Sunday, August 31
- 12:00 pm - Registration
- 5:30 pm - Reception (Queen's Colege, Nun's Garden)
- 6:30 pm - Dinner (Queen's College, The Hall)
- 7:45 pm - Session I (School of Geography)
Atoms and Diatoms
- 7:45 pm - Welcome and Opening remarks - D. Pratt, U. Pittsburgh
- 8:00 pm - Setting the Stage - K. Burnett, Oxford U.
- 8:15 pm - W. Stwalley, U. Connecticut - "Photoassociative spectroscopy of ultracold atoms."
- 9:00 pm - Discussion
- 9:15 pm - P. Julienne, NlST (Gaithersburg) - "Photoassociation spectroscopy. A probe of interatomic interactions."
- 10:00 pm - Discussion
Monday, September 1
- 8:00 am - Breakfast (Queen's College, The Hall)
- 9:00 am - Session II (School of Geography)
Small Molecules, Ions and Rydberg States
- 9:00 am - Setting the Stage - T. Softley, Oxford U.
- 9:15 am - K. Yamanouchi, Tokyo U. - "Mass-resolved electronic spectroscopy of van der Waals molecules."
- 10:00 am - Discussion
- 10:15 am - Ch. Jungen, CNRS, (Orsay) - "Highly excited states of small molecules."
- 11:00 am - Discussion
- 11:15 am - Coffee
- 11:30 am - J. Maier, U. Basel - "Electronic spectroscopy of carbon chains."
- 12:15 pm - Discussion
- 12:45 pm - Photograph (Queen's College, Front Quad)
- 1:00 pm - Lunch (Queen's College, The Hall)
Afternoon Tours of the Colleges will be available to interested participants
- 4:00 pm - Poster Session I-A (Queen's College, The Cloisters)
- 6:30 pm - Dinner (Queen's College, The Hall)
- 8:00 pm - Session III (School of Geography)
Coherent Control. Strong Laser Fields
- 8:00 pm - Setting the Stage - M. Shapiro, Weizmann Institute (Rehovot)
- 8:15 pm - R. Gordon, U. Illinois, Chicago - "Coherent phase control of chemical reactions."
- 9:00 pm - Discussion
- 9:15 pm - A. Stolow, NRC, Ottawa - "Time-Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy"
- 10:00 pm - Discussion
Tuesday, September 2
- 8:00 am - Breakfast (Queen's College, The Hall)
- 9:00 am - Session IV (School of Geography)
Large Molecules and Clusters. State Mixing
- 9:00 am - Setting the Stage - M. Becucci, LENS (Firenze)
- 9:15 am - H.-J. Neusser, T. U. Munich - "Coherent ion-dip spectroscopy of polyatomic molecules."
- 10:00 am - Discussion
- 10:15 am - W. L. Meerts, U. Nijmegen - "Internal rotation effects in the electronic spectroscopy of large molecules."
- 11:00 am - Discussion
- 11:15 am - Coffee
- 11:30 am - S. Leutwyler, U. Bern - "Dipping aromatics into cold water. The first ten solvent molecules."
- 12:15 pm - Discussion
- 12:45 pm - Lunch (Queen's College, The Hall)
The afternoon is free
- 4:00 pm - Poster Session I-B (Queen's College, The Cloisters)
- 5:30 pm - Organ Recital, M. Gautrey (Queen's College, The Chapel)
- 6:30 pm - Dinner (Queen's College, The Hall)
- 8:00 pm - Session V (School of Geography)
Collisions and Chemical Reactions
- 8:00 pm - Setting the Stage - A. Dobbyn, Daresbury Laboratory
- 8:15 pm - G.-H. Sha, Dalian - "Quantum interference in molecular collisions." (presented by C.-H. Zhang, Beijing)
- 9:00 pm - Discussion
- 9:15 pm - H. Reisler, University of Southern California - "Spectroscopy, Dynamics, and Competing Pathways in Time-Evolving States"
- 10:00 pm - Discussion
Wednesday, September 3
- 8:00 am - Breakfast (Queen's College, The Hall)
- 9:00 am - Session VI (School of Geography)
Single Molecules
- 9:00 am - Setting the Stage - D. Levy, U. Chicago
- 9:15 am - M. Orrit, U. Bordeaux - "Nonlinear and quantum optics with single molecules in solids."
- 10:00 am - Discussion
- 10:15 am - J. Skinner, U. Wisconsin. "Why study single molecules?"
- 11:00 am - Discussion
- 11:15 am - Coffee
- 11:30 am - X.-S. Xie, PNNL (Richland) - "Spectral and chemical behaviors of single molecules."
- 12:15 pm - Discussion
- 12:45 pm - Lunch (Queen's College, The Hall)
Afternoon Tours of the Bodleian Library and the Divinity School will be available to interested participants
- 4:00 pm - Poster Session II-A (Queen's College, The Cloisters)
- 6:30 pm - Dinner (Queen's College, The Hall)
- 8:00 pm - Session VII (School of Geography)
Molecules in Liquids
- 8:00 pm - Setting the Stage - R. Rigler, Karolinska Institute (Stockholm)
- 8:15 pm - A. Myers, U. Rochester - "Solvent-solute interactions in electronic spectroscopy. How portable are spectral densities?"
- 9:00 pm - Discussion
- 9:15 pm - R. Hochstrasser, U. Pennsylvania - "Ultrafast laser and simulation studies of solvent-induced processes undergone by small molecules in solution."
- 10:00 pm - Discussion
Thursday, September 4
- 8:00 am - Breakfast (Queen's College, The Hall)
- 9:00 am - Session VIII (School of Geography)
Molecules at Interfaces. Quantum Dots
- 9:00 am - Setting the Stage - E. Bernstein, Colorado State
- 9:15 am - K. Lehmann, Princeton U. - "Spectroscopy of alkalis and their oligomers on helium clusters."
- 10:00 am - Discussion
- 10:15 am - E. Mazur, Harvard U. - "Substrate electron distributions in surface femtochemistry."
- 11:00 am - Discussion
- 11:15 am - Coffee
- 11:30 am - A. P. Alivisatos, U. California, Berkeley - "Electronic structure of semiconductor nanocrystals."
- 12:15 pm - Discussion
- 12:45 pm - Lunch (Queen's College, The Hall)
The afternoon is free
- 4:00 pm - Poster Session II-B (Queen's College, The Cloisters)
- 6:00 pm - Recital by the Arioso Trio (Queen's College, The Chapel)
- 7:00 pm - Reception
- 7:30 pm - Banquet (Queen's College, The Hall)
Friday, September 5
- 8:00 am - Breakfast (Queen's College, The Hall)
- 9:00 am - Session IX (School of Geography)
Biological Systems and Beyond
- 9:00 am - Setting the Stage - G. Beddard, U. Leeds
- 9:15 am - W. Eaton, NIH, Bethesda - "Dynamics of protein folding."
- 10:00 am - Discussion
- 10:15 am - J. -L. Martin, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau - "Time-resolved spectroscopy of biological systems"
- 11:00 am - Discussion
- 11:15 am - Coffee
- 11:30 am - Round-table Discussion: "The challenges that lie ahead"
J. Simons, Oxford U. - Moderator
- 12:15 pm - Closing Remarks and send-off - R. Field, MIT
- 12:45 pm - Lunch (Queen's College, The Hall)
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