| 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 | Solar Energy Conversion |
| 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Keynote Speaker: Thomas A. Moore (Arizona State University)
"Comparing photovoltaics with photosynthesis to define some challenges for photochemists" |
| 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 | Photochemistry and Excited State Properties |
| Discussion Leaders: Daniel Weidinger (Naval Research Laboratory) and Gerald J. Meyer (Johns Hopkins University) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Sandipan Dawn (University of South Carolina)
"Porous crystals of self assembled bis urea macrocycles as a molecular container for selective chemical reactions in the solid state" |
| 7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Fan Deng (Bowling Green State University)
"Green-to-Blue Photon Upconversion with Ultralow Non-coherent Excitation" |
| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Sevnur Komurlu (University of Florida)
"Energy Transfer in Conjugated Polyelectrolyte Dendrimers Probed by Ultrafast Up-conversion Spectroscopy" |
| 8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Anna Dembska (Carnegie Mellon University)
"Synthesis and optical properties of cyanine dyes incorporated into N-termini of short PNA" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Photochemistry and Applications |
| Discussion Leader: Byron Farnum (Johns Hopkins University) |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Tse-Luen (Erika) Wee (University of Ottowa)
"Photochemically Synthesized Cobalt Oxide and Manganese Oxide and their Catalytic Applications" |
| 9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:50 am | Andrew Kopecky (Rutgers University)
"N3-type Dyes for Open-Circuit Photovoltage Studies" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Brian Rolczynski (Northwestern University)
"The role of fluorination in enhancing the efficiency of low optical gap polymers in organic solar cells" |
| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Matteo Amelia (University of Bologna)
"Surface properties of bare and functionalized colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals" |
| 10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Photophysics and Catalysis |
| Discussion Leaders: Robert D. Schmidt (University of North Carolina) and Cornelia Bohne (University of Victoria) |
| 1:30 pm - 1:50 pm | Darren Achey (Johns Hopkins University)
"Cobalt (I) coordination compounds anchored to nanocrystalline TiO2: Excited-state injection and multi-electron photocatalysis" |
| 1:50 pm - 2:00 pm | Discussion |
| 2:00 pm - 2:20 pm | Keynote Speaker: Ksenija Glusac (Bowling Green State University)
"Photophysics and Photochemistry of Natural and Artificial Flavin Derivatives" |
| 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. |
