Date of Preparation: June 23, 2010

Atlantic Theoretical Chemistry Symposium - ATCS 2010

Dates: Friday, August 13, 2010 - Sunday, August 15, 2010
Location: Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Symposium will take place in the lecture theatre of the newly constructed Atrium . The Atrium is located in the North part of campus, between the Science building and the Burke building. For directions, please click here , and scroll about halfway down.
Participants: The ATCS typically hosts participants from all over Atlantic Canada.
Prizes for best oral presentations include a one-year licence to the entire suite of SCM products (Amsterdam Density Functional (ADF), BAND, COSMO-RS, and the associated GUIs) and a copy of Spartan '08. Award winners:
1st Place, Graduate: Mr. Felix Kannemann (Dalhousie, supervisor Axel Becke). Felix wins a one-year licence to ADF, Band, and COSMO-RS. Sponsored by SCM.
2nd Place, Graduate: Ms. Victoria Walker (Dalhousie U., supervisor Russell Boyd). Vikki will receive a cheque from sponsor Physical/Theoretical/Computational Division of the Canadian Society for Chemistry.
3rd Place, Graduate: Ms. Mosammat Khan (Memorial U., supervisors Raymond Poirier and David Thompson). Samata will receive a cheque from sponsor Physical/Theoretical/Computational Division of the Canadian Society for Chemistry.
1st Place, Undergraduate: Mr. Carl Haugen (U. New Brunswick, supervisor Ajit Thakkar). Carl wins a copy of Spartan '08. Sponsored by Wavefunction, Inc.
2nd Place, Undergraduate: Ms. Jean Gillis (Cape Breton U., supervisor Dale Keefe). Jean will receive a cheque from sponsor Physical/Theoretical/Computational Division of the Canadian Society for Chemistry.
Registration for the 2010 ATCS can be done by e-mailing cory.pye#at#smu.ca . All participants are expected to give an oral presentation. There will be no poster session. The following information should be submitted: The deadline for abstract submission will be July 19, 2010. ABSTRACT SUBMISSION IS NOW CLOSED. NO FURTHER CHANGES TO THE ABSTRACTS WILL BE ALLOWED. Talks will be 15 minutes in duration, followed by 5 minutes of questions.
The conference program (Word 2003 format), may be downloaded by clicking here . Please ensure that your abstract has been faithfully represented (Updated Aug 10).
Fees payment ($50 + HST) is due upon arrival on Friday, Aug 13. Registration will take place at the Gorsebrook at 7:00 PM.
There will be an ACENet Institute of Computational Chemistry business meeting on Saturday at 5:00 PM after session 2b.
Travel awards are being provided by ACEnet . The details are being worked out, but most students at institutions outside of Metro Halifax will receive a travel award, dependent on the distance travelled, to help offset the cost of travel.
Accommodations are the responsibility of the participants. Saint Mary's University is pleased to offer a range of accomodation styles (please click here).
Sponsors: We gratefully acknowledge the growing list of sponsors below for financial or in-kind support.
Scientific Computing and Modeling, B.V.
Wavefunction, Inc.
Department of Chemistry, Saint Mary's University
Chemical Institute of Canada, Maritime Local Section
Canadian Society for Chemistry, Physical/Theoretical/Computational Division
ACENet - Institute of Computational Chemistry
NSERC - Atlantic