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POMs was started up in 1973 at the instigation of Nick Werstiuk of McMaster University, aided and abetted by the late Keith Yates (1928- 2006) of the University of Toronto. The first meeting was convened at the Inn on the Park, in Toronto, in November 1973, and it has been held every fall since, at various places in Ontario and Quebec, and twice in the USA - locations detailed below.
From 1973-1986, POMs were organized on year-by-year basis but problems of continuity arose. As a result, in 1986 the coordination and planning of future POMs were put into the hands of Ossie Tee (Concordia U) and Tom Tidwell (U of Toronto) who continued in their roles until 2003 when the reins were passed over to Heidi Muchall (Concordia U) and Bob Lemieux (Queen's U). After 10 years, Bob requested that he be replaced and his "position" was taken by his former student Ken Maly (Wilfrid Laurier U). Heidi and Ken's addresses and contacts are given on the POMs homepage. In recent years POMs have received moral support and sometimes seed money from the Organic Division of the Canadian Society for Chemistry, for which the organizers and participants are most grateful. Similarly, POMs have also benefitted from financial assistance from various pharmaceutical and instrument companies, as well as support from the Departments and Universities of the organizers. The POMs website was created in 1998 by Ossie Tee. |
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POMs meetings are generally held on a weekend in late October or early November. The normal format is as follows:
The preference is for short talks and posters on recent work and contributions from students and post-docs are especially welcome. To encourage their participation, the registration fee for students and post-docs is kept very low. For more details of running a POMs symposium, see POMs Guidelines. |
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Point of Information: According to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, the word "symposium" originally referred to an Ancient Greek after-dinner drinking-party with music, dancers, or conversation. Nowadays, it is more likely to refer to a philosophical, scientific or other friendly discussion, or to a set of contributions from various authors.
The Websters' Dictionary agrees. Sym-po-sium (sim-'pO-zE-&m also -zh(E-)&m); plural sym-po-sia /-zE-&, -zh(E-)&/; or -siums. Etymology: Latin, from Greek symposion, from sympinein to drink together, from syn- + pinein to drink.
At each POMs, we try to combine both the ancient and the modern usages of the word "symposium". |
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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. |
Toronto
Ottawa Queen's McGill Guelph Western McMaster Laurentian Toronto McGill |
Nick
Werstiuk and others
Tony Durst and Bob Fraser Erwin Buncel and others Pat Farrell, Ossie Tee, Jean-Claude Richer Ed Janzen and others Don Arnold & Jim King Nick Werstiuk & John Warkentin Ken Westaway and others Ron Kluger, Bob McClelland, Keith Yates Jim Wuest, Jean Lessard, Jack Edward |
1973
1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 |
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11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. |
Queen's Ottawa McGill Toronto Xerox Western Laval Queen's Guelph McGill |
Erwin Buncel and Saul Wolfe Tony Durst and Bob Fraser Nick Werstiuk, Bob McClelland, &c Tony Paine and Willie Leigh Peter Guthrie and Jim King Persephone Cannone and others Erwin Buncel and others Adrian Schwan and others Ossie Tee, Pat Farrell, and Rick Yip |
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 |
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21. 22. 23. 24. 25. |
Ottawa Toronto McMaster Queen's Western |
Linda Johnston, Janusz Lusztyk & Dan Wayner Bob McClelland and others Willie Leigh and Nick Werstiuk Bob Lemieux and Greg Thatcher Mark Workentin and Peter Guthrie |
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 |
| # | Venue | Organizers | Year | Talks | Posters | Registrants |
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26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. |
Buffalo Guelph Concordia York Windsor Toronto Queen's McMaster Montreal Waterloo Ottawa Buffalo Guelph Western Queen's Concordia McMaster Windsor Brock |
Tina Amyes and John Richard Monica Barra and Adrian Schwan Ossie Tee, Heidi Muchall and Jeff Keillor Ed Lee-Ruff & co. Phil Dutton & co. Bob & Sue McClelland Bob Lemieux et al. Nick Werstiuk, Willie Leigh & Paul Berti Jeff Keillor, Will Skene & Michelle Chretien Monica Barra & Ken Maly Tito Scaiano & his group Tina Amyes & John Richard Richard Manderville & Katie Schlitt Peter Guthrie, Mark Workentin, et al. Jean-Michel Nunzi, et al. Heidi Muchall, et al. Willie Leigh, Paul Berti & Jane Garneau Holger Eichhorn and others Travis Dudding and ... |
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 |
30 24 25 ? 14 23 24 27 24 29 20 22 24 21 26 21 21 - - |
20 32 32 ? 31 25 47 41 41 47 58 45 44 24 22 25 15 - - |
100 90 98 120 65 80 ~100 ~100 110 107 112 ~100 99 66 60 60 51 - - |
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| Created: August 23, 1998 | Last revised: 18 November, 2014 (ost) |