Circulars of the VB workshop
Accommodation
Dear VB workshop participants,
We have managed to arrange two different solutions of group housing for the workshop participants.
As the number of places are limited, we invite interested people to add their name on this wiki page as soon as possible (please don't add more lines on the page, they correspond to the number of available rooms) :
http://wiki.lct.jussieu.fr/workshop/index.php/Group_Housing_for_the_VB_workshop
Paiement will have to be done in advance by credit card, we will send you more information on that soon.
You can find as well other suggestions of housing at the bottom of this page :
Best regards, Benoît
Organizational circular
Dear VB workshop participants,
This is the second organizational circular for the workshop "Ab initio Valence Bond theory" in Paris, Monday 16th July - Friday 20th July. Thanks again for your interest in this event ! :-)
The current list of participants and the draft version of the programme document are available from the workshop web site :
http://wiki.lct.jussieu.fr/workshop/index.php/Workshop_on_ab_initio_Valence_Bond_theory_(VB)
If there are any issues arising from this, please let me know.
Here is below some important information which will require action from you, so please read it and act accordingly :
(1) MATERIAL
We have chosen not to request any conference fee, but on the opposite to general custom, we will not provide any conference material (bag, pen, notebook...), so we invite all participants to bring their own material to the workshop. There will be some paper exercises proposed during the tutorial sessions (not only computer exercises), so we advise you to bring a notebook.
We hope to be able to provide electronic versions of lecture slides, tutorial exercises and program manuals some ~1 week before the beginning on the workshop. You will of course be notified when it is available on-line from our web site. You can already find some pdf files of review papers on Valence Bond theory and book references here :
http://wiki.lct.jussieu.fr/workshop/index.php/Basic_literature_on_VB_theory
However, in order to save paper, we will only provide minimal printed material to participants (1 or 2 pages including the general program and most important practical informations).
(2) COMPUTERS AND INTERNET
Computers will be at the disposal of participants for the tutorial sessions (1 per participant). Of course, they will all have internet connection. However, despite having courageously battled against our network administrators intransigency, we didn't manage to be allowed to provide you wi-fi connexion, neither from conference room nor from the tutorial computer rooms. So you'll not be able to use your personal laptop for tutorial exercises or to connect to the internet if you bring it...
(3) WORKSHOP BANQUET
We will have the workshop banquet on Thursday 19th July evening. We still keep the secret on the location and nature of the banquet, but we are pretty sure you will all enjoy it very much !
Unfortunately, as our budget is tight, we will have to ask you a financial participation for the banquet, which you can give via our on-line payment site :
http://www.congres.upmc.fr/wvb2012/formulaire.html
Payment will act as registration for the banquet. Please proceed to it before July 1st, as we will have to know the exact number of participants enough in advance.
It is possible to come with one accompanying person, we'll ask him/her the same contribution (choose the second option as "registration type"). For anyone having financial problems that would prevent their participation to the banquet, please ask.
(4) MONDAY AND TUESDAY LUNCHES
Monday 16th lunch will be a get-together welcome buffet paid by our sponsors.
For Tuesday 17th lunch, we propose to book the campus restaurant so that we could all have a second lunch together. Price will be 17€ per person (payment on the spot). If you are interested, please add your name to this doodle poll :
http://www.doodle.com/8aiqahbs3yi9uhdm
(5) OTHER LUNCHES AND DINERS
Other lunches and diners are free (i.e. not organized). There is a "restaurant suggestion" pages on the web site which we'll update shortly.
(6) THURSDAY AFTERNOON
Thursday 19th afternoon is free to allow participants to visit some spot of their choice in Paris and surrounding, or simply enjoy the (hopefully...) good weather ! As the interesting spots/activities are as diverse as the number of participants, we didn't plan any organized visit/activity. However, feel free to ask if you have some questions or personal request.
Look forward to seeing you all in Paris next mont. We have a great line-up and we should have a splendid workshop ! :-)
Best wishes from Paris,
Benoît
Checklist - Program
Dear VB workshop participants,
Please find below a checklist, hoping that you will be soon able to answer with "yes" to all the questions ;-)
1) Is my flight reserved ?
2 Is my hotel room reserved ?
http://wiki.lct.jussieu.fr/workshop/index.php/Practical_information_for_the_VB_workshop#Accommodation
3) Did I answer the doodle for Tuesday lunch ?
http://www.doodle.com/8aiqahbs3yi9uhdm
4) Did I register to Thursday evening workshop banquet (25€ contribution) ?
===> IMPORTANT : if not, please register BEFORE NEXT MONDAY (July 2nd), as there will be no possibility to register after this date !
