prof. Mike Threadgill (UK)Prof. Wei Wang (China)

16th Eurasia Conference on Chemical Sciences (EuAsC2S-16)
On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we are delighted to invite you to participate in
the “16th Eurasia Conference on Chemical Sciences (EuAsC2S-16)” to be held at the Mas
Athena, Thulhiriya, Sri Lanka from September 23rd to 25th, 2020.
Growing on the successful experience from previous conferences in this international
series, we intend bringing together the world‟s leading Chemists and young scientists
engaged in research and deliberate scientific findings. We look forward to welcome you atThulhiriya, Sri Lanka for “16th Eurasia Conference on Chemical Sciences”.
The mission of the “16th Eurasia Conference on Chemical Sciences” is to promote anddisseminate the latest scientific advances in all aspect of chemistry and encourage dialog
and collaboration among researchers.

The latest developments in the field, basic orapplied, will be presented and deliberated at the conference. Keynote addresses, Pleneryand Lead Lectures, Invited Presentations, Oral and Poster Sessions will be held on main
conference areas listed below.
The main areas of the conference are,
1. Inorganic Chemistry
2. Organic Chemistry, Biological Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry
3. Physical Chemistry, Electrochemistry, Thermochemistry, Photochemistry,Spectroscopy
4. Natural Product Chemistry
5. Analytical Chemistry
6. Food Chemistry
7. Environmental Chemistry, Agrochemistry, Green Chemistry
8. Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology
9. Theoretical and Combinatorial Chemistry
10. Chemical Engineering
11. Chemistry of Nanomaterials and Nanostructured Materials: Synthesis, Modeling,Characterization and Applications
12. Chemistry of Biomaterials
13. Women in Chemistry
14. Chemistry and Ethics

About the Eurasia Conference
Historical Background and Aim of the Eurasia Conference
Around 1985-86, Prof. Bernd M. Rode from the University of Innsbruck, Austria suggested
with Prof. Hitoshi Ohtaki (an International Steering Committee Member of theInternational Conference on Solution Chemistry (ICSC) to organize an international
conference concerning solution chemistry in Thailand. However, ICSC was scheduled until
1991, and thus, it was not possible to organize the new conference in Thailand before thatyear. On the invitation of Profs. Rode and Ohtaki, Prof. Ivano Bertini of Florence
University, Italy, joined the committee and they decided to change Prof. Rode's originalidea and create an international conference, the Eurasia Conference on Chemistry ofSolutions (EuAsC2S) aimed at augmenting scientific camaraderie among chemists in theEurasian supercontinent, and supporting them with the help of chemists in othercontinents such as America, Canada, and Australia. The strategy was to organize a worldclass international Eurasia series of conferences of top quality, mainly in developing Asian
countries with the involvement of a world-wide friendship network. The conference wasexpected to provide a forum for leading scientists to present recent advances at thecutting-edge of research to stimulate discussion and inspire younger scientists fromdeveloping countries to promote scientific activities in their countries. The First Eurasia
Conference on Chemistry of Solutions (1st EuAsC2S) was held in Bangkok in 1988. Eurasia
Conference on Chemistry of Solutions changed its name to Eurasia Conference ofChemistry in Seoul in 1990, and to Eurasia Conference on Chemical Sciences in 1992 in
Guangzou due to its expansion into all areas of chemistry. Conferences in this series were
held in Asian countries apart from the 12th and 15th Conference which were respectively
held in Greece and Italy.

Past Venues of Euroasia Conference on Chemical Sciences
1988-Thailand; 1990- Korea; 1992- Thailand; 1994- Malaysia; 1996– China;
2000- Brunei; 2002- Pakistan; 2003- Vietnam; 2006- Turkey; 2008- Philippines;
2010- Jordan; 2012- Greece; 2014- India; 2016- Pakistan; 2018- Rome

Tentative Programme
23/09/2020

DAY 1

1530h

Registration

1700h

Inauguration + Keynote Addresses

1915hInaugural Dinner

24/09/2020

DAY 20900h

Plenary Lectures 1 and 2

1000h

Tea

1030h

Lead Lectures/Oral Presentations (Parallel Sessions)

1230h

Lunch

1330h

Plenary Lecture 3 and 4

1400h

Lead Lectures/Oral Presentations (Parallel Sessions)

1530h

Tea

1600h

Poster Session

1830h

End of Sessions

1900h

Conference Dinner

25/09/2020DAY 30900h

Plenary Lectures 5 and 61000h

Tea

1030h

Lead lectures/Oral Presentations (Parallel Sessions)

1230h

Lunch

1330h

Plenary Lecture 7 and 81400h

Lead Lectures/Oral Presentations (Parallel Sessions)

1530h

Tea

1600h

Closing Ceremony

1700h

End of 16th Eurasia Conference

26/09/2020

DAY 40630h – 1930hField Trip (Optional)-

Registration Fee
Category

Early Bird –After 16th July 2020

Before 15th July 2020
International Participant

Euro 400

Euro 450

SAARC & Developing Countries(as LDC designated by UN)

Euro 250

Euro 300

Students

Euro 100Euro 125

Participants (SL)Rs. 15,000

Rs. 20,000

Students (SL)Rs. 10,000

Rs. 15,000

Accompanying person

Euro 120

Euro 150

Accompanying person (SL)Rs. 8,000

Rs. 12,000

Payable to: The Accountant, National Institute of Fundamental Studies,
Hantana Road, Kandy, Sri Lanka.
Account Name: National Institute of Fundamental Studies.
Account No.: NRFC/162747 (for international participants)
Account No.: Ac/No. 32795 (for local participants)
Bank: Bank of Ceylon, Dalada Veediya, Kandy, Sri Lanka.
SWIFT Code: BCEYLKLX
Receipts will be distributed at the Conference.

