Events

Jul
2
Wed
ESPA2014 @ Edificio Siglo XXI
Jul 2 @ 7:30 pm – Jul 4 @ 8:30 pm
ESPA2014 @ Edificio Siglo XXI | Badajoz | Extremadura | Spain

The 9th Congress on Electronic Structure: Principles and Applications (ESPA), will be held in Badajoz (Extremadura, Spain) from the 2nd to the 4th of July 2014.

The ESPA conferences, initiated in 1998, have been held every two years and cover all major fields of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry. The previous ESPA editions were organized in Madrid (1998), San Sebastián (2000), Sevilla (2002), Valladolid (2004), Santiago de Compostela (2006), Palma de Mallorca (2008), Oviedo (2010) and Barcelona (2012). These conferences were initially intended to bring together the Spanish Theoretical and Computational Chemistry community. They have grown over time (both in national and international participation), thereby evolving into a key event with international reputation in the field.

The conference encompasses plenary lectures, oral communications and posters presentations. All participants are invited to submit an abstract for an oral communication or a poster.

 

Proceedings of the conference will be published in Theoretical Chemistry Accounts upon the usual peer-review process. Details on how to submit the manuscript to the journal will be conveniently provided.

We hope to meet you in Badajoz between the 2nd and the 4th of July 2014.

Previous to the ESPA2014 the Third Annual Workshop of the Joint Doctorate Program on Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling (TCCM) (http://www.emtccm.org/tccm-jd/) will take place the 1st of July in the Faculty of Sciences, Universidad de Extremadura.

Sep
14
Sun
the International Science at FELs 2014 @ Paul Scherrer Institute
Sep 14 – Sep 17 all-day

The International Science at FELs 2014 conference, organised under the auspices of the “Collaboration of European FEL and SPS Facilities”,  will take place at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Villigen, Switzerland, from the 15th to the 17th of September 2014. The conference highlights recent science achievements and new developments in the expanding field of free electron lasers. It covers applications in condensed matter research, biology, chemistry, matter under extreme conditions, atomic and molecular systems as well as theory.

Dedicated introductory lectures for students are offered at the start of the conference. To encourage student participation, student grants have been provided by several sponsors (student support application deadline is on the 30th of June 2014).

Jun
27
Sat
ISMB2015 – The XXVI International Symposium on Molecular Beams @ Parador Nacional de Segovia
Jun 27 – Jul 3 all-day

ISMB2015 is the XXVI Edition of the Molecular Beams Conference series and will take place in Segovia, Spain, from the 28th of June to the 3rd of July 2015. The venue will be Parador Nacional de Segovia, an outstanding hotel and convention center located very close to medieval Segovia downtown, UNESCO Heritage city since 1985.

ISMB2015 will bring together scientists from all over the world to present and discuss the most recent advances in Molecular Beams Science, including reaction and photodissociation dynamics of neutral and ion molecules, ultrafast dynamics and coherent control, cold molecules, biomolecules, molecular clusters and helium droplets, liquid micro-jets and aerosols, beam-surface collisions, with contributions from both theory and experiment.

Following the tradition of the last Conferences, in this occasion ISMB2015 is dedicated to two outstanding scientists whose contributions and impact on Molecular Beams Science have been fundamental: Piergiorgio Casavecchia and Mike Ashfold, who will deliver plenary lectures in a special session in the afternoon of July 2, 2015.

The Conference format will include invited lectures, oral presentations selected among the abstract contributions, and poster sessions. The participation of young researchers and students is particularly welcome.

The day of arrival is Sunday, June 28, 2015, with registration during the afternoon and a reception in the evening. The program starts on Monday, June 29, 2015. The Conference will finish on the 3rd of July at midday, after a closure session.

Further information can be found on the conference web site: http://www.ucm.es/ismb which will be kept updated with the most recent news.

On behalf of the ISMB2015 Organizing Committee,
Javier Aoiz & Luis Bañares (Chairs)

Jul
20
Mon
CLEO/Europe & EQEC @ International Congress Centre (ICM) i
Jul 20 – Jul 25 all-day
 

The European Physical Society (EPS), The Optical Society (OSA) and IEEE Photonics Society invite you to attend the European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO®/Europe) and the XIIIth European Quantum Electronics Conference (EQEC) which will take place from 21 to 25 June 2015 at the International Congress Centre (ICM) in Munich, Germany. These two conferences, hosted by LASER 2015 World of PHOTONICS, the world’s largest trade fair on Laser Technology, will be the major European event of the International Year of Light and welcome prestigious speakers in optics and applications.

High Level Opening

The Opening Ceremony of World of Photonics Congress 2015 will see high-level speakers, UNESCO representatives and European and international dignitaries join together with the scientific community at Europe’s broadest photonics congress held exactly in the middle of the International Year of Light.

