Femtochemistry VII Conference - Washington DC

飞秒化学领域正在产生重大的科学和技术影响，使人们能够在广泛不同类型的反应中获得新的见解，并提供新的仪器来研究和分析气相中的物质，如颗粒和凝聚态的物质。该领域的发展甚至对化学和生物材料检测的先进领域也有价值。“飞化学”已经成为深入讨论所有这些主题的主要会议系列，下一届会议将涉及从化学到生物学的各种问题。第七届会议将于2005年7月17日至22日在华盛顿特区举行，这是在美国举行的系列会议中的第一次。飞化学VII是1993年在柏林开始的一个系列会议，并已发展成为一个专门研究这一主题的主要会议。从所附计划中可以看出，将讨论与许多科学技术领域直接相关的广泛主题。这些领域包括从纳米材料到表面和界面、生物物理学和燃烧科学。预计出席人数约为250人，我们预计有20至25名学生。年轻人是该领域的未来，本次会议将为他们提供一个了解新兴研究领域并与该领域大多数杰出研究人员互动的机会。受邀的参与者中有五位是在该领域发挥榜样作用的妇女；我们将努力吸引少数族裔和妇女以及青年科学家参加，并通过海报展示他们的发现。这是一个自费会议，与社会或其他资金来源无关。我们预计这次会议的举办费用约为27.7万美元，其中只有10.7万美元来自注册费。因此，我们必须再筹集大约17万美元来资助这次会议。正如预算中详述的那样，我们需要2万美元来帮助这次飞化学第七届会议取得巨大成功，并允许我们部分支持新兴和知名受邀演讲者的费用。参加Femtochemistry VII将提供一个机会，展示他们的最新发现，包括科学和技术发展，并讨论该领域在美国和其他国家的发展方向。本文件提供了会议议程的详细内容、请求财政支助的理由以及会议的预计预算。有关会议详情，请浏览我们的网站http://www.chem.psu.edu/conferences/femto7/。

ABSTRACT - 0521796Pennsylvania State University The field of femtosecond chemistry is having a major scientific and technological impact, allowing new insights to be gained in reactions of widely varying types, and providing new instrumentation that enables the study and analysis of species in the gas phase, as particulates, and ones in the condensed state. Developments in the field are even of value in advanced areas of the detection of chemical and biological materials."Femtochemistry" has become a major conference series that discusses all of these topics in depth, and the next one will deal with issues ranging from chemistry to biology. The seventh conference will be held in Washington, D.C. during the period July 17-22, 2005 and is the first of the series to be held in the United States.Femtochemistry VII is a conference series that had it's beginnings in 1993 inBerlin and has developed to be a major one devoted to this subject. As seen from the attached program, a wide range of subjects will be discussed which have direct relevance to many areas of science and technology. These include ones ranging from nanoscale materials to surface and interfaces, biophysics and combustion science. Among an expected attendance of about 250, we anticipate 20 to 25 students. Young people are the future of the field and this conference will provide them with an opportunity to learn about emerging areas of research and to interact with most of the prominent researchers in the field. Five of the invited participants are women who serve as role models in the field; we will endeavor to attract minorities and women, as well as young scientists, to attend and present their findings through poster presentations. This is a self funded conference with no connection to a society or other sources of funding. We project that the conference will cost approximately $277,000 to conduct, with only about $107,000 coming from registration fees. Hence we must raise approximately $170,000 additional monies to finance this meeting.As detailed in the budget, we are requesting $20,000 to help make thisFemtochemistry VII meeting a great success and allow us to partially support the expenses of both emerging and prominent invited speakers. Attending Femtochemistry VII will provide an opportunity to present their latest findings including both scientific and technological developments and to discuss directions in which this field is evolving in the US and in other countries.Details of the meeting agenda, justification for the requested financial support, as well as the projected budget for the conference are provided in this document. Please see our web site http://www.chem.psu.edu/conferences/femto7/ for more details about the meeting.