Topics  to be covered in microsymposia include the physics, chemistry, biology,  material science, engineering, nanotechnology, medical and biomedical  or industrial applications of porphyrins, phthalocyanines and related  macrocycles.  
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															Full Program 
																	 
																	The list of scheduled symposia and symposium organizers is presented below. 
																	 
																	 
																	As at past ICPPs, this eighth conference on porphyrins and phthalocyanines aims at gathering together numerous topics related to this exciting family of molecules. All aspects of porphyrins, phthalocyanines and related macrocycles will be discussed in the form of Plenary Lectures, Award Lectures, short oral presentations and posters over the full five-day period of the meeting.  
																	 
																	Topics to be covered in microsymposia include the physics, chemistry, biology, material science, engineering, nanotechnology, medical and biomedical or industrial applications of porphyrins, phthalocyanines and related macrocycles.  
																	 
																	The list of scheduled symposia and symposium organizers is presented below. 
																		 
																	 
																Synthesis and Properties 
																 
																	1. The KMS symposium: 50 Years of Porphyrin Chemistry 
																	Organized by Ravindra Pandey, Roberto Paolesse, Mathias Senge and M. Graca H. Vicente 
																	 
																	2. Exotic Coordination Chemistry of Porphyrinoid Systems and its Applications 
																	Organized by Bernard Boitrel and Penny Brothers 
																	 
																	3. Functional Lanthanides Macrocyclic Complexes: Synthesis, Molecular Materials and Devices Session 1 
																	Organized by Marcel Bouvet and Jianzhuang Jiang 
																	 
																	4. Functional Lanthanides Macrocyclic Complexes: Synthesis, Molecular Materials and Devices Session 2 
																	Organized by Marcel Bouvet, Yulia Gorbunova and Jianzhang Jiang 
																	 
																	5. Subphthalocyanines, Subporphyrazines, Subporphyrins and Related Contracted Porphyrinoids 
																	Organized by Zhen Shen, Hiroko Yamada & Salome Rodriguez-Morgade 
																	 
																	6. Advances in the Synthesis and Properties of Phthalocyanines, Porphyrins and Related Systems 
																	Organized by Gema de la Torre, Rüdiger Faust, Michael J. Cook and Tomás Torres 
																	 
																	7. New Porphycenes, New Insights 
																	Organized by Santi Nonell and Jacek Waluk 
																	 
																	8. Hydroporphyrins: Synthesis, Properties and Applications 
																	Organized by Eszter Borbas 
																	 
																	9. Corrole Synthesis and Functionalization 
																	Organized by Wouter Maes and Roberto Paolesse 
																	 
																	10. Functionalization of Porphyrins 
																	Organized by Norbert Jux and Christian Brückner 
																	 
																	11. BODIPY Chemistry: Synthesis, Properties and Applications 
																	Organized by Engin Umut Akkaya 
																	 
																	12. Phthalocyanine Analog Macrocycles: Synthetic Developments and Spectroscopy 
																	Organized by Viktor N. Nemykin and Christopher J. Ziegler 
																	 
																 
															Materials and Self-Assemblies 
																 
																	13. Chirality and Biomimetic Systems: Session 1 
																	Organized by Roberto Purrello and Nina Berova 
																	 
																	14. Chirality and Biomimetic Systems: Session 2 
																	Organized by Koji Kano and Eugen Stulz 
																	 
																	15. Self-assembling Tetrapyrroles 
																	Organized by Téodor Silviu Balaban and Luigi Monsù Scolaro 
																	 
																	16. Linear Multiporphyrin Scaffolds and Assemblies: Synthesis, Properties and Applications 
																	Organized by Romain Ruppert and Jean Weiss 
																	 
																	17. Coordination Chemistry in Supramolecular Porphyrinic Devices 
																	Organized by Nathalie Solladie  
																	 
																	18. On-Surface Magnetochemistry 
																	Organized by Thomas Jung and Nirmalya Ballav 
																	 
																	19. Porphyrin or Phthalocyanine Based Extended Networks 
																	Organized by Véronique Bulach and Mir Wais Hosseini 
																	 
																	20. Liquid Crystals and Thin-films Based on Phthalocyanines 
																	Organized by Kazuchika Ohta and Tamara Basova 
																	 
																	21. Macrocycle-Based Chemical Sensors 
																	Organized by Marcel Bouvet and Corrado Di Natale  
																	 
																 
															Biomedical Applications 
																 
																22. Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine-Based Targeted Photochemistry in Biomedical Applications 
																	Organized by Kristian Berg and Tayyaba Hasan 
																	 
