| SUNDAY |
| 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
| 7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Building Recognition |
| Session Chair: George Gokel (University of Missouri, St. Louis) |
| 7:40 pm - 8:20 pm | Toyoki Kunitake (RIKEN)
"Molecular Assembly in Ultrathin Films" |
| 8:20 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
| 8:35 pm - 9:15 pm | Jean-Marie Lehn (Strasbourg)
"Functional Nanostructures by Self-Organization: Design and Selection" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | SupraParticle Architecture |
| Session Chair: Eric Kaler (University of Delaware) |
| 9:00 am - 9:45 am | Alphons Van Blaaderen (University of Utrecht)
"Manipulating Colloids with Electric Fields" |
| 9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:45 am | Orlin Velev (North Carolina State University)
"Convergence of electronics and colloids: Electronic devices as "smart" particles and particles as electronic devices" |
| 10:45 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Coffee Break / Group Photo |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Nanoparticle Compounds |
| Session Chair: Heinrich Hofmann (EPFL) |
| 11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Christopher Murray (IBM)
"Building with artificial atoms: Routes to nanocrystal based devices and multi-functional nanomaterials" |
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session |
| 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Supramolecular Sensors |
| Session Chair: Frank Szoka (University of California, San Francisco) |
| 5:30 pm - 6:15 pm | Mathias Brust (Liverpool)
"Nanoparticle-based Biosensing" |
| 6:15 pm - 6:30 pm | Discussion |
| 6:30 pm - 7:15 pm | Bernhard Schuster (University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna)
"S-Layers in device and sensor design" |
| 7:15 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm | Dinner |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Electrical and Optical Assemblies |
| Session Chair: Rigoberto Advincula (University of Houston) |
| 9:00 am - 9:45 am | Cherie Kagan (IBM)
"Electrical and Optical Properties of Organic Supramolecular Assemblies" |
| 9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:45 am | Dimitris Tsoukalas (National Technical University of Athens)
"Nanoparticles As Charge Storage Elements for Memory Applications" |
| 10:45 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Molecular and Polymer Modification for Assembly |
| Session Chair: Qun Huo (University of Central Florida) |
| 11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Vince Rotello (University of Massachusetts)
"Nanoparticles, Scaffold and Building Blocks" |
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session |
| 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Layer-by-layer Assembly |
| Session Chair: Karin Caldwell (Uppsala University) |
| 5:30 pm - 6:15 pm | Gero Decher (University of Strasbourg)
"Facts and Fiction in LbL Assembly" |
| 6:15 pm - 6:30 pm | Discussion |
| 6:30 pm - 7:15 pm | Helmuth Moehwald (Max Planck Institute of Interfaces, Golm)
"Functional Hollow Capsules by Assembly of Polyelectrolytes and Nanoparticles" |
| 7:15 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm | Dinner |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:15 am | Supramolecular Photonics and Computing |
| Session Chair: Patricia Macguiggan (Johns Hopkins University) |
| 9:00 am - 9:35 am | Eugena Kumacheva (University of Toronto)
"Polymers for Photonics" |
| 9:35 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
| 9:45 am - 10:20 am | Tadashi Kawazoe (Japan Science and Technology Agency)
"Nanophotonic Computing with Quantum Dots" |
| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 11:05 am | John Polanyi (University of Toronto)
"Self-assembly of Nano-corrals and Switches" |
| 11:05 am - 11:15 am | Discussion |
| 11:15 am - 11:45 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:45 am - 12:30 pm | Assembly on Different Length Scales |
| Session Chair: Katherina Landfester (University of Ulm) |
| 11:45 am - 12:20 pm | Nick Kotov (University of Michigan)
"Supramolecular Structures of Nanoparticles: from Non-linear Optics to Medicine" |
| 12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session |
| 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Particle-Based Functional Materials |
| Session Chair: Warren Ford (Oklahoma State University) |
| 5:30 pm - 6:15 pm | Malcolm Green (Oxford)
"Chemistry Both Inside and Outside Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes Towards Useful Applications" |
| 6:15 pm - 6:30 pm | Discussion |
| 6:30 pm - 7:15 pm | Paul Alivisatos (University of California at Berkeley)
"Nanoparticle-based Energy Conversion and Storage" |
| 7:15 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
| 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Business Meeting |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
| 8:00 pm | Dinner |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Biomimetic Crystallization |
| Session Chair: Yamaira Gonzalez (Du Pont Company) |
| 9:00 am - 9:45 am | Stephen Mann (University of Bristol)
"Materials Templating and Emergence at the Nano/Micro Interface" |
| 9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:45 am | Markus Antonietti (Max Planck Institute of Colloids, Golm)
"Nacre and Beyond…" |
| 10:45 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | New States of Matter |
| Session Chair: Maria Santore (University of Massachsetts) |
| 11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Emmanuel Giannelis (Cornell University)
"Hierarchy in Colloidal Melts" |
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session |
| 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Sticking Things Together |
| Session Chair: David Thompson (Purdue) |
| 5:30 pm - 6:15 pm | Peter Ma (University of Michigan)
"Tissue Scaffolding: Design and Optimization" |
| 6:15 pm - 6:30 pm | Discussion |
| 6:30 pm - 7:15 pm | Jacob Israelachvili (UCSB)
"Supramolecular Forces in Self-Assembly and New Materials" |
| 7:15 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm | Dinner |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Depart |
