Welcome to the website of the 58th Bürgenstock Conference that will take place at Hotel Waldstätterhof in Brunnen, Switzerland, from May 4-8, 2025.
The ‘SCS Conference on Stereochemistry’, better known as ‘Bürgenstock Conference’, is an outstanding international chemistry meeting of high scientific quality, with an optimal setting for intense inter-disciplinary discussion.
From 1965 to 2008, the venue of the conference was the Bürgenstock-Resort above the lake of Lucerne in Switzerland. Since 2009, the meetings have moved to another beautiful location on the shores of Lake Lucerne: the Seehotel Waldstätterhof Brunnen.
Stereochemistry is the principle underlying our understanding of the processes of life and the properties of matter at the molecular level. It is a key element not only in all chemical disciplines, but also in modern molecular biology, molecular medicine, biophysics, and material design. Accordingly, the ‘Bürgenstock Conference’ has grown over the years into a multi-disciplinary conference where frontier science is being discussed. Lectures cover many areas of chemistry and relevant highlights from neighboring disciplines.
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2025 |
Prof. José Luis Mascareñas, ES |
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2024 |
Prof. Erick M. Carreira, CH |
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2023 |
Prof. Alois Fürstner, D |
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2022 |
Prof. Janine Cossy, F |
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2021 |
e-Bürgenstock: Presidents meet Young Fellows |
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2020 |
no Conference |
Cancelled due to COVID-19 |
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2019 |
Prof. Véronique Gouverneur, UK |
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2018 |
Prof. Ilan Marek, IL |
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2017 |
Prof. Bert Meijer, NL |
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2016 |
Prof. Paul Knochel, D |
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2015 |
Prof. Antonio Togni, CH |
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2014 |
Prof. Antonio M. Echavarren, E |
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2013 |
Prof. Luisa De Cola , I |
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2012 |
Prof. Andreas Pfaltz, CH |
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2011 |
Prof. J. K. M. Sanders, UK |
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2010 |
Prof. E. P. Kündig, CH |
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2009 |
Prof. B. L. Feringa, NL |
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2008 |
Prof. D. Hilvert, CH |
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2007 |
Prof. S. Z. Zard, F |
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2006 |
Prof. B. Kräutler, A |
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2005 |
Prof. A. Krief, B |
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2004 |
Prof. H. Waldmann, D |
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2003 |
Prof. J.-E. Bäckvall, S |
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2002 |
Prof. L. Addadi, ISR |
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2001 |
Prof. A. Vasella, CH |
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2000 |
Prof. J. F. Normant, F |
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1999 |
Prof. J. de Mendoza, E |
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1998 |
Prof. M. T. Reetz, D |
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1997 |
Prof. S. V. Ley, UK |
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1996 |
Prof. F. Diederich, CH |
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1995 |
Prof. H. Schwarz, D |
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1994 |
Prof. D. N. Reinhoudt, NL |
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1993 |
Prof. W. Oppolzer, CH |
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1992 |
Prof. G. Ourisson, F |
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1991 |
Prof. H. Ringsdorf, D |
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1990 |
no Conference |
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1989 |
Prof. R. Scheffold, CH |
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1988 |
Prof. W. N. Speckamp, NL |
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1987 |
Prof. D. Seebach, CH |
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1986 |
Prof. E. Winterfeldt, D |
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1985 |
Prof. M. Julia, F |
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1984 |
Prof. L. Ghosez, B |
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1983 |
Prof. Sir Jack E Baldwin, UK |
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1982 |
Prof. R. Huisgen, D |
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1981 |
Prof. J. Mathieu, F |
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1980 |
Prof. J. D. Dunitz, CH |
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1979 |
Prof. Sir Derek Barton, UK |
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1978 |
Prof. H. A. Staab, D |
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1977 |
Prof. P. Pino, CH |
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1976 |
Prof. Sir Alan R Battersby, UK |
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1975 |
Prof. J. Dale, N |
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1974 |
Prof. J. M. Lehn, F |
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1973 |
Prof. R. H. Martin, B |
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1972 |
Prof. W. D. Ollis, UK |
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1971 |
Prof. H. Musso, D |
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1970 |
Prof. E. Havinga, NL |
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1969 |
Prof. A. Kjaer, DK |
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1968 |
Prof. J. Sicher, CZ |
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1967 |
Prof. J. Jacques, F |
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1966 |
Prof. D. Arigoni, CH |
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1965 |
Prof. A. S. Dreiding, CH |
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The SCS label is granted to this conference by the
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Prof. José Luis Mascareñas
University of Santiago de Compostela
SCS Head Office
info@scg.ch
+41 31 306 92 92