Important Dates
Deadline for abstract submission: 30 April 2020
Notification of acceptance: 31 May 2020
Early bird registration: 15 June 2020
Early bird payment of registration fees: 15 July 2020
Last date for registration: 15 August 2020
Reservation of accommodation at the conference venue: 15 July 2020
Payment for accommodation: 31 August 2020

Accommodation
Accommodation can be arranged at the Conference Venue, MAS Fabric Park, a gated resort
with modern conference facilities, provided that individual requests are made through theOrganizing Committee. Airport transfer will also be provided for participants who reserved
accommodation through the Organizing Committee prior to July 15, 2020 and provided
their travel details before September 10, 2020.
The BB room rate of Euro 38/night includes the cost of transfer from airport to conference
venue, all meals in addition to those provided during the conference period including
lunch on September 23rd, dinner on September 25th and lunch on September 26th forparticipants not opting for the field trip. Participants who are on the field trip will also be
provided lunch during the trip, dinner on September 26th and lunch on September 27th.

Field Trip
The Field Trip scheduled for Saturday, September 26th, 2020 is a visit to ruined cities of SriLanka including the rock fortress of Sigirya and the ancient capital of Sri Lanka,Polonnaruwa. The trip will begin at 6.30 am and end at 6 pm. Since the price of tickets tothese sites are high and depend on the passport that the participant holds, we are
reluctantly compelled to charge participants its cost (Euro 55 for both sites with a 50%
discount for those holding a SAARC country passport).

Sigiriya, is a rock fortress in the shape of a lion built by King Kassapa I in the late
5th century. Halfway up the rock is the lion‟s mouth entrance to the summit where there
are remains of the palace and gardens. Remains of terraced gardens with its fountains andcanals make up part of the old palace gardens at the base of the rock. Halfway up therocks, in a rather inaccessible shelter, are the world renowned rock paintings or frescoes
depicting 21 beautiful female figures. Just before the lion‟s mouth is a “mirror” wall on
which is inscribed the „Sigiri graffiti‟ believed to be among the most ancient texts of theSinhala language.

Polonnaruwa became the capital of Sri Lanka, after the fall of Anuradhapura in the10th century. The seven storied palace, the Lankatilake (image house of Buddha), the Gal
Vihara with its gigantic rock sculptures and the Tivanka Pilimage, with its 13th century wall
paintings illustrating the Jataka stories describing the previous lives of the Buddha, werebuilt during the reign of Parakramabahu I, who was also responsible for constructing theParakrama Samudra, the largest irrigation tank in country.
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ABSTRACT FORMAT
Abstracts should be in Times New Roman Font should fit into a single B5 (Note B5, not A4)
page keeping a 1” margin all round.
Title bold Times New Roman 13 pt centered, single spacing if over one line
Title to be followed by 12 pt space
Author names: Times New Roman 12 pt centered, Initials (no full stop) followed by spaceand Family Name, names separated by commas. Underline presenter‟s name; Superscript
a, b, etc after name: if multiple affiliations Single spacing if over one line.
12 pt space
Affiliation: Times New Roman 11 pt italics cantered after relevant superscript a, b, etc, if
any, followed by address including country and semi-colons between affiliations followedby email of presenter in parentheses.
11pt space
Text of Abstract in Times New Roman 12 pt justified, spacing 1.15 with 6 pt space after
each paragraph. No indentation, diagrams, structures, single colour if can beaccommodated in abstract single page:
References: Times New Roman 10 pt, single spacing, Maximum 2, Harvard Style(https://www.mendeley.com/guides/harvard-citation-guide)

Registration
Please complete the form below (Also attached separately in Word format) andsend it as an attachment by email to: eurasiachem16@nifs.ac.lk

EuAsC2S-16 REGISTRATION FORM
Name : (Title………) …….………..……..………………………………………………………………………………………..
Designation: ……………………….……………........................................................................................
Organization: ..............................................................................................................................
Mailing Address: ........................................................................................................................
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E-mail address: .................................................................
Phone: ....................................................
I plan to make a Presentation (Yes / No),

Fax: ......................................................
Preference: Oral (15 min)/Poster

If yes, Title:…..................................................................................................................................................
…………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………………………………………
Main Area of Presentation (See 1-14 above) : ………………
Registration Fee: Remitted to Bank on…………………………..…../ To be paid (Delete as required).
Accommodation at Conference Venue: Single / Double
Arrival: ………………………….……….

Departure: ……..……………………………….…

(Please notify flight details when available to arrange for transfer from airport to Hotel)
Non-participant accompanying person (Yes/No) Name………………………………………………………….