Parma (Italy) 11-14 Sept. 2005 Science Campus Auditorium Parco Area delle Scienze WEB SITE: http://chirality2005.unipr.it CHAIRPERSONS Rosangela Marchelli (University of Parma) Francesco Gasparrini e-mail: [email protected] Conference topics will include the most recent developments and applications in the field of the separation sciences, chemistry, biology, medicine, pharmacology, physics, crystallography, and computer science. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE University of Parma Franca Bigi Claudio Corradini (Univerity of Rome Roberto Corradini “La Sapienza) Arnaldo Dossena SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Daniel W. Armstrong (USA) Nina Berova (, USA) John Caldwell (UK) Vadim A. Davankov (Russia) Eric Francotte (Switzerland) Wolfgang Lindner (Austria) Yoshio Okamoto (Japan) Plenary Lectures Lia Addadi (Israel) Eric Francotte (Switzerland) Wolfgang Lindner (Austria) Peter E. Nielsen (Denmark) David N. Reinhoudt (Holland) Julius Rebek, Jr. (U.S.A.) Piero Salvadori (Italy) Kenso Soai (Japan) Gianni Galaverna Gerardo Palla Andrea Secchi Stefano Sforza Rocco Ungaro University of Rome CHIRALITY METAL AWARD “La Sapienza” YOUNG RESEARCHER HiGHLIGHTS Giovanna Cancelliere Ilaria D’Acquarica 4-SHORT COURSES Rosangela Marchelli (Italy) Marco Pierini Domenico Misiti (Italy) Claudio Villani Kazuhiko Saigo (Japan) Volker Schurig (Germany) Christopher Welch (NJ, USA) Under the auspices of 4th Interdisciplinary Symposium on Biological Chirality Parma (Italy) 14-15 September 2005 Società Chimica Italiana Divisione di Chimica Organica