| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Session I |
| Chair: G.B. Schuster |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Opening remarks (V. Ramamurthy) |
| 7:40 pm - 8:25 pm | N.J. Turro, Columbia University
From Molecular to Supramolecular to Superduper Molecular Photochemistry |
| 8:25 pm - 8:50 pm | B. Armitage, Carnegie Mellon University
Ultrabright Fluorescent Nanostructures Based on DNA-Templated Cyanine Dye Assemblies |
| 9:20 pm | Welcome event |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:30 am | Group Photo |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Session II |
| Chair: A. Griesbeck |
| 9:00 am - 9:45 am | B. Feringa, University of Groningen
Light on Chirality |
| 9:45 am - 10:10 am | J. Mattay, University of Bielefeld
Photoswitchable Molecular Squeezers from Resorc[4]arenas |
| 10:10 am - 10:35 am | C.G. Bochet, University of Fribourg
Chromatic Orthognality: A New Form of Selectivity in Organic Synthesis |
| 10:35 am - 10:55 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:55 am - 11:40 am | T. Bach, Technical University of Munich
Enantioselective Photochemical Reactions in Solution |
| 11:40 am - 12:05 pm | N. Hoffmann, University of Reims
Radical Addition and Radical Tandem Addition Cyclization Reactions with Tertiary Amines using Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Photocatalysis |
| 12:05 pm - 12:30 pm | A. Kutateladze, University of Denver
Photolabile Scaffolds for Photoamplification and Fluorescence Imaging |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session (Even Numbers) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Session III |
| Chair: J. Saltiel |
| 7:30 pm - 8:15 pm | M. Robb, Imperial College London
The extended nature of the conical intersection seam: Implications for mechanistic photochemistry |
| 8:15 pm - 9:00 pm | J.C. Scaiano, University of Ottawa
Carbanion studies: From drug photostability to carbanion kinetics and new photocages |
| 9:00 pm - 9:25 pm | M.R. Wasielewski, Northwestern University
Putting a New Spin on Photoinduced Charge Transfer through Molecular Wires |
| 9:25 pm - | Poster Session (Even Numbers) and Refreshments |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Session IV |
| Chair: K.S. Schanze |
| 9:00 am - 9:45 am | J. Michl, University of Colorado
A New Concept in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells |
| 9:45 am - 10:30 am | E. Galoppini, University of Rutgers, Newark
Structure and Binding Geometry in Rigid Sensitizers for TiO2 Nanoparticles |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:50 am - 11:35 am | H. Arakawa, Tokyo University of Science
Recent Progress in the Improvement of Energy Conversion Efficiency of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells |
| 11:35 am - 12:00 pm | A. Monrandeira, Uppsala University
Photoinduced Ultrafast Dynamics of Coumarin 343 Sensitized p-type nanostructured NiO films |
| 12:00 pm - 12:25 pm | Victor Montes, Bowling Green State University
Design, Synthesis and Photophysics of Alq3 Derivatives for Organic Light Emitting Diodes |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session (Even Numbers) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Session V |
| Chair: L. Johnston |
| 7:30 pm - 8:15 pm | D. Whitten, University of New Mexico
Conjugated polyelectrolytes and their photophysical properties in sensing and interfacial biological activity |
| 8:15 pm - 9:00 pm | W. Tan, University of Florida
Biophotonics with Molecular Probes |
| 9:00 pm - 9:25 pm | T.D. Atvars, Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Interchain interactions in emissive blends of MEH-PPV with polystyrene and poly(styrene-co-acrylate) copolymers by non-radiative energy transfer process |
| 9:25 pm | Poster Session (Even Numbers) and Refreshments |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Session VI |
| Chair: V. Ramamurthy |
| 9:00 am - 9:45 am | G. Calzaferri, University of Bern
Light-harvesting host-guest antenna materials for new photonic devices |
| 9:45 am - 10:30 am | M. Garcia-Garibay, University of California at Los Angeles
Synthesis of Natural Products with Quaternary Stereogenic Centers by Photodecarbonylation of Crystalline Ketones |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:50 am - 11:35 am | R. Weiss, Georgetown University
Manipulation of reactivity of photochemically generated intermediates by anisotropic solvent cages |
| 11:35 am - 12:00 pm | L. MacGillivray, University of Iowa
Supramolecular Control of the [2+2] Photodimerization in the Solid State |
| 12:00 pm - 12:25 pm | J. Moorthy, Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur
Control of Photoreactivity of o-Alkylaromatic Aldehydes in the Solid State |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session (Odd Numbers) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:15 pm - 7:45 pm | Business meeting (K.S. Schanze) |
| 7:45 pm - 9:30 pm | Session VII |
| Chair: F. Raymo |
| 7:45 pm - 8:20 pm | P. Coppens, State University of New York at Buffalo
Excited state molecular geometry by time-resolved diffraction: what does it tell us and where do we go from here? |
| 8:20 pm - 9:05 pm | L. Brus, Columbia University
Spectroscopy of Carbon Nanotubes |
| 9:05 pm - 9:30 pm | E. Glascoe, University of California at Berkeley
Ultrafast Photoinduced Rearrangement Dynamics of Ru3(CO)12 |
| 9:30 pm | Poster Session (Odd Numbers) and Refreshments |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Session VII |
| Chair: P. Ford |
| 9:00 am - 9:45 am | A. Köhler, University of Potsdam
Energetics and dynamics of triplet states in organometallic polymers |
| 9:45 am - 10:30 am | J. McCusker, Michigan State University
Ultrafast Spectroscopy of Transition Metal Complexes: New Guidelines for Inorganic Photophysics? |
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 am - 11:45 am | Benjamin Schwartz, University of California at Los Angeles
Experimental and Theoretical Studies of the Dynamics Following Photoexcitation of Model Two-Electron Systems in Solution |
| 11:45 am - 12:30 pm | L. Tolbert, Georgia Institute of Technology
Excited-State Proton Transfer in a Box: The Prototropic Fluorescent Proteins |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session (Odd Numbers) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Session VIII |
| Chair: E. Nesterov |
| 7:30 pm - 8:15 pm | O. Nalamasu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Role of Organic Materials in Fueling Microelectronics Revolution: Photochemical Structure-Property Relationships |
| 8:15 pm - 9:00 pm | P. Ogilby, University of Aarhus
The Singlet Oxygen Microscope: From Phase-Separated Polymers to a Single Biological Cell |
| 9:00 pm - 9:25 pm | Felix N. Castellano, Bowling Green State University
Spectroscopy and Photochemistry of Platinum(II) MLCT Excited States |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Closing Remarks by K.S. Schanze and L. Johnston |
| 9:30 pm | Poster Session (Odd Numbers) and Refreshments |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Depart |
