If you like spectacular experiments, join us at the 1st Pan-Arsakeiako Chemistry Conference, the inauguration of which has been scheduled for Friday 2 December 2011 in Athens.

Our guest speaker is Dr Peter Wothers from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge, St Catharine’s College, and a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry's Committee for the International Chemistry Olympiad.

Here is the complete list of speakers and scientific advisors taking part in the conference:

			Professor George Babiniotis, ex-Rector of the University of Athens, President of Philekpaideytiki Etaireia (Arsakeia-Tositseia Schools), President of the Hellenic Foundation for Culture
			Dr Antony Calokerinos, Professor of Analytical Chemistry and Head of the Department of Chemistry, University of Athens
			Dr Spyros Koinis, Assistant Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Athens and Vice-President of the managing committee of the Association of Greek Chemists
			Dr Michael Koupparis, Professor of Analytical Chemistry, University of Athens
			Dr Constantinos Methenitis, Associate Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Athens
			Dr Chryssa Tzougraki, Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Athens, and Director of Studies of the interuniversity postgraduate programme Chemistry Education and New Educational Technologies
			George Arvanitis, President of the Association of Greek Chemists
			Theodora Klada, Supervisor, General Chemical State Laboratory
			George Mousdis, Senior Researcher, Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation
			Costas Fotakis, Chairman of the BoD and Director of the Central Administration of the Foundation for Research and Technology, Professor of Psysics and Chemistry, Department of Physics, University of Crete