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Second  Announcement

XX INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

ON MOLECULAR BEAMS

Lisbon, Portugal

June 8-13  2003

Organized by:

Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia)

Conference Website:

 http://events.fct.unl.pt/molbeam

Conference Venue:

Altis Park Hotel (Lisbon-Portugal), a four star hotel.

Foreword:

Following the tradition of the Molecular Beams meetings devoted to widespread applications of molecular beams in several domains of Physics, Chemistry and Technology, the ISMB will complete, in 2003, forty years of existence and it will take place in Lisbon from June 8^th till June 13^th. Leading scientists will be invited to give lectures reviewing the latest achievements in their field of research.

Registration:

The registration form is already available at the conference website.

The conference will be held at a Lisbon hotel and the fee will include among other things the full board accommodation there. Actually, the CONFERENCE FEE INCLUDES: ABSTRACT BOOK (not for accompanying persons), WELCOME COCKTAIL-BUFFET, COFFEE BREAKS, ACCOMODATION (after registration at the conference desk on the June 8^th afternoon) AND  MEALS AT THE HOTEL (including breakfast on June 13^th) , CONFERENCE DINNER AND HALF-DAY TOUR.

Only double-rooms will be available corresponding to the student fee payment .

The fee should be paid by bank transfer and the registration form should be correctly filled and then sent by normal mail to the following address:

Sr. MATIAS

Serviço de Contabilidade

FCT/UNL - 2829-270  Caparica, Portugal

Only Registration Forms accompanied with payment can be processed !

Contributions:

Contributions for oral or poster presentations are welcome. Instructions including a template for submission of contributions is now available at the conference website.

The contributions should be electronically submitted to: molbeam@fct.unl.pt

Abstracts will be collected in a book and distributed to the participants upon arrival.

Deadlines:

Abstract submission:  1^st February 2003

Registration without additional charge: 4^th April 2003

Topics to be considered:

Ø      Molecular Beam Techniques and Nanoscale Science

Ø      Atomic and Molecular Collisions

Ø      Photodynamics and Laser Spectroscopy

Ø      Cluster Structure and Dynamics

Ø      Beam-Surface Interactions

Program:

The conference will follow the traditional scheduling boards of the previous ISMB’s namely several invited talks, oral presentations and poster sessions.

The official language of the conference will be English.

Concerning the scheduling it will become available in due time. Meanwhile several speakers have already accepted the invitation for giving plenary lectures at the XX ISMB:Y. Lee, P. Toennies, R. Vetter, K. Meiwes-Broer, A. Aspect, G. Meijer, H. Reisler, A. Urenã, C. Lineberger, P. Casavecchia, E. Campbell, P. Gorry, A. Wodtke, P. Brooks, S. Speiser   , R. Saykally, D. Nesbitt, M. Ichihashi, R. Continetti            ,K.Ohmori,L.Banares.  Other

names are still planned to join this list.

Social Events:

A Conference Dinner and a half-day Excursion are planned as usual to be included in the conference program.

Chairperson:                                                                   Conference Website:

 Rui Lobo                                                                http://events.fct.unl.pt/molbeam

Portuguese Advisory Committee:

A. Moutinho

A. Varandas

R. Lobo

H. Cabral

International Advisory Committee:

P. Casavecchia (Perugia-Italy) (secretary)

A. Aguilar (Barcelona-Spain)                           

C. Bréchignac (Orsay-France)

M. Broyer (Lyon-France)

U. Buck (Göttingen-Germany)

O. Cheshnovsky (Tel-Aviv-Israel)

M. Costes (Bordeaux-France)

A. Ding (Berlin-Germany)

M. Duncan (Athens-USA)

A. Giardini-Guidoni (Roma-Italy)

B. Haberland (Freiburg-Germany)

Z. Herman (Prague-Tchek Republic)

K. Honma (Hyogo-Japan)

M. Keil (Oklahoma-USA)

D. King (Cambridge-United Kingdom)

T. Kondow (Tokyo-Japan)

K. Liu (Taipei-Taiwan)

R. Lobo (Lisboa-Portugal)

N. Lou (Dalian-China)

T. Märk (Innsbruck-Austria)

K. Meiwes-Broer (Rostock-Germany)

G. Meijer (Nijmegen-Netherlands)

R. Miller (Chapel Hill-USA)

D. Pratt (Pittsburgh-USA)

L. Rusin (Moscow-Russia)

E. Ryabov (Troitsk-Russia)

F. Stienkemeier (Bielefeld-Germany)

S. Stolte (Amsterdam-Netherlands)

P. Tosi (Trento-Italy)

F. Vecchiocattivi (Perugia-Italy)

R. Vetter (Orsay-France)

C. Whitehead (Manchester-United Kingdom)

J. Visticot (Gif surYvette-France)

K. Yamada (Kyoto-Japan)

D. Zajfman (Rehovot-Israel)

Fellows:

G. Scoles (Princeton-USA)

M. Devienne (Peymeinade-France)

J. Reuss (Nijmegen-Netherlands)

J. Fenn (New Haven-USA)

Contacts:                                                       

Prof. Rui Filipe Marmont Lobo                                       Tel: +351-212948576

Departamento de Física                                                Fax: +351-212948549

Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCT)                               Email: molbeam@fct.unl.pt

2825- Monte Caparica, PORTUGAL