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Invited Lectures at Conferences

Invited lectures at international conferences

100. T.B. Marder, “Boron-containing Optical Materials,” Plenary Lecture, 6th-International Caparica Conference on Chromogenic and Emissive Materials (IC3EM-2020), Costa de Caparica, Portugal, July 2024. (to be presented).
99.

T.B. Marder, “to be decided,” International Conference on ‘Emerging Trends in Catalysis & Synthesis 2024’ Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India, March 2024. (to be presented).

98. T.B. Marder, “3-Coordinate Organoboron Compounds Light the Way: Synthesis, Optical Properties and Cell Imaging,” International Meeting on Boron Chemistry (IMEBORON), Rennes, France, July 2023.
97. T.B. Marder, “Transition Metal Catalyzed Borylation of C-H and C-X Bonds: Synthesis of Aryl and Alkyl Boronates and Related Processes,” Plenary Lecture, International Symposium on Homogeneous Catalysis (ISHC), Lisbon, Portugal, July 2020. (presented by Dr. Xiaolei Zhang on my behalf).
96.

T.B. Marder, “3-Coordinate Organoboron Compounds Light the Way: Synthesis, Optical Properties and Cell Imaging,” Keynote Lecture, 9th European Conference on Boron Chemistry (EUROBORON9), Barcelona, Spain, July 2022. (presented by zoom).

95. T.B. Marder, “In Memory of Prof. Dr. Stepen A. Westcott,” Special Lecture, Boron in the Americas (Boram), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA, June 2022. (presented by zoom).
94. T.B. Marder, “Understanding the publication process: Role of reviewers and author’s responsibilities,” Workshop on “Understanding the Publication Process,” Sokoto State University, Sokoto, Nigeria, November 2021. (presented by zoom)
93.

T.B. Marder, “Transition Metal-Catalyzed Borylation of C-H and C-X Bonds: Synthesis of Aryl and Alkyl Boronates,” Plenary Lecture, 5th Internationational Seminar on Chemistry – Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia, October 2021. (presented by zoom)

92.

T.B. Marder, “Adventures with 1 to 21 Borons: Catalytic Borylation, Triarylboranes, Carboranes, Optical and Electronic Properties and Applications in Devices and Cell Imaging,” Plenary Lecture, 3rd Chinese Chemical Society Conference on Boron Science (CCS-CBS), Suzhou, China, October 2021. (presented by TEAMS)

91.

T.B. Marder, “3-Coordinate Organoboron Compounds Light the Way: Synthesis, Optical Properties and Applications,” Symposium Celebrating the Life of Suning Wang, IUPAC / Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Montreal, Canada, August 2021. (presented by zoom)

90.

T.B. Marder, “3-Coordinate Organoboron Compounds Light the Way: Optical Properties, Cell Imaging,” Keynote Lecture, Vebleo Webinar on Materials Science, Engineering and Technology, February 2021. (presented by zoom)

89.

T.B. Marder, “3-Coordinate Organoboron Compounds Light the Way: Optical Properties, Cell Imaging,” Plenary Lecture, 5th International Conference on Recent Advances in Material Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, SRM IST, Kattankulathur, India, February 2021. (presented by zoom)

88.

T.B. Marder, “3-Coordinate Organoboron Compounds Light the Way: Optical Properties, Cell Imaging, and Binding to DNA, RNA and Proteins” Keynote Lecture, 4th-International Caparica Conference on Chromogenic and Emissive Materials (IC3EM-2020), Costa de Caparica, Portugal, November 2020. (presented by zoom)

87.

T.B. Marder, “Transition Metal Catalyzed Borylation of C-H and C-X Bonds: Synthesis of Aryl and Alkyl Boronates,” Virtual Organic and Medicinal Chemistry Symposium 2020, Lahore University of Management Sciencee (LUMS), Lahore, Pakistan, September 2020. (presented by zoom).

86.

T.B. Marder, “3-Coordinate Boron Compounds Light the Way: Synthesis, Optical Properties and Cell Imaging,” Keynote Lecture, Second International Conference on Boron Chemistry (ICBC-II) sponsored by the Chinese Chemical Society, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China, July 2019.

