March 23, Sunday

14:00

Registration at the Newport Beachside Resort and at the Ramada Plaza Hotel

18:00

Welcome Reception at the Newport Beachside Resort (Shuttle provided from the Ramada Plaza Hotel)

8:30

Bus from Newport & Ramada hotels to Kovens Convention Center

9:00

Information meeting: Bayview Ballroom

9:30

Meeting Inauguration: Bayview Ballroom - FIU Provost Mark Rosenberg

10:30 – 12:30

Sessions: 6. Electronics;  7. Melts & Glasses;  12. Hydrogen

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch at Kovens  -  Sponsored by Bruker AXS, Inc.

13:30 – 16:00

Sessions: 6. Electronics;  7. Melts & Glasses;  12. Hydrogen

        16:00 – 17:00

Posters/Exhibits/cash bar

17:00

Bus to hotels

19:00

Bus to Wolfsonian Art Museum, South Beach for reception

22:30

Bus to hotels, departs from corner of Lincoln and Alton roads

Day 2, March 25, Tues.

8:00

Bus from Newport & Ramada hotels to Kovens Convention Center

8:30 – 10:00

Sessions: 1. ISCM; 10. Mantle; 14. Metals

10:00 – 10:30

Coffee break

10:30 – 12:30

Sessions: 1. ISCM; 10. Mantle; 14. Metals

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch at Kovens

13:30 – 16:00

Sessions: 1. ISCM;  10. Mantle; 2. Computational Alchemy

16:15

Bus to hotels

18:15

Bus from hotels to Bayside

19:30

Dinner aboard cruise boat, board at Bayside Marina Mansion Cruise

22:30

Bus to hotels

Day 3, March 26, Wed.

8:00

Bus from Newport & Ramada hotels to Kovens Convention Center

8:30 – 10:00

Sessions: 1. ISCM; 8. Earth’s interior; 13: Clathrates

10:00 – 10:30

Coffee break

10:30 – 12:30

Sessions: 1. ISCM; 8. Earth’s interior; 13: Clathrates

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch at Kovens

13:30 – 16:00

Sessions: 1. ISCM; 8. Earth’s interior

16:00 – 17:00

Posters/Exhibits/cash bar

17:15

Bus to hotels

Day 4, March 27, Thurs.

8:00

Bus from Newport & Ramada hotels to Kovens Convention Center

8:30 – 10:00

Sessions: 4. Computations; 3. Nanomaterials; 9. Crystallography

10:00 – 10:30

Coffee break

10:30 – 12:30

Sessions: 4. Computations; 3. Nanomaterials; 9. Crystallography

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch at Kovens

13:30 – 16:00

Sessions: 11. Thermodynamics; 5. Transition Metal Oxides; 15. Proteins

16:15

Bus to hotels

19:00

Bus to Banquet at Kovens Convention Center