Important dates Sponsors 2008 • Opening of registration: within the first weeks of 2008. • Early registration deadline: June 15, 2008. • Abstract submission deadline for oral presentations (hot topics): May 1, 2008. • Abstract submission deadline for posters: June 15, 2008. • Welcome to participants: September 14, 2008, X during the afternoon. Reception at 19 h. • Scientific Sessions start on September 15. ISSPIC Symposium ends on September 19, at noon. () MINISTERIO DE EDUCACIÓN Fees Y CIENCIA

Early registration Late registration before June 15, 2008 after June 15, 2008 XIV International Symposium Regular fee 550 € 650 € on Small Particles and Student fee 350 € 400 € Inorganic Clusters Accompanying person fee 200 € 250 €

Registration fee includes: o Access to all sessions o Book of abstracts and related material Ayuntamiento de o ISSPIC XIV Proceedings published by The European Valladolid Physical Journal D ava.es o Coffee breaks o Lunches o Welcome Reception Party o Other Receptions Valladolid, o Excursion and Conference dinner September 15-19, 2008

Registration fee for accompanying persons includes: o Lunches o Welcome Reception Party o Other Receptions http://www.uva.es/isspic14 o Excursion and Conference dinner o Special Program for Accompanying persons Scope Scientific program

The ISSPIC conference started as an international • Experimental production of clusters The conference wil include 6 plenary talks, symposium on small particles and inorganic clusters • Structure and thermodynamics of free clusters 15 invited talks, 22 oral presentations (hot topics), and has evolved into a leading international cluster • Helium clusters and spectroscopy and several poster sessions. and nanoscience conference. The symposia topics • Fullerenes, nanotubes and nanowires present a balanced overview of new results, • Clusters on surfaces Confirmed plenary speakers emerging trends and perspectives in the science of • Clusters in external fields atomic and molecular clusters, nanoparticles and • Nanoparticles in biology and medicine • Naomi J. Halas, Rice University, Houston nanostructures. • Molecular electronics and transport • Walter A. de Heer, Georgia Institute of Technology, • Cluster reactivity and nanocatalysis Atlanta The conference provides an interdisciplinary forum • Electronic structure and quantum effects in low • Bernd von Issendorff, University of Freiburg for presentation and discussion of fundamental and dimensional systems • Joshua Jortner, University of Tel Aviv technological developments in these fields. It is • Spectroscopy and dynamics with short laser • Uzi Landman, Georgia Institute of Technology, expected that the interdisciplinary approach will pulses Atlanta stimulate the emergence of new research topics, • Nanoparticles in atmospheric science • Toshio Yanagida, Osaka University enabling innovative applications of nanoscience. • Nanomagnetism • Optical properties Confirmed invited speakers ISSPIC XIV will be held in Valladolid. The city of • Nanocrystals and selfassembly Valladolid, located 180 km north of Madrid, is the • Technological applications • Markus Arndt, University of Wien administrative capital of the Castilla-León region • Vlasta Bonacic Koutecky, Humboldt University, and its population is about 350,000. Berlin Local Organizing Committee • Clemens Barth, CRMCN-CNRS, Marseille • Simon Brown, University of Canterbury J.A. Alonso, (Chairman) • Philipe Dugourd, University of Lyon Accommodation L.C. Balbás, University of Valladolid (Vice-Chairman) • Martin Jarrold, Indiana University M.J. López, University of Valladolid (Secretary) • Manfred M. Kappes, University of Karlsruhe We have made arrangements with some of the A. Aguado, University of Valladolid • Jean M. L'Hermite, University Paul Sabatier, hotels in Valladolid in order to get special rates. I. Cabria, University of Valladolid Toulouse The list of recommended hotels is posted at the N.A. Cordero, University of • Salvador Montero, CSIC, Madrid website of the conference, as well as instructions A. González Ureña, Universidad Complutense, Madrid • Richard Palmer, University of Birmingham to contact the travel agency handling the reservations. A. Mañanes, University of , Santander • Paul Scheier, Leopold Franzes University, Cheaper but limited accommodation in University F. Martín, Autonoma University of Madrid Innsbruck residences will be offered, giving priority to graduate L.M. Molina, University of Valladolid • Kazuo Takatsuka, University of Tokyo students and young postdocs. J.M. Oliva, Chemical Physics Institute, CSIC, Madrid • Tatsutya Tsukuda, Institute of Molecular Science, M.B. Torres, Okazaki • Stefan Vajda, Argonne National Laboratory • David Wales, University of Cambridge • Ludger Wöste, Free University Berlin