 

85. T.B. Marder, “3-Coordinate Boron Compounds Light the Way: Synthesis, Optical and Electronic
       Properties - C-H Borylation: Synthesis of Symmetric and Unsymmetric Pyrenes and Perylenes and
       their Photophysical and Redox Properties,” Keynote Lecture, International Symposium on
       Organoboron Polymers (ISOP-2019), Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of
       Science, Changchun, China, July 2019.

84. T.B. Marder, “Transition Metal Catalyzed Borylation of C-H and C-X Bonds: Synthesis of Aryl and
       Alkyl Boronates,” Symposium on “Main Group Molecules: From Reagents to Catalysts,” 102nd
       Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference, Quebec City, Canada, June 2019.

83. T.B. Marder, “Transition Metal Catalyzed Borylation of C-H and C-X Bonds: Synthesis of Aryl and
       Alkyl Boronates - Rhodacycles Formed via Unusual Diyne Couplings: Applications in Photocatalytic
       C-F Bond Borylation,” International Conference on Organometallics and Catalysis, Goa, India,
       December 2018.

82. T.B. Marder, “Transition Metal Catalyzed Borylation of C-H and C-X Bonds: Synthesis of Aryl and
      Alkyl Boronates,” Pre-conference Symposium, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India, December 2018.

81 T.B. Marder, “Synthesis, Photophysical Properties and Applications of Rhodacycles Formed via
      Unusual Diyne Couplings,” Plenary Lecture, 3rd-International Caparica Conference on Chromogenic
      and Emissive Materials (IC3EM-2018), Costa de Caparica, Portugal, September 2018.

80. T.B. Marder, “title to be decided,” Plenary Lecture, 3rd-International Caparica Conference on Chromogenic
      and Emissive Materials (IC3EM-2018), Costa de Caparica, Portugal, September 2018. (to be presented)

79. T.B. Marder, “Borylation of C-H and C-X Bonds: Synthesis of Aryl and Alkyl Boronates,” Keynote Lecture,
     16th International Meeting on Boron Chemistry (IMEBORON 16), Hong Kong, China, July 2017.

78. T.B. Marder, “Synthesis, Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties and Applications of New 3-Coordinate
      Organoboron Compounds,” Plenary Lecture, 1st International Conference on Phosphorus, Boron and
      Silicon (PBSi 2017), Paris, France, July 2017.

77. T.B. Marder, "Synthesis, Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties and Applications of New 3-
      Coordinate Organoboron Compounds," Keynote Lecture, 2nd-International Caparica Conference
      on Chromogenic and Emissive Materials (IC3EM-2016), Costa de Caparica, Portugal, September
      2016.

76. T.B. Marder, "Ruthenium-Promoted Reduction of CO to Tetraborylmethane and Hexaborylethane
      and NHC-Mediated Cleavage of B-B Bonds," Boron in the Americas (Boram XV), Kingston, Ontario,
      Canada, June 2016.

75. T.B. Marder, "Building Bridges: International Co-operations in Chemistry for Young and Old," Sino-
      German Symposium on Main Group Chemistry, Beijing, China, April 2016.

74. T.B. Marder, "Boron in Catalysis and Materials Chemistry," Sino-German Symposium on Main Group
      Chemistry, Beijing, China, April 2016.

73. T.B. Marder, "Synthesis and Photophysical Properties Rhodacycles Formed via Unusual Diyne
      Couplings," Plenary Lecture (RSC Award Lecture), Dalton 2016, Warwick, UK, March 2016.

72. T.B. Marder, “Novel Rhodacyclopentadienes - A New Class of Luminescent Organometallics,”
      PACIFICHEM 2015, Symposium on “Metal-containing π-Conjugated Systems: Syntheses, Properties,
      Applications,” Honolulu, Hawaii, December 2015.

