Thursday, July 24

• 2:00-5:00PM
  

  Check-in, registration

  Location: McDonnell Hall Lobby

• 6:00-8:00PM
  

  Dinner (Picnic)

  Location: Behind McDonnell Hall (2nd floor of McDonnell Hall in case of rain)

• 8:00PM-12:00AM
  

  Gathering at Uptown

  Location: Uptown (on campus, across from McDonnell Hall)

Friday, July 25

• 7:00-8:30AM
  

  Breakfast

  Location: Bostwick Cafeteria (Elaine Langone Center)

• 8:30-8:40AM
  

  Opening Remarks

  Location: Bucknell Forum (Room 272 – Elaine Langone Center)

Session I

• 8:40-9:40AM
  

  Keynote Speaker: Edward Valeev

  Title: Predictive Theory of Electronic Structure: Are We There Yet?

  Suggested Reading: 1 2 3

  Moderator: Mauricio Cafiero

  Location: Bucknell Forum (Room 272 – Elaine Langone Center)

• 9:40-10:40AM
  

  Keynote Speaker: Christine Aikens

  Title: TD-DFT Studies of Nanoparticle Optical Properties

  Suggested Reading: 1 2

  Moderator: Carol Parish

  Location: Bucknell Forum (Room 272 – Elaine Langone Center)

• 10:40-11:00AM
  

  Break

Session II

• 11:00-12:00PM
  

  Keynote Speaker: Geoffrey Hutchison

  Title: Computational Design of Organic Solar Cells: Genetic Algorithm-Driven Inverse Design

  Suggested Reading: 1

  Moderator: Kelly Anderson

  Location: Bucknell Forum (Room 272 – Elaine Langone Center)

• 12:00-1:00PM
  

  Lunch

  Bostwick Cafeteria (Elaine Langone Center)

• 1:00-1:15PM
  

  Conference Group Photo

  Location: Biology Building/Rooke Chemistry steps

Session III

• 1:30-3:00PM
  

  Poster session oral presentations

  Moderator: Billy Miller, III

  Location: Bucknell Forum (Room 272 – Elaine Langone Center)

• 3:00-4:15PM
  

  Poster Session I (For Last names beginning with A-L)

  Location: Terrace Room (Room 276 – Elaine Langone Center)

• 4:15-5:30PM
  

  Poster Session II (For Last names beginning with M-Z)

  Location: Terrace Room (Room 276 – Elaine Langone Center)

• 5:00-6:30PM
  

  Dinner

  Location: Bostwick Cafeteria (Elaine Langone Center)

• 8:00-12:00AM
  

  Gathering at Uptown

  Location: Uptown (on campus, across from McDonnell Hall)

Saturday, July 26

Session IV

• 7:00-9:00AM
  

  Breakfast

  Location: Bostwick Cafeteria (Elaine Langone Center)

• 9:00-10:00AM
  

  Keynote Speaker: Anthony Nicholls

  Title: Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics in Molecular Modeling

  Suggested Reading: 1

  Moderator: Eric Patterson

  Location: Bucknell Forum (Room 272 – Elaine Langone Center)

• 10:00-11:00AM
  

  Keynote Speaker: Georgia McGaughey

  Title: Targeted versus Phenotypic Approaches in Drug Discovery

  Suggested Reading: 1 2

  Moderator: Marc Zimmer

  Location: Bucknell Forum (Room 272 – Elaine Langone Center)

• 11:00-11:20AM
  

  Break

Session V

• 11:20-12:20PM
  

  Keynote Speaker: Rich Friesner

  Title: Computational Methods for the Prediction of Protein-Ligand Binding Affinity and Applications to Structure Based Drug Discovery

  Suggested Reading: 1

  Moderator: Maria Nagan

  Location: Bucknell Forum (Room 272 – Elaine Langone Center)

• 12:20-1:00PM
  

  Lunch

  Location: Bostwick Cafeteria (Elaine Langone Center)