The 24th International SPACC Symposium– Metal Complexes for Green and Sustainable Development –November 22–25, 2017
Auckland, New ZealandFirst Circular and Call for Papers

Organized by
The Society of Pure and Applied Coordination Chemistry
The University of Auckland

INVITATION
Dear Colleagues,
The 24th International SPACC (The Society of Pure and Applied Coordination Chemistry)
Symposium will be held at The University of Auckland, New Zealand, from November 22 toNovember 25, 2017. The International Advisory and Organizing Committee cordially invite you toattend the symposium and participate in its scientific and social programs. The main theme of thesymposium will be “Metal Complexes for Green and Sustainable Development.” The symposium will
focus on greener processes using unique metal complexes and sustainable development toward newfunctional materials, as well as basic research on organic, inorganic, and biological chemistry for
future inventions.
As with previous SPACC Symposia, it is intended that this Symposium will provide aplatform for young scientists to exchange scientific information among themselves and with theselected leading scientists. This series of symposia was initiated in Tokyo about 20 years ago by theSPACC fellow Prof. Yano, and has being held annually at different venues around the world. It is ourgreat pleasure to host this 24th Symposium in Auckland, New Zealand.
Presentations will consist of four categories – plenary lectures, invited lectures, oralpresentations, and poster presentations. Prizes will be awarded for the best presentations, especiallyfor those given by students. The International Advisory and Organizing Committee hope all
registrants will present a paper, but acceptance of papers will be at the discretion of the Committee.
The official language of the symposium will be English.
In the following pages, you will find details concerning the Symposium. We look forward tomeeting you in Auckland, New Zealand.

Important Deadlines
Early-bird registration: July 31
Application of all presentations: July 31
Payment for registration fee (domestic participants only*1): August 31
Abstract submission: July 31*1

Only bank transfer will be available for early-bird payment.

ADVISORY AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Chairperson:
James Wright

The University of Auckland

Christian Hartinger

The University of Auckland

Co-chairperson:
Takanori Nishioka

Osaka City University/ President of SPACC

Shigenobu Yano

Fellow of SPACC

Committee member:
Tetsuo Nagano

The University of Tokyo

Ichiro Okura

Tokyo Institute of Technology

Toshihiko Ozawa

Showa Phamaceutical University

Mitsunobu Sato

Kogakuin University

Haruo Akashi

Okayama University of Science

Toshifumi Satoh

Hokkaido University

Motowo Yamaguchi

Tokyo Metropolitan University

Yutaka Amao

Osaka City University

Hideki Hashimoto

Kwansei Gakuin University

Yuji Mikata

Nara Women’s University (Secretary)

Yuko Sugai

Kwansei Gakuin University

Yuriko Matsumura

Tokyo Healthcare University

Chihiro Mochizuki

Kogakuin University

Hiroki Nagai

Kogakuin University

Keisuke Kawamoto

Kanazawa University

Yuri Maeda

Nagoya Institute of Technology

Local committee member:James Wright

The University of Auckland

Christian Hartinger

The University of Auckland

Erin Leitao

The University of Auckland

Muhammad Hanif

The University of Auckland

Muneebah Adams

The University of Auckland

Stefan Schwarz

The University of Auckland

International Advisory Board
Li Lu

National University of Singapore

Cheng-Hsin ChuangSouthern Taiwan University of Science and Technology

Xiao-Yuan Li

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Shenguo Wang

Chinese Academy of Science

Ouyang Jie

Tianjin Institute of Technology

Terrence J. Collins

Carnegie Mellon University

Chris Orvig

University of British Columbia

James Wright

The University of Auckland

Shie-Ming Peng

National Taiwan University

Xiangshi Tan

Fudan University

Handong Yin

Liaocheng UniversityJianmin Dou

Liaocheng University

Tim Storr

Simon Fraser University

CORRESPONDENCE
All correspondence concerning the Symposium should be addressed to:
Yuji Mikata (Secretary of SPACC 24th Symposium)
Nara Women's University
Nara 630-8506, Japan
Tel/Fax: +81-042-20-3095
E-mail: mikata@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM (Tentative)
The scientific program will include plenary lectures, invited lectures, oral and poster presentations.
The official language of the symposium is English. Registration, all lectures and the oral and poster
presentations will be held at The University of Auckland.