- You can register here :
http://www.congres.upmc.fr/wvb2012/formulaire.html
- Then check that your name appear on the registered workshop banquet participants list (this may take a few hours) :
http://wiki.lct.jussieu.fr/workshop/index.php/VB_banquet_participants
5) If I give a short talk :
http://wiki.lct.jussieu.fr/workshop/index.php/VB_participants_talks_abstract_page
i) does my presentation follow the guidelines (top of the wiki page) ?
ii) did I put my abstract on-line and does it show up correctly on the web ?
Last, we are happy to provide you the (hopefully) definitive version of the workshop program :
http://wiki.lct.jussieu.fr/workshop/index.php/Program_of_the_VB_workshop
Looking forward to seeing you all soon in Paris !
Benoît
Last circular
Dear VB workshop participants,
This is the last organizational circular for the "Ab initio Valence Bond theory" workshop in Paris, which will start Monday next week!
(1) PROGRAM
F. Matthias Bickelhaupt had to cancel his participation because of health problems, we all wish him a prompt recovery. This has lead us to make some change on the program, you'll find the current version to the usual link:
http://wiki.lct.jussieu.fr/workshop/index.php/Workshop_on_ab_initio_Valence_Bond_theory_(VB)
(2) MATERIAL
We remind you that, in contrast with other workshop/congress, we will not provide any basic material (paper, pen, bag,...), so don't forget to bring yours!
We will provide : - to all attendees : printed program page of the workshop (there will be no book of abstracts, you'll find them on-line on our site) ; - to all tutorial participants : a printed copy of the XMVB2.0 manual
You can as well already download most VB lectures slides from this page: http://wiki.lct.jussieu.fr/workshop/index.php/Content_of_the_VB_lectures We particularly recommend to tutorial participants to download Peifeng SU's lecture slides.
You'll also find soon the tutorial pages here: http://wiki.lct.jussieu.fr/workshop/index.php/VB_tutorial These pages will be permanently accessible on-line from the computer rooms.
(3) PRACTICAL INFORMATIONS
There is many useful information on the corresponding web site page:
http://wiki.lct.jussieu.fr/workshop/index.php/Practical_informations_for_the_VB_workshop
We recommend you, before leaving, to print from this page all information you wish to have copy-printed with you, and in particular the different maps...
(4) WEATHER
Well, that's the bad news, the weather forecast are not very optimistic for next week (but this might change...):
http://france.meteofrance.com/france/meteo?PREVISIONS_PORTLET.path=previsionsville/751050
(5) WI-FI
And to finish with, a goods news : wi-fi connexion will finally be available to all workshop participants all along the week, both from the conference room and tutorial/discussion rooms!
Look forward to seeing you all in Paris next week ! :-)
Best wishes, Benoît
Follow-up of the Valence Bond workshop
Dear all,
First, thanks once again for coming to Paris last July, and for collectively making this workshop such a great success ! :-)
Here are below some post-event information and initiatives as a follow-up of the workshop.
(1) XMVB 2.0
The new version of the XMVB program is now finalized, and available upon request. If you are interested, please mail to Wei WU : weiwu@xmu.edu.cn
(2) WORKSHOP MATERIAL
- You can find on-line and download all the pdf of the lectures and talks presented during the workshop from the program page: http://wiki.lct.jussieu.fr/workshop/index.php/Program_of_the_VB_workshop
- You can also find all material related to the tutorial (and download the computer exercises which were on the cluster) from the tutorial main page: http://wiki.lct.jussieu.fr/workshop/index.php/VB_tutorial
- Last, thanks to our two photographs, Mathieu Linares and Dominik Domin, you can also find many very nice photos of this event from this page: http://wiki.lct.jussieu.fr/workshop/index.php/Pictures
(3) VB DISCUSSION LIST
We have created an email discussion list around Valence Bond theory. All interested people can subscribe to it, and send information in connexion with Valence Bond (conference, publication, ...), discuss a topic related to Valence Bond theory, ask a question concerning the XMVB program, etc.
To subscribe, you should just send an email (with no topic) to the following address : petidomo@lct.jussieu.fr"
...with in the body of your email only the two following words : subscribe vblist
Then, you'll be able to send messages to (and receive messages from) this address : vblist@lct.jussieu.fr
(4) CONFERENCE REPORT
We have just submitted to ChemPhysChem a conference report about the Valence Bond workshop in Paris. Here is in attached file the pdf of the submitted version.
Thanks again to all of you, we hope to see you again next time (whenever and wherever that is...) ! :-)
Best wishes from Paris, Benoît