Orcas 2010: International Conference on Energy Conversion

TECHNICALAN以分子光子学为重点的国际能源会议已于2010年9月在华盛顿州圣胡安群岛的华盛顿大学S海洋生物站举行。这次会议的组织方式与2007年以“分子光子学国际会议：光与纳米结构材料的相互作用”为名的会议类似。这次会议是对2007年会议的后续，重点是光-物质相互作用，并扩展到其他与新能源相关的研究主题。其目标是突出能够为可持续能源提供手段的科学和技术。例如，在开发用于光伏应用和固态照明的有机材料方面取得了重大进展。这些进展以及其他能源领域，如能源储存和光催化，有望提供新的技术，这些技术可以发展成强有力的可再生能源战略，并应对气候变化的挑战。固态和材料化学计划为参加会议的研究生、博士后和年轻教师提供支持。非技术会议的主要目标之一是增加研究生和博士后的参与。考虑到这一点，特意将受邀演讲者的数量控制在较少的水平(在2.5天内有15位演讲者)，以便为学生和博士后分配充足的时间与该领域的主要研究人员互动。预计60名参与者中将有50多人是学生或博士后。通过华盛顿大学科学与技术中心(STC)-信息技术研究材料与设备(MDITR)设立的外联计划，诺福克州立大学(历史上的黑人学院和大学(HBCU))的学生也被邀请参加会议。

TECHNICALAn international conference on energy with a focus on molecular photonics has been organized for September 2010 at the University of Washington?s marine biology station in the San Juan Islands in Washington State. This is being organized on a similar basis as the 2007 conference under the name of "International Conference on Molecular Photonics: Interaction of Light with Nanostructured Materials". This conference follows up on the 2007 conference with a focus on light-matter interactions and expands to additional novel energy related research topics. The goal is to highlight the science and technologies that can provide the means for sustainable energy. For example, significant advances have been made in developing organic materials for both photovoltaic applications and solid state lighting. These advances as well as other energy fields, such as energy storage and photocatalysis, promise to provide novel technologies that can develop into robust renewable energy strategies and address the challenges of climate change. The Solid State and Materials Chemistry program provides support for the participation of graduates students, post-docs and young faculty to attend the conference.NONTECHNICALOne of the major goals for this conference is to increase participation from graduate students and post-docs. With this in mind, the number of invited speakers has been kept intentionally small (15 speakers over 2.5 days) such that ample time can be allocated to students and post-docs to interact with key researchers in the field. More than 50 out of the 60 participants are expected to be students or post-docs. Through the outreach program that has been set-up through the University of Washington, Science and Technology Center (STC) - Materials & Devices for Information Technology Research (MDITR), students from Norfolk State University, a Historically Black-College and University (HBCU) have also been invited to attend the conference.