9:00 - 9:05        Introductory Remarks
                        P. Jena (Conference Chairman, Virginia Commonwealth University,
                        Richmond, U.S.A.)

 9:05 - 9:15      Welcome Address
                        E. P. Trani (President, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, U.S.A.)

9:15 - 10:00     Keynote Address: “Femtodynamics with Atomic Scale Resolution”
                        A. Zewail (CalTech, Pasadena, U.S.A.)

10:00 - 10:30      COFFEE BREAK

10:30 - 10:55     “Cluster Dynamics: Coulomb Explosion and Reaction Phenomena”
                           A. W. Castleman, Jr. (Pennsylvania State University, University Park, U.S.A.)

10:55 - 11:20     “Theoretical Exploration of Stationary and Ultrafast Spectroscopy of Small Clusters”
                           V. Bonacic-Koutecký (Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany)

11:20 - 11:45      “Geometry, Reactivity, and Catalytic Behavior of Free and Deposited Metal Clusters
                            Probed by Means of Femtosecond Spectroscopy”
                            L. Wöste (Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany)

11:45 - 12:00      "Surface Plasmon Dynamics in Silver Nanoparticles on Graphite Studied by Femtosecond
                           Time-Resolved Photoemission"
                           J. Lehmann, M. Merschdorf, W. Pfeiffer, A. Thon, S. Voll, and G. Gerber

12:00 - 14:00      LUNCH BREAK

14:00 - 14:25     “Nanoparticle Arrays as Model Catalaysts: Microstructure, Thermal Stability, and
                           Reactivity of Pt/SiO₂ and Ag/Al₂O₃ Fabricated by Electron Beam Lithography”
                           G. A. Somorjai (University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.)

14:25 - 14:50     “Lithographically Induced Self-Assembly of Periodic Supramolecular Polymer
                           Pillar Array”
                           S. Y. Chou (Princeton University, Princeton, U.S.A.)

14:50 - 15:15      “Controlled Chemical Routes to Nanotube Architectures, Physics, and Devices”
                            H. Dai (Stanford University, Stanford, U.S.A.)

15:15 - 15:30       "The Growth of Nanowires: Ag on Si(5 5 12)"
                             K. M. Jones, H. H. Song, and A. A. Baski

15:30 - 16:00      COFFEE BREAK

16:00 - 16:25     “Magnetoresistance in Excess of 200% in Ballistic Ni and Co Nanocontacts at RT”
                           N. Garcia (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid, Spain)

16:25 - 16:50     “In Situ Electron Microscopy Measurements on Carbon Nanotubes”
                           W. A. de Heer (Georgia Tech, Atlanta, U.S.A.)

16:50 - 17:15      “Electronic and Transport Properties of Carbon Nanotubes”
                           C. T. White (Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, U.S.A.)

17:15 - 17:30      "The Temperature Dependence of the Conductance of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes"
                            E. Graugnard, B. Walsh, P. J. De Pablo, R. P. Andres, S. Datta, and R. Reifenberger

20:00 - 22:00      POSTER SESSION  I

 8:30 - 8:55         “Magnetism and Magnetic Isomers in Chromium Clusters”
                             L. A. Bloomfield (University of Virginia, Charlottesville, U.S.A.)

 8:55 - 9:20          “Magnetism in Transition Metal Clusters and Compounds”
                             B. V. Reddy (Philip Morris, Richmond, U.S.A.)

 9:20 - 9:45          “Quantum Effects in Single Molecule Nanomagnets”
                             R. Sessoli (University of Florence, Florence, Italy)

 9:45 - 10:00         "Electronic Structure and Magnetic Anisotropy in Mn₁₂O₁₂-Acetate Nanomagnets"
                              M. R. Pederson and S. N. Khanna

10:00 - 10:30         COFFEE BREAK

10:30 - 10:55         “Magneto-Transport Properties of Bi Nanowires and Single- Crystal Bi Thin Films”
                               C. L. Chien (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, U.S.A.)

