| Sunday |
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and check-in |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Afternoon Reception |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:25 pm - 7:30 pm | Welcome |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Laser Generation of Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes |
| Discussion Leader: Michael Stuke (Max-Planck-Institut f. biophysikalische Chemie) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm | David Geohegan (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oakridge, TN)
Fundamental Mechanisms, in situ Diagnostics, and Methods of Laser-Synthesis of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes |
| 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Ann Dillon (NREL, Golden, CO)
Laser Synthesis of Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes |
| Monday |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:30 am | Photo |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Laser Biomaterial Interactions |
| Discussion Leader: Richard Haglund (Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN) |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Franz Hillenkamp (Institute for Medical Physics and Biophysics, Muenster, Germany)
Understanding mechanisms without applications or applications or applications without understanding mechanisms |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:15 am - 11:15 am | Alfred Vogel (Medical Laser Center, Luebeck, Germany)
Femtosecond-laser-produced low-density plasmas in transparent biological media: A tool for the creation of chemical, thermal and thermomechanical effects below the optical breakdown threshold |
| 11:15 am - 12:15 pm | Dan Freid (University of California, San Francisco, CA)
Laser Ablation and Modification of Biological Hard Tissues |
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | 1 minute poster previews |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Laser Semiconductor Interactions |
| Discussion Leader: Craig Arnold (Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm | Kouichi Murakami (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
Laser Synthesis of Si Nanoclusters |
| 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Fritz Falk (Institut fuer Physikalische Hochtechnologie, Jena, Germany)
Laser Crystallization of Semiconductors |
| 9:30 pm | Poster Session 1 |
| Tuesday |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Laser/Organic Interactions |
| Discussion Leader: Kenneth M. Beck (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Y. Ron Shen (University of California, Berkeley, CA)
Polymer Surface Studies by Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:15 am - 11:15 am | Hiroshi Fukumura (Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan)
Laser Ablation Transfer of Organic Molecules |
| 11:15 am - 12:15 pm | Dan Bubb (Seton Hall University, Orange NJ)
Resonant Infrared Pulsed Laser Deposition of Polymer Thin Films |
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | 1 minute poster previews |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Science and Education Workshop (Optional - no A/V support)
Tom Dickinson (Washington State University) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Laser Modification of Materials |
| Discussion Leader: Jøergen Schou (Risø National Lab) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm | Henry Helvajian (The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, CA)
Laser Material modification in the Fabrication of Nanosatelites |
| 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Xianfan Xu (Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN)
Laser Interactions for Micromachining |
| 9:30 pm | Poster Session 2 |
| Wednesday |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Pulsed Laser Deposition and Surface Modification |
| Discussion Leader: Maria Dinescu (National Institute of Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Bucharest) |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | David Blank (University of Twente, The Netherlands)
Initial growth studies and growth manipulation of complex oxides |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:15 am - 11:15 am | Carmen Afonso (Instituto de Optica, CSIC, Madrid, Spain)
Pulsed laser deposition of nanoparticle films |
| 11:15 am - 12:15 pm | Dieter Bäuerle (Johannes-Kepler-Universität Linz, Austria)
Perspectives in Laser Surface Processing |
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | 1 minute poster previews |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Funding and New Directions Workshop (Optional - no A/V support)
Richard Haglund (Vanderbilt University) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Ultrafast Laser Interactions |
| Discussion Leader: Ioanna Zergioti (Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm | Alexander Rubenchik (Lawrence Livermore National Labs, Livermore, CA)
Physics of ultrashort laser ablation of metals and dielectrics |
| 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm | David Rayner (NRC, Ottawa, Canada)
Femtosecond Laser Refractive Index Modification in Dielectrics |
| 9:30 pm | Poster Session 3 |
| Thursday |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Ultrafast Laser Interactions II |
| Discussion Leader: Costas Fotakis (Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser) |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Klaus Sokolowski-Tinten (Institut fuer Laser- und Plasmaphysik, Universitaet Essen, Germany)
X-rays going ultrafast: femtosecond time-resolved X-ray diffraction |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:15 am - 11:15 am | Wolfgang Kautek (Federal Institute
for Materials Research and Testing, Berlin, Germany)
Physical Chemistry of Ultrafast Interactions with Solids |
| 11:15 am - 12:15 am | George Reider (Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria)
Attosecond Laser Material Interactions |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Optional Canoe Trip with Hanna’s Paddles:
Please Sign up by Wed. Evening |
| 6:00 pm | Banquet |
| 7:30 - 9:30 pm | Banquet |
| Discussion leader: Tom Dickinson (Washington State University, Pullman, WA) |
| 7:30 pm | Lene Vestergaard Hau (Harvard University, Boston, MA)
How to beat light on your bike |
| Closing Reception |
| Friday |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Departure |