Professor Georgii Nikonov gave the following lectures:

1) “Activation of Small Molecules with a Silylamido NSiH… Mo Agostic Complex” at the 93rd Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition in Toronto, May 29 to June 2
2) “Mechanisms of Mo Catalyzed Hydrosilylation” at the Nesmeyanov Institute of Elementoorganic Compounds in Moscow, Russia on June 29
3) “Catalytic hydrosilylation by ruthenium complexes” at the Institute of Metalloorganic Chemistry in Nizhnii Novgorod, Russia on July 1
4) “Mechanisms of Mo Catalyzed Hydrosilylation” at the University of Nizhnii Novgorod in Russia on July 1
5) “Catalytic hydrosilylation of carbonyls mediated by half-sandwich complexes of ruthenium and iron” at the 24th International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry in Taipei, Taiwan, July 18 to 23
6) “Mechanisms of Mo Catalyzed Hydrosilylation” at Carleton University in Ottawa on Sept. 8
7) “Mechanisms of Mo Catalyzed Hydrosilylation” at York University in Toronto on Sept. 16