Indonesia-UK Inorganic Chemistry Symposium was held by Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), Student Organization of Chemistry, and Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). This was the first partnership that RSC had in Indonesia to organize a meeting between Indonesia and England. Recently, Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) and Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) had earned international accreditation for their undergraduate program from RSC.

The speakers and the title of their presentations in this symposium are the following:

• Michael Ward, University of Sheffield, UK, Host-guest Chemistry of Polyhedral Coordination Cages
• Agustino Zulys, University of Indonesia, Indonesia, The Functionalization of Zn Complexes for Hydroamination catalysis and for Highly Selective Copper Ion’s Fluorescence Chemosensor
• Asel Sartbaeva, University of Bath, UK, Prediction and Design of Future Zeolite Catalysts
• Rino R Mukti, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia, Rational Strategies for Synthesizing Current Industrial Demanding Hierarchically Porous Zeolites
• Jason Love, University of Edinburgh, UK, Pacman Macrocycles: New Complexes, Reactions, and Catalysts for Sustainable Chemistry
• Ismunandar, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia, Oxide Ion Electrolytes
• Graeme Hogarth, University College London, UK, The Clean Production of Hydrogen? Biomimetics of the Iron-only Hydrogenase Enzyme
• Narsito, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia, The Kinetics of MnO2 Photoreduction in the Presence of Humic Acids

In addition to these lectures, there were also posters and presentations from undergraduate students and Indonesia Inorganic researchers. These presentations were intended to initiate idea and experience exchanges among the participants of the symposium, which was inaugurated by the Rector of ITB.

Picture: The Rector of ITB inaugurated the symposium along with the Dean of FMIPA (Prof. Umar Fauzi), Head of Chemistry Department (Prof. Bachri Amran), and Head of Accreditation Team (Dr. Dessy Natalia) during the acceptance of the RSC accreditation. (Ismunandar)