Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Three Decades of Attosecond Science
Discussion Leader: Jonathan Marangos (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)
7:40 pm - 7:55 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:55 pm - 8:40 pm
Paul Corkum (University of Ottawa, Canada)
"Using Light to Create Electron Wave Packets Which, in Turn, Create New Light"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm
Mikhail Ivanov (Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Germany)
"Attosecond Science: Back to the Quantum Future"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Attosecond Dynamics
Discussion Leader: Kenneth Schafer (Louisiana State University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:20 am - 9:50 am
Giuseppe Sansone (University of Freiburg, Germany)
"Attosecond Metrology and Coherent Control Using a Seeded Free-Electron Laser"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Olga Smirnova (Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy / Technische Universität Berlin, Germany)
"Ultrafast Molecular Chirality: A Topological Connection"
11:00 am - 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am - 11:40 am
Jian Wu (East China Normal University, China)
"Ultrafast Light-Induced Bimolecular Reactions: Probe & Control"
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:20 pm
Caterina Vozzi (CNR-IFN, Italy)
"Ultrafast XUV Spectroscopy for Investigation of Materials"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hour™
The GRC Power Hour™ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizers: Ursula Keller (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) and Krupa Ramasesha (Sandia National Laboratories, United States)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Electronic and Nuclear Dynamics in Complex Systems
Discussion Leader: Matthias Kling (SLAC National Laboratory, Stanford University, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:20 pm
Daniela Rupp (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
"X-Ray Movies of Laser-Heated Plasmonic Nanoparticles"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Thomas Fennel (University of Rostock, Germany)
"Capturing the Classical and Quantum Dynamics of Nanoparticles by Coherent Diffractive Imaging: Challenges for Theory"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
New Light Sources and Techniques for Ultrafast Laser Science
Discussion Leader: Ursula Keller (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:20 am - 9:50 am
Jun Ye (JILA, NIST and University of Colorado Boulder, United States)
"New Scientific Opportunities with Extended Frequency Combs from Mid-Infrared to XUV"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Peter Hommelhoff (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-N. (FAU), Germany)
"Multiphoton and Strongfield Physics with Coherent Electrons in Graphene: Band Structure Retrieval, Floquet Insights and More"
11:00 am - 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am - 11:40 am
Arvinder Sandhu (University of Arizona, United States)
"Compact XFEL and Its Applications"
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:20 pm
John Travers (Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom)
"Tuneable Deep and Vacuum Ultraviolet Pulses with Few-Femtosecond Duration"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Multidimensional Imaging of Chemical Dynamics
Discussion Leader: Markus Guehr (DESY, Germany)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:20 pm
Itzik Ben-Itzhak (Kansas State University, United States)
"Coincidence Momentum Imaging of Molecular Dynamics"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Spiridoula Matsika (Temple University, United States)
"Theoretical Modeling of Experimental Observables to Study Nonadiabatic Dynamics"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
XUV and X-Ray Science
Discussion Leader: Kiyoshi Ueda (Tohoku University, Japan)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:20 am - 9:50 am
Philip Bucksbaum (Stanford University, United States)
"Ultrafast Motion on the Quantum Scale Viewed with X Rays"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:50 am
Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:20 am
Robin Santra (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY and Universität Hamburg, Germany)
"Femtosecond and Attosecond Dynamics in Liquid Water"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Tim Laarmann (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Germany)
"Coupled Electron-Nuclear Dynamics Induced and Monitored with Femtosecond Soft X-Ray Pulses in the Amino Acid Glycine"
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Solid-State and THz-Driven Dynamics
Discussion Leader: Louis DiMauro (The Ohio State University, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:20 pm
Rupert Huber (University of Regensburg, Germany)
"Lightfield-Controlled Quantum Trajectories of Bloch Electrons"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Oliver Gessner (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States)
"Fundamentals of Solar Light Harvesting: Ultrafast X-Ray Insights into Interfacial Electron Dynamics"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Molecular Dynamics and Conical Intersections
Discussion Leader: Thomas Weinacht (Stony Brook University, State University of New York, United States)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:20 am - 9:50 am
Krupa Ramasesha (Sandia National Laboratories, United States)
"Ultrafast Core-Level Spectroscopy Reveals Signatures of Singlet and Triplet Excited States in the Photodissociation of Fe(CO)5"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:50 am
Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:20 am
Dave Townsend (Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom)
"Exploiting the Multiphoton in Multiphoton Processes: Improved Strategies for Imaging Photochemical Dynamics"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Lea M. Ibele (CNRS/Universite Paris Saclay, France)
"Theoretical Photochemistry Towards Simulating Time-Resolved Experimental Observables"
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Quantum Optics and Entanglement
Discussion Leader: Maciej Lewenstein (ICFO , Spain)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:20 pm
Paraskevas Tzallas (FORTH-IESL, Greece)
"Non-Linear Optics Using Intense Optical Schrödinger ‘Cat’ States Generated Through Intense Laser-Matter Interactions"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Oren Cohen (Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)
"High Harmonic Generation Driven by Quantum Light"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Emilio Pisanty (King's College London, United Kingdom)
"Optical Tunnelling Without a Barrier?"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure