Organometallic Chemistry and Challenges in CO2 Activation and Utilization

The XXVIII International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry (ICOMC 2018) was held in Florence, Italy, from 15-20 July 2018. ICOMC 2018 is the 28th edition of a series biennial events that came back to Italy after exactly 30 years (Torino 1988), organized by the Institute of Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds (ICCOM) of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR). The Organizing Committee was formed by the Chair Dr. Maurizio Peruzzini (CNR Research Director), the Co-chair Dr. Alessandro Mordini (CNR Research Director), and the Scientific Secretary, Dr. Luca Gonsalvi (CNR Senior Researcher). A Professional Conference Organizer (PCO), Adria Congrex s.r.l., was in charge of the overall management and logistics of the event, including the official ICOMC 2018 website (www.icomc2018.com). One of the parallel lecture sessions was reserved on Thursday and Friday to the works of the XIII Conference of the Interdivisional Group of Organometallic Chemistry of The Italian Chemical Society (Co.G.I.C.O. 2018). The Symposium Challenges in CO2 Activation and Utilization, supported by IUPAC under the New Directions in Chemistry (NDC) scheme, was organized as a full-day session of ICOMC 2018 on Monday, receiving good interest and attendance. Keynote lectures were given by Thibault Cantat (CEA Saclay, France) and Yuichiro Himeda (AIST Tsukuba, Japan). Similarly, a symposium was organized on Tuesday addressing the area of Photovoltaics and Photoactivated Chemical Processes. A keynote lecture was delivered by Curtis Berlinguette (UBC Vancouver, Canada). IUPAC support included the participation of a Young Lecturer and four Young Scientists showing either poster or flash presentations. On the opening day, Pietro Tundo (IUPAC Representative, Italy) gave an overview talk on the structure and current activities of IUPAC.