| SATURDAY |
| 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:30 pm - 3:50 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:50 pm - 4:30 pm | Ultrafast Phenomena |
| 3:50 pm - 4:05 pm | Fawzi Abou-Chahine (University of Bristol)
"Chemical Reaction and Vibrational Relaxation in Solution: The HCl Story"
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| 4:05 pm - 4:10 pm | Discussion |
| 4:10 pm - 4:25 pm | Jeremy Viau Trudel (Laval University)
"Molecular Ionization by an Intense Attosecond XUV Pulse: Is a Franck-Condon Approximation Acceptable?"
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| 4:25 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Biomolecules and Clusters |
| Discussion Leader: Ruth Signorell (University of British Columbia) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Keynote Speaker: Kenneth Jordan (University of Pittsburgh)
"Accommodation of Excess Electrons and Protons by Water Clusters"
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| 8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
| 8:10 pm - 8:25 pm | Andrew Deblase (Yale University)
"Characterization of Charged Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonds in Protonated Proton Sponges by Vibrational Predissociation Spectroscopy"
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| 8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:45 pm | Philipp Marquetand (University of Vienna)
"The Role of Intersystem Crossing in the Photorelaxation of the DNA Nucleobase Cytosine: a Surface Hopping Study"
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| 8:45 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:05 pm | Jacob Dean (Purdue University)
"Mixed Helices in the Gas Phase: Conformation-specific UV and IR Spectroscopy of Polyglycine Z-(Gly)n (n=1,3,5)"
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| 9:05 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
| 9:10 pm - 9:25 pm | Dominik Pentlehner (University of Aarhus)
"Laser Induced Alignment of Molecules in Helium Droplets"
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| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Excited States, Photoelectrons, and Photoions |
| Discussion Leader: Julia Lehman (University of Pennsylvania) |
| 9:00 am - 9:40 am | Panel Discussion: "Making Yourself Standout as a Scientist" |
| Kenneth Jordan (University of Pittsburgh), Andrew Orr-Ewing (University of Bristol), Ruth Signorell (University of British Columbia), and Timothy Zwier (Purdue University) |
| 9:40 am - 9:55 am | Andrew Petit (Ohio State University)
"Exploring the Effects of Rotation-vibration Coupling in Highly Fluxional Molecules Using Diffusion Monte Carlo"
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| 9:55 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:15 am | Joseph Beames (University of Pennsylvania)
"A New Spectroscopic Window on Hydroxyl Radicals Using UV+VUV Resonant Ionization"
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| 10:15 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
| 10:20 am - 10:35 am | Bernadette Broderick (Wayne State University)
"The Dynamic Stark Effect and Ozone: Control Over Electronic State Branching"
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| 10:35 am - 10:40 am | Discussion |
| 10:40 am - 10:55 am | Lori Culberson (University of Arizona)
"Electronic Structure and Relative Stability of Heterocyclic Radicals via Anion Photoelectron Imaging"
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| 10:55 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Chemical Reactions Dyanamics |
| Discussion Leader: Andrew Orr-Ewing (University of Bristol) |
| 1:30 pm - 1:45 pm | Monika Gruetter (JILA, CU Boulder)
"Quantum State-resolved Reactive and Inelastic Scattering at Gas-liquid and Gas-solid Interfaces"
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| 1:45 pm - 1:50 pm | Discussion |
| 1:50 pm - 2:05 pm | Amit Kumar Samanta (University of Southern California)
"Imaging the Vibrational Predissociation of Water Dimers"
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| 2:05 pm - 2:10 pm | Discussion |
| 2:10 pm - 2:25 pm | Amit Sharma (Argonne National Lab)
"The Role of Radical-complex Intermediates in High-pressure Chemistry"
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| 2:25 pm - 2:30 pm | Discussion |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Gordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm. |