71. T.B. Marder, “Synthesis and Optical Properties of 3-Coordinate Organoboron Compounds,”
      PACIFICHEM 2015, Symposium on “Organo-Main Group Avenues toward Advanced Materials,”
      Honolulu, Hawaii, December 2015.

70. T.B. Marder, "Synthesis and Optical Properties of 3-Coordinate Organoboron Compounds,"
      Workshop on "Optically-Active Molecules OptMol 2015: Design of Molecular Assemblies with
      Specific Linear and Nonlinear Absorption and Emission Properties," Rennes, France, November
      2015.

69. T.B. Marder, "Building Bridges: International Co-operations in Chemistry for Young and Old,"
      PhosAgro/UNESCO/IUPAC symposium on "Prospects for interantional co-operation in green
      chemistry II" within the program on 'Green Chemistry for World Needs' at the 45th IUPAC
      World Chemistry Congress, Busan, Korea, August 2015.

68. T.B. Marder, "Earth Abundant Metals for the Catalytic Borylation of C-X and Even C-H Bonds:
      Synthesis of Aryl and Alkyl Boronates," symposium on "Novel Molecular and Supramolecular Theory
      and Synthesis Approaches for Sustainable Catalysis" within the program on 'Green Chemistry for
      Worlds Needs' at the 45th IUPAC World Chemistry Congress, Busan, Korea, August 2015.

67. T.B. Marder, "Diethynylmetallacyclopentadienes - A new Class of Luminescent Organometallics,"
      5th Asian Conference of Coordination Chemistry (ACCC5), Hong Kong, July 2015.

66. T.B. Marder, “Old and New Metals for the Catalytic Borylation of C-H and C-X Bonds: Synthesis
      of Aryl and Alkyl Boronates,” Plenary Lecture, 18th IUPAC International Symposium on 
      Organometallic Chemistry Directed Towards Organic Synthesis (OMCOS 18), Sitges-Barcelona,
      Spain, June 2015.

65. T.B. Marder, "3-Coordinate Organoboron Compounds for One and Two-Photon Excited
      Fluorescence," Keynote Lecture, Symposium on "Cutting Edge Molecules for Biological
      Materials and Imaging Applications" Co-organized by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
      (PolyU) and Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU), Hong Kong, April 2015.

64. T.B. Marder, “Diethynylmetallacyclopentadienes – A New Class of Luminescent
      Organometallics,” Bruce-fest - A Symposium
      Celebrating the 76Os Birthday of Michael Bruce,      
      Royal Australian Chemical Institute National   Congress, Adelaide, Australia,
      December 2014.

63. T.B. Marder, “Metal Catalyzed Borylation of C-H AND C-X Bonds: Synthesis of Aryl and Alkyl
      Boronates,” BIT's 5th Annual Global Congress of Catalysis-2014, Qingdao, P.R. China,
      September 2014.

62. T.B. Marder, “Optical Properties of Three-Coordinate Organoboron 
      Compounds," International Meeting on Boron Chemistry
      (IMEBORON XV), Prague, Czech Republic, August 2014

61. T.B. Marder, “Transition Metal Catalysed Borylation of C-H and C-X Bonds,”
      Gordon Research Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, Newport, RI, USA, July 2014

60. T.B. Marder, “Engineering Organic Crystals Using Arene-Perfluoroarene Interactions,”
      13th Asian Crystallographic Conference (ASCA’13), Hong Kong, P.R. China, December 2013.

59. T.B. Marder, ““Diethynylmetallacyclopentadienes - A new Class of Luminescent
      Organometallics," International School and Symposium on Molecular Materials
      (ISSMM2013), Tokyo, Japan, November 2013

58. T.B. Marder, “Diethynylmetallacyclopentadienes - A new Class of Luminescent
      Organometallics," 15th Asian Chemical Congress (15 ACC), Singapore, August 19-23, 2013.

57. T.B Marder, "Boron in Novel Materials and Catalysis," 96th Canadian Society for Chemistry
      Conference, Quebec City, Canada, May 2013.

