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The conference format will feature plenary and invited lectures, and poster presentations. The scientific presentations will be accompanied by an instrument exhibit, and an exciting social program, using the cultural and natural settings of New England as a backdrop.

View the Full Program for complete details on talks and speakers. 

Program Overview   All sessions and activities take place at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel unless noted.

 

Presenter Guidelines for speakers and poster presenters.

Click a session title, below, to view abstracts from that session.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 8
2:00 - 8:00 pm:                 Registration, Mezzanine Foyer
6:00 - 8:00 pm                  Welcome Reception, Imperial Ballroom
 
MONDAY, AUGUST 9
8:30 - 10:00 am                Plenary Talks (MOP)
 
10:00 - 10:30 am              Coffee Break, Exhibits
 
10:30 am - 12:30 pm       Parallel Sessions
                                             Resonance Raman of Biological Systems I (MOB)
                                             Coherent Raman I (MOA)
                                             Solid State, Semiconductors and Nanoparticles I (MOC)
 
12:30 - 2:00 pm                Lunch-on-your-own
 
2:00 - 4:00 pm                  Monday Poster Session, Exhibits
                                            Carbon based materials (nanotubes, graphene, carbon nanostructures) (MP05)
                                            Coherent Raman (CARS, FSRS, time-domain Raman etc.) (MP10)
                                            Inorganic/Organic/Organometallic Compounds (MP28)
                                            Molecular Biophysics and Photobiology (MP25)
                                            Molecular Electronics and Polymers (MP26)
                                            Resonance Raman in Biological and Chemical Systems (MP22)
                                            SERS (substrate development, single molecule, theory) (MP07)
                                            Solid State, Semiconductors and Nanoparticles (MP24)
                                            Time Resolved Raman (MP09)
 
4:00 - 6:10 pm                  Parallel Sessions
                                            SERS (Substrates, Single Molecule and Theory) I (MOE)
                                            Time Resolved Raman (MOG)
                                            Carbon-Based Materials I (MOF)
 
7:00 - 10:30 pm                Fenway Park Tour and Reception
 
TUESDAY, AUGUST 10
8:30 - 10:00 AM                 Tuesday Plenary Session I (TOP1)
 
10:00 - 10:30 am              Coffee Break, Exhibits
 
10:30 am - 12:30 pm       Parallel Sessions
                                            SERS Applications I (TOA)
                                            Raman Imaging I (TOB)
                                            Raman Optical Activity (TOC)
                                            Attosecond/X-Ray and Raman(TOD)
 
12:30 - 2:00 pm                Lunch-on-your-own
 
2:00 - 3:30 pm                  Tuesday Plenary Session II (TOP2)
 
3:30 - 4:00 pm                  Coffee Break, Exhibits
 
4:00 - 6:00 pm                  Parallel Sessions
                                            Sum Frequency Generation/Interfaces (TOG)
                                            Tip-Enhanced and Near-Field Raman I (TOH)
                                            Biomedical Applications (TOE)
                                            Art and Archeology I (TOF)
 
6:15 - 8:15 pm                  Tuesday Poster Session, Exhibits
                                            Art, Archaeology and Astrobiology (TP06)
                                            Biomedical Applications (TP01)
                                            Industrial Applications (TP12)
                                            Pharmaceutical Applications (TP03)
                                            Raman at Interfaces (TP27)
                                            Raman Instrumentation (TP13)
                                            Raman Optical Activity (TP15)
                                            SERS Applications (TP08)
                                            Sum Frequency Generation/Combined IR-Raman (TP14)
                                            Tip-Enhanced and Near-Field Raman (TP04)
 
 
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11
8:30 - 10:00 am                Wednesday Plenary Session (WOP)
 
10:00 - 10:30 am              Coffee Break, Exhibits
 
10:30 am - 12:40 pm      Parallel Sessions
                                            Coherent Raman II (WOA)
                                            Industrial Applications and Raman Instrumentation (WOD)
                                            Resonance Raman in Biological Systems II (WOB)
                                            Raman Theory and PES Calculations (WOC)
 
1:30 - 5:30 pm                  Excursions
Times vary depending upon excursion. Please see Social Program for details.
Tickets are required. One excursion per person (activities overlap).
                                            Freedom Trail Walking Tour
                                            JFK Library and Museum
                                            Duckboat Tour of Boston
 
5:30 pm*                             Odyssey Dinner Cruise on Boston Harbor
                                             *Shuttle buses to Odyssey yacht begin at 5:30 pm from Boston Park Plaza
Spectacular views of historic Boston Harbor and live entertainment enhance the three-course dinner with wine is included.  Cocktails and other drinks may be purchased separately.  
Tickets are $50 each and are available for purchase using the online registration form.
 
THURSDAY, AUGUST 12
8:30 - 10:00 am               Thursday Plenary Session (ThOP)
 
10:00 - 10:30 am             Coffee Break, Exhibits
 
10:30 am - 12:30 pm      Parallel Sessions
                                            Raman Imaging III (ThOB)
                                            Carbon-Based Materials II (ThOD)
                                            SERS Applications II (ThOA)
                                            Forensics/Geoscience/Environmental/Astrobiology (ThOC)
 
12:30 - 2:00 pm               Lunch-on-your-own
 
2:00 - 4:10 pm                  Parallel Sessions
                                            Biomolecules and Living Systems I (ThOE)
                                            Art and Archeology II (ThOF)
                                            Tip-Enhanced and Near-Field Raman (ThOH)
                                            Solid-State, Semiconductors and Nanoparticles II (ThOG)
 
 
4:00 - 6:00 pm                  Thursday Poster Session, Exhibits
                                            Biological Cells and Tissues (ThP02)
                                            Forensics/Geoscience/Environmental Applications (ThP21)
                                            Higher-order Raman (Fifth-order Raman/hyper Raman) (ThP20)
                                            Molecular Biophysics and Photobiology (ThP25)
                                            Raman Imaging (ThP11)
                                            Raman Theory (ThP23)
                                            SERS (substrate development, single molecule, theory) (ThP07)
                                            SERS Applications (ThP08)
                                            Solid State, Semiconductors and Nanoparticles (ThP24)
                                            Theoretical Advances in PES  (ThP18)
                                            Tip-Enhanced and Near-field Raman (ThP04)
 
7:00 pm                            Conference Banquet
Join your colleagues for an evening of conviviality and entertainment.
Professor Charles Townes, Nobel Laureate, will address the banquet in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Laser.
Banquet tickets, $75 each, are available for purchase on the online conference registration form.
 
FRIDAY, AUGUST 13
8:30 - 10:30 am                Parallel Sessions
                                            Raman Imaging III (FOA)
                                            SERS (Substrates, Single Molecule and Theory) II (FOB)
                                            Biomolecules and Living Systems II (FOC)
                                            Photophysics and Chemical Dynamics (FOD)
 
10:30 - 11:00 am              Coffee Break
 
11:00 am - 12:30 pm        Friday Plenary Session (FOP)
 
 
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