The book of abstracts can be downloaded as a Zip file here. Password to open Zip file is: dou4clou

The final Technical Program can be obtained here.

Program Outline click here.

Overview of Program

Sunday 21^st May

17:00 Registration

• Engineering Research Facility, 2^nd Floor Atrium (842 W. Taylor St)

17:30 – 19:30 Welcome Reception

• Engineering Research Facility, 2^nd Floor Atrium (842 W. Taylor St)

Monday 22^nd May 

07:45 Registration and Continental Breakfast

• Student Center East (SCE), 3^rd Floor Conference Suite (750 S. Halsted. St)

08:20 Welcome and Official Opening

08:30 Plenary 1:

• Active Thermochemical Tables: A Divertimento in Thermochemistry for the 21^st Century
• Branko Ruscic, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
• Chair: Margaret S. Wooldridge, University of Michigan, USA

09:30 Parallel sessions A1, B1, and C1

10:20 Coffee Break

10:50 Parallel sessions A1, B1, and C1 continue

12:30 Lunch – enjoy local restuarants

14:00 Plenary 2:

• How Charge Transforms Chemical Bonds at Solid-Liquid Interfaces
• Tanja Ćuk, University of California, Berkeley, USA
• Chair: Kevin van Geem, University of Ghent, Belgium

15:00 Parallel session A2, B2, and C2

15:50 Coffee Break

16:20 Parallel session A2, B2, and C2 continue

18:00 End of day

Tuesday 23^rd May

07:45 Registration and Continental Breakfast

• SCE, 3^rd Floor Conference Suite (750 S. Halsted. St)

08:25 Daily announcements

08:30 Plenary 3:

• Strategies for Collectively Improving the Robustness of Chemical Kinetic Models for Practical Applications in Combustion
• Alison S. Tomlin, University of Leeds, UK
• Chair: Henry J. Curran, NUI Galway, Ireland

09:30 Parallel sessions A3, B3, and C3

10:20 Coffee Break

10:50 Parallel sessions A3, B3, and C3 continue

12:05 Lunch – enjoy local restaurants

13:30 Plenary 4:

• High-accuracy Quantum Chemical Methods for Kinetics:  Some Recent Developments
• John F. Stanton, University of Florida, USA
• Chair: Carlo Cavalotti, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

14:30 Parallel session A4, B4, and C4

15:20 Coffee Break

14:30 Parallel session A4, B4, and C4 continue

17:05 End of parallel sessions

17:30 Poster session

• Illinois C, SCE, 3^rd Floor Conference Suite (750 S. Halsted. St)

19:30 End of day

Wednesday 24^th May

07:45 Registration and Continental Breakfast

• SCE, 3^rd Floor Conference Suite (750 S. Halsted. St)

08:25 Daily announcements

08:30 Plenary 5:

• Low Temperature Kinetics in Uniform Supersonic Flows: Rate Constants, Branching Ratios and Energy Transfer
• Ian R. Sims, University of Rennes, France
• Chair: Stephen J. Klippenstein, Argonne National Laboratory, USA

09:30 Parallel sessions A5, B5, and C5

10:20 Coffee Break

10:50 Parallel sessions A5, B5, and C5 continue

12:15 Plenary 6:

• Fast Reactions in Aqueous Nanodrops
• Evan R. Williams, University of California, Berkeley, USA
• Chair: Christa Fittschen, CNRS-University of Lisle, France

13:05 Enjoy lunch and an afternoon in Chicago

18:30 Banquet at Moxee & Mad Mouse (724 W. Maxwell St)

21:00 End of day

Thursday 25^thMay

07:45 Registration and Continental Breakfast

• SCE, 3^rd Floor Conference Suite (750 S. Halsted. St)

08:25 Daily Announcements

08:30 Plenary 7:

• Controlling Phenolic Hydrodeoxygenation by Tailoring M-O Bond Strength Via Specific Catalyst Metal Type and Particle Size Selection
• Daniel E. Resasco, University of Oklahoma, USA
• Chair: William H. Green, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

09:30 Parallel sessions A6, B6, and C6

10:20 Coffee Break

10:50 Parallel sessions A6, B6, and C6 continue

12:05 Close of conference