Outline of the IMEBoron-18
(the 18th International Meeting on Boron Chemistry)

Duration Sept 6(Sun)-10(Thu), 2026
Venue Tokyo, Japan (details will be updated)
Scope of meeting All aspects of molecular boron chemistry
Call for presentation In addition to Plenary, Keynote, and Invited talks, oral presentations and poster presentations will be accepted.
Due to the limitation of the time slots, some applicants for oral presentation will be requested to switch to poster presentation.

Important Dates

January 15, 2026 Abstract Submission and Registration open
April 15, 2026 Abstract Submission and Early Bird Registration Deadline
July 15, 2026 Registration Deadline

Childcare

Childcare services will be available during IMEBoron-18 in Tokyo for attendees accompanied by children (ages 0-12) who require supervision during the meeting (¥2000/hour). Registration for childcare will be announced in due course.
(Please note that childcare fees may be covered by KAKENHI grants in Japan.)

News

2025/08/18
"Important Dates" for abstract submission and registration is added. The webpage for the abstract submission/registration will open in due course.
2025/08/17
The list of confirmed speakers is added.
2025/01/23
Website of IMEBoron-18 is launched.

Organizers

chair

Makoto Yamashita (Institute of Science Tokyo)

Vice-chair

Hiroyuki Nakamura (Institute of Science Tokyo)
Shigehiro Yamaguchi (Nagoya University)

International Advisory Board

Agnieszka Adamczyk-Woźniak (Warsaw University of Technology, Poland)
Gilles Alcaraz (University of Rennes, France)
Simon Aldridge (University of Oxford, UK)
Holger Braunschweig (University of Würzburg, Germany)
Vladimir Bregadze (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia)
Maik Finze (University of Würzburg, Germany)
Sundargopal Ghosh (Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India)
Bohumir Grüner (Charles University, Czech Republic)
Jean-François Halet (University of Rennes, France)
Narayan Hosmane (Northan Illinois University, USA)
Michael J. Ingleson (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Hajime Ito (Hokkaido University, Japan)
Frieder Jäkle (The State University of New Jersey, Rutgers, USA)
Eluvathingal D. Jemmis (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)
Guo-Xin Jin (Fudan University, China)
Min Hyung Lee (University of Ulsan, South Korea)
Todd Marder (University of Würzburg, Germany)
Hiroyuki Nakamura (Institute of Science Tokyo)
Rosario Nuñez (Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, Spain)
Agnieszka Olejniczak (Institute of Medical Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)
Mariappan Periasamy (University of Hyderabad, India)
Webster Santos (Virginia Tech, USA)
Igor Sivaev (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia)
John Valliant (McMaster University, Canada)
Alan Welch (Heriot-Watt University, UK)
Lars Wesemann (University of Tübingen, Germany)
Zuowei Xie (Southern University of Science and Technology/The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China)
Shigehiro Yamaguchi (Nagoya University, Japan)
Hong Yan (Nanjing University, China)

Local Organizing Committee

Tomohiro Agou (University of Hyogo)
Takuji Hatakeyama (Kyoto University)
Keiichi Hirano (Kanazawa University)
Yoichi Hoshimoto (Osaka University)
Kazuaki Ishihara (Nagoya University)
Hajime Ito (Hokkaido University)
Takeaki Iwamoto (Tohoku University)
Atsushi Kawachi (Hosei University)
Shuhei Kusumoto (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
Koichi Mitsudo (Okayama University)
Hiroyuki Nakamura (Institute of Science Tokyo)
Yoshiaki Nakao (Kyoto University)
Yasushi Nishihara (Okayama University)
Tsuyoshi Nishikawa (Kyoto University)
Kyoko Nozaki (The University of Tokyo)
Tomomichi Omura (Kyoto Institute of Technology)
Masaya Sawamura (Hokkaido University)
Yoshiaki Shoji (Institute of Science Tokyo)
Michinori Suginome (Kyoto University)
Masanobu Uchiyama (The University of Tokyo)
Atsushi Wakamiya (Kyoto University)
Shigehiro Yamaguchi (Nagoya University)
Makoto Yamashita (Institute of Science Tokyo)
Makoto Yasuda (Osaka University)
Hideki Yorimitsu (Kyoto University)