A one-day symposium will be held in Cambridge on 14th July 2006 to honour
Professor Anthony Stone
on the occasion of his retirement.
The purpose of this symposium is to honour Anthony Stone's ground-breaking contributions to theoretical and computational chemistry. Professor Stone has played a leading role in developing the theory of intermolecular forces for polyatomic molecules, so that realistic model potentials are now being applied in a wide range of applications, from the smallest clusters to crystals. He has demonstrated great scientific vision in developing rigorous and clearly defined theory, and has also supported others in their research through his definitive book "Intermolecular Forces" and through the development of the ORIENT program and other software. This symposium features some of Anthony's many collaborators providing an overview of some of the fields that have been strongly influenced by Anthony's research. There will also be a poster session for postgraduates and others to advance communication in these areas. Thanks to generous sponsorship there is no registration fee.
Timetable
10.30 to 11.00 Tea and coffee in the foyer of the Chemistry Department
Morning session in the Wolfson Lecture Theatre, chaired by Professor A. David Buckingham
11.00 to 11.45 Professor Sally Price, University College London, "Organic Crystal Structures can be Remarkably Sensitive to the Intermolecular Forces"
11.45 to 12.30 Professor Richard Saykally, University of California Berkeley, "Towards a Universal First Principles Model for Water from the Stone Potential and Terahertz Spectroscopy"
12.30 to 14.00 Lunch in Downing College
Afternoon session in the Wolfson Lecture Theatre
14.00 to 14.45 Professor Ad van der Avoird, University of Nijmegen, "Intermolecular Forces and Clusters: an Ab Initio Approach With Experimental Verification"
14.45 to 15.30 Professor Ken Jordan, University of Pittsburgh, "Excess Electrons and Protons Interacting with Water: A Cluster Perspective"
15.30 to 16.00 Break
16.00 to 16.45 Dr David J. Wales, University of Cambridge, "Energy Landscapes: Rearrangements and Pathways"
16.45 to 17.00 Break
Poster session, in the Unilever Centre
17.00 to 18.00 Contributed posters will be dicussed over wine
For those attending the dinner in Emmanuel College
19.00 Reception in the Master's Garden, followed by dinner in the Gardener Room. Dress code: smart casual.
General Information
The symposium will be held in the Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge. The full address and details of how to get here can be found on the Chemistry Department's website.
Lunch will be held in Downing College, and will cost £8.00 per person. A formal dinner will follow in the evening, hosted by Emmanuel College, for which there will be a charge of £40.00 (including wine). The numbers for dinner are limited, so if you wish to attend you are advised to register early.
Offers of poster presentations will be most welcome. Postgraduate students presenting posters may apply for reimbursement of a portion of their travel expenses.
The University's Accommodation website is useful if you intend staying overnight in Cambridge.
Registration
If you wish to attend this symposium, please register
online. Thanks to our sponsors, there is
no charge for attendance, coffee breaks and the poster session. The deadline
for registration is 19th May 2006.
If you wish to stay for lunch (£8.00) or dinner (£40.00), you will
need to send a cheque by 7th July 2006, made payable to "University
of Cambridge" to:
Mrs Sue Harding
Department of Chemistry
University of Cambridge
Lensfield Road
Cambridge CB2 1EW
Acknowledgements
We are very grateful to the Royal Society of Chemistry Theoretical Chemistry Group, the Molecular Graphics and Modelling Society, Springer-Verlag, Emmanuel College Cambridge, and the EPSRC for financial support.
Two volumes in the Springer Structure and Bonding series have been dedicated to Professor Stone:
Structure and Bonding volume 115, Intermolecular Forces and Clusters I , edited by D.J. Wales
Structure and Bonding volume 116, Intermolecular Forces and Clusters II , edited by D.J. Wales