PROGRAM
Monday March 4, 2002
Beirut Campus

08:30-10:30 AM: Registration

10:30-11:00 AM: Reception

11:00-11:40 AM:

Opening Ceremony
Irwin Hall Auditorium

11:40 AM-12:10 PM:

Keynote Address, Prof. C. Conley, U.S.A.
Irwin Hall Auditorium
Genomics Applications in Spaceflight Biology

12:10 - 12:40 PM:

Keynote Address, Prof. O. Melnyk, France
Irwin Hall Auditorium
Sensitive and Specific Detection of Antibodies in Complex Biological Samples Using Glass Slide Peptide Arrays

12:40 -1:40 PM: Lunch Cafeteria

1:40 - 2:10 PM:

Keynote Address, Prof. P. Ajayan, U.S.A.
Irwin Hall Auditorium
Nanotechnology and its Applications

2:10 - 2:40 PM:

Keynote Address, M. Zaworotko, U.S.A.
Irwin Hall Auditorium
Self-Assembly of Crystals and Nanocrystals

2:40 - 3:10 PM:

Keynote Address, Prof. H. Sleiman, Canada
Irwin Hall Auditorium
Self-Assembly of DNA for Biological and Nanotechnological Applications

3:10 - 3:20 PM: Coffee Break

3:20 - 5:30 PM: Parallel Sessions

Session "A"
Conference Room A
Chemical Synthesis
Chair: G. Hammond

1. M. Yamaguchi, Japan
   Novel Chemistry of Optically Active Helicene
   
   
2. O. Reiser, Germany
   Asymmetric Cyclopropanation of Furans as Key Step in the Synthesis of Natural Products and Analogs
   
   
3. F. Lamaty, France
   Soluble Polymer Support and Synthesis of Aminoacids And Peptidomimetics
   
   
4. S. Sieburth, U.S.A.
   Symmetry-Breaking in 2-Pyridine Photoadducts. Complex Intermediates from Simple Aromatics
   
   
5. P. Page, England
   New System for Catalytic Asymmetric Epoxidation
   
   
6. M. Abdul Ghani, Lebanon
   TFFH: A Convenient Activator for the Synthesis of Alcohols and N,N'-Diaroyl Hydrazides

Session "B"
Conference Room B
Material Science
Chair: M. Zaworotko

1. H. Abourahma, U.S.A.
   Nanoballs: Synthesis, Crystal Structure and Crystallization on Surfaces
   
   
2. N. A. Enaki, Moldova
   Two-Phonon Cooperative Effects in Superconductivity
   
   
3. A. Faraj, Lebanon
   Temperature of Anomulous Behavior in the Superconducting Transition Tl1-Xvxba2ca2cu3o9-_
   
   
4. A. Awad, Egypt
   Study of the Superconductivity in Vxtl2ba2ca2cu3o10+_
   
   
5. N. Bouarissa, Algeria
   Monte-Carlo Study of Slow Electrons Penetration in Ag
   
   
6. K. Kassali, Algeria
   Electronic Band Structures of Zinc-Blende Aln, Inn and their Alloy Al1-xinxn

Session "C"
Conference Room C
Mathematics
Chair : E. Deeba

1. A. A. El-Bary, Egypt
   A Numerical Method for Solving Fredholm Integral Equation of the Second Kind with Singular Kernel
   
   
2. A. Badra, France
   Frobenius Number of a Linear Diophantine Equation
   
   
3. A. Abdulrahim, Lebanon
   The Hecke Algebra Representation of the Braid Group
   
   
4. B. Kojok, Lebanon
   Elgamal Signature Scheme in the Domain of Gaussian Integers
   
   
5. H. Farran, Kuwait
   Large Convex Solids
   
   
6. A. Kassar, Lebanon
   Divisibility in Factor Rings over Unique Factorization Domains

5:30 - 8:15 PM: Short Courses and Workshops

8:30 PM: Conference Dinner - Cafeteria