56. T.B. Marder, “Metal Catalyzed Borylation of C-H and C-X Bonds: Synthesis of Aryl and Alkyl
      Boronates,” Plenary Lecture, XXV International Conference on Oganometallic Chemistry
      (ICOMC), Lisbon, Portugal, September 2012.

55. T.B. Marder, “NHC's in Catalyzed Borylation Chemistry: Their Role as Ligands on Copper
      and Adduct Formation with B2pin2,” Symposium on “N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in
      Organometallic Catalysis,” 244th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, USA, August 2012.

54. T.B. Marder, “Transition Metal Catalyzed Borylation of C-X and C-H Bonds,” RSC/SCI
      Conference on “Challenges in Catalysis for Pharmaceuticals and Fine Chemicals III,
      London, England, November 2011.

53. T.B. Marder, “Recent Developments in the Transition Metal Catalysed Borylation of C-H and
      C-X Bonds,” International Meeting on Boron Chemistry (IMEBORON XIV), Niagara Falls,
      Ontario, Canada, September 2011.

52. T.B. Marder, “Diethynylmetallacyclopentadienes – A New Class of Luminescent
      Organometallics,” Keynote Lecture, ASPIC 2011, A Symposium for Postgraduates in
      Inorganic Chemistry (RSC/SCI), University College London, London, England, July 2011.

51. T.B. Marder, “Applications of Boron Chemistry in the Development of Materials for Linear
     and Nonlinear Optics,” PACIFICHEM 2010, Symposium on “Organoboron, Organosilicon and
     Organophosphorus as Optoelectronic and Energy-related Materials,” Honolulu, Hawaii,
     December 2010.

50. T.B. Marder, “Recent Developments in the Transition Metal Catalyzed Borylation of C-H
      and C-X Bonds,” EuroBoron5, Fifth European Conference on Boron Chemistry, Edinburgh,
      Scotland, September 2010.

49. T.B. Marder, “Diethynylmetallacyclopentadienes – A New Class of Luminescent
      Organometallics,” 2010 International Symposium on Organometallic Chemsistry, The
      Chinese University of Hong Kong, July 2010.

48. T.B. Marder, “Recent Developments in the Transition Metal Catalyzed Borylation of C-H
      and C-X Bonds,” Inaugural (1st) International Conference on Molecular and Functional
      Catalysis, Singapore, July 2010.

47. T.B. Marder, “Diethynylmetallacyclopentadienes – A New Class of Luminescent
      Organometallics,” Special Guest Lecture, “8th Ferrocene Colloquim,” Ruhr-Universität
      Bochum, Bochum, Germany, February 2010.

46. T.B. Marder, “Engineering Organic Crystals Using Arene-Perfluoroarene Interactions,”
      Microsymposium MS08 on “Organic Crystals,” Asian Crystallographic Association    
      Conference AsCA’09, Beijing, China, October 2009.

45. T.B. Marder, “Transition Metal Catalyzed Borylation of C-H Bonds,” RSC Dalton Awards
      Symposium, Liverpool, UK, January 2009.

44. T.B. Marder, “Transition Metal Catalysed Borylation of Aromatic and Olefinic C-H Bonds:
      Applications in Organic Synthesis,” IMEBORON XIII, Platja d’Aro, Spain, September 2008.

43. T.B. Marder, “Synthesis and Optical Properties of Three-Coordinate Organoboron
      Compounds,” RSC Main Group Interest Group Annual Meeting, Bristol, UK, Plenary lecture,
      September 2008.

42. T.B. Marder, "Metal Catalysed Synthesis of Retinoids for Stem Cell Differentiation Including
      Applications of Novel C-H Bond Functionalisation Processes," Symposium in Honor of the
      Retirement of Dr. Daniel Touchard, University of Rennes 1, July 2008.

41. T.B. Marder, “Transition Metal Catalyzed Borylation of C-H Bonds,” OZOM4 (New Zealand
      and Australia Conference on Organometallic Chemistry), Plenary lecture, January 2008.