10:55 - 11:20         “Arrays of Self-Organized Clusters on Surfaces: A Way to Test Magnetism at Various
                               Dimensionalities”
                               J. P. Bucher (Universite Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France)

11:20 - 11:45         “The Role of Nanophase Magnetic Materials in Future Ultrahigh Density
                               Magnetic Recording”
                               D. Weller (IBM, San Jose, U.S.A.)

11:45 - 12:00          "Nanoparticles of Intermetallic Alloys: Synthesis and Novel Properties"
                               M. S. El-Shall, Y. Pithawalla, and S. C. Deevi

12:00 - 14:00          LUNCH BREAK

14:00 - 14:25         “Semiconductor Nanocrystals as Building Blocks for New Materials”
                               P. Alivisatos (University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.)

14:25 - 14:50          “Chemical Reactions at and through Nanoparticle Interfaces”
                                U. Kreibig (Physikalisches Institut der Rheinisch-Westfalischen, Aachen, Germany)

14:50 - 15:15          “Optical Excitations and Polarizabilitites of Clusters”
                                J. Chelikowsky (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, U.S.A.)

15:15 - 15:30           "Nanostructred Photonic Crystals"
                                T. Maka, S. G. Romanov, C. M. Sotomayor Torres, M. Muller, R. Zentel,
                                and A. V. Fokin

15:30 - 16:00          COFFEE BREAK

16:00 - 16:25         “Temperature-Dependent Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Al Clusters and
                               Theoretical Simulations”
                               L. -S. Wang (Washington State University, Richland, U.S.A.)

16:25 - 16:50         “A Novel Network Structure of Organometallic Clusters in Gas Phase”
                               K. Kaya (Keio University, Yokohama, Japan)

16:50 - 17:15         “Silicon/Silicon-Oxide Interfaces derived from Siloxane Clusters:
                               Structural Models and Implications for Photoemission Spectroscopy”
                              K. Raghavachari (Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, U.S.A.)

17:15 - 17:30         "Structure, Electron Detachment Spectra, and Oxidation Process in
                               Small Oxide Cluster Anions"
                               S. K. Nayak and M. Nooijen

19:00                   BANQUET (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts)

 8:30 - 8:55          “Processing of Nanostructured Organic/Inorganic Composites at Multi-Length
                              Scales”
                              I. A. Aksay (Princeton University, Princeton, U.S.A.)

 8:55 - 9:20          “DNA Nanotechnology”
                             N. C. Seeman (New York University, New York, U.S.A.)

9:20 - 9:45            “The Growth of Novel Cluster Structures in Superfluid Liquid Helium”
                              R. E. Miller (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, U.S.A.)

 9:45 - 10:00          "Weak Interaction Effects in Chemistry?"
                               R. N. Compton, S. Mahurin, A. Lahamer, R. M. Pagni, M. McGinnis, and D. House

10:00 - 10:30          COFFEE BREAK

10:30 - 10:55         “Dynamic Observation of the Laser Ablated Carbon by Shadowgraphy and
                               Emission Imaging Spectroscopy”
                               S. Iijima (NEC R&D Group, Ibaraki, Japan)

10:55 - 11:20          “Arc Discharge Growth and Physical Properties of Bundles of Single Wall
                                Carbon Nanotubes”
                                P. Eklund (Pennsylvania State University, University Park, U.S.A.)

11:20 - 11:45         “Novel Carbon Cage and Nanotube Structures: Theoretical Predictions,
                               Synthesis, and Characterization”
                              A. Zettl (University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.)

11:45 - 12:00          "Infrared Absorption of "Interstellar" Nanodiamonds in the Two-Phonon
                                Range"
                                H. G. M. Hill, L. B. d'Hendecourt, W. Kress, and C. Carbatos-Nedelec

12:00 - 14:00          LUNCH BREAK

14:00 - 14:25         “Size-Specific Reactions of Iron Cluster Cations with Methane and Ammonia”
                             P. B. Armentrout (University of Utah, Salt Lake City, U.S.A.)

14:25 - 14:50         “Some Interesting Properties of Materials Confined in Space and Time”
                            M. A. El-Sayed (Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, U.S.A.)

