The 2013 Atmospheric Chemistry Gordon Research Conference (GRC) will take place at Mt. Snow, VT, July 28-August 2. It will bring together an international group of atmospheric scientists who specialize in diverse research topics and who represent research in universities, government laboratories, and private research institutes. The central objective of the conference is to promote exchange of information and ideas on topics of contemporary interest in atmospheric science. The meeting is broad in scope, covering topics such as climate, air quality, the stratosphere, the biosphere and oceans, and atmospheric chemical mechanisms. The Gordon Research Conference format provides a unique combination of intellectual exchange via formal presentations, off-the-record exchanges from the floor, discussions at the poster sessions and the casual interactions outside the meeting. The format also encourages participants to bring their most recent and provocative results to stimulate discussion at the cutting edge of the field.
The 2013 Atmospheric Chemistry GRC will follow in this tradition, and will include sessions on the following topics:
* Perspectives on Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate * Energy, Emissions and Atmospheric Impacts * Nucleation * Atmosphere Ocean Interactions * Aerosol Chemistry and Consequences * New Directions in Atmospheric Oxidation * Anthropogenic Biogenic Interactions
In addition, this conference has a long tradition of mentoring young scientists--that is, graduate students and new post-doctoral scientists--and initiating them into this interdisciplinary field through both the formal and informal conference activities and the ACCESS ("Atmospheric Chemistry Colloquium for Emerging Senior Scientists") which immediately precedes the GRC. The contributions of young scientists to the discussions at GRC will be an integral part of the scientific discourse there.
The Gordon Research Conference on ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY was held at Mount Snow Resort, West Dover, VT, July 28-August 2nd, 2013. The Conference was well-attended with 193 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 193 attendees, 106 voluntarily responded to a general inquiry regarding ethnicity which appears on our registration forms. Of the 106 respondents, 9% were Minorities – 0% Hispanic, 8% Asian and 1% African American. Approximately 40 % of the participants at the 2013 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. Thank you for your support of this Conference. As you know, in the interest of promoting the presentation of unpublished and frontier-breaking research, Gordon Research Conferences does not permit publication of meeting proceedings.
