Schedule

FOMMS 2012 - Schedule at a Glance

Session

SUN

MON

TUE

WED

THU

Morning


Cyberinfrastructure  & Future Trends

Products and Processes

Energy and Environment

Effective Simulation of Complex Molecules

Afternoon

Registration

Poster Session I

Organized outings

Poster Session II

Workshop (Validation)

Evening

Keynote Lectures

Multi-Resolution Modeling

Workshop (Software Suites and Application Interfaces)

Life Sciences

Medal Lecture and Banquet

 

Preliminary Program

 

All General Sessions will be located in [location TBD]

 Sunday, July 22

 

5:00 – 7:00 pm               Conference Registration

 

7:00 – 8:00 pm               Welcome Reception (location TBD)

 

8:00 - 8:15 pm                Welcome Address  (Conference Chairs)

                                      Prof. Edward Maginn (University of Notre Dame)

                                      Prof. Kristen Fichthorn (Pennsylvania State University)

                                      Prof. J. Ilja Siepmann (University of Minnesota)

 

8:15 - 9:00 pm                Keynote Address

                                      “Role of van der Waals interactions in physics, chemistry, and biology”

                                      Prof. Matthias Scheffler (Fritz Haber Institute)

 

9:00 - 9:15 pm                Discussion (led by Prof. Kristen Fichthorn, Pennsylvania State University)

                    

9:15 - 11:00 pm              Hospitality (location TBD)

 

 

Monday, July 23

 

Monday general sessions will be held in (location TBD)

 

8:30-11:50 am                Session 1: Cyberinfrastructure and Future Trends

                                      Presiding: Prof. David Kofke (University at Buffalo)

 

8:30 am                          Title TBD

                                      Prof. Michael Greenfield (University of Rhode Island)

 

9:20 am                          “In silico testing requirements – multiple methods to assess skin penetration”

                                      Dr. Bruce Murch (Procter and Gamble)

 

10:10 am                        Break

 

10:30 am                        “The data and compute-driven transformation of modern science”

                                      Dr. Edward Seidel (National Science Foundation)

 

11:20 am                        Panel discussion

 

12:00-2:00 pm                Lunch (on your own)

 

2:00-5:00 pm                            Contributed Poster Session 1 (location)

                                      Presiding: Prof. Jayant Singh (IIT Kanpur)

 

7:00-9:30 pm                  Session 2: Multi-Resolution Modeling

                                      Presiding: Prof. Jim Pfaendtner (University of Washington)

 

7:00 pm                          “Hydrogen tunneling, electrostatics, and conformation motions in enzyme catalysis”

                                      Prof. Sharon Hammes-Schiffer (Pennsylvania State University)

 

7:50 pm                         Break

 

8:00 pm                         “Multi-resolution modeling and simulation for complex molecular systems”

                                      Prof. Jhih-Wei Chu (University of California, Berkeley)

 

8:50 pm                         Panel discussion

 

9:30-11:00 pm                Hospitality (location TBD)

 

 

Tuesday, July 24

 

Tuesday AM sessions will be held in (location TBD)

 

8:30-11:50 am                Session 3: Products and Process Design

                                      Presiding: Dr. Andrea Browning (Boeing)

 

8:30 am                          “Generating fundamental process kinetics for bio-oil production and use”

                                      Prof. Phil Westmoreland (North Carolina State University)

 

9:20 am                        “Atomistic and coarse-grained simulations of polymer melts: Structure and properties”

                                      Dr. Krzysztof Moorthi (Mitsui Chemicals)

 

10:10 am                        Break

 

10:30 am                        “Structure optimization: Crystals, molecules and processes”

                                      Prof. Claire Adjiman (Imperial College)

 

11:20 am                        Panel discussion

 

12:00-7:00 pm                Conference outings, free time

 

7:00-9:30 pm                  Workshop 1: Software Suites and Application Interfaces

                                      (location TBD)

                                      Presiding: Prof. J. Ilja Siepmann (University of Minnesota)

