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The 17th edition of the International Conference on the Chemistry of the Organic Solid State (ICCOSS, XVII) will be held at the University of California, Los Angeles from July 24 ­ 29, 2005. ICCOSS is a multidisciplinary meeting covering all areas of the organic solid state. Recent ICCOSS meetings have been held at Jerusalem (1993), Matusyama (1995), Stony Brook (1997), Cambridge (1999), Mainz (2001), and Sydney (2003).   ANNOUNCEMENTS NEW COMPLETE LIST OF POSTER PRESENTATIONS SCHEDULE OF TALKS Conference Proceedings CONFERENCE ADVERTISEMENT

CONFERENCE TOPICS : Reactions in crystals (photochemical, thermal, and high energy radiation) Crystallization phenomena (crystal growth, biomineralization, habit control) Theory and modelling Crystal engineering and supramolecular interactions Metal organic frameworks Polymorphism and phase transitions Functional crystals (magnetic, metallic, semiconductors, photonic, etc.) Crystal dynamics Polymers Molecular Machines Nanocrystals 2D Crystals (self-assembled monolayers) Pharmaceutical Solids

Partial List of Plenary Speakers Joanna Aizenberg, Bell Laboratories, USA Gautam R. Desiraju, Hyderabad University, India Craig Eckhardt, University of Nebraska, USA Andreas Hirsh, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nurnberg Susumu Kitagawa, Kyoto University, Japan Meir Lahav, Weissman Institute, Israel J. Michael McBride, Yale University, USA Josef Michl, University of Colorado Boulder, USA Chad Mirkin, Northwestern University,USA Matt Peterson, Transform Pharmaceuticals John C. Price, Universithy of Colorado at Boulder Sally L. Price, University College, London John R. Scheffer, University of British Columbia, Canada Samuel I. Stupp, Northwestern University, USA Michael D. Ward, University of Minnesota, USA Omar Yaghi, University of Michigan, USA

Conference Lectures Bruce M. Foxman, Brandeis University, USA

LIST OF INVITED AND CONTRIBUTING SPEAKERS Christer B. Aakeröy, Kansas State University, USA Roger Bishop, University of New South Wales, Australia Bruno Botta, Università "La Sapienza", Roma, Italy Seth Cohen, University of California San Diego, USA Anthony Coleman, IBCP, CNRS, France Graeme Day, University of Cambridge, UK Natia L. Frank, University of Victoria, Canada Rainer Glaser, University of Missouri, USA Mark D. Hollingsworth, Kansas State University, USA Travis Holman, Georgetown University, USA William Jones, University of Cambridge Ernesto Joselevich, Weizmann Institute, Israel Menahem Kaftory, Technion Institute of Technology, Israel Bart Kahr, University of Washington, USA Hideko Koshima, Ehime University, Japan Joseph Lauher, State University of New York, Stony Brook, USA Leonard MacGilivray, University of Iowa, USA Javier Marti-Rujas, Cardiff University, UK Akikazu Matsumoto, Osaka City University, Japan Omkaram Nalamasu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA Juan C. Noveron, U. Texas El Paso, USA Sushanta K. Pal, University of California Riverside, USA V. Ramamurthy, University of Miami, USA Jennifer Reid, University of Calgary, Canada Tatyana Shabatina, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia Daniel Sandman, University of Massachusetts, USA Gleb Sergeev, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia Piero Sozzani, University of Milan, Italy Jennifer Swift, Georgetown University, USA Jose Tabora, Merck & Co. Inc., Rahway New Jersey, USA Lian Yu, University of Wisconsin Madison, USA

ICCOSS XVII IS GRATEFUL FOR THE GENEROUS FINANCIAL SUPPORT BY: Amgen Transform Pharmaceuticals Taylor and Francis California NanoSystems Institute