SATURDAY |
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Keynote Presentation |
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Astrid Pundt (Goettingen University, Germany) and Scott Jorgensen (General Motors, USA)
"Present and future of metal hydrides: a vision of new scenarios" |
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Nano and novel materials, mechanisms of H-M interaction |
| Discussion Leaders: Terry D. Humphries (IFE, Norway) and Kristina Verdal (NIST, USA) |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Peter Ngene (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
"Synergetic effect of nanoconfinement and catalyst addition on the de- and re-hydrogenation behavior of alkali borohydrides" |
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Shunsuke Kato (EMPA, Switzerland)
"Hydrogen desorption mechanisms at hydrides surfaces" |
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Dorthe B. Ravnsbæk (Aarhus University, Denmark)
"Novel metal borohydrides: synthesis, fascinating crystal chemistry and thermal decomposition" |
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Anton Gradisek (Ljubljana University, Slovenia)
"NMR studies of hydrogen dynamics in complex metallic systems" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
SUNDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 10:00 am | Thin films, modeling and metallic hydrides |
| Discussion Leader: Anca Anastasopol (Delft University, Netherlands) |
9:00 am - 9:20 am | Gunnar Palsson (Uppsala University, Sweden)
"Finite-size effects in metal hydrides" |
9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
9:30 am - 9:50 am | Trygve Mongstad (IFE, Norway)
"Semiconducting metal hydrides as solar cell materials" |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 11:00 am | Students perspectives on opportunities and concerns: an exercise in free thinking about future directions in hydrogen/metals research |
| Discussion Leaders: Bjorgvin Hjorvarsson (Uppsala University, Sweden) and Ewa C. Ronnebro (PNNL, USA) |
11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Special hydrogen metal systems and applications |
| Discussion Leader: Shigehito Isobe (Hokkaido University, Japan) |
1:30 pm - 1:50 pm | Ralph H. Scheicher (Uppsala University, Sweden)
"Formation and superconductivity of metal hydrides under pressure" |
1:50 pm - 2:00 pm | Discussion |
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm | Nicholas P. Stadie (California Institute of Technology, USA)
"Zeolite-Templated Carbon Materials for High Pressure Hydrogen Storage" |
2:20 pm - 2:30 pm | Discussion |
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| (Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms) |
3:00 pm | Gordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm. |