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Tuesday, May 19th

  • A Graduate Student Symposium will be held on May 19th in Clark Hall featuring tutorial talks by Robin Cote, Lene Hau, Margaret Murnane and Thad Walker. Students and others interested are urged to sign up on the conference registration form or by contacting the conference organizer, Karen Bloomfield, ksb2w@virginia.edu. The cost is $50.00 which includes lunch.
  • The Welcome Reception will be held in the Newcomb Hall Ballroom from 6:00pm to 8:00pm.
  • An introduction to the NSF TeraGrid will be presented in the Newcomb Hall South Meeting froom from 7:00 to 7:30pm.
  • The annual TAMOC meeting will be held in the Newcomb Hall South Meeting Room from 7:30 to 10:00pm.

Wednesday, May 20th

  • The opening session of the 2009 DAMOP Conference meeting is the Plenary Session at 8:00am in the Cabell Hall Auditorium with talks by Gustav Gerber and Misha Lukin, winners of the Broida and Rabi prizes.
  • The editors of PRA and PRL will introduce the new online publication "Physics" and describe the fine art of writing and rebutting referee reports in the Newcomb Hall South Meeting room at 4:00pm.
  • The annual Women in DAMOP reception will be held in the garden of Pavillion III near the University Lawn from 5:00pm to 6:30pm.
  • Laboratory Open House of the AMO laboratories in the Physics and Chemistry buildings will welcome visitors from 7:00pm to 9:00pm.

Thursday, May 21st

  • The Physical Review A / Physical Review Letters “Meet the Editors” reception will be held in the garden of Pavillion VII (the Colonnade Club) from 4:00pm to 6:00pm.
  • There will be a town meeting to discuss the relation between CAMOS and DAMOP at 5:00pm in the Newcomb Hall South Meeting Room.
  • A public lecture, “The Physics of NASCAR,” will be presented by Diandra Leslie-Pelecky of the University of Texas, Dallas at 7:30pm in the Old Cabell Hall auditorium.

Friday, May 22nd

  • The DAMOP business meeting will be held at 5:00pm in the South Meeting Room of Newcomb Hall.
  • The conference banquet will be held Friday May 22 at the John Paul Jones Arena near the main campus. A reception immediately preceding the banquet will begin at 6:30 pm. Buses will be available for transportation to/from the arena. Additional banquet tickets can be purchased for $50. Seating at the banquet is limited.