"Proton Conduction in Diverse Media"

Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, 11th-12th April 2005

Welcome

Schedule

Venue

Invited Speakers

Registration

Local Info

MEETING SCHEDULE

The meeting was held over two full days, and consisted of ten hour-long invited talks and a poster session. Where they have been received, PDF copies of the speakers' talks are linked in from the schedule below.

Follow this link to abstracts for poster presentations.

Monday 11th April 2005

12:00	Arrival and registration (a buffet lunch will be provided)
13:30	Introduction Overview and scope of meeting (Dr. James Elliott, Cambridge)
13:45	First session (chair: Dr. James Elliott) Solid Proton Conducting Electrolytes: Conduction Mechanism, Phenomenology and New Materials for Fuel Cell Applications Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Kreuer, MPI Stuttgart Ab initio Molecular Dynamics Studies of Anomalous Proton Transport Mechanisms in Various Hydrogen-bonded Media Prof. Mark E. Tuckerman, New York University
15:45	Discussion and coffee
16:00	Second session (chair: Prof. Stephen Paddison) Composite membranes, or how to get the most from proton conducting ionomers for fuel cell application Prof. Dr. Jacques Roziere, University of Montpelier, France Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Excess Proton Solvation and Transport Prof. Gregory A. Voth, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
18:00	Discussion and close
18:30	Conference Photograph
19:00	Drinks Reception and Conference Dinner in Hall

Tuesday 12th April 2005

09:30	Third session (chair: Dr. James Elliott) Water Mediated Proton Conduction: from Nanotubes to Cytochrome c Oxidase Dr. Gerhard Hummer, NIDDK, Maryland. Mechanisms of Proton Conduction in the Dow Membrane: Complexity, Cooperativity, and Connectivity Prof. Stephen J. Paddison, University of Alabama, Huntsville.
11:30	Poster session
12:30	Buffet lunch
13:30	Fourth session (chair: Prof. Stephen Paddison) How to make the proton run? Prof. Alexei Kornyshev, Imperial College, London. Protons and Dopants in Oxide Materials Dr. M. Saiful Islam, Surrey University, UK.
15:30	Coffee and discussion
16:00	Fifth session (chair: Prof. Stephen Paddison) Voltage-gated Proton Channels: Structure from Function Prof. Thomas E. DeCoursey, Rush Medical Centre, Illinois. Polymers as Proton Conductors and Mixed (Proton + Electron) Conductors for Fuel Cells and Supercapacitors Prof. Bob Slade, Surrey University, UK.
18:00	Close of meeting (followed by informal dinner in town)