Conferences & Schools

March Meeting - Chicago, Illinois, March 14- 18, 2022

The March Meeting is the Flagship conference among those organized by the American Physical Society (APS). More than 10,000 technical papers will be presented at the APS March Meeting in Chicago, covering a broad spectrum of topics. Some of the topics of interest to the TAMOC community include: Chemical Physics, Clusters, Computational Physics, Electronic Structure, Fullerenes, Measurement and Science, Nonlinear Phenomena, Optical Properties, Quantum Information, X-Ray & Neutron Scattering.

The Attosecond School - March 21- 25, 2022

Confirmed Lecturers: Philip Bucksbaum – Stanford University (USA): X-ray science; Zenghu Chang – University of Central Florida (USA): High-energy lasers for attosecond generation; Reinhard Dörner – Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main (Germany): Time delays in molecular photoionization: from atto to zeptoseconds; Nirit Dudovich – Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel): High-order harmonic spectroscopy; in-situ attosecond techniques; Tony Heinz – Stanford (USA): HHG in solids and high-harmonic spectroscopy of quantum materials; Anne L’Huillier – Lund University (Sweden): Fundamentals of attosecond science; Matteo Lucchini – Politecnico di Milano (Italy): Attosecond spectroscopy in solids; Yann Mairesse – CELIA, Bordeaux (France): Chirality in Ultrafast Science; Agostino Marinelli – Stanford University (USA): Attosecond generation using XFELs; Fernando Martín – Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (Spain): Molecular physics with attosecond pulses.

HILAS - Budapest, Hungary, March 23- 25, 2022

High-Intensity Lasers and High-Field Phenomena (HILAS) aims to assemble a multidisciplinary community to present and exchange novel ideas and breakthrough achievements relating to the physics and technology of high field sources, and high-intensity laser-matter interaction. The meeting covers both theoretical and experimental aspects of strong-field phenomena. The latest research results in terawatt/petawatt lasers, amplification of few-cycle pulses, laser fusion technologies, EUV and X-Ray sources based on lasers, high-intensity sources from the THz up to the X-Ray spectral range, plasmas in ultrahigh fields, advances in attosecond science and relativistic nonlinear phenomena are among the topics to be discussed. Topics: 1. Novel laser technology and methods for pushing high average power laser frontiers; 2. Laser characterization methods and analysis algorithms; 3. Target technology and diagnostics for high repetition rates; 4. New data mining and analyses approaches for target physics understanding (such as Machine Learning, AI, etc.); 5. Intense laser-matter interaction from THz to gamma-beams, laser driven secondary sources and their applications (e.g. EUV, pulsed X-Ray, particle beams, etc.); 6. High-field re-scattering physics, relativistic nonlinear phenomena, intense pulse propagation and filamentation; 7. Strong field laser science and experiments, QED at extreme intensities; 8. High harmonic generation and attosecond science; 9. Commercial applications driven by high intensity or high field laser developments; 10. Theoretical advances in high-field physics and laser-plasma interaction

DAMOP 2022 - Orlando, Florida, May 30- June 3, 2022

The 53rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (DAMOP) will take place from May 30 – June 3, 2022. High quality invited and contributed presentations make DAMOP such an exciting meeting to attend. The DAMOP meeting focuses on the following topic areas: Structure and Properties of Atoms, Ions, and Molecules; Atomic, Molecular, and Charged Particle Collisions; Ultrafast and Strong Field Physics; Lasers and Quantum Optics; Quantum Information Science; Degenerate Gases and Many-body Physics; Cold Atoms, Ions, Molecules, and Plasmas; General Precision Measurements/Fundamental Constants

Multiphoton Processes (GRS) - Smithfield, Rhode Island, June 12- June 17, 2022

The 20th Gordon Research Conference on Multiphoton Processes will present forefront research featuring light-matter interaction in a variety of systems, ranging from atoms and molecules to clusters and solids. Photoinduced dynamics in these systems are central to many emerging fields of modern atomic, molecular, chemical and optical physics. The meeting embraces the rapid technological and intellectual growth in both theory and experiment in the exciting new areas that have recently opened up. The sessions will focus on: attosecond dynamics, multidimensional imaging of chemical dynamics, solid-state dynamics, chirality, nonlinear XUV and X-ray science, dynamics at conical intersections and electronic and nuclear dynamics in complex systems (clusters, nanoparticles). The conference will also focus on technological developments and new emerging techniques related to the study of these dynamics. The scientific program is cross-disciplinary, including physicists, chemists, and optical engineers, in both theory and experiment. The speakers and discussion leaders are a mixture of well-established leaders in the field and young and upcoming researchers from around the world.

MPS-2022 - Turku, Finland, June 15-17, 2022

The International Conference on Many Particle Spectroscopy of Atoms, Molecules, Clusters and Surfaces (MPS) is a biennial to discuss the physics and chemistry related to the interaction of light and charged particles with various forms of matter. In particular the latest experiments, techniques and theoretical results involving multiple particles, their interaction (correlation, scattering, dynamics, multiphoton absorption etc.) and detection (such as coincident experiments) are presented.

