At this year's June graduation ceremony, the University of Edinburgh will be awarding Professor Robert Donovan an Honorary Degree to mark his extended distinguished contribution to Chemistry and the University of Edinburgh.

The School of Chemistry will be holding a symposium and reception, and a dinner on Saturday 25th June to celebrate this award with ex-students, colleagues and friends.

For more information and to register for either event or both please see below.

Symposium and Reception - 2.00 pm

The symposium and reception will take place in Lecture Theatre 250, School of Chemistry, Joseph Black Building, West Mains Road, EH9 3JJ, and will follow this timetable:

• 1:30pm Arrival and Coffee
• 2.00pm Welcome from Professor Eleanor Campbell, Head of School
• 2.10pm Professor C. Fotakis, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, "Current aspects of Laser Chemistry: From Optical to Biological and Cultural Heritage applications"
• 2.40pm Professor A. Gonzalez Urena, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, "Laser Photons and Health Fruit"
• 3.10pm Professor P. O'Keeffe, Università di Roma, "Angular distributions of photoelectrons emitted in the one- and two-photon ionisation of rare gas atoms and small molecules"
• 3.40pm Professor K. McKendrick, Heriot-Watt University, "What can we learn by bouncing gas phase molecules off liquid surfaces?"
• 4.10pm Tea in Museum
• 4.40pm Dr M. Heal, Edinburgh University, "Shedding light on the sources of atmospheric particles."
• 5.10pm Professor Robert Donovan, "50 Yrs (almost) in an Excited State", Edinburgh University
• 5.40pm Wine Reception
• 6.30pm Close of symposium

Celebration Dinner - 7.30 for an 8.00 pm Start

The dinner will be held at Surgeons' Hall, Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9DW. Surgeons' Hall is a beautiful historic venue located in the heart of Edinburgh and only ten minutes away from Princes Street and Edinburgh Castle.

The dinner is open to all staff, alumni, and friends of the School and there will be a nominal charge of £25 per head.

Registration

In order to plan for the event we require numbers by 10th June 2011. Please use the form below to register your attendance at either the symposium/reception, or at the dinner, or both.

Name(s) of people attending:
Contact e-mail:
I/we will attend:	Symposium Only Dinner Only Symposium and Dinner

Payment

Although the symposium is free of charge, it is necessary to make a nominal charge for the dinner in the evening. Payment can be made using the University of Edinburgh secure payment site ePay. If you wish to attend the dinner you must return to this page after registering, go to the ePay website and pay using a credit or debit card.

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