October 3rd and 4th, 2008

We are pleased to announce the following speakers for the 2008 William S. Johnson Symposium in Organic Chemistry.

Thank you to all of the sponsors for the 2008. Without your support the Johnson Symposium would not be possible.

Speaker	University	Sponsor
Maurice Brookhart	University of Carolina at Chapel Hill	Schering Plough
Thomas Goodwin	Hendrix College	After dinner speaker
Anna Mapp	The University of Michigan	Genentech
John Montgomery	The University of Michigan	Wyeth
Eiichi Nakamura	The University of Tokyo	Boehringer Ingelheim
Ian Paterson	The University of Cambridge	Gilead
Lutz Tietze	Universität Göttingen	Merck
Roger Tsien	The University of California at San Diego	Roche

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Cost/Event Registration:
Cost of the symposium is $285 per person. Price includes admission to the symposium on both Friday and Saturday, plus Friday night's poster session and reception, all program material, lunch on Friday and beverages and snacks throughout.

Registration is now OPEN! Please contact Patricia Dwyer with questions

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Need a place to stay during the Johnson Symposium?

The Sheraton Palo Alto is offer the terrific rate of $99 per night for the symposium.

• Reservations can be made by calling the hotel reservations department direct at 1-800-325-3535 or 650-328-2800.

• Via email at SheratonReservations@pahotel.com. Reservations made via email must include the following: Guest Name, Arrival/Departure Date, Address, Phone # & Name of Group. To guarantee a reservation, one must give a credit card number and expiration date.

You must mention the "Johnson Symposium" in order to receive the group rate.

Additional information about the hotel is available here.




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Poster Session:

This year's poster session and reception will take place at 5:00pm on Friday. Admission is included in with the price of the symposium.

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Questions:

Please contact Patricia Dwyer with questions regarding this year's event.