Photon Sciences   |   Brookhaven National Laboratory

2012 NSLS/CFN Joint Users' Meeting

Agenda

 

Sunday, May 20, 2012
StartsEndsEventsLocation
12:00 PM7:00 PM Vendor Set Up (see exhibitor page for specific set-up) Berkner Hall Lobby & Cafeteria
12:00 PM7:00 PM Poster Set Up (optional) Berkner Hall Cafeteria
3:00 PM7:00 PM Ice Cream Social Berkner Hall Lobby
4:00 PM7:00 PM Early Registration - Registration Office Opens Berkner Hall Lobby & Conf. Rm. D

Monday, May 21, 2012
StartsEndsEventsLocation
7:00 AM5:30 PM Registration Office opens (all attendees must check in before attending any event) Berkner Hall Lobby & Conf. Rm. D
7:00 AM11:30 AM Exhibitor Set Up (see exhibitor page for specific location set-up) Berkner Hall Lobby & Cafeteria
7:00 AM11:30 AM Poster Set Up Berkner Hall Cafeteria
8:00 AM5:00 PM Vendor Exhibit Berkner Hall Lobby & Cafeteria
8:30 AM10:20 AM

Morning Plenary Session - (Plenary Sessions are Open to All Free of Charge)

 		Berkner Hall Auditorium
   Session Chair, Jen Bohon, Vice Chair, Photon Sciences Users' Executive Committee, Case Western University  
8:30 AM8:35 AM Welcome, Balaji Raghothamachar, Chair, CFN Users' Executive Committee, Stony Brook University Berkner Hall Auditorium
8:35 AM8:55 AM BNL Update, Doon Gibbs, Deputy Director for Science and Technology, Brookhaven National Laboratory Berkner Hall Auditorium
8:55 AM9:40 AM BES Update, Harriet Kung, Associate Director of Science for Basic Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy Berkner Hall Auditorium
9:40 AM10:20 AM Keynote Address, Gina Kolata, Bestselling Author and Award-winning Senior Writer for Science and Medicine for the New York Times, New York Times Berkner Hall Auditorium
10:20 AM10:40 AM

Morning Break - Continental Breakfast Sponsored by IBM

 		 
10:20 AM10:30 AM Photo Session - UEC, DOE, BNL Management  
10:30 AM10:35 AM Photo Session - Users' Meeting Planning Committee  
10:40 AM12:00 PM

Late Morning Session

 		Berkner Hall Auditorium
   Session Chair, Dan Fischer, Chair, Photon Sciences Users' Executive Committee, National Institute of Standards and Technology  
10:40 AM11:10 AM Photon Sciences Update, Steve Dierker, Associate Laboratory Director for Photon Sciences, Brookhaven National Laboratory Berkner Hall Auditorium
11:10 AM11:40 AM CFN Update, Emilio Mendez, Director, Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory Berkner Hall Auditorium
11:40 AM12:00 PM Introduction to Transition Workshop, Erik Johnson, Deputy Director for Programs, Photon Sciences Directorate, Brookhaven National Laboratory Berkner Hall Auditorium
12:00 PM1:30 PM

Lunch Break

 		 
12:00 PM1:30 PM Joint UEC Luncheon with, Harriet Kung, Associate Director of Science for Basic Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy Berkner Hall, Room A
1:30 PM5:30 PM

Special Afternoon Session: NSLS User Transition Planning Forum

 		Hamilton Seminar Room, Chemistry Bldg. 555
   Session Chair, Erik Johnson, Deputy Director for Programs, Photon Sciences Directorate, Brookhaven National Laboratory  
1:30 PM5:30 PM

Workshops

 		Workshop Locations
1:30 PM5:30 PM Workshop 1: Organic Materials at Nanoscale: Physics and Applications (Part I) Berkner Hall, Room B
1:30 PM5:30 PM Workshop 2: Unique Tools for Energy Research: Chemical Analysis of Nanostructures using Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (EELS) and Energy-Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS) (Part I) CFN, Bldg. 725, Large Conf. Rm.
1:30 PM5:30 PM Workshop 3: Biofilms & Nanotechnology (Half-day Workshop) Berkner Hall, Room A
 5:30 PM All Workshops Conclude Workshop Locations
 5:30 PM Registration Office Closes Berkner Hall, Room D
5:30 PM8:00 PM Exhibitor Reception and Poster Session Berkner Hall Lobby & Cafeteria

Tuesday, May 22, 2012
StartsEndsEventsLocation
7:30 AM5:00 PM Registration Office open - all attendees must check in before attending any event Berkner Hall Lobby & Conf. Rm. D
8:00 AM5:00 PM Vendor Exhibit and Poster Session Berkner Hall Lobby & Cafeteria
8:30 AM9:55 PM

Early Morning Plenary Session (Plenary Sessions are Open to All Free of Charge)

