IMPORTANT DeadlineS

Housing: Oct. 20, 2006
Registration: Oct. 23, 2006
AVS 53rd International Symposium & Exhibition
 November 11 -17, 2006
Moscone West Convention Center 
San Francisco, CA

meetings & special events
November 11-17, 2006

 

9:30 a.m.     Short Course Executive Committee Meeting

Pacific G (H-M)
12:00 p.m.     Local Arrangements Committee Lunch Meeting

Pacific A (H-M)
2:00 p.m.     Education Committee Meeting

Pacific D (H-M)
3:00 p.m.     Finance Committee Meeting Presidential Suite (H-M)

Key
H-P = Parc Renaissance 55 Hotel
H-M = San Francisco Marriott Hotel
CC = Moscone West Convention Center

8:00 a.m.   AVS Board of Directors’ Meeting Barcelona II (H-P)
12:00 p.m.   AVS Board of Directors’ Meeting Lunch Barcelona I (H-P)
ASTM Plenary Lecture, Working Groups, and ASTM E-42 Committee Meetings
2:00 p.m.  

ASTM Plenary Lecture
Peter M.A. Sherwood, Oklahoma State University "Curve Fitting in Surface Analysis and the Effect of Background Inclusion in the Fitting Process

 Da Vinci I/II/III (H-P)
4:30 p.m.   ASTM E-42 Activity Summaries and Working Groups Da Vinci I/II/III (H-P)

7:00 p.m.

  

ASTM E-42 Committee & Sub-Committee Business Meetings

 Da Vinci I/II/III (H-P)
   

E-42.02 Terminology

Da Vinci I/II/III (H-P)
   

E-42.03 AES/XPS

 Da Vinci I/II/III (H-P)
   

E-42.06 SIMS

 Da Vinci I/II/III (H-P)
   

E-42.08 Ion Beam Sputtering

 Da Vinci I/II/III (H-P)
   

E-42.09 Standard Reference Materials

 Da Vinci I/II/III (H-P)
   

E-42.11 Standard Reference Data

 Da Vinci I/II/III (H-P)

 

  

E-42.13 Vacuum Technology

 Da Vinci I/II/III (H-P)
   

E-42.14 STM/AFM

 Da Vinci I/II/III (H-P)
   

E-42.15 Electron Probe Microanalysis/Electron Microscopy

 Da Vinci I/II/III (H-P)
   

E-42.92 US TAG ISO TC201

 Da Vinci I/II/III (H-P)
   

E-42.94 US TAG ISO TC112

 Da Vinci I/II/III (H-P)
   

E-42.96 US TAG ISO TC202

 Da Vinci I/II/III (H-P)
   

E-42.00 Main Committee

 Da Vinci I/II/III (H-P)
2:00 p.m.   Companion Program Registration Club Room (H-M)
2:30 p.m.   History Committee Meeting Pacific E (H-M)
3:00 p.m.   Energy Science Topical Conference & Reception Room 2000 (CC)
3:00 p.m.   Biomaterial Interfaces Division Plenary Session and Reception Room 2014 (CC)
6:00 p.m.  

Public Lecture
Paul Roberts
"Journalist, “End of Oil: Dependence, Depletion, and Denial"

 Room 3001 (CC)
6:00 p.m.   Science Educators' Workshop Teachers Reception Aragon (H-P)
6:00 p.m.   Vacuum Technology Division Executive Committee Meeting and Dinner Pacific C (H-M)
7:00 p.m.   AIP/IPF Reception Parc Ballroom (H-P)

Key
H-P = Parc Renaissance 55 Hotel
H-M = San Francisco Marriott Hotel
CC = Moscone West Convention Center

7:00 a.m. Companion Program Lounge Club Room (H-M)
7:00 a.m. Student Issues Committee Breakfast Garden Terrace (H-M)
8:00 a.m. Science Educator’s Workshop Barcelona II (H-P)
12:00 p.m. Science Educator’s Workshop Lunch Barcelona I (H-P)
12:00 p.m.

Plenary Lecture
Stefan W. Hell,
Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry

"Far-field Fluorescence Microscopy at the Macromolecular Scale”

 Room 3001 (CC)
2:40 p.m. Gaede-Langmuir Award Address, L.J. Brillson, The Ohio State University Room 2003 (CC)
5:00 p.m. 2007 AVS Program Committee Meeting Pacific I (H-M)
5:00 p.m. Welcome Mixer Lobby Level 2(CC)
6:00 p.m. Manufacturing Science and Technology Group Meeting and Dinner Pacific A (H-M)
6:30 p.m.

Applied Surface Science Division Executive Committee Meeting and Dinner

 Pacific H (H-M)
7:00 p.m. Short Course Instructors Reception Presidential Suite (H-M)
   7:00 p.m.    Publications Committee Meeting & Dinner TBD (Offsite)
7:00 p.m. Student Mixer Jillian's (Offsite)
8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Short Course Program Various Rooms (CC)
 

Key
H-P = Parc Renaissance 55 Hotel
H-M = San Francisco Marriott Hotel
CC = Moscone West Convention Center

