Hello All: Please share this announcement with anyone whom you feel might be interested. I am positive that I am not getting this out to the entire core shell spectroscopy community. The abstract deadline has been extended until June 1 for oral presentations. ---- Conference Announcement ---- 1st North American Core Shell Spectroscopy Conference to be held jointly with the 59th Denver X-ray Conference 2-6 August 2010 Ι Denver Marriott Tech Center Hotel, Denver, CO https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_ei_new&eventID=1454471 The first North American Core Shell Spectroscopy Conference will be held jointly with the 59th Denver X-Ray Conference, 2-6 August 2010. The conference will feature poster sessions as well as oral presentations and students, in particular are encouraged to participate with oral presentation submissions. All topics relating to core shell spectroscopy are welcome, including: · X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy · X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy / Fluorescence Mapping · Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering / X-ray Raman Scattering · X-ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism The conference will feature a special session and dinner in honor of Ed Stern. The list of invited speakers for this special session includes Dr. Mali Balasubramanian, Argonne National Laboratory Prof. Jerry Seidler, University of Washington Prof. Anatoly Frenkel, Yeshiva University Dr. Ken Kemner, Argonne National Laboratory Prof. John Rehr, University of Washington Prof. Michael Paesler, North Carolina State University The other invited speakers are: Dr. Corwin Booth, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Prof. James Penner-Hahn, University of Michigan Prof. Daryl Crozier - Simon Fraser University Prof. Bruce Bunker - University of Notre Dame Prof. Trevor Tyson - New Jersey Institute of Technology Dr. Joshua Kas - University of Washington Dr. Simon Bare - UOP LLC Participants will be able to attend Denver X-Ray Conference Sessions being held in adjacent rooms. Details of the oral presentation sessions will be posted on the DXC web site http://www.dxcicdd.com/default.htm as they are available. Students are able to register for a reduced cost, are eligible for special student room rates http://www.dxcicdd.com/10/details.htm#studentrooms, and may apply for funding http://www.dxcicdd.com/10/files/2010-DXC-Student-Travel-Grant-application.pd... to attend the conference. Abstract submissions for oral presentations will be open until June 1 and can be made on the Denver X-Ray Conference web site by selecting the "Submit Abstract for the Joint Meeting with the North American Core Shell Spectroscopy Conference" link on the left side of the page (the 8th button down) or directly at the abstract submission page http://www.dxcicdd.com/cssc/cssc_abstract.asp. For more information, visit http://www.dxcicdd.com or contact: Denise Flaherty, Conference Coordinator flaherty@icdd.commailto:flaherty@icdd.com ICDD 12 Campus Boulevard Newtown Square, PA 19073 -- Carlo U. Segre -- Professor of Physics Associate Dean for Graduate Admissions, Graduate College Illinois Institute of Technology Voice: 312.567.3498 Fax: 312.567.3494 segre@iit.edu http://www.iit.edu/~segre segre@debian.org