 		Berkner Hall Auditorium
   Session Chair, Balaji Raghothamachar, Chair, CFN Users' Executive Committee, Stony Brook University  
8:30 AM8:35 AM Welcome, Daniel Fischer, Chair, Photon Sciences Users' Executive Committee, National Institute of Standards and Technology Berkner Hall Auditorium
8:35 AM9:15 AM Snapshots of Ribosome Assembly in Bacteria by Synchrotron X-ray Footprinting, Sarah Woodson, Professor, Department of Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University Berkner Hall Auditorium
9:15 AM9:55 AM Recent Advances in Cathode Lens Microscopy, Rudolf Tromp, Senior Manager, Nanoscale Materials, Processes and Devices, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Berkner Hall Auditorium
9:55 AM10:20 AM

Morning Break

 		Berkner Hall Auditorium
10:20 AM12:30 PM

Late Morning Session

 		Berkner Hall Auditorium
   Session Chair, Nathalie Bouet, Vice Chair, CFN Users' Executive Committee, Brookhaven National Laboratory  
10:20 AM11:00 AM What Novel Spectroscopic Techniques Can Tell us about the Physics of Strongly Correlated Materials, Michael Norman, Interim Division Director, Argonne Distinguished Fellow, Argonne National Laboratory Berkner Hall Auditorium
10:20 AM12:30 PM BNL Exhibitors Networking Session ((Open to all BNL)) Berkner Hall Lobby & Cafeteria
11:00 AM11:20 AM Julian David Baumert PhD Thesis Award, Erik Johnson, Deputy Director for Programs, Photon Sciences Directorate, Brookhaven National Laboratory  
11:20 AM11:35 AM CFN UEC Update  
11:35 AM11:50 AM PS UEC Update - UEC Election Results  
11:50 AM12:00 PM Poster Winners and Community Service Award Winner  
12:00 PM12:30 PM From User to Partner: Building Research Collaborations at BNL, Walter G. Copan, Managing Director, BNL Office of Technology Commercialization and Partnerships, Brookhaven National Laboratory Berkner Hall Auditorium
 12:30 PM Plenary Session Ends  
12:30 PM1:30 PM Lunch Berkner Hall
1:00 PM4:30 PM BNL Exhibitors Networking Session (open to all BNL) Berkner Hall Lobby & Cafeteria
1:30 PM5:30 PM Workshops  
1:30 PM5:30 PM Workshop 1: (Part II) Organic Materials at Nanoscale: Physics and Applications Berkner Hall, Room B
1:30 PM5:30 PM Workshop 2: (Part II) Unique Tools for Energy Research: Chemical Analysis of Nanostructures using Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (EELS), and Energy-Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS) CFN, Bldg. 725, Large Conf. Rm.
1:15 PM5:30 PM Workshop 4: Near-Field Infrared Microspectroscopy for Nanoscience: Methods, Instruments and Sources (Half-day Workshop) NSLS, Bldg. 725, Seminar Rm.
1:00 PM5:30 PM Workshop 5: New Developments in High Resolution Electron Spectroscopy (Half-day Workshop) Hamilton Seminar Room, Chemistry Bldg. 555
  

Tuesday Night Users' Meeting Banquet

 		 
6:00 PM6:30 PM Travel to NSLS II - Buses will be available.  
6:30 PM10:00 PM Users' Meeting Annual Banquet NSLS II Building 740

Wednesday, May 23, 2012
StartsEndsEventsLocation
8:00 AM2:00 PM Registration Office Opens - all attendees must check in before attending any event Berkner Hall Lobby & Conf. Rm D
9:00 AM2:00 PM Workshop 6: Synchrotron Techniques in Microelectronics Research (Half-day Workshop) NSLS, Bldg. 725, Seminar Rm.
9:00 AM5:00 PM Workshop 7: Applications of Synchrotron Techniques in Plant Biology Berkner Hall, Room A
9:00 AM5:00 PM Workshop 8: Spin-Orbit Coupling in Condensed Matter: Topological Insulators and Related Materials Berkner Hall, Room C
9:00 AM4:15 PM Workshop 9: X-Ray Beam Position Monitors: Hardware and Experience Berkner Hall, Room B
8:30 AM12:30 PM Workshop 2: (Part III) Unique Tools for Energy Research: Chemical Analysis of Nanostructures using Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (EELS) and Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (EDS) (Hands-on Session) CFN, Bldg. 725, Large Conf. Rm.
12:00 PM2:00 PM Lunch for Workshop Attendees Workshop Locations
 2:00 PM Registration Office Closes Berkner Hall & Conf. Rm D
 2:00 PM Exhibitor Session Ends Berkner Hall Lobby & Cafeteria

Tuesday, May 21, 2013
StartsEndsEventsLocation
8:30 AM10:10 AM

Morning Plenary Session - (Plenary Sessions are Open to All Free of Charge)

 		Berkner Hall Auditorium