                                                      Prof. Kristen Fichthorn (Pennsylvania State University)

 

                                      Dr. Wibe DeJong (NWChem)

                                      Prof. Matthias Scheffler (FHI-aims software)

                                      Dr. George Fitzgerald (Accelrys)

                                      Dr. Hannes Schweiger (Materials Design)

                                      Dr. Xenophon Krokidis (Scienomics)                           

                                      Dr. Paul Crozier (LAMMPS)

                                      Dr. Shyamal Nath (Culgi)

                                                                                   

9:30-11:00 pm                Hospitality (location TBD)

 

 

Wednesday, July 25

 

Wednesday AM sessions will be held in (location TBD)

 

8:30-11:50 am                Session 4: Energy and Environment

                                      Presiding: Prof. Randy Snurr (Northwestern University)

 

8:30 am                          “Using computational screening to accelerate discovery of nanoporous                             materials for energy applications”

                                      Prof. David Sholl (Georgia Institute of Technology)

 

9:20 am                          “Ligand binding by protein probed with 3-D RISM microscope”

                                      (Complex Fluids)

                                      Prof. Fumio Hirata (Institute for Molecular Science)

 

10:10 am                        Break

 

10:30 am                        “Computational research on water at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Issues and approaches”

                                      Dr. Bruce Garrett (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)

 

11:20 am                        Panel discussion

 

12:00-2:00 pm                Lunch (on your own)

 

2:00-5:00 pm                            Contributed Poster Session 2 (location TBD)

                                      Presiding: Prof. Daniela Kohen (Carleton College)

 

7:00-9:30 pm                  Session 5: Life Sciences

                                      Presiding: Prof. Baron Peters (University of California, Santa Barbara)

 

7:00 pm                         “Why don’t we find more polymorphs? The use of computed crystal energy landscapes as a complement to solid form screening”

                                      Prof. Sarah (Sally) Price (University College London)

 

7:50 pm                         Break

 

8:00 pm                         “Simulations of protein aggregation”

                                      Prof. Joan Emma Shea (University of California, Santa Barbara)

 

8:50 pm                         Panel discussion

 

9:30-11:00 pm                Hospitality (location TBD)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, July 26

 

Thursday AM sessions will be held in (location TBD)

 

8:30-11:50 am                Session 6: Complex Fluids

                                      Presiding: Prof. Michael Greenfield (University of Rhode Island)

 

8:30 am                          “Selective gas adsorption in zeolotic imidazolate frameworks:  Insights from molecular modeling and van der Waals density functional theory calculations” (Energy and Environment)

                                      Prof. Mark Asta (University of California, Berkeley)

 

9:20 am                          “Directed assembly in liquid crystal suspensions and emulsions”

                                      Prof. Juan de Pablo (University of Wisconsin)

 

10:10 am                        Break

 

10:30 am                        “Hydration and drying of biological and model substrates”

                                      Prof. Pablo Debenedetti (Princeton University)

 

11:20 am                        Panel discussion

 

12:00-2:00 pm                Lunch (on your own)

 

2:00-3:30 pm                  Workshop 2: Validation of Simulations (location TBD)

                                      Presiding: Prof. J. Ilja Siepmann (University of Minnesota)

                                                      Prof. Kristen Fichthorn (Pennsylvania State University)

 

                                      Prof. Ellad Tadmor (University of Minnesota)

                                      Prof. Michael Shirts (University of Virginia)

 

                                     

5:00-6:15 pm                  FOMMS Medal Lecture

                                      “Molecular Modeling and Simulation of Confined Nano-Phases”

                                      Prof. Keith Gubbins (North Carolina State University)

                                     

                                      Presiding: Prof. Edward Maginn (University of Notre Dame)

                                      Introduction: Prof. Lev Gelb (University of Texas at Dallas)

 

6:30-9:30 pm                  Chair’s Reception and Conference Banquet (location TBD)

                                      Screening of FOMMS: The Movie