Warmly welcome to Stockholm and the 9th Asian-European Symposium on Metal-Mediated Efficient Organic Synthesis from the 4th till the 7th of September 2016. This symposium brings together outstanding researchers from Asia and Europe covering a broad range of topics in catalysis and metal-mediated reactions. We all welcome you to participate in this symposium and encourage participants to submit abstracts for the poster session held during the event. The venue of the symposium is Aula Magna at Stockholm University where the Nobel laureates hold their public Nobel lectures in December each year. Stockholm University is beautifully located in the Royal National City Park of Stockholm with excellent public transportation from the city center.

Welcome to Stockholm.