Wednesday, November 22
16:00----20:30

Arrival and Registration

18:00----19:00

Opening Ceremony

Thursday, November 23
8:30----Registration

9:00----9:30

Opening Remarks

Morning Session
9:30----12:00
12:00----13:00

Lunch

Afternoon Session
13:00----17:20
17:20----17:30

SPACC Award Ceremony

17:30----18:00

SPACC Award Lecture

18:30----20:30

Symposium Dinner

Friday, November 24
Morning Session
9:30----13:00
13:00----14:00

Lunch

Afternoon Session (Poster Session)
14:00----15:45
15:45----16:00

Closing Ceremony & Poster Awards

Saturday, November 25
9:00----12:00

Networking Session for Future CollaborationREGISTRATION FORM
Registration should be made via email. Please use the following form, complete it, and send the form
via e-mail to Yuji Mikata (mikata@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp) with “Presentation SPACC24 and your name”
as the subject.
The deadline for early-bird registration is July 31, and transfer the registration fee throughBank Transfer only from a bank account in Japan, by August 31.

Registration form
Name:
Title:
Affiliation:
SPACC member (yes or no):Student (yes or no):Grade (if you are a student):
Banquet (yes or no):E-mail:Telephone number:Name(s) of accompanying person:

To Pay by Bank Transfer (only from a bank account in Japan), please send your payment to:

Bank Name: Japan Post Bank (ゆうちょ 銀⾏)
Branch name: 019
Account name: The Society of Pure and Applied Coordination Chemistry (先端錯体⼯学研究会）

Account number: 0773549（当座)Please input the registration “SPACC24” before your name.

Registration fee
Early-Bird Fee*

Regular Fee(Deadline: July 31)(at symposium site)

General¥ 25,000¥ 30,000

Student¥ 12,000¥ 17,000

General¥ 30,000¥ 35,000

Student¥ 15,000¥ 20,000

Registration Type

MemberNon-member

Banquet fee: General ¥ 5,000; Student ¥ 3,000.
The refund policy for cancellations is as follows:- For cancellations received on or before August 31, 2017: Full refund.
- For cancellations received on or after September 1 until September 30, 2017: 50% refund.
- For cancellations received on or after October 1, 2017: no refunds.

APPLICATION FORM FOR PRESENTATIONS
Please use copy and paste the following form, complete it, and send the form via e-mail to ProfessorYuji Mikata (mikata@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp) with “Presentation for SPACC24” as the subject, by July 31.
The deadline for abstract submissions is July 31.

Presentation (oral/poster):
Title of the presentation:
Author’s Name(s):Affiliation(s):Address:
Presenter:
Grade (if the presenter is a student):
Student Award (Lecture, Poster, or not apply):
E-mail:Registrations will only be made via e-mail (mikata@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp).

ORAL PRESENTATIONS:
Abstracts should be prepared according to the Abstract Preparation Guidelines described below.
Authors can download the abstract template from the website (http://spacc.gr.jp andhttp://hartinger.blogs.auckland.ac.nz/spacc-24/scientific_programme). The abstract should be sent via
e-mail (mikata@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp) to Yuji Mikata with “Presentation for SPACC24” as the subject,and “your name” as the file name. Only Acrobat PDF files will be accepted. The deadline for abstract
submission is July 31. Authors will be informed within a week if their contribution has been accepted
for a poster presentation rather than an oral presentation. Standard facilities for PC presentations will
be available at the Symposium site.

POSTER PRESENTATION:
Poster presentations will be very welcome as well. Authors should submit the same information(including an abstract) as listed for oral presentations above by the same deadlines. The poster
presentation session will be held during the afternoon of Friday, November 24, 2017. However all
posters will be placed on the viewing boards from Wednesday, November 22, 2017, morning and will
therefore be available for viewing during coffee breaks and lunch for the duration of the conference. A
poster space (approximately 90 cm wide, 160 cm high) will be available.

ABSTRACT PREPARATION GUIDELINES
1. The abstract should be submitted in English, the official language of the symposium.
2. As the submitted abstract will be printed and reproduced directly without any editing, special careshould be taken to ensure high quality of text and diagrams.
3. Authors can download the abstract template from the website (http://spacc.gr.jp andhttp://hartinger.blogs.auckland.ac.nz/spacc-24/scientific_programme).