LOCATION CONTACT An Interdisciplinary Conference on Novel Concepts of Light-Harvesting The Educational Centre Light-Harvesting Processes Phenomena and Related Topics “Kloster Banz” was c/o W. Richter founded in 1069 as a Experimental Physics IV Benedictinean monaste- University of Bayreuth ry. During the following D-95440 Bayreuth centuries it was rebuilt Germany and extended by Johann Dientzenhofer and Phone +49-921-55-3230 Balthasar Neumann. Secretary +49-921-55-4001 By the nineteenth centu- Fax +49-921-55-4002 ry it had become one of E-Mail [email protected] the biggest monasteries in Bavaria. It is located in the northern part of DEADLINES Bavaria on a hill over- Scientific contributions: Nov. 1, 2008 looking the small town Pre-registration: Dec. 1, 2008 „Bad Staffelstein“, close Conference abstract: January 30, 2009 to Bamberg. It is easy to reach by public trans- portation. INTERNET Contribution submission, on-line registration, By p l a n e : technical program and additional information Light-Harvesting Travel to Frankfurt, Munich or Nuremberg are available at International Airports. Continue to Lichtenfels www.LHP-bayreuth.de by train or directly to Banz by rental car. Processes Please inform your colleagues and coworkers By t r a i n : about this conference! Travel to Lichtenfels via Nuremberg, March 10 – 14, 2009 Würzburg or Bamberg. Transportation bet- The organizers take efforts to raise finan- Banz Monastery, Germany ween Lichtenfels Station and Banz Monastery cial support from the Volkswagen Foun- will be provided. dation, the “Emil-Warburg-Stiftung”, the “DFG Sonderforschungsbereich 481” and By c a r : the “Bayreuther Institut für Makromole- You can take different Highways (A 70, A 73) külforschung”. via Bamberg to Banz. From the Highway A73 take exit “Bad Staffelstein-Nord” and follow the signs to „Kloster Banz“.

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The organizing committee cordially invites you Or g a n i z i n g a n d p r o g r a m c o m m i t t e e Re g i s t r at i o n to attend the interdisciplinary conference Jürgen Köhler (Physics, Bayreuth) Online registration will be available on the con- ference web-pages at Richard Cogdell (Biology, Glasgow) Light Harvesting Processes Anna Köhler (Physics, Bayreuth) www.LHP-bayreuth.de March 10 - 14, 2009. Stephan Kümmel (Physics, Bayreuth) For additional information please send a note to Hans-Werner Schmidt (Macromolecular Chemistry, Bayreuth) Throughout the industrial world it becomes [email protected] Mukundan Thelakkat (Macromolecular Chemistry, Bayreuth) increasingly clear that mankind urgently needs to find new ways to produce clean and renew- Ac c o m m o d a t i o n The scientific program will consist of invited able sources of energy that do not produce All participants will be accommodated in the lectures, contributed talks and posters. green house gases. The amount of solar energy main building of the monastery “Kloster Banz” hitting the Earth every hour is greater than in modern single and double rooms. During the total amount of energy that the world‘s Co n f i r m e d i n v i t e d s p e a k e r s the conference, full internet and FAX access is population consumes in a whole year. This fact Huub de Groot (Leiden, The Netherlands) available. makes the activities to convert solar energy into Neil Hunter (Sheffield, United Kingdom) Co n f e r e n c e f e e electrical power an important issue for future Klaus Müllen (Mainz, Germany) The conference fee includes accommodation energy production. Laurie Peter (Bath, United Kingdom) and 4-day full board (breakfast, lunch, dinner, without beverages), coffee (tea) during breaks The various natural light-harvesting systems Simon Scheuring (Paris, France) and the abstract booklet. A conference excur- in photosynthesis can serve as blueprints for Klaus Schulten (Urbana, USA) sion to the world heritage town Bamberg or the construction of novel solar cells based on Robert J. Silbey (Cambridge, USA) to the famous basilica “Vierzehnheiligen” will organic matter. Supramolecular structures built be provided. Tickets for the excursion will be by spontaneous self assembly of relatively small Aida Takuzo (Tokyo, Japan) available at the registration office. subunits have attracted considerable attention Ulrike Woggon (Dortmund, Germany) during the last years. Payment before Jan. 15 after Jan. 15 Obviously, progress in this field requires a For an update on the program please visit the Regular fee cooperative effort with input from biology, conference web-pages. single bedroom 640.– EUR 670.– EUR chemistry, physics, and technology. The aim of double bedroom 600.– EUR 630.– EUR the conference „Light Harvesting Processes“ is www.LHP-bayreuth.de Students‘ fee to gather scientists from various fields and to double bedroom 490.– EUR 520.– EUR provide a platform for interdisciplinary commu- nication and the exchange of concepts. all prices per person For cancellation before Febr. 15, a service Site of the conference is the Educational Centre charge of 50 EUR will be deducted form the in the historic monastery “Kloster Banz” (close refund. No refunds can be made for cancella- to Bamberg). It is a beautiful historic location tions received after Febr. 15, 2009. overlooking the valley of the river Main.