40. T.B. Marder, “Transition Metal Catalyzed Borylation of C-H Bonds,” BASF Boron Conference,
      Heidelberg, Germany, November 2007.

39. T.B. Marder, “Areas of Collaboration with Chinese Scientists,” Co-Reach Conference
     (Co-ordination of Research between the EU and China), The Royal Society, London,
     June 2007.

38. T.B. Marder, “Synthesis and Properties of Three-coordinate Organoboron Compounds,”
      Symposium on “Polyfunctional Organoboranes – From Molecules to Materials,” 232nd
     
National ACS Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 2006.

37. T.B. Marder, “Synthesis and Properties of Conjugated Organo-element Compounds,”
      Japan-UK Symposium on the “Chemistry of Coordination Space,” London, July 2006.

36. T.B. Marder, “Synthesis and Properties of Conjugated Organic and Organometallic Rigi
      Rods Based on Arylene-Ethynylene Units,” symposium on “Designed pi-Electronic Systems
      – Synthesis, Properties, Theory and Function,” PACIFICHEM Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii,
      December 2005.

35. T.B. Marder, J.C. Collings, C.D. Entwistle, Z. Yuan, H.-M. Kaiser, A.S. Batsanov, D. Albesa
      Jové, J.A.K. Howard, S.-Y. Poon, R.W.Y. Wong, C. Jardin, S. Fathallah, A. Boucekkine, J.-F.
      Halet, L. Porrès, M. Charlot, A. Beeby, and M. Blanchard-Desce, “Optical Properties of 3
      Coordinate Organoboron Compounds,” symposium on “Boron and Silicon Chemistry,”
      PACIFICHEM Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, December 2005.

34. T.B. Marder, I.A.I. Mkhalid, D.N. Coventry, A.S. Batsanov, D. Albesa-Jové, L. Porrès, J.A.K.
      Howard, and A. Beeby, “Transition Metal Catalyzed Borylation of CH Bonds: A Route to 2
      Arylheteroarenes for Use as Mixed-C,N-Donor Bidentate Ligands in Luminescent 3rd Row
      Transition Metal Complexes,” symposium on “Metal Complexes of Mixed-Donor Multidentate
      Ligands: Chemistry and Applications,” PACIFICHEM Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii,
      December 2005.

33. T.B. Marder, “Transition Metal Catalysed Borylations Including C-H Bond Functionalisation,”
      12th International Meeting on Boron Chemistry (IMEBORON XII), Sendai, Japan,
      September 2005.

32. T.B. Marder, "Transition Metal Catalysed Borylations Including C-H Bond Functionalisation," 
     Encuentro de Química Inorgánica, Pachuca, México, June 2005.

31. T.B. Marder, “Synthesis and Properties of Conjugated Organoelement Compounds,” 4th
     
Kyoto University Center of Excellence International Symposium, Kyoto, Japan,
      January 2005.

30. T.B. Marder, “New Observations on Conjugated Materials,” Theoretical and Experimental
      Inorganic Chemistry, A Symposium to Celebrate the 60th Birthday of Professor D. Michael P.
      Mingos, FRS, Oxford, August 2004.

29. T.B. Marder, "Transition Metal Catalysed Borylations Including C-H Bond Functionalisation,"
      87th Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference, London, Ontario, Canada, May 2004.

28. T.B. Marder, "Transition Metal Catalysed Borylations Including Direct C-H Bond
      Functionalisation," Anglo/Germano International Conference on Inorganic Chemistry
      (AGICHEM 2002), University of München, Germany, April 2002.

27. T.B. Marder, "Rhodium Catalysed Borylation via C-H Bond Activation: Direct Synthesis of
      Aryl- Benzyl- and Vinylboronate Esters," Singapore International Chemistry Conference-2
      (SICC-2), "Frontiers in Chemical Design and Synthesis," Singapore, December 2001.