Plenaries will present Nobel Laureates and world-class speakers

Theodor W. Hänsch, 2005 Nobel Laureate in Physics, Serge Haroche, 2012 Nobel Laureate of Physics, and Federico Capasso, 2013 Laureate of the EPS-Quantum Electronics and Optics Prize, will address the latest developments in their fields of research.

A leading forum for scientific and technical photonics

Attendees will have the opportunity to share groundbreaking research, ideas and network.
Hear innovative science in laser technology, ultrafast and fibre optics, nonlinear optics, terahertz sources, high-field physics, telecommunications, nano- and biophotonics, photonics in defense and security. Discover new concepts in quantum optics, atom optics, ultrafast photonics, nonlinear phenomena, plasmonics and metamaterials, nanooptics, theoretical and computational photonics.
Enjoy Joint Symposia, Technical Focus and Joint Sessions with other conferences (ECBO, LiM, SPIE-Metrology), which will cover all recent progress in research, technology and industrial developments.

Enjoy training courses. Apply for new Travel Grant Student Awards

10 short courses, taught by world-leading scientists and outstanding industry experts, will cover a wide range of exciting topics in photonics and laser technology. Last but not least, EPS and Young Minds Initiative will offer 10 travel grants to PhD Students who wish to attend CLEO®/Europe-EQEC 2015.

Please, visit the conference website at http://www.cleoeurope.org/ and submit your papers!
Paper submission will start on October 17, 2014
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Deadline for submissions will be January 19, 2015, 17:00 GMT

See you in Munich!

  1. Bergé, P. Georges,
    J. Eschner, M. Kauranen

    Conference General Chairs
  2. Cerullo, V. Pruneri,
    T. Ackemann, C. Silberhorn

    Conference Programme Chairs
Aug
31
Wed
Faraday Discussions on ‘Ultrafast imaging of photochemical dynamics’
Aug 31 – Sep 2 all-day

Photochemical reactions have tremendous scientific importance, ranging from photosynthesis to atmospheric reactions, and technologies such as sensors or displays. Due to the intrinsic complexity of photochemical reactions, they remain the least understood type of chemical process. Nonadiabatic dynamics, ultrafast time-scales, quantum effects and conical intersections are known to be important, but a detailed comprehension remains elusive. However, new experimental techniques capable of monitoring photochemical processes in unprecedented detail are appearing. This includes the development of intense-laser techniques, the construction of free-electron lasers such as the XFEL in Europe and the LCLS in the USA, new sources of pulsed electrons, advanced detection techniques, and important advances in theoretical modelling of quantum dynamics. Many of these techniques are developed by research communities not traditionally concerned with photochemistry, but provide an opportunity to shed new light on photochemical dynamics.

The themes for the meeting are:

Electronic and non-adiabatic dynamics
Attosecond processes and X-ray spectroscopy
Structural dynamics
Vibrational and condensed phase dynamics

Deadline for abstract submission: Dec. 14, 2015

Confirmed speakers include:
Prof. Dan Neumark (Berkeley), Prof. Dwayne Miller (Hamburg), Prof. Fernando Martin (Madrid), Prof. Shaul Mukamel (Irvine), Prof. Albert Stolow (Ottawa), Dr. Yann Mairesse (Bordeaux), Dr. Mike Minitti (SLAC), Prof. Artem Rudenko (Kansas), Prof. Andrew Orr-Ewing (Bristol), Dr. Junko Yano (Lawrence-Berkeley)

A full research paper containing new unpublished results always accompanies oral presentations at Faraday Discussions. The oral/paper abstract should outline current research in progress. Authors of the selected abstracts must then submit a full research paper with a significant amount of new, unpublished work by 11 April 2016. The research papers and a record of the discussion are published in the journal Faraday Discussions (Impact factor 4.606).

If you are not familiar with the format of Faraday Discussions we suggest you visit the conference website (http://tinyurl.com/ouqlfqj). We look forward to your submissions.

Best regards,
Adam Kirrander and Russell Minns on behalf of the Scientific Committee (Jon Marangos, Nina Rohringer, Olga Smirnova, and Peter Weber)

May
25
Thu
MACUMB 2017 @ Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
May 25 – May 26 all-day
MACUMB 2017 @ Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid | Madrid | Community of Madrid | Spain

The scientific workshop: “Massive Computation for Ultrafast Molecular Breaking” (MACUMB 2017) will be held in the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain) on 25th and 26th of May 2017.

The scientific program (http://www.macumb.info/programme.html) includes ten invited talks that will be combined with two 3-hours practical sessions in computer rooms. We aim to bring together developers of the state-of-the-art scientific software in the field of quantum chemistry and molecular physics.

Registration is already open and closes on May 15th, 2017. The registration for the meeting is free for all participants.

