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Welcome
The Symposium Program is now
available
Some travel bursaries are now
available
The
Committee of the Gas Kinetics Discussion Group
of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, and the Reaction Kinetics Group of
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Department of
Chemistry are pleased to announce that the 21st International Symposium on
Gas Kinetics (GK2010)
is to take place in the historic and picturesque Flemish university city of
Leuven, Belgium from Sunday until Friday,
18 - 23 July, 2010.*
This
series of bi-annual international symposia are intended as stimulating
forums for scientists around the world to present and discuss the latest
advancements in experimental, computational and theoretical research related
to fundamental gas-phase chemistry, photo-chemistry and heterogeneous
processes occurring in gaseous media.
These
symposia have in the recent past attracted more than two hundred delegates;
particularly those working in the fields of atmospheric chemistry,
combustion chemistry, and the chemistry of interstellar regions and
outer-planetary atmospheres. As usual, the symposium will be structured
around a series of chaired, 20 min presentations organised into sessions of
topical areas of research, with each session beginning with a longer,
invited presentation. A wider range of subjects, and opportunities for more
in-depth discussions, will be accommodated by poster presentations during
two early-evening sessions and - new for GK2010
- during an innovative discussion session devoted to the latest advances in
tropospheric ozone chemistry.
Both
delegates and accompanying guests will have ample opportunity to explore and
enjoy the charm of Leuven and its surrounding areas (including Brussels for
guests) both in their free time and during the organised social program. The
symposium will begin on Sunday evening with a reception at the Faculty Club,
located in the charming
Beguinage of Leuven, and will come to a fitting
conclusion with the award of the prestigious
Polanyi medal and Polanyi lecture,
followed by the symposium banquet in the Grand University Hall on Thursday
evening.
*Note,
the symposium banquet should end at 11.30 pm on Thursday, so most delegates
will probably leave during Friday morning. Some delegates might want to stay
an extra evening however to enjoy the Friday-evening music festival in
Leuven - more details to follow.
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