This grant will help ensure that the U.S. maintains an internationally competitive workforce related to the science and technology of short but intense pulses of light. The funding from this grant will be used to support the registration fees of students and postdocs so they can attend the 2014 Multiphoton Processes Gordon Research Conference (the 17th in a series of biennial conferences), which will be held June 15-20, 2014 at Bentley University in Waltham, MA. This well-established international conference remains vibrant due to continuing advances in atomic, molecular, optical, and chemical (AMOC) science and related technology.
The 2014 meeting is structured around contributed posters and 8 sessions of invited talks that will focus on topics at the forefront of AMOC science including: High Harmonic Spectroscopy; Attosecond Electron Dynamics; ATI and Photoelectrons; Strong Field Processes and Sources; Photoionization delay; X-Ray Imaging; and Free-Electron Laser Experiment and Theory. The broad range of expertise and perspectives among attendees provides a unique and stimulating environment for the development of new ideas in these rapidly evolving areas.
The Gordon Research Conference on MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES was held at Bentley University, Waltham, MA, June 15-20th, 2014. The Conference was well-attended with 148 participants (attendees list attached). The attendees represented the spectrum of endeavor in this field coming from academia, industry, and government laboratories, both U.S. and foreign scientists, senior researchers, young investigators, and students. Of the 148 attendees, 33 voluntarily responded to a general inquiry regarding ethnicity which appears on our registration forms. Of the 33 respondents, 15% were Minorities – 3% Hispanic, 12% Asian and 0% African American. Approximately 18% of the participants at the 2014 meeting were women. In designing the formal speakers program, emphasis was placed on current unpublished research and discussion of the future target areas in this field. There was a conscious effort to stimulate lively discussion about the key issues in the field today. Time for formal presentations was limited in the interest of group discussions. In order that more scientists could communicate their most recent results, poster presentation time was scheduled. Attached is a copy of the formal schedule and speaker program and the poster program. In addition to these formal interactions, "free time" was scheduled to allow informal discussions. Such discussions are fostering new collaborations and joint efforts in the field.
