| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 11:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Conference Welcome |
| 7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Photosynthesis and the Evolution of the Biosphere |
| 7:40 pm - 7:50 pm | Discussion Leader: Bob Blankenship (Washington University) |
| 7:50 pm - 8:15 pm | Roger Summons (MIT)
“Succession in the Photosynthetic Plankton of the Ocean: A Perspective Drawn from Chemical Fossils” |
| 8:15 pm - 8:25 pm | Discussion |
| 8:25 pm - 8:50 pm | Joe Kirschvink (Cal Tech)
"Was The Evolution of Oxygenic Photosynthesis a Suicide Attempt by the Biosphere?" |
| 8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Laura Croal (MIT)
"Unraveling the Mechanisms of an Ancient Form of Phototrophy Based on Fe(II)" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:30 am | Group Photo |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | PSII and the OEC: Structural Studies |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Charles Yocum (Michigan) |
| 9:10 am - 9:35 am | Jan Kern (Technical University, Berlin)
"Structure of PSII at 3.0 A Resolution" |
| 9:35 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
| 9:45 am - 10:10 am | Jim Barber (Imperial College)
"Structure of the Oxygen Evolving Complex with Ca Replaced by Sr" |
| 10:10 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
| 10:20 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:50 am - 11:15 am | Vittal Yachandra (LBNL)
"Structure of the Mn4Ca Cluster in Photosystem II from X-ray Spectroscopy" |
| 11:15 am - 11:25 am | Discussion |
| 11:25 am - 11:50 am | Lou Noodleman (Scripps)
"Quantum Chemical Studies of Energetics and Properties for Spin Coupled Metal Complexes in Biology" |
| 11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
| 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | General Session Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | PSII and the OEC: S-State Spectroscopy |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Bridgette Barry (Georgia Tech) |
| 7:40 pm - 8:05 pm | Taka-aki Ono (RIKEN)
"FTIR Spectroscopic Characterization of the Oxygen Evolving Complex" |
| 8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
| 8:15 pm - 8:40 pm | Holger Dau (FU Berlin)
"Intermediates in Water Oxidation Tracked by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy" |
| 8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:30 pm | General PSII/OEC Discussion (including Posters) |
| Discussion Leader: Johannes Messinger (MPI-Mulheim) |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Antenna and Energy Transfer |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Doug Bruce (Brock University) |
| 9:10 am - 9:35 am | Rienk van Grondelle (Free University, Amsterdam)
"How an Excitonically Coupled Light-Harvesting Complex Explores Its Disordered Energy Landscape" |
| 9:35 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
| 9:45 am - 10:10 am | Graham Fleming (UC Berkeley)
"Two Dimensional Electronic Spectroscopy of Light Harvesting Complexes" |
| 10:10 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
| 10:20 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:50 am - 11:15 am | Elmars Krausz (Australian National University)
"Photosynthesis Limbo: How Low Can You Go to Make Oxygen?" |
| 11:15 am - 11:25 am | Discussion |
| 11:25 am - 12:30 pm | General Energy/Primary Electron Transfer Discussion (including Posters) |
| Discussion Leader: Neal Woodbury (ASU) |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Energy and Electrons |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Peter Heathcote (Queen Mary University) |
| 7:40 pm - 8:05 pm | Alfred Holzwarth (MPI Mulheim)
"Old Questions and New Answers: On the Kinetics and Mechanims of the Early Electron Transfer Steps in Photosystems I and II" |
| 8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
| 8:15 pm - 8:40 pm | Marloes Groot (Free University, Amsterdam)
"Charge Separation in Cores and Isolated Reaction Centers of PSII Studied with Femtosecond Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy" |
| 8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:15 pm | Oleg Poluektov (Argonne)
"Electron Transfer Pathways and Tuning of Protein Electron Transfer Properties: Time-Resolved High-Field EPR Spectroscopy" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:25 pm | Discussion |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | General Session Discussion |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Electrons and Protons |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Mel Okamura (UCSD) |
| 9:10 am - 9:35 am | Marilyn Gunner (CCNY)
"How Rcs Modulate Quinone Affinity and Electrochemistry" |
| 9:35 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
| 9:45 am - 10:10 am | Klaus Gerwert (Ruhr University Bochum)
"Coupling of Electron and Proton Transfer in Photosynthesis" |
| 10:10 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
| 10:20 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:50 am - 11:15 am | David Kramer (Washington State University)
"The Reactive Intermediates of the Q-Cycle" |
| 11:15 am - 11:25 am | Discussion |
| 11:25 am - 11:50 am | Victor Batista (Yale University)
"DFT QM/MM Studies of the Oxygen-Evolving Complex of Photosystem II" |
| 11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
| 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | General Discussion (including Posters) |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:00 pm - 7:30 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) |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Carotenoids in Photosynthesis and other Biological Photosystems |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Harry Frank (University of Connecticut) |
| 7:40 pm - 8:05 pm | Janos Lanyi (UC Irvine)
"Carotenoid Antenna in the Retinal-Based Proton Pump, Xanthorhodopsin" |
| 8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
| 8:15 pm - 8:40 pm | Tom Avenson (UC Berkeley)
"Getting Rid of Excess Energy is a Sophisticated Business: An Update on Non-Photochemical Quenching" |
| 8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:15 pm | John Kennis (Free University, Amsterdam)
"Carotenoids Quench Tetrapyrrole Singlet Excited States" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:25 pm | Discussion |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | General Session Discussion |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Photosynthesis and the Future of Solar Energy and Hydrogen Production |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Chuck Dismukes (Princeton University) |
| 9:10 am - 9:35 am | Mike Seibert (NREL)
"Biohydrogen, Prospects and Challenges" |
| 9:35 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
| 9:45 am - 10:10 am | Mautusi Mitra (UC Berkeley)
"Chorophyll Antenna Size Adjustments in Chlamydomonas Involve Coordinate Regulation of Tla1, CAO, and Lhcb Gene Expression" |
| 10:10 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
| 10:20 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:50 am - 11:15 am | Oliver Lenz (Humboldt University)
"Application of Oxygen-Tolerant [NiFe]-Hydrogenases in Hydrogen Production during Oxygenic Photosynthesis" |
| 11:15 am - 11:25 am | Discussion |
| 11:25 am - 11:50 am | Ally Aukauloo (University of Paris - Sud XI)
"Photoinduced Charge Shifts in Biomimetic Models of PSII" |
| 11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
| 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | General Discussion (including Posters) |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Broad Perspectives / Young Investigators |
| Discussion Leader: Bill Rutherford (CEA Saclay) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Poster Awards and Young Investigator Talks |
| 8:50 pm - 9:20 pm | Bob Blankenship (Washington University)
"Photosynthesis in Extreme Environments: Hot, Cold, Acidic, Basic, Dry, Salty, Deep, and Dark" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Depart |
