The Gordon Research Conference on Electron Donor Acceptor Interactions (GRC - EDAI) is one of the premier international forums for the dissemination of cutting-edge research on experimental and theoretical studies of electron and energy transfer. For the past several decades, the GRC - EDAI has been witness to some of the most significant advances in the field ranging from fundamental studies on small molecules to applications in biology, materials, and energy science; enduring themes of this conference include photosynthesis (both natural and artificial), long-range electron transfer, as well as recent advances in molecular electronics, optical switches, and nanoscale materials in which energy and electron transfer processes comprise the conceptual underpinning for molecular and materials design. The diversity of the backgrounds of the conferees - representing all of the traditional sub-disciplines of chemistry as well as materials science, biochemistry, and physics - makes for a stimulating intellectual environment where science at the interface of these areas can be explored.

The upcoming incarnation of the GRC - EDAI will feature sessions on classic topics including proton-coupled electron transfer, dye-sensitized solar cells, and biological electron transfer, as well as emerging areas such as quantum coherence effects in donor-acceptor interactions, spintronics, and the application of donor-acceptor interactions in chemical synthesis. World leaders in all of these areas will be featured as speakers and discussion leaders, making the conference an excellent forum for scientists from different disciplines to meet and initiate new directions; for scientists from different countries to make contacts; and for young scientists to network and establish personal contacts with other members of this scientific community. A particular emphasis at this meeting will be sessions in which experimental and theoretical work are combined in order to illustrate and take advantage of the natural synergy that can exists between these traditionally disparate research efforts. The meeting also features an interactive atmosphere with lively poster sessions (several of which will be selected for oral presentations), as well as the inaugural Electron Donor Acceptor Interactions Gordon Research Seminar being held immediately prior to the main meeting.