XIV ECAMP - Vilnius, Lithuania, June 27- July 1, 2022

ECAMP, the European Conference in Atoms, Molecules, and Photons, is a tri-annual conference series; it is the official conference organized by the Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Division (AMOPD) of the European Physical Society (EPS). It started in 1982 and recent editions took place in Salamanca, Spain 2010, Aarhus, Denmark 2013, Frankfurt, Germany 2016, and Florence, Italy 2019. The International Scientific Programme Committee consists of the board of the Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Division (AMOPD) of the European Physical Society (EPS). ECAMP typically attracts 400 -700 participants.

ATTO-FEL 2022 - London, UK, June 27- 30, 2022

The Atto-FEL 2022 conference on Attosecond and Free-Electron Laser Science will take place June 27-30 at University College London (see here the corresponing page on the Atto-Chem COST action website). The event will take place at the UCL campus located at central London. This is the third edition of the conference, with previous editions being Atto-FEL 2014 and Atto-FEL 2018. Please note that the previous 2 editions were 3-day events while Atto-FEL 2022 will be a 4-day event.

ATTO VIII - Orlando, Florida, July 11-15, 2022

The 8th Attosecond Science and Technology Conference (ATTO VIII) will take place at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, USA, from July 11th to July 15th 2022. Main Conference Topics: Attosecond pulse generation and characterization; High-order harmonic generation from gases, condensed phases, and plasmas; High-order harmonic spectroscopies; Ultrafast phenomena on the attosecond and femtosecond timescales; Next generation laser drivers for attosecond pulse and high-order harmonic generation; Attosecond science with free-electron lasers; Technological applications of coherent ultrashort XUV and X-ray pulses; Time-resolved photon, electron and ion spectroscopy.

UP 2022 - Montreal, Canada, July 18-22, 2022

The International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena (UP) allows for a unique opportunity to bring together atomic, molecular and condensed matter physicists, physical chemists, biophysicists and scientists developing new tools, methodologies and techniques, all working on the science of ultrafast phenomena. These phenomena cover the time scales ranging from picoseconds (1 ps = 10-12 s) to hundreds of attoseconds (1 as = 10-18 s). In the past ten years, the field of ultrafast phenomena has moved ahead in a breathtaking fashion, thanks in part, to the development of new laser-based as well as accelerator-based sources of ultrashort pulses of electrons and light, such as high harmonic generation, few-cycle optical pulses, sources of short wavelength radiation such as x-ray free electron lasers. The spectral range of ultrashort pulses of radiation has been extended to the long wavelength range such as Terahertz radiation, and the short wavelength range such as vacuum ultraviolet and the soft and hard X-ray domains. Together with the development of new methodologies, e.g. multidimensional spectroscopies, THz spectroscopy, electron-based techniques (EELS, PINEM, UED, etc.) and x-ray based techniques such as serial femtosecond coherent diffractive imaging, these great leaps forward are delivering an impressive degree of insight into phenomena both within atoms and between atoms and up in scale to macromolecular systems.

ICAP 2022 - Toronto, Canada, July 17-22, 2022

The 27th International Conference on Atomic Physics (ICAP 2022) will be held from 17 to 22 July, 2022, in Toronto, Canada. The meeting features invited presentations on cutting-edge research in the field of atomic, molecular, and optical physics. Contributed poster presentations from all participants are warmly welcomed (The abstract submission portal opens on 1 April 2022 will be open until 1 June 2022). Topics of the meeting will include: Properties and dynamics of neutral or charged atoms and molecules; Many-body physics of quantum gases; Quantum computation and communication; Quantum simulation; Fundamental tests and precision measurements; Quantum optics in both AMO systems and beyond, such as superconducting qubits; Intense fields and ultrafast science; Rydberg and artificial atoms and molecules; Atomic clocks and quantum metrology; Cold molecules; Out-of-equilibrium quantum systems; Applications of AMO physics to technology.

XV ICESS - Oulu, Finland, August 22-26, 2022

International Conference on Electronic Spectroscopy and Structure (ICESS) is a series of conferences that brings together world leading experts on electronic structure and spectroscopy. The conference series dates back to 1971, when the International Conference on Electronic Spectroscopy (ICES) was held in Asilomar, USA. Since then the conference has started to attract a wider community with more than 300 scientists from 21 countries participating in ICESS-14 held in 2018 in Shanghai, China. The scientific program of ICESS-14 consisted of altogether 8 plenary lectures, 40 invited talks as well as 41 oral presentations and 120 poster contributions. ICESS-15 will cover topics related to atomic and molecular sciences, photochemistry, quantum materials, imaging spectroscopies, novel instrumentation and nanomaterials. Special focus of the conference is in highlighting the new developments and applications of the use of synchrotron radiation and free electron lasers around the globe. We provide a full five-day program of plenary presentations and parallel and poster sessions with the most cutting-edge developments and science in these, as well as a chance to experience the beautiful arctic summer and Finnish nature at the same time.

HCI 2022 - Matsue, Japan, Aug 29- Sep 3, 2022

The XX International Conference on the Physics of Highly Charged Ions (HCI 2022) will cover the following topics on highly charged ions: Fundamental aspects, Structure and Spectroscopy; Collisions with Electrons, Ions, Atoms and Molecules; Interactions with Clusters, Surfaces and Solids; Interactions with Photons, Plasmas and Strong Field Processes; Production, Experimental developments and Applications.