14:50 - 15:15         “Oxide- and Zeolite-Supported Metal Clusters: Structural Characterization
                               of the Clusters and the Cluster-Support Interface”
                              B. C. Gates (University of Calfiornia, Davis, U.S.A.)

15:15 - 15:30          "The Change of the Electronic Structure of Aluminum Clusters upon
                                Hydrogen Chemisorption"
                                S. Burkart, N. Blessing, B. Klipp, J. Muller, G. Gantefor, and G. Seifert

15:30 - 16:00          COFFEE BREAK

16:00 - 16:25          “Atomic and Molecular Architecture at Surfaces”
                                K. Kern (EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland)

16:25 - 16:50         “Metal Clusters on Surfaces: Electronic and Magnetic Properties”
                               K. H. Meiwes-Broer (University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany)

16:50 - 17:15         “Ab-Initio Study of Magnetic ad-atoms and Small Clusters on Surfaces”
                               P. H. Dederichs (Institut für Festkörperforschung, Jülich, Germany)

17:15 - 17:30          "Stability, Electronic Structure, and Magnetic Properties of Transition Metal
                               Atoms Supported on Organic Templates"
                               R. Pandey, B. K. Rao, and P. Jena

20:00 - 22:00          POSTER SESSION II

8:30 -  8:55         “Strain, Morphology, and Self-Organization in the Growth of Ge/Si
                            ‘Quantum Dot’ Nanoclusters”
                            M. G. Lagally (University of Wisconsin, Madison, U.S.A.)

 8:55 -  9:20          “Cryogenic Applications of Nanostructures”
                              J. Pekola (University of Jyvaskyla, Jyvaskyla, Finland)

 9:20 -  9:45          "Ab Initio Simulations of Transport in Molecular Devices"
                              S. T. Pantelides (Vanderbilt University, Nashville, U.S.A.)

 9:45 - 10:00           "Vibrational Spectroscopy of Gas Phase Metal Carbide Clusters and
                                Nanocrystals Using Infrared Resonance Enhanced Thermionic Emission
                                with a Free Electron Laser"
                               D. Van Heijnsbergen, G. Von Helden, M. A. Duncan, A. J. A. Van Roij,
                               and G. Meijer

10:00 - 10:30          COFFEE BREAK

10:30 - 10:55         “Experimental and Theoretical Analysis of Thiol Influence on the
                               Behavior of Gold Nanoparticles”
                              J. A. Ascencio (UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico)

10:55 - 11:20          “The Solid/Liquid Phase Change in a Small Free Cluster”
                               M. Schmidt (University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany)

11:20 - 11:45         “New Insights into Phase Transitions from Cluster Behavior”
                              R. S. Berry (University of Chicago, Chicago, U.S.A.)

11:45 - 12:00          "Tailoring the Shape of Small Metal Particles Through Laser Irradiation
                                During Growth"
                                F. Stietz, T. Wenzel, and F. Trager

12:00 - 14:00          LUNCH BREAK

14:00 - 14:25          “Molecular Nanoelectronics”
                                S. Williams (Hewlett Packard Labs, Palo Alto, U.S.A.)

14:25 - 14:50         “Large-Scale Neural Network Computation using DNA Molecules”
                              A. Mills, Bell Labs/Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, U.S.A.

14:50 - 15:15          "Molecular Assembly of Nanostructures: Towards Nano-Computers"
                               J. M. Tour (Rice University, Houston, U.S.A.)

15:15 - 15:30          "Computer Design and Modeling of Nanoscale Molecular Circuits"
                               J. A. Darsey and D. Buzatu

15:30 - 16:00          COFFEE BREAK

16:00 - 17:30                                         SESSION O: PANEL DISCUSSION

Panel Members:

J. Jortner (TelAviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel)
C. Brechignac (CNRS II, Orsay, France)
A. Arrott (Virginia State University, Petersburg, Virginia, U.S.A.)
R. W. Siegel (Rensslaer Polytechnique Institute, Schenectady, New York, U.S.A.)
M. Roco (National Science Foundation, Arlington, U.S.A.)

17:30                    Concluding Remarks
                                B. K. Rao (Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, U.S.A.)