Sunday 30 November Time Event Official opening 5.45 Prof Keith Hunter Arthur Campbell – 75th anniversary of NZIC 8.00 Cocktail function & Opening of Trade Exhibition Monday 1 December Time Event Plenary 9.00-10.00 Professor Max Coleman – Searching for Life on Mars - Phoenix Lander 10.00-10.30 Morning tea – served in the exhibition area Concurrent A – Marine B - Macromolecular C - Plant Biochemistry D – Physical Sessions Biogeochemistry Structure & Function and Molecular Biology Chemistry 10.30-10.50 Kim Currie David Palmer Aluh Nikmatullah Lauri Halonen 10.50-11.10 Andrea de Leon Sigurd Wilbanks Jocelyn Eason 11.10-11.30 Robert Strzepek Warren Tate Phillip West Mikkel Bo Hansen 11.30-11.50 Michael Ellwood Jim Morton Simona Nardozza Anna Garden 11.50-12.10 Sylvia Sander Carla Eaton Daryl Rowan Bun Chan 12.10-12.30 Amir Hamidian Guy Jameson Nick Albert Will Polik 12.30-2.00 Lunch – served in exhibition area Plenary 2.00-3.00 Professor Chris Hunter – Organic and Medicinal Concurrent A – Marine B - Gene Structure & C- Plant Physiology & D – Physical Sessions Biogeochemistry Function Ecophysiology 1 Chemistry 3.00-3.20 David Hutchins Jasna Rakonjac Antonio Ferrante Evan Robertson 3.20-3.40 Doug Mackie Iain Lamont David Whitehead Henrik Kjaergaard 3.40-4.00 Afternoon tea – served in the exhibition area Concurrent A – Marine B - Gene Structure & C- Plant Physiology & D – Physical Sessions Biogeochemistry Function Ecophysiology 1 Chemistry 4.00-4.20 Jill Sutton Chris Brown Nigel Perry Tilo Sohnel 4.20-4.40 Andy Pratt Steven Gieseg Luke Youard Bryce Williamson 4.45-6.45 Poster Presentations followed by cocktails at 6pm Tuesday 2 December Time Event Plenary 8.30-9.30 Sami Damak – How Do We Taste Our Food? Taste Receptors in the Mouth and in the Gut Concurrent A - Environmental B – Organic D - Education at the C - Health Sessions and Analytical Chemistry interface 9.30-9.50 Kim Hageman John Blunt Prof John Hill 9.50-10.10 Mandy Herbst Bridget Stocker 10.10-10.30 Morning tea – served in the exhibition area Concurrent A - Environmental B – Organic C - Functional Plant D - Education at the Sessions and Analytical Chemistry Biology interface Martin Hohmann- 10.30-10.50 Christina McGraw Steve Moratti David McMorran Marriott 10.50-11.10 Mark Albertson Lynton Baird Wouter Ballizany Murray Thompson 11.10-11.30 Shailini Ashoka Gavin Painter Sarah Dorling Tony Zaharic 11.30-11.50 Yantao Song Mattie Timmer Richard Haverkamp Kaye Wilson 11.50-12.10 Peter Swedlund Peter Tyler Marian McKenzie David Warren 12.10-12.30 Barrie Peake Murray Munro Will be filled John Harper NZIC, NZSPB, NZSBMB AGMs 12.30-2.00 Lunch – served in exhibition area Plenary Plenary 2.00-3.00 Easterfield Lecture Roger Slack Jadranka Travas-Sejdic Dr Tina Summerfield Concurrent A - Medicinal B – Organic C - Plant D - Education at the Sessions Chemistry Chemistry Development interface 3.00-3.20 Corrina Thompson Michele Prinsep Mike Clearwater Sheila Woodgate 3.20-3.40 John Mitchell Emily Parker Erin O’Donoghue Adrian Jull 3.40-4.00 Afternoon tea – served in the exhibition area 4.00-4.20 Kim McGrouther Jonathan Puddick David Collings Simon McMillan 4.20-4.40 Sunny Hu Gareth Rowlands Paul Dijkwel Sheila Woodgate 4.40-5.00 John Wagner Laboratory Visits 4.45-6.45 Poster Presentations followed by cocktails at 6pm Wednesday 3 December Time Event - Rutherford Symposium 8.30-8.50 1993 Professor Roy Kerr FRSNZ 8.50-9.10 1994 Sir Ian Axford Hon FRSNZ 9.10-9.30 1995 Professor William Denny ONZM FRSNZ 9.30-9.50 1997 Emeritus Professor Thomas (John) Walker 9.50-10.20 Morning tea 10.20-10.40 1998 Dr William Robinson FRSNZ 10.40-11.00 1999 Professor David Vere-Jones FRSNZ 11.00-11.20 2001 Professor Peter Gluckman CNZM FRS FRSNZ 11.20-11.40 2002 Professor Jeff Tallon FRSNZ 11.40-12.00 2003 Professor George Petersen ONZM FRSNZ 12.00-12.30 Lunch – served in exhibition area 12.30-12.50 2004 Professor David Penny CNZM FRSNZ 12.50-1.10 2005 Professor Paul Callaghan PCNZM FRS FRSNZ 1.10-1.30 2006 Professor Ted Baker FRSNZ 1.30-1.50 2007 Professor Richard Faull ONZM FRSNZ 1.50-2.10 1991 Professor Vaughan Jones DCNZM Hon FRSNZ 2.15-6.00 Local tours and excursions or free time 7.00 Conference Gala Dinner: Information Services Building Link Thursday 4 December Time Event Plenary 8.30-9.30 Professor Mårten Wikström – topic TBC Concurrent A - Physical & D – Inorganic Sessions Theoretical 9.30-9.50 James Crowley Plenary Sean Smith Applied Biosystems 9.50-10.10 Victoria Argyle 10.10-10.30 Morning tea – served in the exhibition area Concurrent A- Physical & B –NZIC Students C – NZSBMB Students D – Inorganic Sessions Theoretical Wellington 10.30-10.50 Hicham Idriss Auckland Mark Waterland 10.30 – 10.45 Lincoln 10.50-11.10 Matthias Lein Waikato Jonathan Kitchen 10.45 - 11.00 Canterbury 11.10-11.30 Nicola Gaston Massey Bill Henderson 11.00 – 11.15 Otago 11.30-11.50 Grant McIntosh Wellington Nigel Lucas 11.15 – 11.30 Auckland 11.50-12.10 James Bull Lincoln Richard Tilley 11.30 – 11.45 Waikato 12.10-12.30 Joseph Lane Canterbury Tei Tagg 11.45 – 12.00 Massey 12.30-12.50 Leon Phillips Otago Kirsten Edgar 12.00 – 12.15 12.50-2.00 Lunch – served in exhibition area Jim McQuillan John McAdam Annals of Botany Daniel Packwood Brian Nicholson 2.00-3.00 Dr Peter Nixon Luigi Petrone C- Plant Biotechnology 3.00-3.20 Simon Hall Associate Professor Ben Hankamer 3.20-3.40 Jacob Shephard 3.40-4.00 Afternoon tea – served in the exhibition area Concurrent A- Physical & C- Plant Physiology & Sessions Theoretical Ecophysiology 2 4.00-4.20 Shaun Hendy David Sheerin 4.20-4.40 Paul Kilmartin Adrian Walcroft 4.40-5.00 Keith Gordon 5.00 Close of Conference .