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CeNS Workshop 2010

"Nanosciences – Merging Disciplines"

September 20th - 24th, 2010



This internal workshop is intended to bring together young researchers and experienced scientists from the fields of physics, chemistry and molecular biology and to give the graduate students and post-doctoral researchers of CeNS an overview of current research topics on nanometer-scale science.

Program Committee

The program committee is composed of the following CeNS members:
Hermann Gaub, Achim Hartschuh, Alex Högele, Lukas Schmidt-Mende, Dirk Trauner.

Workshop Schedule

The workshop starts on Monday, Sept 20th at about 9 am and will end on Friday, Sept 24th around noon. The rooms are booked from Sunday, 19th, to Friday, 24th (check-out).

Venue

The workshop takes place at the Venice International University (VIU) located on the small island "San Servolo" (see map). The island is connected to the historic center of Venice (where the hotels are located) by boat No. 20.

Accommodation

We have booked rooms in several hotels and hostels from Sunday evening (19th Sep) to Friday morning (24th Sep).  Rooms with 2, 3 or 4 beds will be at disposal for students (PhD and Diploma/Master). All rooms are located in the historic center of Venice.

To book accommodation from Sept 19th  (arrival) to Oct 24th (departure):

Please select “book accommodation” in our online registration form. The amount of EUR 30,00 (associates) / EUR 80,00 (members) will be added automatically to your registration fee. Please indicate the names of your preferential roommates.

Hotels / Hostels:

The speakers of the workshop stay at the hotel Domus Ciliota.

Registered participants are lodged in one of the following hotels/hostels: Don Orione, Foresteria Valdese, Santa Maria della Pietà. The organizational staff will inform the participants about the name of the hotel they are assigned to.

Poster Presentations

If you would like to present a poster, please indicate this in the registration form.

Financial Support

Diploma and Master students (CeNS associates of the LMU) can apply for financial support to participate in the workshop if there is no other means of funding. To apply for support, please send an e-mail by August 13th  to Marie-Christine Blüm stating your status, the group you are working with, and the reason why there is no other financing source.

Confirmed Speakers:

E. Bayer (Weizmann Institute)
D. Chandler (UC Berkeley)
M. S. Dresselhaus (MIT)
B. Feringa (U of Groningen)
J. Fréchet (UC Berkeley)
M. Grätzel (EPFL Lausanne)
S. Haroche (ENS Paris)
W. Huck (U of Cambridge)
T. M. Klapwijk (TU Delft)
L. Kouwenhoven (TU Delft)
L. Kuipers (AMOLF)
K. Novoselov (U. of Manchester)
L. Molenkamp (U of Würzburg)
C. Veigel (NIMR London)
J. Vuckovic (Stanford)
X. Zhang (UC Berkeley)

Workshop Organization

Dr. Marie-Christine Blüm

Center for NanoScience (CeNS)
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1
D-80539 München

www.cens.de

Phone: +49 89 2180 5791
Fax: +49 89 2180 5649

Workshop Location

Venice International University
Isola di San Servolo
30100 Venice, Italy

http://www.univiu.org/

Phone +39-041-2719511  
Fax +39-041-2719510