From: chemistry-request at ccl.net
To: chemistry-request at ccl.net
Date: Sun Nov 30 16:30:28 2008
Subject: 09.07.25 Quantum Monte Carlo workshop, Vallico Sotto, Tuscany, Italy
                   WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT

          "Quantum Monte Carlo in the Apuan Alps V"
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             Sat 25th July - Sat 1st August 2009
       Towler Institute, Vallico Sotto, Tuscany, Italy

             http://www.vallico.net/tti/tti.html

         A4 POSTER FOR THE WORKSHOP AVAILABLE HERE :
   http://www.tcm.phy.cam.ac.uk/~mdt26/tti_c_poster_2009.png


Continuing the series of alternative and very informal meetings at this 
venue, the Cambridge University Theory of Condensed Matter group is 
organizing a fifth International Workshop to discuss the development and
application of the continuum quantum Monte Carlo method in condensed
matter physics and quantum chemistry. The conference will take place in our
16th Century monastery in the mediaeval high mountain village of Vallico
Sotto (in the Tuscan Apuan Alps near the beautiful Italian city of Lucca).

The normal format for these events involves formal presentations being
restricted to the mornings, with the afternoons left free for relaxed
discussion and participation in fun activities. For the young and
vigorous, we organize mountain walks, caving and other healthy outdoor
exercise, whilst the unfit and elderly might enjoy artistic tours, city
visits, and gentle country strolls, with all participants reuniting in the
evening for excellent Tuscan dinners in local restaurants.

This year's workshop will involve up to 35 people, all accommodated on
site. Given the limited space most speakers will be specifically invited,
but anyone who feels that they have something to contribute and who wishes
to attend the event is most welcome to contact the organizers (Mike Towler:
mdt26 at cam.ac.uk) for further details. There is no charge either for
attendance at the conference or accommodation.

FURTHER DETAILS AND PHOTOS FROM PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS ACCESSIBLE ON TTI WEB
PAGE - CLICK THE 'PUBLIC EVENTS' LINK OR LOOK AT 'EVENT PHOTOS'.

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