We will be holding a satellite meeting of the 2008 WATOC in Sydney at the Spencer on Byron Hotel in Takapuna on Auckland's North Shore, New Zealand from September 10 - September 13 2008. Please direct all enquiries about the programme or registration to Peter Schwerdtfeger, Matthias Lein or Ralf Tonner.

This conference is a satellite meeting to the WATOC2008. I brings together the experts in the field of relativistic quantum chemistry, quantum electrodynamic effects and electroweak interactions in molecules and the solid state with particular applications to heavy and superheavy element chemistry.

The primary goal of the conference is to bring together excellent scientists from all over the world to exchange ideas at the cutting-edge of Relativistic Quantum Chemistry. Relativistic Quantum Chemistry (also Computational Chemistry and Theoretical Chemistry in general) applies innovation to the design and realisation of thoretical methods and computational implementations that: describe atomic and molecular systems to a high degree of accuracy; are conceptually clear and mathematically sound; and have been designed for efficient implementation in computer algorithms. Relativistic Quantum Chemistry is driving innovation in both academia and industry and has vastly improved our understanding of fundamental concepts and processes. It is one of the few areas of chemistry where the overlap with pysics is very large and novel research solutions in academia are obtained through cooperation of both disciplines. As such this is also an excellent conference for younger scientists and students as well as more established researchers in the field.

Registration for the satellite meeting is now closed:

I) Conference delegate package for one person only (NZ$500.00)
Conference fee
No accommodation
Cocktail menu and welcome drink
Morning tea daily
Working buffet lunch daily
Afternoon tea daily
Conference dinner and drinks

II) Conference delegate package for one person and accommodation (NZ$1,100.00)
One-bedroom suite with breakfast for one person (3 nights)
Conference fee
Cocktail menu and welcome drink
Morning tea daily
Working buffet lunch daily
Afternoon tea daily
Conference dinner and drinks

III) Accompanying person
No extra charge for accommodation
Breakfast NZ$25.00 per day
Conference dinner and drinks NZ$95.00

Please choose the required combination of these three options. Fill out the registration form accordingly
and fax the signed and completed form to us: +64 9 443 9779

The deadline for registrations and the submission of abstracts was July 11, 2008

Programme of the meeting:


Wed, Sep 10	Thu, Sep 11	Fri, Sep 12	Sat, Sep 13


	8.00 - 9.00	8.00 - 9.00	8.00 - 9.00
	Breakfast	Breakfast	Breakfast

	M. Kaupp (Chair)	R. Berger (Chair)
	9.00 - 9.45	9.00 - 9.45	Departure
	P. Pyykkö	T. Saue
	9.45 - 10.15	9.45 - 10.15
	M. Bickelhaupt	V. Flambaum
	10.15 - 10.45	10.15 - 10.45
	E. Eliav	D. Andrae

	10.45 - 11.15	10.45 - 11.15
	Morning Tea	Morning Tea

	M. Lein (Chair)	H. Quiney (Chair)
	11.15 - 11.45	11.15 - 11.45
	M. Dolg	B. Jeziorski
	11.45 - 12.15	11.45 - 12.15
	N. Gaston	R. Moszynski
	12.15 - 12.45	12.15 - 12.45
	T. Fleig	J. Ginges

	12.45 - 14.45	12.45 - 14.45
	Lunch	Lunch

	N. Gaston (Chair)	V. Flambaum (Chair)
16.00 - 18.00	14.45 - 15.30	14.45 - 15.30
Arrival/Registration	L. Visscher	R. Berger
	15.30 - 16.00	15.30 - 16.00
18.00 - 18.15	W. de Jong	M. Safronova
Welcome	16.00 - 16.30	16.00 - 16.30
G. Martin	W. Liu	M. Urban

	16.30 - 17.00	16.30 - 17.00
	Afternoon Tea	Afternoon Tea

18.15 - 19.00	T. Fleig (Chair)	P. Pyykkö (Chair)
Opening Lecture	17.00 - 17.45	17.00 - 17.45
V. Flambaum	M. Kaupp	E. J. Baerends
	17.45 - 18.30	17.45 - 18.30
	V. Pershina	H. Quiney

19.00 - 21.00		19.00 - 22.00
Mixer	Free time	Conference Dinner

Confirmed speakers:

E. J.Baerends "Beyond the independent particle model. From Hartree-Fock to Density Functional Theory to Density Matrix Functionals"

Robert Berger "Electroweak effects in molecules: From diatomics to polyatomics"

F. M. Bickelhaupt "Relativistic and Solvent Effects on Catalytic C-X Bond Activation"

Wibe A. de Jong "Towards modeling redox processes of actinides at interfaces"

Michael Dolg "Relativistic Energy-consistent Ab Initio Pseudopotentials for Heavy Elements. Recent Developments and Selected Applications"

Ephraim Eljav "Toward a covariant correlation approach - double Fock-space coupled cluster method"

Victor Flambaum "Effects of variation of fundamental constants and violation of fundamental symmetries (P,T) in atoms and molecules.; "

Victor Flambaum "Variation of parity and time reversal in atoms and molecules."

Timo Fleig "Relativistic Quantum Chemistry to the Limits: Accuracy for the Small and Heavy"

Nicola Gaston "The changing solid state properties of the group 12 elements zinc, cadmium, mercury, and ununbium."

Wenjian Liu "Relativistic Theory for NMR Parameters"

Valeria Pershina "Fully Relativistic Calculations of the Electronic Structures of the Heaviest Element Systems and Predictions of Experimental Behaviour"

Pekka Pyykkö "QED: "The last train from Physics to Chemistry""

Trond Saue "Calculation and analysis of parity violation vibrational shifts in molecular systems"

Miroslav Urban "Complexes of coinage metal atoms with selected lone-pair ligands: From weak interactions to a "Relativistic" bond?"

Martin Kaupp "From new oxidation states to magnetic resonance parameters: Recent progress in relativistic methodology and applications"

Lucas Visscher "Embedding relativistic wave function theory in density-functional theory"

Dirk Andrae "Static dipole polarizabilities for arbitrary states of the Dirac atom"

Bogumil Jeziorski "Relativistic and QED effects in the interaction of spin-polarized helium atoms"

Robert Moszynski "Relativistic and QED treatment of long-range resonant interactions between like atoms"

Harry Quiney "Relativistic formulation of electronic strong-field laser interactions"

Jacinda Ginges "The radiative potential method and calculations of radiative corrections to heavy atom properties"

Marianna Safronova "New Directions in Atomic Parity Violation"