[Atmol] Fwd: First General Communication

[MARTA FERRARO]

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From: XLII Congreso de Químicos Teóricos de Expresión Latina <
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Date: Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 5:40 PM
Subject: First General Communication
To: ferraro at df.uba.ar


[image: Quitel 2016]
04/04/2016
*QUITEL 2016*

42nd Congress of Theoretical Chemists of Latin Expression
20-25 November 2016, Montevideo, Uruguay


* 1st General Communication*
QUITEL 2016 is approaching. Although November may seem far away,
preparation of the conference is gaining momentum. We look forward to
receive hundreds of theoretical and computational chemists, physicists and
biologists who are working in so many exciting new developments and
applications. In this letter we want to remember you some of the important
aspects related to the conference.


*Web site *

As you know, all the information concerning the conference is being
collected in the web site

http://quitel2016.org.uy

Please refer to the web site for more detailed information.

*Invited Speakers*

A number of distinguished scientists have agreed to give Plenary and
Keynote Lectures at the QUITEL 2016. The following are the confirmed
speakers who shall be giving talks at the conference (Photos and
affiliations can be found at
http://quitel2016.org.uy/en/conferencistas-invitados/)

*Plenary Lecturers*
Dr. Joan Bertran I Rusca, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain
Dr. Raúl E. Cachau, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, USA
Dr. Geerd H. F. Diercksen, Max-Planck Institut für Astrophysick, Germany
Dr. Odile Eisenstein, Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux de
Montpellier, France
Dr. Michele Parrinello, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Dr. Henry F. Schaefer, University of Georgia, USA
Dr. Gustavo Scuseria, Rice University, USA

*Keynote Speakers*
Dr. Vincenzo Barone, Universitá di Pisa, Italia
Dr. Chirs Chipot, Université de Lorraine, France
Dr. Célia Fonseca-Guerra, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dr. Ma. Verónica Ganduglia-Pirovano, Instituto de Catálisis y
Petroleoquímica, España
Dr. Paul Geerlings, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Dr. Ma. Soledad Gutiérrez, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
Dr. Alfonso Hernández-Laguna, Estacion Experimental del Zaidin, Spain
Dr. Alfredo Juan, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina
Dr. Gabriel Merino, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados, México
Dr. Marco A. C. Nascimento, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dr. Andrés Reyes, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia
Dr. Marialore Sulpizi, Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Germany
Dr. F. Javier Torres, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
Dr. Antonio J. C. Varandas, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Dr. Tom Woo, University of Ottawa, Canada

120 additional talks and more than 200 posters are expected to be presented
during the conference.

*Scientific Program*

Seven 1-hour plenary lectures will take place from Sunday 20th to Friday 25
th. After them, from Monday to Friday, there will be three simultaneous
sessions, which will start by 45’ keynote lectures and proceed with
contributed and oral presentations (30 and 15 minutes respectively) until
lunch break (one coffee break will also be held at mid-morning). A buffet
lunch will be provided at the premises, which cost is included in the
registration fee. More oral and sponsor lectures will be held after lunch
until 14:30, at which time there will be a larger break until 19:00. During
this break, students will have the opportunity to take one of
four 16-hour/week courses (previous inscription is required). People not
attending the courses will have free time for sightseeing or scientific
meetings. Poster sessions will be held from 19:00 on. Cheese, fruits, wine
and beer will be available for the participants in these night sessions.

*Social Program*

A welcome cocktail will be offered Sunday evening, after the first two
Plenary Lectures. Recreational and sightseeing activities will be available
for participants during the afternoon breaks. Cultural activities will be
available after the poster sessions. “Young nights” are been planned for
people with young bodies and/or souls. Tango lessons will be offered every
night for people who want to learn or perfect their knowledge of this Rio
de la Plata typical dance. Other musical shows are also been planned. The
final program will be communicated in the next months. A gala dinner will
be held on the night of Friday 25th. This is the only activity not included
in the registration fee.

*Other academic activities*

A meeting of the participants will be held on Friday afternoon to confirm
the place of the next edition of Quitel. A meeting of the Scientific and
Organizing Committees will also decide on the prizes to be awarded during
the gala dinner. A special award to the academic life achievements of a
scientist of our community will be conferred. Also a first prize and
special mentions will be awarded to the best posters presented in the
conference. Oral communications and posters will have individual pages in
the web site, where discussion of these works may be developed. Oral
presentations will be filmed and made available also in these pages. A
special number of the Journal of Molecular Modelling will be dedicated to
the conference where refereed papers will be published.

*Important data*

Preregistration is necessary to obtain a username and password to access
non-public sections of the web site (for instance, videos of
presentations). To obtain such username and password you must proceed to

http://quitel2016.org.uy/en/preinscripciones/

and follow instructions. The username and password will be necessary to log
in to the site (LOGIN at the upper right corner of the pages in the site).
Registration will not be final until payment has been received. To pay the
registration fee, you should proceed to

https://quitel2016.elis.biz/en/Pages/signupform

and follow instructions. Several methods are available for payment. *EARLY-BIRD
REGISTRATION AT A SUPER REDUCED RATE WILL BE AVAILABLE UNTIL MAY 31ST*.
Once registration has been performed, abstracts can be sent according to
the instructions in the Abstracts Guidelines present in

http://quitel2016.org.uy/en/instrucciones-para-oradores/

A Word template is available to prepare the abstracts which should be
submitted as a pdf file. To submit your prepared abstract, proceed to

http://quitel2016.congresoselis.info/abstract/?lang=en

and follow the instructions.

*Doubts*

In case of any doubt, e-mail the following address

info at quitel2016.org.uy

HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL NEXT NOVEMBER IN MONTEVIDEO.
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