You can find detailed information at http://www.macumb.info/

Organizers:
Alicia Palacios, Sergio Díaz-Tendero and Jesús González-Vázquez
Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Jul
23
Sun
ISIAC and (e,2e)-pol satellites to ICPEAC
Jul 23 – Aug 4 all-day

The two ICPEAC satellite meetings:

still welcome abstract submissions until the end of April. The confirmed invited speakers are available at the respective Scientific Program links.

We look forward to your participation,

Alisher Kadyrov, Chair of ISIAC

Igor Bray, Chair of (e,2e)-pol

Sep
4
Mon
11EUCO-TCC @ Institut d’Estudis Catalans (Institute for Catalan Studies, IEC)
Sep 4 – Sep 7 all-day
11EUCO-TCC @  Institut d’Estudis Catalans (Institute for Catalan Studies, IEC) | Barcelona | Catalonia | Spain

The local organizing committee of the Catalan Chemical Society (SCQ) cordially invites you, on behalf of the Division of Computational and Theoretical Chemistry (DCTC) of the European Association of Chemical and Molecular Sciences (EuCheMS), to participate at the 11th European Conference on Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, September 4 – September 7, 2017, in Barcelona.

The conference will reflect recent advances, developments and trends in the field and its impact on related molecular sciences and technology. EuCO-TCC 2017 will provide a unique information and communication platform and will cover a wide range of subjects related to computational chemistry, theoretical chemistry, material sciences, biology and drug design, and from fundamental academic research to industrial applications.

This invitation is addressed to scientists in academia, industry and in governmental institutions. You are all warmly welcomed to share your most recent findings and ideas and to continue the tradition of EuCO-CC conferences (Nancy 1994, Lisbon 1997, Budapest 2000, Assisi 2002, La Londe le Maures 2006, Tale 2006, Venetia 2008, Lund 2010, Sopron 2013, Fulda 2015).

Outstanding keynote speakers will outline recent trends in vary fields of interest. The scientific program will be completed by exhibitors presenting latest methods and applications in the field of computational chemistry.

Sep
12
Tue
IBER2017
Sep 12 – Sep 14 all-day

The next Joint Iberian Meeting on Atomic and Molecular Physics IBER 2017 will take place in Barcelona, Spain from September 12 to 14, 2017.

IBER is the biannual conference organised jointly by the Atomic and Molecular Physics Specialised Group (GEFAM) of the Spanish Royal Society of Physics and the Portuguese Society of Physics.

The main purpose of this series of IBER conferences is to bring together scientists of Iberian community dedicated to Atomic and Molecular Physics and related areas of to facilitate the interaction and exchange of knowledge between their research groups. Researchers and scientists from all over Europe and the world are invited to attend this conference and share knowledge. The conference will be structured in three days with plenary lectures, invited lectures, oral presentations and a poster session.

For detailed information and registration please visit:

http://iber2017.com

Specific topics of IBER include:

  • Quantum Physics and Chemistry
  • Experimental Techniques and Applied Physics
  • Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure
  • Biomolecules and Biophysics
  • Clusters, Nanoparticles
  • Surfaces and Condensed Phases
  • Dynamical Studies of Elementary Processes
  • Femtochemistry and Laser Control

List of Confirmed Speakers

M. Alcamí, U. Autónoma de Madrid (Spain)
V. Aquilanti, U. de Perugia (Italy)
A. Bergeat, U. de Bordeaux (France)
F. Calegari, U. of Hamburg (Germany)
M.L. Carvalho, U. Nova Lisboa (Portugal)
D. Clary, Oxford University (UK)
B. Costa Cabral, U. Lisboa (Portugal)
L.M. Frutos, U. de Alcalá de Henares (Spain)
P. García Jambrina, U. Complutense de Madrid (Spain)
P. Jönsson, Malmö högskola, Malmö (Sweden)
U. Manthe. Universität Bielfeld (Germany)
T. Martinez, Stanford University (USA)
B. Maté, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Spain)
E. Narevicius, Weizmann Institute (Israel)
J. A. Paixão, U. de Coimbra, (Portugal)
M. J. Ramos, U. de Porto (Portugal)
O. Roncero, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Spain)
D. Shalashilin, U. of Leeds (UK)
S. Willitchs, U. Basel (Switzerland)

Registration is now open. The deadline for early-bird registration is July 6th while abstract submission will be open until June 9th. Please  mark your calendars.
Approximately 10-12 contributions will be selected for oral communications. The participation of young researchers and students is particularly welcome.

We looking forward to welcoming in Barcelona!

With best regards

The Organising Committee at Universitat de Barcelona,
Antonio Aguilar Navarro (Chairman)
Margarita Albertí Wirsing
Miguel González Pérez
Fermín Huarte-Larrañaga (Secretary)
Estefanía López Marne
Josep Maria Lucas

 

Departament de Ciència de Materials i Química Física
Secció de Química Física
Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional de la UB (IQTCUB)
Universitat de Barcelona