The Eighth International Conference on the Chemistry of the Platinum Group Metals will be held at Southampton University, U.K., from the 7th to 12th July, 2002. Organised by the Dalton Division of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) these conferences take place every three years.

Scientists who have accepted invitations to speak include: J.-E. Bäckvall, P. N. Bartlett, J. K. Barton, R G. Bergman, D. W. Bruce, J. G. de Vries, R Eisenberg, S. E. Golunski, E. G. Hope, J. A. Iggo, L. Kelland, H. Le Bozec, Zhenyang Lin, I. Manners, T.J. Meyer, K. Nozaki, S. Sabo-Etienne, P.J. Sadler, G. Sava, G. Schmid, G.J. Schrobilgen, S. Takahashi, H. Werner, S. B. Wild and J. A. Gareth Williams.

Oral presentations and poster contributions are welcomed. Those wishing to submit either should send an abstract as a one-page attachment, by Monday, 8th January 2002, to: conferences@rsc.org. Further information may be found on the RSC website at: www.rsc.org/conferences.