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 Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
New Diffraction Facilities
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Opening Remarks
7:45 pm - 8:00 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
8:00 pm - 8:35 pm
"High-Pressure at Australia's Central Facilities: Challenges and Opportunities"
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:20 pm
"Band Gap Closure and Dissociation in Crystalline Molecular Hydrogen by Quantum Monte Carlo Methods"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Approach to Equilibrium: Planets / Phase Transitions
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:45 am
"Matter Under Planetary Interior Conditions"
9:45 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:25 am
"The Deep Earth's Interior: From Static to Dynamic High-Pressure Experiments"
10:25 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 10:55 am
Coffee Break
10:55 am - 11:25 am
"X-Ray Diffraction Studies of Mineral Phase Transitions Under Shock Compression at the Dynamic Compression Sector"
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 12:05 pm
"Metastability and Kinetics of Solidification"
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
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
Improving the Old and Building the New: Techniques and Facilities
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:25 pm
"High Resolution X-Ray Imaging to Study Materials Under Extreme Conditions at the Mesoscale"
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
"Raman Studies of Dense H2 and H2 -He-N2 Mixtures"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
High-Pressure Biology and Molecular Systems
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:45 am
"High-Pressure Habitats: From Life's Origins to Modern Microbes"
9:45 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:25 am
"Time-Resolved High Pressure Structural Studies of Membrane Biophysics Using Pressure-Jump Microscopy"
10:25 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 10:55 am
Coffee Break
10:55 am - 11:25 am
"Tuning Properties of Nanostructured Carbon by Pressure and Controlled Disorder"
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 12:05 pm
"High Pressure Syntheses of Novel Extended Nitrogen-Rich Phases from Organic Molecular Precursors"
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
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
New Phases at Extreme Pressure
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:25 pm
"High-Pressure Phase Transformations of Ramp-Compressed Aluminum and Sodium"
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
"Exploring the Plasma Phase Transition in Hydrogen with Dynamic Techniques"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Deep Earth, Super Earths and Exoplanets
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:45 am
"Polymorphism in Iron: Mechanisms, Microstructures and Application to the Measurement of Elastic Constants of Epsilon-Fe"
9:45 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:25 am
"Torsional Deformation Experiments at Mbar Pressures Using Rotational Diamond Anvil Cell"
10:25 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 10:55 am
Coffee Break
10:55 am - 11:25 am
"Quantum Monte Carlo Simulations of Solid Aluminum and Antiferromagnetic Iron Oxide"
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 12:05 pm
"Properties of Magnesium Oxide in Super-Earths"
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
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
Complementing Nature: Pressure-Synthesis of New Phases
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:25 pm
"Helium Reactivity with Ionic and Covalent Compounds"
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
"The First Metal: Bench-Top Studies"
9:15 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; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Pressure-Induced Chemistry / Highly-Correlated Materials
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:45 am
"Chemistry in Dense Solid Mixtures of Light Elements"
9:45 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:25 am
"Bonding Process of the Unsaturated Groups Under High Pressure"
10:25 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 10:55 am
Coffee Break
10:55 am - 11:25 am
"Manipulating Exchange Interactions and Search for Quantum Spin Liquids"
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 11:40 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
11:40 am - 12:05 pm
"Experimental Determination of the Thermal and Electrical Conductivity of Iron at Earth's Core Conditions"
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
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
Keynote Session: Recent Advances in High-Pressure Research
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm
"Shock Initiation of Explosives Under the Microscope"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm
"Squeeze It Until It Breaks: From N2 -Rich Precursors to Polynitrogen Compounds"
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm
"Compression of Matter from Nanoseconds to Geological Time Scales"
9:20 pm - 9:25 pm
Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure