
2026 Plenary Speakers
We are excited to announce an incredible line up for the upcoming 2026 QOMSBOC !

University of Arizona
Aromatic Cation Photochemistry for Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery

Gilead Sciences and CIC
Batch and Continuous Flow as Complementary Processes for Scaling Highly Energetic Chemistry
Thank you for attending QOMSBOC 2026!
It was a privilege to host you in Montreal at Université de Montréal's Campus MIL for an energizing and inspiring weekend. The caliber of chemistry presented across every session was truly outstanding, and it is a real source of pride to see our QOMSBOC community thrive with such energy and collegiality.
Congratulations once again to our student presentation award winners:
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Poster Presentation – Simon Edelmann, McGill
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Poster Presentation – Rosemary Karn, uOttawa
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Poster Presentation – Arthur Flaget, UofT
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Poster Presentation (Binary Star Award) – Marcus Vaillancourt, uOttawa
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Oral Presentation – Karolina Rabeda, UofT
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Oral Presentation – Sarah Tribe, uOttawa
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who made QOMSBOC 2026 such a resounding success: our plenary speakers, student and postdoctoral presenters, poster and oral judges, session chairs, dedicated student volunteers, attendees from 17 institutions, and all of our generous academic and corporate sponsors.
We also extend our sincere gratitude to EWOC EastCan and our industry and academic partners for enriching this year's program with engaging career development and networking activities.
Following our tradition of alternating between provinces, QOMSBOC 2027 should head back to Ontario next year! Stay tuned for details on the next host institution—and if your department is interested in taking the torch and organizing the 2027 edition, please don't hesitate to reach out to us.
Thank you all for being part of this memorable edition, best wishes for a productive and exciting year in the lab, and we look forward to seeing you all in 2027!
Samy & Shawn
Let's meet up in Montréal
We are thrilled to welcome the synthetic and bioorganic chemistry community to the Campus MIL at the Université de Montréal for QOMSBOC 2026. Following the amazing lineup of speakers introduced above, we are at work preparing an exciting program filled with inspiring science and networking opportunities.
While we finalize the details for this upcoming symposium, take a moment to look back at the great success of last year's event (see below). Also, we are actively looking for sponsors for the 2026 meeting, so feel free to reach out :)
Shawn Collins and Samy Cecioni
2026 Sponsors
An event like QOMSBOC would not be possible without our precious partners. We are currently onboarding additional partners. Please feel free to reach out if you are interested in showcasing your company.
Thank you to all the following sponsors :

Previous edition

Université Laval
November 14 -16, 2025
Sustainability Statement
QOMSBOC 2025 is committed to minimizing our environmental impact. We encourage guests to bring their own reusable water bottles and travel mugs for water/coffee breaks. We also encourage the use of attendees' own notepads/tablets, as we will not be providing additional notebooks.



















