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                     WORKSHOP ON

PHOTODYNAMICS FROM ISOLATED MOLECULES TO CONDENSED PHASES

               FEBRUARY 13-19, 2000

                   HAVANA, CUBA


                First Announcement


Local Organizing Committee:
Jesus Rubayo Soneira (Chairman)     Juan de Dios Garrido Arrate
Mario Piris Silvera                 Jesus Sabin del Valle
German Rojas Lorenzo 

International Advisory  Board:
Majed Chergui (Switzerland)              Vincenzo Aquilanti (Italy)
Gerardo Delgado-Barrio (Spain)           Antonio Varandas (Portugal)
Julian Echave (Argentina)                Jesus Rubayo Soneira (Cuba)

Invited speakers (confirmed participation) will include:
Alberto Beswick (UniversitTheta Paul-Sabatier, France)
Benoit Soep (UniversitTheta Paris-Sud, France)
L. Woste (Freie UniversitSigmat Berlin, Germany)
Abdelkrim Chemseddine (Hahn - Meitner - Institut Berlin GmbH, Germany)
Vicenzo Aquilanti (Universita di Perugia, Italy) 
Antonio Varandas (Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal) 
Gerardo Delgado-Barrio (CSIC, Spain)
Pablo Villarreal (CSIC, Spain) 
Salvador Miret-Artes (CSIC, Spain) 
Angel Gonzalez Urenha (Universidad Complutence de Madrid, Spain) 
Abderrazzak Douhal (Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain) 
Majed Chergui (UniversitTheta de Laussanne, Switzerland) 
David C. Clary (University College London, U.K.) 
V.S. Letokhov (Academy of Science, Russia) 
G. Billing (University of Copenhagen, Demmark) 
Kenneth Janda (University of California at Irvine, U.S.A.) 
D. Julius Jellinek (Argone National Laboratory, U.S.A.) 
A. C. Albrecht (Cornell University, U.S.A.) 
Donald L.Thompson (Oklahoma State University, U.S.A.) 
Julian Echave (Univ.Nacional de Quilmes, Argentina) 
Marco Antonio Chaer (UFRJ, Brazil)
Sylvio Canuto (USP, Brazil) 
Adalberto Fazzio (USP, Brazil) 
Oscar Ventura (Montevideo, Uruguay) 
Ramon Hernandez-Lamoneda (UAEM, Mexico) 
Luis Javier Alvarez (UNAM, Mexico) 
Luis A. Montero Cabrera (Universidad de La Habana, Cuba) 
Jesus Rubayo Soneira (ISCTN, Cuba)

Participation:
Scientist and students working or interested in the field, from both
Latin- American and industrialized countries are welcome to attend. The
workshop will be conducted in English. Please type, print in ink, or send
by e-mail the participation form to our university.

Scope and Format
The central theme of the Workshop is the description, both from the
experimental and a theoretical point of view of the physical and chemical
processes in molecular systems. The main topics to be covered are:

* Dynamics and reactivity of isolated molecules.
* Dynamics of molecular species embedded in small and large clusters. 
* Molecular dynamics of molecules in the condensed phase (liquid, 
solid) and at surfaces.

The scientific programme will include invited lectures, oral
presentations of contributed papers and poster sessions, with ample time
for discussion.

Workshop Site
The workshop will be held in Havana, Cuba.
Havana, after several settlements was finally founded in 1519 at its
present location. The city came to be a highly relevant place, first of
all, due to its geographic position since it is washed by the Gulf Stream
and this was a determining factor for navigation at that time which
depended mainly on the oceanic currents. There are important touristic and
recreative resorts. The climate is wonderful ( it never snows), the mean
temperature in February is 21 |C.

Registration and accommodation fee.
Approximately US$ 250 before November 30-1999, US$ 300 afterwards. The
package will cover conference fees, coffee breaks, Book of Abstracts, Book
of Proceedings, welcoming reception and workshop dinner. Room prices for
the whole meeting, including breakfast (6 nights) will start from
approximately US$ 240 (single room) and US$ 360 (double room). Cheaper
accommodation can be arranged upon special request. More details on
lodging and other activities will be given in the second announcement.
Reduced price for participants from Latin-American and East-European
countries will probably be available (details in second announcement).

Deadlines
Mail the enclosed pre-registration form to the Organizing committee
before July 15, 1999. Please feel free to use copies of the form for your
colleagues as necessary. The second announcement (including registration
form, call for abstracts, etc.) will be mail to those who have
pre-registered. The deadline for registration and submission of abstracts
will be September 1st, 1999. The final announcement (programme, travel
information, etc.) will be mailed in December 1999.

For further information please contact:
Jesus Rubayo Soneira.
Instituto Superior de Ciencias y Tecnologoa Nucleares.
Ave. Salvador Allende y Luaces. Quinta de los Molinos.
Habana 10600, A.P. 6163. Ciudad Habana, Cuba.
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Telefax: (53-7) 785018, (53-7) 241188
Telephone: (53-7) 575662/63

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