The speakers for the 44th National Organic Symposium (NOS) have been finalized. They are:
| Larry Overman, 2015 Roger Adams Awardee | Univ. Calif., Irvine |
| Eric Anslyn | Univ. of Texas, Austin |
| Jeffrey W. Bode | ETH Zürich |
| Kuiling Ding | Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry |
| Abigail Doyle | Princeton University |
| Matthew Gaunt | University of Cambridge |
| Ken Houk | University of California, L.A. |
| Kenichiro Itami | Nagoya University |
| David MacMillan | Princeton University |
| Anna Mapp | University of Michigan |
| Scott J. Miller | Yale University |
| Gary A. Molander | University of Pennsylvania |
| Mohammad Movassaghi | MIT |
| Mark E. Ondari | Dow Chemical |
| Wendy Young | Genentech |
Of interest, this will be the first talk given at an NOS by 12 of the 15 speakers: Prof. MacMillan spoke at the 38th NOS; Prof. Houk spoke at the 27th and 32nd NOS; and Prof. Overman had the honor of speaking at 3 previous NOS (29th, 33rd, 38th). For more facts on previous NOS, see the NOS history page.
NOS is the premier event sponsored by the Division of Organic Chemistry of the American Chemical Society to highlight recent advances in organic chemistry. This biennial event will be held from Sunday, June 28 to Thursday, July 2, 2015 on the beautiful campus of the University of Maryland. For more details on the meeting see the NOS webpage.