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Abstracts:
Other Information:
Session Topics. It will be updated as the meeting date approaches.
Proposed Format: Four days of a single-session symposium with various oral speakers.
Participants: Members of academia, industry, and government with interests in the Accuracy of Powder Diffraction.
Posters:
The organizers invite contributed posters that also address issues of accuracy in powder diffraction measurements. The posters should be prepared in A0 format, portrait orientation. Download the abstract template (Word doc). Abstracts should be sent to Jim Cline and Ian Madsen: james.cline [at] nist.gov (james[dot]cline[at]nist[dot]gov) and Ian.Madsen [at] csiro.au (Ian[dot]Madsen[at]csiro[dot]au). Abstracts are due by April 1st, 2013.
Conference Reception:
The Smithsonian Natural History Museum's Department of Mineral Sciences invites conference attendees to an open house with snacks and beverages. The evening will be hosted by Smithsonian scientists who will share their research and show off their collections. Enjoy a rare and exclusive opportunity to go behind the scenes to tour the meteorite and gem and mineral collections, including the fabled "Blue room". Attendees will also be invited to explore the Museum's public Geology, Gem, and Mineral exhibition galleries.
Travel:
Download an invitation letter (PDF) for the purposes of obtaining travel documents.
Also see http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/biso/visas/ for additional information on obtaining travel documents to the United States.
Some speakers have agreed to make their presentations available online. Those presentations may be accessed via the link containing the speaker's name and the session number from the Program Schedule.
Robert Von Dreele - 1.0
Argonne National Laboratory, USA
Jim Cline - 1.1
National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA
Marcus Mendenhall - 1.2
Vanderbilt University, USA
Soorya Kabekkodu - 1.3
International Centre for Diffraction Data, USA
Andy Fitch - 2.1
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, France
Dmitri N. Argyriou - 2.2
European Spallation Source
Pamela Whitfield - 2.3
National Research Council Canada, Canada
Yasukazu Nakye - 2.4
Rigaku, Japan
Martijn Fransen - 2.5
PANalytical B.V., The Netherlands
John Evans - 3.1
Durham University, UK
Roger Durst - 3.2
Bruker AXS, USA
Bernd Hasse - 3.3
Incoatec GmbH, Germany
Mike Hoyland - 4.1
IUCr Chester, UK
Jacco van de Streek - 4.2
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Takashi Ida - 4.3
Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
Radovan Cerny - 4.4
University of Geneva, Switzerland
Robert Dinnebier - 5.1
Max Planck Institute, Germany
Pamela Whitfield - 5.2
National Research Council Canada, Canada
John Evans - 5.3
Durham University, UK
Nicola Scarlett - 6.1
CSIRO, Australia
Mark D. Raven - 6.2
CSIRO, Australia
Kristian Ufer - 6.3
Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Germany
Jonathon Wright - 7.1
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, France
Maryjane Tremayne - 7.2
University of Birmingham, UK
Johan de Villiers - 8.1
University of Pretoria, South Africa
Doug Allen - 8.2
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, USA
Thomas Degen/Uwe König - 8.3
PANalytical B.V., The Netherlands
Simon Billinge - 9.1
Columbia University, USA
Sylvia McLain - 9.2
University of Oxford, UK
Katharine Page - 9.3
Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Matteo Leoni - 10.1
University of Trento, Italy
Henning Friis Poulsen - 10.2
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Mark Daymond - 10.3
Queen's University, Canada
Andreas Leineweber - 10.4
Max Planck Institute, Germany
Stuart R. Stock - 10.5
Northwestern University, USA
Bill David - 11.1
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
David L. Bish - 11.2
Indiana University, USA
We have reserved a block of rooms at the Hilton Washington DC North/Gaithersburg for $139 per night. The hotel provides shuttle service to NIST and Washington Metro.
Visit the Hilton's APD-IV page for further information.
If you are not registered, you will not be allowed on site.
Registered attendees will receive security and campus instructions prior to the workshop.
NON U.S. CITIZENS PLEASE NOTE: All foreign national visitors who do not have permanent resident status and who wish to register for the above meeting must supply additional information. Failure to provide this information prior to arrival will result, at a minimum, in significant delays (up to 24 hours) in entering the facility. Authority to gather this information is derived from United States Department of Commerce Department Administrative Order (DAO) number 207-12. You can download the required form NIST-1260. Fill out the form and email to James Cline [james.cline [at] nist.gov (james[dot]cline[at]nist[dot]gov)].