| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 11:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
| 7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Breakthrough Areas in LC Science and Applications |
| Discussion Leader: Peter Palffy-Muhoray (Kent State University, USA) |
| 7:40 pm - 8:25 pm | A.G. Yodh (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
"Rods in Temperature Sensitive Suspensions and Gels" |
| 8:25 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
| 8:35 pm - 9:20 pm | Nick Roberts (University of Manchester, United Kingdom)
"Seeing the World in a Different Light: LCs and Polarized Light Vision" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | LC Aggregates, Colloids and Networks |
| Discussion Leader: Robert Meyer (Brandeis University, USA) |
| 9:00 am - 9:40 am | Slobodan Zumer (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
"Nematic Braids: Colloids Entangled by Disclinations" |
| 9:40 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
| 9:50 am | Coffee Break / Group Photo |
| 10:20 am - 11:00 am | David Weitz (Harvard University, USA)
"Defects in Nematic Shells" |
| 11:00 am - 11:10 am | Discussion |
| 11:10 am - 11:50 am | Dick Broer (Philips Research, the Netherlands)
"Hydrogen Bridged LC Networks: New Routes towards Nanostructured Membranes and Actuators" |
| 11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
| 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | Robert Meyer (Brandeis University) & Tom Lubensky (University of Pennsylvania)
"Tribute to Pierre-Gilles de Gennes" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Nanoscience and Technology |
| Discussion Leader: Adam Fonteccio (Drexel University, USA) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:05 pm | Yuri Reznikov (Institute of Physics, Ukraine)
"Liquid Crystal Nanocolloids" |
| 8:05 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
| 8:10 pm - 8:45 pm | Torsen Hegmann (University of Manitoba, Canada)
"Ordering, Defects and Electrooptic Effects in Nematic Liquid Crystals Doped with Functionalized Metal Nanoclusters" |
| 8:45 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:25 pm | Giovanni Carbone (University of Caldaria, Italy)
"Frustrating the Order in Liquid Crystals: Bend Induced Melting of the Smectic and Nematic Order Reconstruction" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Supramolecular and Self Assembled Liquid Crystal Systems |
| Discussion Leader: L.C. Chien (Kent State University, USA) |
| 9:00 am - 9:40 am | Daniel Guillon (University of Strasbourg, France)
"Liquid crystalline Dendritic Architectures: from organic to hybrid materials" |
| 9:40 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
| 9:50 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:20 am - 11:00 am | G. Ungar (University of Sheffield, UK)
"Liquid Crystal Honeycombs and Columnar Smectic Hybrids" |
| 11:00 am - 11:10 am | Discussion |
| 11:10 am - 11:50 am | T. Kato (University of Tokyo, Japan)
"Supramolecular Functional Liquid Crystal Assemblies" |
| 11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
| 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | Young Researcher Pick: Natalie Suhan (University of Windsor)
"Self-Organizing [2]Rotaxanes" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Photonics and Electro-optic Applications |
| Discussion Leader: Michael Escuti (North Carolina State University, USA) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:05 pm | Harry Coles (University of Cambridge, UK)
"Towards Highly Efficient LC Lasers" |
| 8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
| 8:15 pm - 8:50 pm | Mohan Srinivasavao (Georgia Tech University, USA)
"Electro-Optic Effects in Liquid Crystals" |
| 8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:30 pm | Noel Clark (University of Colorado, USA)
"Michi Nakata: Art and Science" |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Sensors |
| Discussion Leader: Joe B. Whitehead (University of Southern Mississippi) |
| 9:00 am - 9:40 am | David Walba (University of Colorado, USA)
"Detection and Quantitative Measurement of Enantiomeric Excess using LC Electrooptics" |
| 9:40 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
| 9:50 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:20 am - 11:00 am | Kees Bastiaansen (Technical University of Eindhoven, the Netherlands)
"LC Coatings and Films in Luminescent Solar Energy Concentrators" |
| 11:00 am - 11:10 am | Discussion |
| 11:10 am - 11:50 am | Oleg Lavrentovich (Kent State University, USA)
"Lyotropic Chromonic LCs: Effects of Additives" |
| 11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
| 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | Young Researcher Pick: Christian Santangelo (University of Pennsylvania)
"Coercing Columns to Curve: Columnar Phases on Curved Substrates" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | New Ordering and New Structures |
| Discussion Leader: Thomas Lubensky (University of Pennsylvania, USA) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:05 pm | Satyen Kumar (Kent State University, USA)
"Thermotropic Biaxial Nematic Phase in Bent-core and Tetrapodic mesogens" |
| 8:05 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
| 8:10 pm - 8:45 pm | Linda Hirst (Florida State University, USA)
"Liquid Crystalline Phases in Lipid Bilayers and Tubules" |
| 8:45 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:25 pm | Olaf Stenull (Fachbereich Physik, Universitaet Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
"Elasticity of Smectic Elastomers" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Synthesis and Templating of LCs |
| Discussion Leader: Robert Lemieux (Queens University, Canada) |
| 9:00 am - 9:40 am | Ewa Gorecka (University of Washington, USA)
"2D Electron Density Modulated Phases Made of Banana Molecules" |
| 9:40 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
| 9:50 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:20 am - 11:00 am | Hideo Takezoe (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
"Chirality in Liquid Crystals" |
| 11:00 am - 11:10 am | Discussion |
| 11:10 am - 11:50 am | Frank Giesselmann (University of Stuttgart, Germany)
"Carbon Nanotube Alignment using Lyotropic Liquid Crystals" |
| 11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
| 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | Young Researcher Pick: Christopher Spillmann (Naval Research Laboratory)
"Structure and Characterization of Electroclinic Elastomers" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Imaging and Displays |
| Discussion Leader: Phil Bos (Kent State University, USA) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:05 pm | Mary O'Neill (University of Hull, United Kingdom)
"Semiconducting Nematic Liquid Crystals for OLEDs and Photovoltaics" |
| 8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
| 8:15 pm - 8:50 pm | S.H. Lee (Chonbuk National University, Korea)
"CNT Effect on Physical Properties of LCs and Fringe Field Switching" |
| 8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Depart |