FD171 “Emerging photon technologies for chemical dynamics”, July 9-11^th 2014, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

• Deadline for abstracts for poster presentations:  MAY 12th
• Registration deadline: June 9th

We have an impressive line-up of speakers for the Faraday Discussion on the topic of Emerging Photon Technologies for Chemical Dynamics (FD171), which will be held at the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, from July 9^th to 11^th 2014.  Faraday Discussions have a unique format in which full papers submitted by the speakers are circulated to the conference participants prior to the meeting, and each speaker has five minutes to present their work.  Most of the meeting is therefore devoted to discussion of the papers that have been submitted. The comments of those who contribute to the discussion, who may present one or two slides on their own research if they wish, are published (see: http://www.rsc.org/ConferencesAndEvents/RSCConferences/FD/index.asp).  The deadline for the receipt of poster abstracts, which should be submitted at http://www.rsc.org/ConferencesAndEvents/RSCConferences/FD/FD171/cfp.asp, is MAY 12th.

The light from newly developing photon sources, such as X-ray free electron lasers and high harmonic generation, provides an exceptionally exciting tool with a range of applications.  This Faraday Discussion will provide an interdisciplinary forum that will focus on applications to:

• Chemical reaction dynamics
•  Electron dynamics in atoms, molecules and clusters
•  Correlated systems, surfaces and catalysis
•  Nanoscale and bio imaging       

More details can be found at:  http://www.rsc.org/ConferencesAndEvents/RSCConferences/FD/FD171/index.asp

Confirmed speakers are:

• Majed Chergui, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
• Henry Chapman, Center for Free-Electron Laser Science
• Christian Bressler, European XFEL GmbH
• Robert Moshammer, Max-Planck-Institut fur Kernphysik
• Nora Berrah, Western Michigan University
• Jon Marangos, Imperial College London
• Kai Roßnagel, Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik 
• Martin Wolf, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
• John Spence, Arizona State University
• Chris Jacobsen, Northwestern University/Argonne National Laboratory
• Michael Minitti, University of Edinburgh
• Grigory Smolentsev, Paul Scherrer Institute
• Julia Weinstein, University of Sheffield
• Tatiana Globus, University of Virginia
• Filippo Bencivenga, Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste
• Isabella Gierz, Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
• Stefan Neppl, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Ben Spencer, University of Manchester
• Daniel Rolles, CFEL/DESY
• Michael Woerner, Max Born Institute
• Caterina Vozzi, Politecnico di Milano
• Jasper van Thor, Imperial College London
• Stephan Stern, CFEL/DESY
• Peter Kraus, ETH Zurich
• Klaus van Haeften, University of Leicester

We look forward to welcoming you and your colleagues to Sheffield in July for what promises to be an exciting and topical meeting.

The FD171 organizing committee:

Katharine Reid,

Wendy Flavell,

Martin McCoustra,

Gwyn Williams,

Jochen Kuepper,

Jonathan Underwood,  

Elaine Seddon