																	23. Nanoparticles for Photodynamic Therapy: Advantages and Perspectives 
																	Organized by Céline Frochot 
																	 
																	24. Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy 
																	Organized by Reza Ghiladi and Kristjan Plaetzer 
																	 
																	25. Porphyrin-Based Redox Active Therapeutics: Effects on Cellular Redox Status in CNS and Radiation Injuries, Cancer,  and  Autoimune Disorders 
																	Organized by Ines Batinic-Haberle and Ivan Spasojevic  
																	 
																	26. Medical Imaging (MRI, PET and SPECT) 
																	Organized by Claude P Gros and M Graca H Vicente 
																	 
																	27. Porphyrin- and Phthalocyanine-Photosensitised Processes: Their Application for Protection and Qualitative Optimization of the Environment 
																	Organized by Joao Tomé 
																	 
																 
															Biochemistry / Hemes 
																	 
																28. Open-chain tetrapyrroles and biliproteins 
																	Organized by Hugo Scheer and Kai-Hong Zhao 
																 
																29. Biological Sensing and Transport Systems for Heme or Heme Proteins 
																	Organized by Shigetoshi Aono and Koichiro Ishimori 
																	 
																	30. Experimental Spectroscopic Probes of Intermediates in Heme Enzymes 
																	Organized by Anabella Ivancich and James R. Kincaid 
																	 
																	31. New Insights into the Structure and Function of Heme Proteins 
																	Organized by Denis Rousseau and Syun-Ru Yeh 
																	 
																	32. Novel Roles of Heme as Gas Sensing and Signal Transduction Session 1 : Heme-Based Gas Sensors 
																	Organized by Teizo Kitagawa and Toru Shimizu 
																	 
																	33. Novel Roles of Heme as Gas Sensing and Signal Transduction Session 2 : Gas Sensing and Other Functions 
																	Organized by Toru Shimizu and Teizo Kitagawa 
																	 
																	34. Vitamin B12: Crossing all Borders 
																	Organized by Felix Zelder and Dorota Gryko 
																	 
																	35. Natural Porphyrinoid Pigments: Synthesis, Structure and Function 
																	Organized by Bernhard Kräutler and Franz-Peter Montforts 
																	 
																	36. Biosynthesis of Chlorophylls 
																	Organized by Hitoshi Tamiaki and Donald A. Bryant 
																	 
																	37. Heme Proteins and Analogues 
																	Organized by Paola Turano, Takashi Hayashi and John H. Dawson 
																	 
																 
															Catalysis and Energy 
																 
																38. Sustainable Chemical Processes Catalyzed by Metal Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines 
																	Organized by Emma Gallo and Keith Woo 
																	 
																	39. Oxidation Processes Involving Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Complexes: Reactivity and Mechanistic Aspects 
																	Organized by Alexander B. Sorokin and Wonwoo Nam 
																	 
																	40. Asymmetric Catalysis by Metalloporphyrins 
																	Organized by Gérard Simonneaux and Peter Zhang  
																	 
																	41. Electron Transfer and Applications 
																	Organized by Francis DSouza, Shunichi Fukuzumi and Dirk M. Guldi 
																	 
																	42. Electro- and Photo-Catalytic Processes for Clean Energy 
																	Organized by Zeev Gross and Abhishek Dey 
																	 
																	43. Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines in Materials: From Multifunctional Nanostructures to Catalysts for Renewable Energy 
																	Organized by Yujiang Song and Craig Medforth 
																	 
																	44. Porphyrinoids in Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells 
																	Organized by Wouter Maes and Yutaka Matsuo 
																	 
																 
															Theory, Modellization and Spectroscopy 
																 
																45. Advanced Spectroscopic Methods Applied to Metalloporphyrins and Heme Proteins 
																	Organized by Joshua Telser  
																	 
																	46. Theory and Spectroscopy of Porphyrins, Phthalocyanines and Related Compounds 
																	Organized by Nagao Kobayashi and Martin J. Stillman 
																	 
																	47. Computational Modelling of Porphyrin and Phthalocyanines Reactivity 
																	Organized by Samuel De Visser 
																	 
																	48. Photochemistry, Spectroscopy and Ultrafast Dynamics of Phthalocyanines and Porphyrins in Solution, Films, and at Biological Interfaces  
																	Organized by Halina Abramczyk 
																	 
																	49. Non-Linear Optical Properties of Porphyrinoids 
																	Organized by Daniel Gryko and Harry Anderson 
																	 
																	50. Raman spectroscopy as a probe of the structure, function, and  dynamics of heme proteins and model compounds 
																	Organized by Paul Champion and Giulietta Smulevich 
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