| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 11:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Fundamentals of laser ablation |
| Discussion Leader: D. Geohegan (ORNL) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:15 pm | R. F. Haglund, Jr. (Vanderbilt University)
"Laser Processing and Analysis of Materials: Material Response vs. the Local Density of Excitation" |
| 8:15 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 9:15 pm | R. E. Russo (Lawrence Berkeley Nat'l. Lab)
"Time-Resolved Plasma Diagnostics and Mass Removal
During Laser Ablation" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| 9:30 pm - | Social |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Laser Desorption and Etching |
| Discussion Leader: T. Dickinson (Washington State Univ.) |
| 9:00 am - 9:45 am | M. Wolf (Fritz-Haber-Institute, Berlin)
"Femtosecond Dynamics of Elementary Processes at Surfaces:
From Electron and Vibrational Dynamics to Ultrafast Reactions" |
| 9:45 pm - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:45 am | J. Schou (Riso Natl. Lab., Denmark)
"Laser Ablation of Simple Systems:
What can we learn from Ion-Beam Interactions with Solids?" |
| 10:45 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 11:20 am | Break |
| 11:20 am - 12:05 pm | P.R. Herman (University of Toronto)
"Advanced Laser Processes for Microshaping Photonic Components" |
| 12:05 pm - 12:20 pm | Discussion |
| 12:20 pm - 12:35 pm | 1-minute Poster I Previews |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | MALDI and MAPLE |
| Discussion Leader: W.P. Hess (PNNL) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:15 pm | A. Vertes (George Washington University)
"Exploring MALDI with Pump-Probe Experiments" |
| 8:15 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 9:15 pm | A. Pique (Naval Research Lab.)
"Laser Processing of Materials for Direct Write Applications" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| 9:30 pm - | Poster Session I (continued) |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Nanoparticle Formation and Manipulation |
| Discussion Leader: K. Murakami (U. Tsukuba, Japan) |
| 9:00 am - 9:45 am | T. Okada (Kyushu University, Japan)
"In situ Diagnostics of Plume Dynamics and Nanoparticle Formation" |
| 9:45 pm - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:45 am | W. Marine (Fac. Sci. de Luminy, Marseille)
"Ultra-Violet Pulsed Laser Ablation as a Way to Synthesize Nanoclusters with Reduced Size Dispersion" |
| 10:45 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 11:20 am | Break |
| 11:20 am - 12:05 pm | M.J. Renn (Optomec, Inc., Albuquerque)
"Laser Guidance of Mesoscale Particles" |
| 12:05 pm - 12:20 pm | Discussion |
| 12:20 pm - 12:35 pm | 1-minute Poster II Previews |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session II |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology |
| Session Chair: T. Yoshida (Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Japan) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:15 pm | S. Iijima (NEC, Japan)
"Carbon Nanotubes - Synthesis and Applications" |
| 8:15 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Panel Discussion on Nanoscience and Technology using Lasers
Discussion Leader: D. H. Lowndes (Oak Ridge Nat'l Lab.) |
| 9:30 pm - | Poster Session II (continued) |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Nanostructured and Photonic Materials |
| Discussion Leader: A. Rode (Australian National University) |
| 9:00 am - 9:45 am | T. W. Ebbesen (ISIS, Universite Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg)
"Optical Sieves: How to get light through sub-wavelength holes" |
| 9:45 pm - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:45 am | R. P. H. Chang (Northwestern Univ.)
"Observation of Lasing in a Random Medium" |
| 10:45 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 11:20 am | Break |
| 11:20 am - 12:05 pm | M. Stuke (Max-Planck-Inst. biop. Chem., Goettingen)
"Laser Chemical Processing of Micro- and Nanostructures" |
| 12:05 pm - 12:20 pm | Discussion |
| 12:20 pm - 12:35 pm | 1-minute Poster II Previews |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session III |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Ultrafast Interactions |
| Discussion Leader: J. Reif (Brendenburg Tech. University, Germany) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:15 pm | D. Ashkenasi (Max-Born-Institut, Berlin)
"Laser Microprocessing of Transparent Materials with Ultrashort Pulses" |
| 8:15 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 9:15 pm | T. Ditmire (Lawrence Livermore Nat'l. Lab.).
"Overview of Recent Results on Femtosecond Laser Driven Nuclear Fusion in Gases of Deuterium Clusters" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| 9:30 pm - | Poster Session III (continued) |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Surface Modification and Cleaning |
| Discussion Leader: M. J. Aziz (Harvard Univ.) |
| 9:00 am - 9:45 am | H. Niino (NIMC, Tsukuba, Japan)
"Laser Ablation of Cryogenically Condensed Films" |
| 9:45 pm - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:45 am | C. Fotakis (F.O.R.T.H., Crete)
"Laser Ablation in Art Conservation: State of the art and fundamental aspects" |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Break |
| 11:30 am - 12:15 pm | A. Pedraza (Univ. of Tennessee)
"Surface Structuring of Silicon by Laser Irradiation" |
| 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 |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Banquet speech |
| Discussion Leader: J. Horwitz (Naval Research Lab) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:15 pm | C.R. Phipps (Photonic Associates, Santa Fe)
"Realistic Laser Ablation Space Propulsion Concepts -Watts to Megawatts" |
| 8:45 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - | Social |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Depart |