FOMMS-2009July 2009

www.fomms.org

Sharon Glotzer (U Michigan), Chair

Alain Fuchs (ENSPC),

Susumu Okazaki (IMS),

& Jonathan Moore (Dow), Co-Chairs

Sponsored by CAChE, CoMSEF/1A

Advisors

Peter T. Cummings (Vanderbilt/ORNL)

Phil Westmoreland (UMass/NSF)

Joe Golab (INEOS)

Programming committee

Claire Adjiman, imperial College*Jerry Bernolc, NCSUAnne M. Chaka, NISTPablo Debenedetti, Princeton*Kerwin Dobbs, DupontThom Dunning, NCSAGlenn Fredrickson, UCSBShekhar Garde, RPI*Peter A. Gordon, ExxonMobilCarol K. Hall, NCSUMark A. Horsch, Intel*Catherine T. Hunt, Rohm and HaasShiaki Hyodo, Toyota Central R&DDavid A. Kofke, SUNY-Buffalo

Shaoyi Jiang, UWMatthew Neurock, UVaJeffrey A. Nichols, ORNLJohn P. O'Connell, UVa*Mark A. Ratner, NWURichard Ross, 3MPhilippe Ungerer, IFP, France

*unconfirmed

PC mtg with advisors, co-chairs Thurs 11-12 at Bambara in Hotel Monaco

FOMMS 2009 – “Foundations for Innovation”

Some changes… 50% of talks on foundations of new methods in molecular

simulation (tutorial-like), 50% of talks on using the methods in applications

Evening workshop on special topic– open source code development and interoperability

Founder’s Medal & lecture, followed by banquet Four days - ending on Thursday night after banquet

Possible FOMMS 2009 sessions

Protein design, protein-protein, & protein-surface interactionsLinking process scale simulation and molecular modelingModeling & simulation for alternative energy solutionsHybrid MD/mean field approaches for polymer dynamics & soft matterRare events: acceleration algorithms and transition path samplingFree energy calculation for complex materialsNew topics in nucleation and crystallizationOpen source modeling & simulation software projects (lead in to workshop)Computational nanoscienceNew directions in force-field developmentHigh-fidelity reaction simulations: QM and reactive MDEducating & training the next generation of simulatorsFuture directions: Petascale computing and

emerging architectures for modeling and simulation

sglotzer@umich.edu

Dates and site selection

Tentative dates: July 5-9, July 12-16 or July 19-22, 2009

Tentative sites:- Semiahmoo Resort, Blaine, Washington (~2 hours from Seattle)

(site of FOMMS 2006)

- Suncadia Resort, Cle Elum, Washington (~1.5 hrs from Seattle)(opens Spring 2008)

Coordinate site with FOCAPD?