26. T.B. Marder, S. Shimada, R.B. Coapes, R.Ll. Thomas, J.J. Hall, E.G. Robins, D.S. Yufit, A.S.
      Batsanov, J.A.K. Howard, C. Dai, F.E.S. Souza, M.J.G. Lesley, S.A. Westcott, W.-H. Lam,
      Z. Lin, A.J. Scott, and W. Clegg "Metal Catalysed Borylation via C-H Bond Activation and
      Related Processes: Direct Synthesis of Aryl-, Benzyl- and Vinylboronate Esters," Symposium
      on "Frontiers in Organometallic Chemistry," 222nd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL,
      August 2001.

25. T.B. Marder, S. Shimada, R.Ll. Thomas, R.B. Coapes, D.S. Yufit, A.S. Batsanov, J.M. Burke,
      J.A.K. Howard, C. Dai, F.E.S. Souza, M.J.G. Lesley, P. Nguyen, S.A. Westcott, E.G. Robins,
      C.R. Rice, N.C. Norman, R.T. Baker, A.J. Scott, and W. Clegg, "The Role of Transition Metal
      Boryl Complexes in Catalysed Borylations Including Rhodium Catalysed C-H Bond
      Functionalisation," RSC Coordination Chemistry Discussion Group Annual Conference,
      University of York, July 2001.

24. T.B. Marder, "Transition Metal Catalysed Diboration: A New Route to Bidentate Lewis
      Acids," 84th Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference, Montreal, Canada, May 2001.

23. T.B. Marder, "Linear and Non-linear Optical Properties of Organoboron Compounds," 13th
      International Symposium on Boron, Borides and Related Compounds (ISBB'99), Dinard,
      France, September 1999.

22. T.B. Marder, "Transition Metal Boryl Complexes and Their Role in Homogeneous Catalysis,"
      Organometallic Chemistry in the South Pacific - A Celebration, Auckland, New Zealand,
      January 1999.

21. T.B. Marder, "Transition Metal Boryl Complexes and Their Role in Catalysis," Meeting for
      Inorganic Chemistry Recent Appointees (MICRA '98), University of York, August 1998.

20. T.B. Marder, "Well-Defined Conjugated Rigid-Rods as Multifunctional Materials," RSC Dalton
      Division Symposium on "Molecules to Materials," London, March 1998.

19. T.B. Marder, C. Dai, F. Souza, G. Lesley, P. Nguyen, S.A. Westcott, E.G. Robins, C.R. Rice,
      N.L. Pickett, N.C. Norman, A.J. Scott, W. Clegg, C. Wesiauer, and W. Weissensteiner, "The
      Role of Transition Metal Boryl Complexes in Homogeneous Catalysis," Symposium on
      "Transition Metal Group 13 Compounds Including Their Roles in Catalytic Processes," Fifth
      Chemical Congress of North America, Cancun, Mexico, November 1997, Abstract No. 1493.

18. T.B. Marder, M.J.G. Lesley, P. Nguyen, C. Dai, F. Souza, C. Wiesauer, S.A. Westcott, N.J.
      Taylor, F. Lawlor, E.G. Robins, N.C. Norman, A.J. Scott, W. Clegg, N.L. Pickett, R.T. Baker,
      and J.C. Calabrese, "Transition Metal Catalyzed Hydroboration and Diboration of
      Unsaturated Organics," 10th International Symposium on Homogeneous Catalysis
      (ISHC-10), Princeton, NJ, August 1996.

17. T.B. Marder, "Conjugated Rigid-Rods as Multifunctional Materials," Symposium on
      Coordination and Organometallic Chemistry Involving New Materials or Extended Systems,"
      79th Canadian Chemical Conference, St. John's, Newfoundland, June 1996.

16. T.B. Marder, "Observations on the Synthesis and Properties of Transition Metal Acetylides
      and Other Conjugated Rigid-Rods," Symposium on "Metal Complexes of Carbon: The
      Coordination Chemistry of Cx Ligands," 1995 International Chemical Congress of the Pacific
      Basin Societies, Honolulu, Hawaii, December 1995.

15. T.B. Marder, "The Role of Transition Metal Boryl Complexes in Homogeneous Catalysis,"
      Symposium on "Homogeneous Catalysis", 25th Northeast Regional Meeting of the
      American Chemical Society, Rochester, NY, October 1995.

