Invited Speakers
Theory
Pr. Marie-Pierre Gaigeot, Evry University, France: "Infrared spectroscopy of biomolecules"
Pr. Mark Tuckerman, New York University, USA: "Structure and diffusion of OH-(aq)"
Dr. Rodolphe Vuilleumier, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris, France: "Structure and reactivity"
Novel laser sources for X-ray and particle acceleration
Dr. Marie-Emmanuelle Couprie, SOLEIL, France: "Seeded free electron lasers"
Dr. Philippe Martin, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, France: "Laser accelerated protons and electrons in medical applications"
Pr. Margaret M. Murnane, Wen Li, Stefan Mathias, Henry Kapteyn, University of Colorado, USA: "Ultrafast Dynamics in Molecules and Materials probed by Coherent Electrons and X-Rays"
Infrared spectroscopy (2D and novel methods)
Dr. Jens Bredenbeck, University of Frankfurt, Germany: "2D-IR spectroscopy: chemistry and biophysics in real time"
Pr. Nancy E. Levinger, Colorado State University, USA: "Structure and dynamics of molecules in confined environments"
Ultrafast events in chemistry (radiation- and photo-chemistry)
Pr. Martina Havenith, Ruhr University, Germany: "Dynamics of water molecules around proteins"
Pr. Yosuke Katsumura, Tokyo University, Japan: "Electrons in high temperature and supercritical water and alcohols"
Dr. Jean Philippe Renault, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, France: "Early events in radiation chemistry of confined water"
Time resolved Structures
Pr. Christian Bressler, European XFEL: "Time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy"
Pr. Marie Luise Groot, Free University Amsterdam, Netherlands: "Structure and dynamics of photoactive biomolecules"
Pr. Dwayne Miller, University of Toronto, Canada: "Making the Molecular Movie: The Quest for the Structure-Function Correlation in Biology"
Pr. Giulietta Smulevich, University of Florence, Italy: "Structure and Dynamics of heme proteins"
Dr. Steve Southworth, Argonne National Laboratory, USA: "Multiphoton absorption processes using x-ray FELs"
Dr. Michael Woerner, Max Born Intitute Berlin, Germany: "Femtosecond x-ray powder diffraction"
