ASCS2006 Program

Morning Sessions - Center Stage

	Monday 18th	Tuesday 19th	Wednesday 20th	Thursday 21st	Friday 22nd
8.15	Opening remarks (*Perger*)
8.30 - 9.25	Translation symmetry, point symmetry and space groups *Catti*	The structure of the CRYSTAL code *Orlando*	Calculation of vibrational frequencies and tools for their analysis Noel	Liquidity and crystallinity Ashcroft	Higher superconductivity in the lower elements *Ashcroft*
9.25 - 10.20	Bloch functions, crystalline orbitals and Fermi energy Orlando	Total energy and related quantities *Civalleri*	Thermodynamics of crystalline systems Catti	Local defects in crystalline materials *Corà*	Piezoelectric and elastic tensors *Catti*
	Coffee Break	Coffee Break	Coffee Break	Coffee Break	Coffee Break
10.40 - 11.35	Basis sets and Hamiltonians Mattsson	Strategies in geometry optimization of solids *Zicovich*	Spin polarized solution Orlando	Surface and catalysis *Zicovich*	Localized crystalline orbitals and related quantities *Zicovich*
11.35 - 12.30	Introduction to the tutorial sessions. CRYSTAL06 input/output *Civalleri*	One-electron properties *Corà*	Ab initio modeling of zeolites Civalleri	Molecular crystals Perger	Post-HF techniques *Casassa*

Afternoon Sessions - Center Stage

	Monday 4th	Tuesday 5th	Wednesday 6th	Thursday 7th	Friday 8th
14.00 - 15.45	Geometry input, geometry editing, visualization tools	Geometry optimisation	12.30 - ... Tour of WSU's Institute for Shock Physics (Pullman)	Vibrational frequencies	CRYSCOR
	Break	Break		Break	Break
16.00 - 17.30	Single-point calculation	One-electron properties	The experimental connection *Y.M. Gupta*	15.45 - ... Poster session	Free hands-on tutorials
					Social bar (18.30)
19.00					Social Dinner