Latsis-Symposium 2008

September 6 - 10, 2008, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

The Latsis-Symposium "Intramolecular Dynamics, Symmetry and Spectroscopy" will be held in the period 6 - 10 September 2008 at ETH Zurich. The main themes of the symposium include molecular structure and dynamics, high-resolution spectroscopy, ab initio quantum chemistry, unimolecular and bimolecular reaction dynamics, mode-selective chemistry, intramolecular vibrational energy redistribution, symmetry selection rules in spectroscopy and chemistry (incl. parity violation), spectroscopy and astrophysics, spectroscopy and atmospheric chemistry and ultrafast dynamics in chemistry and biochemistry.

Conference Site

View of the chemistry building from the Chäferberg.

Chemistry building with view on the lake of Zurich and the Swiss Alps. (Picture taken from http://www.planung.ethz.ch/projects/hci)

The Symposium will take place in the new chemistry building of the Hönggerberg campus of ETH Zürich. The building was erected in the period 1996-2005. In 2001 most of the research groups in chemistry moved from the old chemistry building in the center of Zurich into the new labs. The Hönggerberg campus of the ETH hosts the departments of "Physics", "Architecture", "Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering", "Material Sciences", "Biology" and "Chemistry and Applied Biosciences".

The Hönggerberg campus can easily be reached by public transportation from all places in Zurich (see description).