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SUMMARY:Water – the Most Anomalous Liquid
DTSTART:20141013T070000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Lars G. M. Pettersson (Stockholm University)\, Ander
 s Nilsson (SLAC and Stockholm University)\, Richard H. Henchman (Universit
 y of Manchester)\n\nVenue\n\n\n\nNordita\, Stockholm\, Sweden\n\nScope\n\n
 Water is ubiquitous and a prerequisite to life as we know it\, yet the fun
 damental origin in terms of structure and dynamics of its many anomalous p
 roperties is still under debate. No simulation model is currently able to 
 reproduce these properties throughout the phase diagram. Experimental tech
 niques\, such as x-ray spectroscopies and x-ray and neutron scattering\, f
 emtosecond pump-probe and free-electron laser experiments in “no man’s
  land”\, provide data that stimulate new theory developments. This progr
 am brings together experimentalists and theoreticians in strong synergy to
  explore interpretations and to provide a strong basis for further experim
 ental and theoretical advances towards a unified picture of water.\n\nThe 
 first goal of the program is to identify critical aspects of water’s ano
 malous behavior that need to be included in new water models in order to g
 ive an overall encompassing agreement with experiments. The second goal is
  to stimulate further developments of models that can also include perturb
 ations due to ion solvation\, hydrophobic interactions as well as describe
  water at interfaces. There currently exist many water models that can des
 cribe some properties well\, whereas others are poorly represented. In ord
 er to have a fundamental understanding of the relationship between thermod
 ynamic\, kinetic and chemical properties with the structure and dynamics o
 f water at various state points and in aqueous solutions it is essential t
 o develop a unified description. The program is intended to stimulate a sy
 stematic and synergistic approach towards this goal. \n\n[Timetable]\n\nFo
 rmat\n\nThe program will be built around working groups (WG) during weeks 
 1\, 3 and 4 together with an international conference during week 2. There
  will be four WGs running each week covering different themes. The 1st wee
 k will focus on the anomalous properties of water with an emphasis on simu
 lations\, the 2nd week will be an international conference\, the 3rd week 
 will focus on theoretical description and our fundamental understanding of
  various experimental techniques to probe the structure\, dynamics and the
 rmodynamics of water. The 4th week will extend water models into ion solva
 tion\, hydrophobic interactions and interfaces. The format of the working 
 weeks 1\,2 and 4 will be a flexible division into working groups where eac
 h group has the task to contribute to\, and coauthor\, a major review summ
 arizing the current state of the art. Each working group will identify are
 as where agreement has been reached\, areas that are contentious and also 
 provide suggestions for new experiments or theoretical developments to res
 olve the outstanding issues.\n\nWeeks 1\, 3 and 4 will have the following 
 general structure:\nMonday: WG chairs present their thoughts on topics to 
 discuss and work on during the week. General discussion and first meeting 
 of working groups.\nTuesday-Friday:Each invited speaker will give a half h
 our presentation followed by discussion. In addition there will be WG sess
 ions to discuss specific topics and work on writing for the review paper. 
 16:30- General assembly with reports from each WG and general discussion. 
