Why Now?
In the latter part of the 20th century and the early years of the 21st, discoveries in science have advanced at an almost blinding pace.
For the past decade, the Department of Energy and the National Academy of Sciences have sponsored research identifying five “Grand Challenges” in Basic Science. (See BESAC, and the contributions of the BESAC meeting of July 31-Aug 1st, 2007 for details)
The Office of Research and Economic Development* is contributing to this effort by sponsoring a workshop to explore phenomena identified in these Grand Challenges, specifically those occurring at shorter times (fs) and distances (nm)**, thus elucidating the dynamic and functional behavior of materials (gases and solids) at the atomic scale.
This workshop aims to alert the regional scientific community to the enormous diversity of possible 4th generation light sources and how they can be used to understand the science articulated by the NAS and DOE in their proposed Grand Challenges. An outcome of the workshop would be to suggest a configuration for a “Light Source for the 21st Century.”
* Cosponsored by the Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA), the Office of the Vice President for Research,
Florida State University, and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Tennessee
** The fs is a unit of time = 10-15 sec. A light beam travels 300 nm in 1 fs.
The nm is a unit of length = 10-9 meters, about 100,000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair.
Workshop Dates
January 28-30, 2008. Deadline for conference registration is January 21, 2008. Scroll down page for online registration form.
- Download "Save the Date" flyer.
Location
Lod and Carole Cook Conference Center & Hotel, 3848 West Lakeshore Drive on LSU campus in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A block of rooms has been reserved for conference attendees. The deadline for reservations within this block is January 11, 2008. Please contact the Cook Hotel at your earliest convenience to ensure lodging.
General meetings will be located in the Abell Conference Room on Monday the 28th and Tuesday the 29th.
Agenda
CLICK HERE for agenda (last updated 15 February 2008).
Registration
Please provide your registration information in the fields below. Space is limited, so please register early.
