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FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
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Sixteenth International Workshop
QUANTUM SYSTEMS IN CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
September 11-17, 2011
IshikawaPrefectureMuseum of Art,Kanazawa, Japan
Honorary Chair: Shigeyuki Aono (Funabashi, Japan)
Chair: Kiyoshi Nishikawa (Kanazawa, Japan)
Cochair: Jean Maruani (Paris, France)
Coordinating Chair: Erkki Brändas (Uppsala, Sweden)
This workshop, like the previous QSCP meetings, will bring together chemists and physicists interested in quantum systems in molecular, nano and material sciences. Quantum biochemists and biophysicists are welcome to participate. Emphasis will be on many-body methods, innovative theory, computational realization, and applications.
The Workshop will include sessions on:
* Concepts and Methods in Quantum Chemistry(CMQC)
* Molecular Structure, Dynamics, and Spectroscopy (MSDS)
* Atoms and Molecules in Strong Electric and Magnetic Fields (AMSF)
* Condensed Matter; Complexes and Clusters; Surfaces and Interfaces (CCSI)
* Molecular and Nano Materials, Electronics and Biology (MNEB)
* Reactive Collisions and Chemical Reactions (RCCR)
* Computational Chemistry, Physics and Biology (CCPB)
The Proceedings of the Workshop are expected to be published in Progress in Theoretical Chemistry and Physics (Springer).Please let us know if you wish to attend by e-mailing to: , with a copy to:.
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You may register on-line through the following link (fee payment and abstract submission can be made at a later date):
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Overseas participants may like to combine their coming to the QSCP-XVI workshop in Kanazawa, Japan, with the ISTCP-VII congress organized by Pr Hiromi Nakai at WasedaUniversity, Tokyo, between September 2 and 8, 2011: which will very conveniently take place shortly before the QSCP-XVI workshop.
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Honorary Committee:
Rodney J. Bartlett (Gainesville, FL, USA)
Gerard Ferey (Versailles, France)
Kimihiko Hirao (Riken, Japan)
Janos Ladik (Erlangen, Germany)
Roy McWeeny (Pisa, Italy)
Hiroshi Nakatsuji (QCRI, Japan)
Josef Paldus (Waterloo, ON, Canada)
Michael A. Whitehead (Montreal, PQ, Canada)
International Scientific Committee:
Jean Maruani, Chair (Paris, France)
Vincenzo Aquilanti (Perugia, Italy)
Erkki Brändas (Uppsala, Sweden)
Gerardo Delgado-Barrio (Madrid, Spain)
Eugene Kryachko (Kiev, Ukraine)
Souad Lahmar (Carthage, Tunisia)
Aristides Mavridis (Athens, Greece)
Nimrod Moiseyev (Haifa, Israel)
Debashis Mukherjee (Calcutta, India)
Kiyoshi Nishikawa (Kanazawa, Japan)
Piotr Piecuch (Lansing, MI, USA)
Enrico Purisima (Montreal, PQ, Canada)
Oleg Vasyutinskii (St Petersburg, Russia)
Yan Alexander Wang (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Angela Wilson (Denton, TX, USA)
Local Organizing Committee:
Kiyoshi Nishikawa, Chair (KanazawaUniversity)
Hidemi Nagao, Co-chair (KanazawaUniversity)
Kazunaka Endo (TokyoUniversity of Science)
Junya Hasegawa (KyotoUniversity)
Tsuyoshi Kato (University of Tokyo)
Jun Kawai (KyotoUniversity)
Hirohiko Kono (TohokuUniversity)
Hiromi Nakai (WasedaUniversity in Tokyo)
Masayoshi Nakano (OsakaUniversity)
Tatsuki Oda (KanazawaUniversity)
Mitsutaka Okumura (OsakaUniversity)
Hiroaki Saito (KanazawaUniversity)
Mineo Saito (KanazawaUniversity)
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The Workshop will be held at Ishikawa Prefecture Museum of Art (IPMA), Kanazawa, Japan: The predecessor of this museum (IshikawaPrefectureMuseum) was opened in October, 1959, as one of the oldest regional museums in Japan. In 1983, the new museum (IPMA) was built on the same location.
QSQP-XVIwilllast for six days, from September11 to 17, 2011. Please mark up your calendars.
Kanazawa is located in the central part of the mainland of Japan. The southeast of the city faces the mountains and the northwest faces the Sea of Japan.It was a great castle town ruled by an influential leader from the 17th century through the 19th century. Kanazawa has maintained rows of historical houses and inherited traditional crafts andarts.
IPMA is located in the cultural heart of Kanazawa and can be accessed by a 15-minute walk from downtown Kanazawa. There are many other cultural and historical museums aroundIPMA, such as Ishikawa Prefecture Noh Theater, Ishikawa-Ken History Museum, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, etc. It is neighbouringon Kenrokuen Garden, one of three most beautiful gardens in Japan.
