The following four internationally renowned colleagues have kindly agreed to deliver plenary lectures during the workshop:

- Prof. Tobin J. Marks (Northwestern University, Evanston, USA),

- Prof. Gary Molander (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia USA),

- Dr. Bart Hessen (Universität Groningen, Netherlands),

- Dr. Igor F. Feduschkin (G. A. Razuvaev Institute of Organometallic Chemistry, Russia)