Second Announcement

XVIIth Conference on the Dynamics of Molecular Collisions
July 18-23, 1999
The Resort at Split Rock
Lake Harmony, Pennsylvania USA

James J. Valentini, Chair
Department of Chemistry
Columbia University
New York, NY 10027 USA

James T. Muckerman, Vice-Chair
Department of Chemistry
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton, NY 11973 USA


Description of the Conference

The Dynamics of Molecular Collisions Conference focuses on all aspects of
molecular collisions--experimental and theoretical studies of elastic,
inelastic, and reactive encounters involving atoms, molecules, ions,
clusters, and surfaces--as well as half collisions--photodissociation,
photo-induced reaction, and photodesorption.  The Conference began as a
Gordon Conference in 1965, and though it now operates independently,
retains the Gordon Conference format and spirit.


Meeting Site

The meeting will be held at The Resort at Split Rock in eastern
Pennsylvania, a five-hundred-acre year-round resort situated on  Lake
Harmony and surrounded by the forests, lakes and streams of the Pocono
Mountains.  The Resort is located 1-1/2 to 2 hours from New York City
airports, while the Wilkes-Barre International and Lehigh Valley
International Airports are only 30 and 50 minutes away.

Split Rock has abundant recreational facilities, including 18 holes of
championship golf , an 18 hole miniature golf course, 2 indoor pools, 1
outdoor pool, a swimming lagoon, 9 indoor and outdoor tennis courts,
racquetball, archery, bocci ball, shuffleboard, softball, volleyball,
health club and fitness center, billiards room, bowling alley with 8 lanes,
first run movie theater, fishing, boat rides, paddle boats, water skiing,
outdoor barbecues, hiking, and biking.

More information on Split Rock is available at the Resort web site,
http://www.splitrockresort.com.


Meeting Program

The XVIIth Conference will have morning sessions on Monday through Friday ,
and evening sessions Monday through Thursday.  In each session the first
talk will be an overview of the topic of that session.  Afternoons are free
for discussions and recreation.  Session topics and speakers are:

Bimolecular Reaction Dynamics--Experiment
     Paul Dagdigian (Johns Hopkins University)
     Richard Zare (Stanford University)
     Arthur Suits (University of California, Berkeley)
     Hansjuergen Loesch (University of Bielefeld)

Bimolecular Reaction Dynamics--Theory
     Russell Pack (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
     John Zhang (New York University)
     Stephen Gray (Argonne National Laboratory)
     Antonio Varandas (University of Coimbra)

Collisions at Surfaces
     Barbara Garrison (Pennsylvania State University)
     J. Michael White (University of Texas)
     Hua Guo (University of New Mexico)

Collisions at Ultralow Temperatures
     Daniel Heinzen (University of Texas)
     Paul Julienne (NIST, Gaithersburg)
     William Stwalley (University of Connecticut)

Control of Molecular Dynamics
     David Tannor (Weizmann Institute)
     Robert Gordon (University of Illinois, Chicago)
     Stephen Leone  (University of Colorado)
     Gustav Gerber (University of Wurzburg)

Dynamics in Clusters
     James Lisy (University of Illinois)
     Michael Heaven (Emory University)
     Zlatko Bacic  (New York University)
     Koichi Yamashita (University of Tokyo)

Eigenstate Resolved Dynamics
     Thomas Rizzo (EPH, Lausanne)
     Patrick Vaccaro (Yale University)
     Amit Sinha (University of California, San Diego)

Photodissociation Dynamics
     Reinhard Schinke (Max-Planck-Institut)
     Gabriel Balint-Kurti (University of Bristol)
     Gregory Hall (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

Nonadiabatic Processes
     Robert Parson (University of Colorado)
     Sharon Hammes-Schiffer (University of Notre Dame)
     Laurie Butler (University of Chicago)


Posters

Split Rock has extensive and very attractive facilities for presentation of
posters.  Instructions on how to submit posters will be given in the Third
Circular, to be distributed March 1.


Registration and Fees

Registration and payment of fees will be done through the Resort office.
Instructions on how to register will be given on March 1 in the Third
Circular.

Fees for room and board will be:
Double occupancy:  $602;  single occupancy:  $848

Registration fee:  $50 (waived for graduate students and postdocs)

It is anticipated that there will be some monies available for graduate
student scholarships.


Conference Web Site and Email

A conference web site will be active beginning March 1.  Details will be
provided in the Third Circular to be released on that date.

Email regarding the Conference should be sent to the Chair at
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