 \n\n\n\nWeek 1: Thermodynamics and Simulations of Water \n\n\nWorking grou
 p\nTopic \nWG Chair\n\n\n\nWG 1 \nThermodynamics of Water \nMikhail Anisim
 ov\n\n\n WG 2  \nForce Field Simulations\nFrancesco Paesani\n\n\n WG 3  \n
 Ab Initio Simulations\nMarivi Fernández-Serra\n\n\n WG 4  \nQuantum Effec
 ts\nTom Markland\n\n\n\nWeek 2: International Conference - See Below\n\n\n
 \nWeek 3: Theoretical Interpretations of Experimental Data\n\n\nWorking gr
 oup\nTopic \nWG Chair\n\n\n\nWG 5 \nX-ray Spectroscopy\nJan-Erik Rubensson
 \n\n\n WG 6  \nX-ray and Neutron Scattering\nMarie-Claire Bellissent-Funel
 \n\n\n WG 7  \nVibrational Spectroscopy and Dynamics\nFivos Perakis/Yuki N
 agata\n\n\n WG 8  \nConfined Water as Model of Supercooled Water\nJan Swen
 son\n\n\nWeek 4: Aqueous Solutions and Interfaces\n\n\nWorking group\nTopi
 c \nWG Chair\n\n\n\nWG 9 \nCations and Anions in Solution \nHuib Bakker/Ni
 co van der Vegt\n\n\n WG 10  \nProtons and Hydroxide Ions\nAli Hassanali\n
 \n\n WG 11  \nBiomolecular Hydration\nAngel Garcia\n\n\n WG 12  \nWater at
  Interfaces\nHendrik Bluhm\n\n\n\n\n\nWeek 2: Confirmed Invited Conference
  Speakers\n\n\nHeather Allen\, Ohio State University\, USA\nAusten Angell\
 , Arizona State University\, USA\nMikhail Anisimov\, University of Marylan
 d\, USA\nChris Benmore\, Argonne National Laboratory\, USA\nMischa Bonn\, 
 MPI Mainz\, Germany\nFabio Bruni\, Roma 3\, Italy\nRoberto Car\, Princeton
  University\, USA\nFrédéric Caupin\, Université de Lyon\, France\nThoma
 s Elsaesser\, Max-Born-Institut Berlin\, Germany\nGiulia Galli\, Universit
 y of Chicago\, USA\nPaola Gallo\, Roma 3\, Italy\nPeter Hamm\, University 
 of Zurich\, Switzerland\nYoshihisa Harada\, University of Tokyo\, Japan\nT
 homas Kühne\, Universität Paderborn\, Germany\nDavid Limmer\, Princeton 
 University\, USA\nThomas Loerting\, University of Innsbruck\, Austria\nFra
 ncesco Mallamace\, Universitá di Messina\, Italy\nAngelos Michaelides\, U
 C London\, UK\nIwao Ohmine\, Institute for Molecular Science\, Japan\nFran
 cesco Paesani\, UC San Diego\, USA\nAthanassios Panagiotopoulos\, Princeto
 n University\, USA\nJohn Rehr\, University of Washington\, USA\nJonas Sell
 berg\, Stockholm University\, Sweden\nJames Skinner\, UW Madison\, USA\nGe
 ne Stanley\, University of Boston\, USA\nJan Swenson\, Chalmers University
  of Technology\, Sweden\nHajime Tanaka\, Tokyo University\, Japan\nRenato 
 Torre\, University of Firenze\, Italy\nCarlos Vega\, Universidad Compluten
 se Madrid\, Spain\nLimei Xu\, Peking University\, China\n\n\n\nApplication
 \n\nIf you want to apply for participation in the program\, please fill in
  the application form. You will be informed by the organizers shortly afte
 r the application deadline whether your application has been approved. Due
  to space restrictions\, the total number of participants is strictly limi
 ted. (Invited speakers and WG chairs are of course automatically approved\
 , but need to register anyway.)\n\nApplication deadline: 31 August 2014\n\
 nA minimum stay of one working week is required and we encourage participa
 nts to stay for a period of at least two weeks.\n\nThere is no registratio
 n fee.\n\nTravel Reimbursement\n\nInvited speakers and WG chairs will have
  their travel expenses reimbursed  by the program. Limited travel grants a
 re available to participants in the program. If you are interested in such
  a grant\, please mark the corresponding field in the application form\, b
 riefly summarize your interest in the program in the comments field\, and 
 indicate an estimation of your expected travel expenses. Since only a limi
 ted number of grants is available\, decision concerning the grants will be
  made on a case-by-case basis and you will be notified shortly after the a
 pplication deadline.\n\nAccommodation\n\nNordita provides a limited number
  of rooms in the Stockholm apartment hotel BizApartments free of charge fo
 r accepted program participants.\n\nSponsored by:\n\n\n The Royal Swedish 
 Academy of Sciences through its Nobel Institutes for Physics and Chemistry
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