Workshops

Euro AFM Forum 2009

IMETUM at the Technical University of Munich, Germany
July 1-3 2009

Scope of the Workshop

IMETUM and Nanosystems Initiative Munich, Atomic Force F&E and Asylum Research are pleased to announce the Euro AFM Forum 2009 to be held at the facilities of IMETUM at Garching near Munich. The Forum is organized for scientists to share and exchange their cutting-edge research in both materials and life science disciplines. The instrument workshops are designed so researchers can “ask an expert” and receive tips and tricks while getting hands-on instructions on the AFM. The Forum is an ideal venue for novice and veteran AFM researchers as well as those looking to get into the field.

Dates

1-3 July, 2009

Location

IMETUM at the Technical University of Munich, Germany, at the Garching Campus near Munich.

Registration

Early registration online opens April 14.

• € 238 faculty/industry/post doc
• € 119 students

After June 15:

• € 327 faculty/industry/post doc
• € 179 students

The conference fee covers all lunches, coffee breaks, conference dinner, and workshop participation.

Lectures

Confirmed Invited Speakers

Lyuba Belova, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Jason Cleveland, Asylum Research
Sonia Contera, Oxford University
Florian Rehfeldt, University of Göttingen
Tue Hassenkam, University of Copenhagen
Sabine Hild, University of Linz
Georg Papastavrou, University of Geneva
Khizar Sheikh, University College Dublin
Bruno Küng, ETH Zürich
Tilman Schäffer, University of Erlangen
Holger Schönherr, University of Siegen
Ilia Louban, University of Stuttgart
Christian Teichert, University of Leoben
Ingrid Teßmer, University of Würzburg
Andreas Stemmer, ETH Zürich

Call For Abstracts

The Forum will be accepting submissions for both lectures and posters. Abstracts may be submitted online in the conference registration form. Deadline for submission is June 15. Acceptance for abstract submissions will be announced June 17. