Held by the SKLEOC, the Beijing-Tianjin Salon on
Organic Chemistry was held from October 4th-10th of 2018.
More than 60 researchers from Nankai University, Peking University, Tsinghua
University and the Institute of Chemistry (CAS) were present at the conference.
The opening ceremony was hosted by Prof. Pingping Tang. Prof. Chunming Cui,
director of the SKLEOC, gave the opening remarks.
During the salon, Prof. Ning Jiao of Peking University
delivered a speech entitled “Difficulties and Challenges in the Conversion of
Simple Hydrocarbons”; Prof. Congyang Wang of the Institute of Chemistry talked
about “Activation and Conversion of Nitrogen”; Prof. Yefeng Tang of Tsinghua
University discussed the topic “Artificial Intelligence and Synthetic Chemistry
– The Beginning or the End?”; Prof. Zhijin Fan of Nankai University lastly gave
the lecture “Frontiers on the Protection of Green Plants based on Self-Defense”.
The talks focused on the advantages, challenges, opportunities and histories of
organic chemistry in these fields. These in depth concepts greatly arouse
discussions among the audience.
New talents joint to these four research institutes
gave self-introductions on the salon. Prof. Zhengren Xun, and Rong Zhu of
Peking University, Prof. Weimin Xuan of Nankai University and Prof. Meng Li of
Tsinghua University, shared their research ideas and future perspectives and
were advised by experienced senior researchers. Throughout the free discussion session, participants
of the conference each gave their thoughts on ways to improve the salon. By the
end, Prof. Qilin Zhou offered closing remarks, encouraging researchers to keep
up the scientific spirit.
The Beijing-Tianjin Salon on Organic Chemistry was
brought up by Prof. Qilin Zhou, Prof. Zhenfeng Xi and Prof. Meixiang Wang in
2003. The idea was to develop an advanced platform for researchers to discuss the
frontiers of organic chemistry. The current salon is the 16th. The
17thsalon will be held in Peking University.