IPMA was intended to display fine arts and traditional crafts from Ishikawa Prefecture,including feudal Daimyo ustensils using the Kaga Makie technique and a huge range of Kutani porcelain collection - from Old Kutani to Reestablished Kutani. IPMA collectionsinclude one National Treasure and four Important Cultural Propertiesin its permanent exhibition halls.
The conference venue will be split into the IPMA (talks) and the very close Shiinoki cultural complex (posters). The main accommodation place will be Excel Hotel Tokyu in the centre of downtown, where the banquet will take place. Attendees can select their hotel according to their budget. The Excel Hotel Tokyuand more economical hotels will be listed on the home page of the Workshop.
Kanazawa has manyseafood restaurants and also foreign restaurants (Chinese, French, Italian, etc.) around Excel Hotel Tokyu. While lunch will be served in theneighbouring IPMA annex, participants mayenjoy dinner in Kanazawa according to their favourite taste.
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As during most QSCP workshops since Sofia (Bulgaria) and also at the ICTCP-IV Congress in Marly-le-Roi (France), there will be anAWARD CEREMONY for the Promising Scientist Prize of CMOA at the Banquet Dinner of QSCP-XV. If you wish to APPLY or NOMINATE a young scientist please consult our web site: and send the application or nomination before July 16 to Prof. Kiyoshi Nishikawa, Chair of the QSCP-XVI workshop (), with copies to Prof. Jean Maruani, President of CMOA (), and to Prof. Erkki Brändas, Chair of the Selection Committee ().
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Attendance rates include free use of the facilities of the Workshop premises, coffee breaks, lunch for six days, a booklet of abstracts, a copy of the proceedings (with a 75% discount onthe market price), and a social programme involving a guided tour, a Japanese drum performance and a banquet dinner with the award ceremony.
Medical, accident and liability insurance is not included in the registration fees. QSCP participants should make it surethey are fully insured from their home institution.
Early-bird registrants (payment made before March 1st, 2011):
- Normal: 59,000 Yen (about 730 $ or 520E).
- Students: 50,000 Yen (about 620$ or 440E).
- Accompanying persons: 31,000 Yen (about 382 $ or 274 E).
Regular registrants (payment made before July 15, 2011):
- Normal:65,000 Yen (about 800$ or 580E).
- Students: 55,000 Yen (about 680$ or 490 E).
- Accompanying persons: 31,000 Yen (about 382 $ or 274 E).
Late registrants (payment made after July 15, 2011) will pay a surcharge of 8%on the regular registrants rates.
Payment should be made preferably by money transfer to the account (please request that transfer fees be charged to the sender):
Bank name: The Hokuriku Bank, Ltd.
Bank address: Kanazawa, Japan
Account holder: QSCP-XVI NISHIKAWA KIYOSHI
Account number: 0144-308-5056810
Swift code: RIKB JP JT
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NEWS OF PREVIOUS QSCP WORKSHOPS
Previous QSCP workshops were held in [or near] Pisa [San Miniato] (1996), Oxford (1997), Granada (1998), Paris [Marly-le-Roi] (1999), Uppsala (2000), Sofia (2001), Bratislava [Casta Paprinicka] (2002), Athens [Spetses] (2003), Grenoble [Les Houches] (2004), Carthage (2005), St Petersburg [Pushkin] (2006), Windsor [Royal Holloway] (2007), Lansing [MSU, USA] (2008), Madrid [El Escorial] (2009), and Cambridge (2010).Details of the proceedings of the most recent meetings are given below.
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIFTEENTH WORKSHOP
The Proceedings of the Fifteenth Workshop on "Quantum Systems in Chemistry and Physics" (Cambridge, England) will be published in PTCPby September 2011. The deadline for submitting manuscripts has beenset as November 30, 2010, for regular and review papers: For any difficulty to meet the deadline please send an e-mail to the main editor, Philip Hoggan: , with a copy to the series editor, Jean Maruani: .
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTEENTH WORKSHOP
The Proceedings of the Fourteenth Workshop on "Quantum Systems in Chemistry and Physics" (El Escorial, Spain) will appear in I.J.Q.C., vol. 111 (2) pp. not yet available (2011).
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRTEENTH WORKSHOP
The Proceedings of the Thirteenth Workshop on "Quantum Systems in Chemistry and Physics" (Lansing, MI, USA) have appeared as volumes 19 and 20 of P.T.C.P. (750 pages in total) in October 2009:
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWELFTH WORKSHOP
The Proceedings of the Twelfth Workshop on "Quantum Systems in Chemistry and Physics" (Windsor, England) have appeared as vol. 18
(600 p.) of P.T.C.P. (2008):
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ELEVENTH WORKSHOP
The Proceedings of the Eleventh Workshop on "Quantum Systems in Chemistry and Physics" (St Petersburg, Russia) have appeared in I.J.Q.C., vol. 107 (14), pp. 2565-2985 (2007).
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE TENTH WORKSHOP
The Proceedings of the Tenth Workshop on "Quantum Systems in Chemistry and Physics" (Carthage, Tunisia) have appeared as vol. 16 (300 p.) of P.T.C.P. (2007):
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