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Welcome to SMS2018

The first Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy (SMS) Japan was held in 2001 at the Komaba Campus of the University of Tokyo, intending to give chances for young scientists including graduate and undergraduate students to have oral presentations.
The main topic of the symposium is high-resolution molecular spectroscopy. We also welcome for example the following topics:
· Reaction dynamics
· Quantum chemistry
· Atmospheric processes
· New spectroscopy techniques, etc.
· Spectroscopy in cold media (matrices, He-droplet)
In recent years, roughly 100 persons including those from overseas attended at the meeting. 1 or 2 invited talk(s) and about 35 papers were presented by not only students but also experts in molecular science in two days.
Although it is still a domestic meeting, where most of the presentations are given in Japanese, powerpoint presentations and short-abstracts are required to be prepared in English, so that participants from abroad can understand the presentations. We are also encouraging participants to give their presentations entirely in English.
We are looking forward to seeing you in Tsukuba, Mar 2018.

Fumiyuki Ito, Local Organizer, SMS2018


Information about the 18th Meeting

Date:
Mar 19 - 20, 2018

Venue:
Tsukuba Center for Institutes, (2-20-5 Takezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0032, JAPAN)

Nov. 1, 2017 - Jan. 8, 2018

Jan. 15 - Feb. 19, 2018

Nov. 1, 2017 - Mar 5, 2018
*All the participants are required to register online in advance.

Topics:
Experimental and theoretical researches for molecular structures, electronic structures, and dynamics in the ground and exited states on molecules and molecular complexes
· High-resolution molecular spectroscopy
· Reaction dynamics
· Quantum chemistry
· Interstellar spectra
· Atmospheric processes
· New spectroscopy techniques
· Spectroscopy in cold media (matrices, He-droplet)

Contributed papers:
Only oral presentations (20 or 10min.) are available. Please prepare your presentation on PC (e.g. MS PowerPoint, Keynote, etc.).
20 min. (talk 15min + discussion 5min.)
10 min. (talk 7min + discussion 3min.)

Invited talks:
· TBA

Conference dinner:
Mar 19, 2018, at a restaurant, ESPOIR, in the International Congress Center.

Registration fee*:
3,000 yen (1,000 yen for student)
Conference dinner fee*:
5,000 yen (3,000 yen for student)
*Please make an on-site payment for the registartion and conference dinner fees by cash (JPY) at the registartion desk. You are required to register online in advance. Please contact the local organizer if you prefer money transaction via PayPal to the on-site payment.

Fumiyuki Ito (AIST)
e-mail: f-ito_at_aist.go.jp
(please replace "_at_" with "at sign".)

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