Purpose

The purpose of this conference is to bring together the various theoretical chemistry groups from Texas and surrounding states. The conference will feature plenary talks by distinguished theoretical chemists, as well as contributed talks from regional participants. All areas of theoretical chemistry are welcome. Special emphasis is placed on providing students and postdocs with an opportunity to present talks and posters on their work, and to interact with scientific leaders, including those from outside the region.

Location and Dates

The conference will be held in Austin, Texas on Saturday and Sunday, October 28 - 29, with registration the previous evening. Housing will be at the Radisson Hotel Austin North in Austin (which was known as the Park Plaza Hotel up until Oct. 10, 2006). For details, click the appropriate side buttons.

Invited Speakers

Dr. Wesley D. Allen

Center for Computational Chemistry

University of Georgia

Athens, GA 30602

Dr. David A. Mazziotti

Department of Chemistry

University of Chicago

5640 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637

Dr. Devarajan Thirumalai

Director, Biophysics Program

Institute for Physical Science and Technology

University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742

Oral Presentations and Posters

These are welcome from all participants. For details, click the appropriate side button.

XXII SWTCC Outstanding Creative Young Scientist Award

This year, we continue the tradition of offering prizes to the most outstanding senior graduate student and postdoc presenting their work at this conference with a particular focus on the creativity of the work. Advisors are encouraged to identify students and postdocs whom they wish to nominate for this award, describing how much of the design of the work was done by the student or postdoc personally.

Deadlines

Email registration - as soon as possible. PLEASE do it early.

Hotel registration - Friday, October 13.

Abstracts received in Austin - Friday, October 13.

Registration fee - Any time. Checks may be made to “The University of Texas at Austin” and sent by mail to

James E. Boggs

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

1 University Station

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX 78712-0165

or paid by check or cash at time of meeting. Sorry, no credit cards.