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2006
7:00 a.m.   Companion Program Lounge Club Room (H-M)
7:45 a.m.   AVEM Fall Seminar and Annual Business Meeting Room 3002 (CC)
8:00 a.m.   Science Educators' Workshop Barcelona II (H-P)
9:00 a.m.   Scholarship Committee Meeting and Lunch Pacific A (H-M)
9:20 a.m.   Medard W. Welch Award Address, J.C. Hemminger, U.C., Irvine Room 2004 (CC)
10:00 a.m.   Session Coffee Break Exhibit Hall - Level I (CC)
12:00 p.m.   Biointerphases Editorial Board Lunch TBD (Offsite)
12:00 p.m.   Chapters, Groups, and Divisions Lunch Pacific H (H-M)
12:00 p.m.   Job Information Forum and Lunch Room 2024 (CC)
12:00 p.m.   Lunch Concessions Open Exhibit Hall - Level I (CC)
12:00 p.m.   Nanometer-Scale Science and Technology Division Best Student Paper Lunch Pacific H (H-M)
12:00 p.m.   Recommended Practices Committee Lunch Meeting Pacific G (H-M)
12:00 p.m.   Science Educators' Workshop Lunch Barcelona I (H-P)
12:20 p.m.   Surface Science Division Business Meeting Room 2004 (CC)
12:20 p.m.   Thin Film Division Business Meeting Room 2022 (CC)
2:00 p.m.   Peter Mark Memorial Award Address, M.C. Hersam, Northwestern University Room 2020 (CC)
4:40 p.m.   Plasma Science and Technology Division Business Meeting Room 2009 (CC)
5:00 p.m.   Exhibit Hall Reception Exhibit Hall - Level I (CC)
5:00 p.m.   Biomaterial Interfaces Division Business Meeting Room 2014 (CC)
5:00 p.m.   Electronic Materials and Processing Division Business Meeting Room 2003(CC)
5:00 p.m.   Magnetic Interfaces and Nanostructures Division Business Meeting Room 2006 (CC)
5:00 p.m.   Nanometer-Scale Science and Technology Business Meeting Room 2016 (CC)
5:20 p.m.   Vacuum Technology Division Business Meeting Room 2000 (CC)
6:30 p.m.   Chapter, Groups, and Divisions Committee Meeting and Dinner Garden Terrace (H-M)
6:30 p.m.   Electronic Materials and Processing Division Executive Committee Meeting and Dinner Pacific A (H-M)
6:30 p.m.   Nanometer-Scale Science and Technology Division Meeting and Dinner Pacific C (H-M)
6:30 p.m.   MEMS & NEMS Technical Group Meeting and Dinner Pacific D (H-M)
6:30 p.m.   Thin Film Division Executive Committee Meeting and Dinner Pacific I (H-M)
6:00 p.m.   Poster Session & Refreshments Lobby Level 3 (CC)
6:30 p.m.   Plasma Science and Technology Executive Committee Meeting and Dinner Pacific D (H-M)
6:30 p.m.   Surface Science Division Executive Committee Meeting and Dinner Pacific E (H-M)
7:00 p.m.   Magnetic Interfaces and Nanostructures Division Executive Committee Meeting and Dinner Pacific F (H-M)
7:00 p.m.   Biomaterial Interfaces Division Executive Committee Meeting and Dinner TBD (Offsite)
7:45 p.m.   ASTM E-42/ASSD Business Meeting and Workshop: Panel Discussion: “Film Measurement Thickness: Reliable Measurement Through Thick and Thin” Da Vinci I/II/III (H-P)
 
8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Short Course Program Various Rooms (CC)
10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Equipment Exhibition Exhibit Hall Level I (CC)
10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Exhibitor Workshops Exhibit Hall Level I (CC)
12:20 a.m.-2:20 p.m. Exhibitor Workshops Exhibit Hall Level I (CC)

Key
H-P = Parc Renaissance 55 Hotel
H-M = San Francisco Marriott Hotel
CC = Moscone West Convention Center

7:00 a.m.   Companion Program Lounge Club Room (H-M)
10:00 a.m.   Session Coffee Break Exhibit Hall - Level I (CC)
12:00 p.m.   Lunch Concessions Open Exhibit Hall - Level I (CC)
5:00 p.m.   E&M Reception (invitation only) Exhibit Hall - Level I (CC)
6:15 p.m.   AVS Awards Ceremony Room 3001 (CC)
7:45 p.m.   AVS Awards Reception Room 3005 (CC)
 
8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Short Course Program Various Rooms (CC)
9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Equipment Exhibition Exhibit Hall Level I (CC)
10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Exhibitor Workshops Exhibit Hall Level I (CC)
12:20 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Exhibitor Workshops Exhibit Hall Level I (CC)

Key
H-P = Parc Renaissance 55 Hotel
H-M = San Francisco Marriott Hotel
CC = Moscone West Convention Center

7:00 a.m.   Companion Program Lounge Club Room (H-M)
8:00 a.m.   Special History Session “Franklin and the Future” Room 2000 (CC)
11:00 a.m.   Session Coffee Break Exhibit Hall - Level I (CC)
12:00 p.m.   2007 AVS Program Committee Chairs' Lunch Pacific E (H-M)
12:00 p.m.   Exhibit Finale Exhibit Hall - Level I (CC)
12:00 p.m.   Lunch Concessions Open Exhibit Hall - Level I (CC)
12:20 p.m.   AVS Business Meeting Room 2000 (CC)
5:30 p.m.   Poster Sessions and Refreshments Lobby Level 3 (CC)
6:30 p.m.   2006 LAC/Program Committee Reception and Dinner Golden Gate C1/2/3
(H-M)
7:00 p.m.   Surface Science Spectra Editorial Board Dinner Pacific H (H-M)
7:45 p.m.   Surface Science Post deadline Discovery Session Da Vinci I/II/III (H-P)
 
8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.