Dear Colleague,

On behalf of the Organising Committee, we take great pleasure in announcing you the VII Girona Seminar on the Nature of the Chemical Bond which will be held in Girona (Spain), July 10-13, 2006. The aim of the conference is to give the audience an impression of the recent developments and applications of quantum chemistry to the theoretical analysis of the nature of the chemical bond. This will be the main subject, although, following the philosophy of the six previous Girona Seminars, other aspects such as theoretical chemistry, quantum chemistry, mathematical chemistry, molecular similarity, molecular properties, density functions and density functional theory, and quantitative structure-properties relationships will also be welcome.

Deadlines:
Student fellowship application: 30 March, 2006
Pre-registration: 30 March, 2006
Student fellowship notification: 15 April, 2006
Acceptance notification: 15 April, 2006
Final registration: 15 May, 2006
Abstract submission: 30 May, 2006
Payment of registration fee: 15 May, 2006

Provisional List of Speakers (all confirmed):
W. Allen (University of Georgia, USA)
J. Angyan (Université Henri Poincaré, France)
P. W. Ayers (McMaster University, Canada)
F. M. Bickelhaupt (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
B. Braida (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France)
P. Bultinck (Ghent University, Belgium)
R. Carbó-Dorca (Universitat de Girona, Spain/Ghent University, Belgium)
E. Chamorro (Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello, Chile)
P.K. Chattaraj (Indian Institute of Technology, India)
O. Christiansen (University of Aarhus, Denmark)
J. Cioslowski (University of Szczecin, Poland)
D. L. Cooper (University of Liverpool, United Kingdom)
M. Cyranski (University of Warsaw, Poland)
G. Frenking (Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany)
C. Gatti (CNR-ISTM Ist. di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari, Italy)
P. Geerlings (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
L. González (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)
R. Havenith (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
K. Hirao (University of Tokyo, Japan)
J. Karwowski (University of Torun, Poland)
G. Lendvay (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary)
F. J. Luque (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain)
I. Mayer (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary)
P. Mezey (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)
K. Pernal (University of Szczecin, Poland)
R. Ponec (Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic)
M. Rafat (University of Manchester, United Kingdom)
M. Sodupe (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain)
A. Toro-Labbé (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile)
J. Ugalde (Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Spain)
P. Ugliengo (University of Torino, Italy)
J. Zachara (Warsaw University, Poland)

More information concerning the Conference (pre-registration, fellowships, fees, accommodation, international and local organizing committees, schedule, social events, etc.) is available in the dedicated VII Girona Seminar WEB site (http://iqc.udg.es/gsncb2006).

If you need more information, please do not hesitate to contact us (secretaria,,iqc.udg.es).

We are hoping to receive a positive answer to our invitation.

Kind Regards,

R. Carbó-Dorca, Chairman
M. Duran, CoChairman
M. Solà, Secretary

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 Miquel Solà                           
 Institut de Química Computacional         
 Universitat de Girona                   
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