The 2009 APS SCCM Conference
28th June - 3rd July
Nashville

Nashville Scenes - photos: Chang'r, Exothermic, stephcarter

 

The Sixteenth Biennial International Conference of the APS Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter will be held at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel, Nashville, Tennessee, from June 28th through July 3rd, 2009. The purpose of this conference, as with earlier conferences in this series, will be to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and technical information for scientists and engineers studying the physics, chemistry, mechanics, and materials science of condensed matter at high dynamic pressures and compressions. In addition to the oral and poster presentations, a refereed Proceedings will archive the science presented at this conference as with the previous conferences in this series.

 

Narrative description of the Conference (PDF file)

 

News and Important Dates

8th June 2009

The exhibitors showcase has been significantly expanded on the Town Hall Meeting.

19th May 2009

Links have now been added to the PXP website where manuscripts should be submitted.

12th May 2009

A significant amount of new information has been added to the programme page. If you are presenting, it is well worth looking through this carefully. There have also been some updates to the shipping page and the exhibitors page. The exhibiitors page will soon be filling up with links to the companies that are exhibiting at the conference, so ceck back soon to find out more.

9th April 2009

The full programme is now on the APS website.

30th March 2009

As an experiment I have made a message board for the conference. This will allow for a bit of discussion pre and post conference. It will also hopefully allow for informal meetings and such like to be arranged during the conference. For further details click here.

29th March 2009

Various small changes have been made to the website, if you spot any errors please let me know!

20th March 2009

A new conference registration form is now available. It is an interactive word document (for those without access to MS Office there is also a pdf version). If you are unable to register now but fully intend to be at the meeting then please e-mail Amy Lucero-Seaborn (alluce at sandia.gov). This will help us with monitoring the hotel room requirements for the conference.

12th March 2009

The conference registration form is now available. If you are unable to register now but fully intend to be at the meeting then please e-mail Amy Lucero-Seaborn (alluce at sandia.gov). This will help us with monitoring the hotel room requirements for the conference.

12th March 2009

A new hotel booking link is now available to replace the old one, it can be found here.

11th March 2009

A list of Plenary and Invited Talks has now been added.

27th February 2009

Various changes have been made to give more details about registration for the conference. Early registration closes on the 27th May 2009. The early registration fee is $690 for APS members.

14th February 2009

Some clarification has been added to the hotel booking page. The effective Conference room rate is $146.25 (before tax); this reflects a subsidy from the Topical Group of $10.75 off of the rate of $157 that appears on the Passkey site.  This will be deducted from your room rate at checkout.  The subsidy is chosen to give a rate of GSA per diem plus 25%, which is acceptable for the Conference hotel for most Federally funded travel. Also, please do not include children 12 and under in your count of people in your room.

13th February 2009

Abstracts are due on the 20th, just a reminder!

23rd January 2009

Details of the student schlarships have now been added. The page is here.

7th January 2009

Happy New Year! The Nashville Convention and Visitors Bureau have put together a special SCCM page. Have a look here.

26th November 2008

A map of the venue has been added to the venue page. It can also be downloaded here

A first conference announcement flier has also been added as a PDF so that you can print it out and distribute it to all your colleagues and friends!

24th November 2008

The hotel booking page is now operational.

10th September 2008 4th July Celebrations

If you want to celebrate 4th July in Nashville, the hotel will offer the conference rate until Monday morning

9th September 2008 Website Goes Live:

The Website for the 2009 SCCM conference is now up and running - please check back frequently for updates