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WSN: Conference on femtochemistry, Lausanne, September 1995

From: Andrea Sassara <Andrea.Sassara@ipe.unil.ch>

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** FEMTOCHEMISTRY: THE LAUSANNE CONFERENCE  **
**-----------September 4-8, 1995------------**
**----------LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND-----------**
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** --Second Circular and Call for Abstracts--  **
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The central theme of the Lausanne Conference is the description, both from
an experimental and a theoretical point of view, of the chemical and
physical processes taking place in the femtosecond time domain in various
molecular media. The conference will be organized in sessions devoted to
the following topics:

        *       Elementary reactions
        *       Complex molecular systems
        *       Clusters
        *       Solids and Matrices
        *       Surfaces and Interfaces
        *       Liquids
        *       Biological systems
        *       Control
        *       Femtodynamics from Spectroscopy

The keynote lectures will be given by Prof. A. H. Zewail (Pasadena) and
Prof. J. Jortner (Tel Aviv). So far the following invited speakers have
confirmed their participation:

V.A. Apkarian (Irvine), G. Beddard (Manchester), R.S. Berry (Chicago),
J.-Y. Bigot (Strasbourg), R.M. Bowman (Kansas), S. Califano (Florence),
A.W. Castleman, Jr. (Pennsylvania), D. Chandler (Berkeley), P.M. Champion
(Boston), Y. Chen (Berkeley), D.C. Clary (Cambridge), R.D. Coalson
(Pittsburgh), G. Delgado-Barrio (Madrid), B. Deveaud-Pledran (Lausanne),
K.B. Eisenthal (New-York), W.H. Gadzuk (Gaithersburg), P. Gaspard
(Brussels), G. Gerber (Wuerzburg), R.B. Gerber (Jerusalem), B. Girard
(Toulouse), J.R. Huber (Zuerich), J.T. Hynes (Boulder), R. Kosloff
(Jerusalem), S.-Y. Lee (Singapore), V.S. Letokhov (Troitzk), W.C.
Lineberger (Boulder), J. Manz (Berlin), C.C. Martens (Irvine). J.-L. Martin
(Palaiseau), R.A. Mathies (Berkeley), V. May (Berlin), E. Mazur (Harvard),
S. Mukamel (Rochester), A.B. Myers (Rochester), M.T. Portella-Oberli
(Lausanne), N. Scherer (Pennsylvania), R. Schinke (Goettingen), E.
Schreiber (Berlin), B. Soep (Orsay), A. Stolow (Ottawa), V. Sundstrom
(Lund), A. Suzor (Orsay), J. Syage (Los Angeles), J. Troe (Goettingen),
D.A. Wiersma (Groningen), K.R. Wilson (San Diego), C. Wittig (Los Angeles),
K. Yoshihara (Okazaki)

Conference site:  The conference will take place at the College
Propedeutique of the University of Lausanne, offering a nice view of Lake
Geneva and the Alps. An auditorium of over 300 seats has been reserved as
well as a terminal room for those wishing to use e-mail.

Poster contributions:  Participants are encouraged to submit contributions
in the form of posters. They will be posted in the Hall of the College
Propedeutique on Monday, 4 September and can remain there throughout the
meeting.  Each poster will be allocated a space of 1m vertical x 1.2 m
horizontal on a poster board.

Abstracts/Publications:  All participants should submit a short account of
the talk or poster to be presented as a paper. We have contracted World
Scientific to produce such a valuable contribution in a Book which can be
used as reference material. Manuscripts should be typed camera-ready
according to the enclosed instructions and submitted to the Chairman, at
the conference, at the latest. The length of the papers is 6 typed pages
for invited speakers and 4 typed pages (incl. figures and tables) for
poster contributors. The Book will contain all presentations with
references, helpful to all persons in the field and in particular to young
scientists. It will be mailed directly to the author's address about three
months after the conference.
By June 15th, 1995, please send a short abstract (not exceeding one typed
page) in order to have the Book of Abstracts ready for distribution at the
conference.

Hotels:   Accomodation has been reserved for participants in hotels down-
(and up-) town Lausanne. All participants, including invited speakers, who
wish to make a reservation should fill in the enclosed reservation form and
send it back as soon as possible to the Conference Secretary. Reservations
are effective once the total amount due has been paid.

Transportation: Lausanne is easily accessible by train from major european
cities and from the Geneva (40 mn) and Zuerich (2 hours 45 mn) airports.
Accomodation will be downtown which is about 20 min by public transport from
the College Propedeutique. A public transport card at reduced price, valid
5 days, will be distributed at the registration desk for those who would
have applied for it (see registration form).

Visas:  Participants should enquire at the Swiss Embassy in their country
of residence if they need a visa to enter Switzerland.

Social Programme:

Sunday, September 3:  18:00-21:00
A welcoming reception for all participants will be held at the Banana
building of the University of Lausanne. Refreshments and a buffet will be
provided.

Wednesday, 6 September: 16:00-22:00
A boat cruise on Lake Geneva on board the "MS Lausanne" is planned. The
conference banquet will be held on the boat. Those who would like to take
part should apply on the registration form.

Meals: Breakfast is included in your hotel reservation. For Lunch we
recommend the University Refectory which is 5 mn by foot from the College
Propedeutique. Tickets will be distributed at the registration desk for
those who apply for them (see registration form). There is also the
possibility of eating at the Cafeteria or at the Restaurant de Dorigny on
the University Campus.

Exhibition: We are planning an exhibition of scientific equipment. It will
take place in the Hall of the College Propedeutique

Registration fees:  The registration fee is Sfr 280.- and includes coffee
breaks, Book of Abstracts, Book of Proceedings and welcoming reception.

Further information from:

The Conference Chairman, Prof. M. Chergui, or
The Conference Secretary, Ms. Samia Abbadi-Hanich
Femtochemistry: The Lausanne Conference
Institut de Physique Experimentale
Faculte des Sciences
Universite de Lausanne
CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Fax: [41]-21-692 3605   E-mail:Femto@ipe.unil.ch
http://www-sphys.unil.ch/html_docs/conf_femto.html

Important deadlines:

Receipt of abstracts:.......................June 15, 1995
Registration with payment:...............July 31, 1995
Hotel reservation with payment:.........July 15, 1995
Submission of papers:....................Sept. 4, 1995