14. T.B. Marder, "Well-Defined Conjugated Rigid-Rods as Multifunctional Materials: Linear and
      Nonlinear Optical Properties and Liquid Crystalline Behaviour," 1995-Rutherford Memorial
      Medal for Chemistry Lecture, Annual Conference of the Academy of Science of the Royal
      Society of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, June 1995.

13. T.B. Marder,  "Transition Metal Boryl (M-BR2) Complexes: Synthesis, Structure, and
      Relevance to Catalytic Processes," Symposium on "Inorganometallic Chemistry," 78th
      Canadian Chemical Conference, Guelph, Ontario, May 1995.

12. T.B. Marder, "Optical Properties of Organic and Organometallic Rigid Rod Oligomers and
      Polymers," 18th Annual Symposium on "Current Contributions in Polymer Science and
      Engineering," The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, October 1994.

11. T.B. Marder, "Transition Metal Catalysis in the Preparation of Conjugated Rigid-Rod Organic
      and Organometallic Oligomers," NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) on
     "Applications of Organometallic Chemistry in the Preparation and Processing of Advanced
     Materials," Cap d'Agde, France, September 1994.

10. T.B. Marder, "Rigid-Rod Organic and Organometallic Oligomers," Symposium on
     "Organometallic Chemistry in Materials Science," 208th National ACS Meeting, Washington,
      DC, August 1994.

  9. T.B. Marder, P. Nguyen, M.J.G. Lesley, S.A. Westcott, N.J. Taylor, N.C. Norman, N. Pickett,
      and R.T. Baker, "The Role of Transition Metal Boryl Complexes in Homogeneous Catalysis,"
      XVI International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, Sussex, England, July 1994.

  8. S.A. Westcott, H.P. Blom, P. Nguyen, N.J. Taylor, R.T. Baker, J.C. Calabrese, and T.B. Marder,
      "Transition Metal Catalyzed Hydroboration," Fifth International Conference on the
       Chemistry of the Platinum Group Metals, St. Andrews, Scotland, July 1993.

  7. Z. Yuan, N.J. Taylor, L.-T.A. Cheng, and T.B. Marder, "Nonlinear Optical Properties of
      Organoboranes," 76th Canadian Chemical Conference, Sherbrooke, Quebec, June 1993.

  6. S.A. Westcott, P. Nguyen, H.P. Blom, N.J. Taylor, R.T. Baker, J.C. Calabrese, and T.B. Marder,
      "Transition Metal Catalyzed Hydroboration," 76th Canadian Chemical Conference,
      Sherbrooke, Quebec, June 1993.

  5. T.B. Marder, "Polymeric Coatings for Non-linear Optics", Functional Coatings in Industry: 
      Development, Applications, Trouble Shooting, Second Annual Seminar/Course, Toronto,
      Ontario, May 1991.

  4. T.B. Marder, "Nonlinear Optical Properties of Rigid-Rod Metal Acetylide Oligomers and
      Polymers", NATO AR Workshop on "Organometallic Polymers with Special Properties",
     Cap d'Agde, France, September 1990.

  3. T.B. Marder, G. Lesley, Z. Yuan, H. Fyfe, P. Chow, G. Stringer, I.R. Jobe, N.J. Taylor, I.D.
      Williams, and S.K. Kurtz, "Organics and Organometallics for Nonlinear Optics", Symposium
      on "Transition Metals in Organic Synthesis", 73rd Canadian Chemical Conference, Halifax,
      N.S. July 1990.

  2. T.B. Marder, "Fundamental Studies of Late Transition Metal Organometallics:  Applications
      to Organic Chemistry and New Materials", Symposium on "Organometallics", 23rd Great
      Lakes Regional ACS Meeting, Dekalb, IL, May 1990.

  1. T.B. Marder, "Modern Inorganic Chemistry and Computers", 9th Biennial Conference of the
      Science Teachers Association of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, November 1986.