SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in (Office Closed 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm) |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Structural Predictions at Extreme Conditions: Are Experiments Still Necessary? |
| Discussion Leader: John Tse (University of Saskatoon) |
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm | Richard Needs (University of Cambridge)
"Novel Hydrogen and Oxygen Structures at High Pressures" |
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm | Discussion |
8:25 pm - 8:55 pm | Yanming Ma (Jilin University)
"Out-of-Imagination Structures at High Pressure Predicted by the Particle-Swarm Optimization Algorithm" |
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Invited Poster Presentations (4 x 5min presentations) |
9:30 pm | Poster Session 1 / Welcome "Social" |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Young Investigators |
| Discussion Leader: Stan Tozer (National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Andreas Hermann (Cornell University)
"Water Ice at Megabar Pressures - Structures, Dynamics, and Isotope Effects" |
9:30 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:15 am | Amy Lazicki (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
"Phase Diagram of Shock- and Dynamically-Compressed Tin" |
10:15 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:30 am | Jeffrey McMahon (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
"On the Molecular Dissociation of Dense Hydrogen and the Finite-Temperature Stability of the Atomic Phase" |
11:30 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:15 pm | Stewart McWilliams (Geophysical Lab, CIW)
"Bridging the Gap between Static and Dynamic Compression: An Inertial Confinement Approach to Laser-Heating Experiments in the DAC" |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session 1 |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:20 pm | New Frontiers of High Pressure Science |
| Discussion Leader: Cindy Bolme (Los Alamos National Laboratory) |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Ray Smith (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
"Ramp Compression of Carbon to above 50 Mbar on NIF" |
8:00 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
8:15 pm - 8:45 pm | Andy Higginbotham (University of Oxford)
"Studies of Dynamically Driven Solids at 4th Generation Light Sources" |
8:45 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Invited Poster Presentations (4 x 5min presentations) |
9:20 pm | Poster Session 1 |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | New Results in Ultra-High-Density Hydrogen |
| Discussion Leader: Andrew Jephcoat (University of Oxford) |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Mikhail Eremets (Max-Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany)
"Experiments on Metallic Hydrogen" |
9:30 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:15 am | Ross Howie (University of Edinburgh)
"Mixed Atomic and Molecular Phase of Dense Hydrogen" |
10:15 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:30 am | Russell Hemley (Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Inst. of Washington)
"Hydrogen at High Pressures" |
11:30 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:15 pm | Stephanie Brygoo (CEA, Bruyères-le-Châtel) |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session 1 |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:20 pm | Late Breaking Topics (to be chosen from submitted abstracts) |
| Discussion Leader: David Ceperley (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Frederic Datchi (CNRS/UPMC, Paris)
"Structure of Polymeric Carbon Dioxide (CO2-V)"
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8:00 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
8:15 pm - 8:45 pm | Andriy Lyakhov (Stony Brook University)
"Crystal Structure Prediction (CSP) Brought to a New Level" |
8:45 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Invited Poster Presentations (4 x 5min presentations) |
9:20 pm | Poster Session 2 |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Superconductivity and Novel Dense Structure |
| Discussion Leader: Dennis Klug (NRC, Ottawa) |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Natalia Dubrovinskaia (University of Bayreuth)
"In Incudibus Veritas, or Structure and Mechanical Properties of Novel Strong Materials" |
9:30 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:15 am | James Hamlin (UC San Diego)
"Emergence of Superconductivity from Other Ordered Phases under High Pressures" |
10:15 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am | Group Photo / Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:30 am | Ulrich Schwarz (MPI, Dresden)
"High Pressure Phase Transitions in Ca: Do We Still Need Experiments?" |
11:30 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:15 pm | Bjoern Winkler (University of Frankfurt)
"Non-linear Optical and Life Time Measurements at High Pressures and High Temperatures" |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session 2 |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | High Density Liquids and Melting |
| Discussion Leader: Kanani Lee (Yale University) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Dario Alfe (University College London)
"Recent Developments in First Principles Calculations of High Pressure Properties of Materials" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Agnes Dewaele (Commissariat l'Energie Atomique)
"New Data on Melting under Pressure" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am - 9:00 am | Business Meeting |
| Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Geophysics, Geochemistry and Planetary Science |
| Discussion Leader: Renata Wentzcovitch (University of Minnesota) |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Kenji Ohta (Osaka University)
"Spin Crossover, Structural Change, and Metallization in FeO under High Pressure" |
9:30 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:15 am | Maddury Somayazulu (Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Inst. of Washington)
"Pressure Driven Chemical Reactivity in Xenon - Implications for the Missing Xenon Paradox" |
10:15 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:30 am | Tetsuo Irifune (Ehime University)
"Multianvil Technology for Synthesis of Consolidated Nano-micro Polycrystalline High-pressure Minerals" |
11:30 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:15 pm | Yanbin Wang (University of Chicago CARS)
"Properties of Silicate and Iron-rich Melts at High Pressure"
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12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session 2 |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | High Pressure Advances and Future Challenges |
| Discussion Leader: Rip Collins (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, US) |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Richard Kraus (Harvard University)
"Multi-Mbar Shock and Release Experiments as a Tool to Study States Near the Liquid-Vapor Curve: Results for SiO2 and MgO" |
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Yansun Yao (NRC, Ottawa)
"Exploring High Pressures Structures of Boron Compounds with First-Principles Methods" |
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm | Raymond Jeanloz (UC Berkeley)
"Pressing Together" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |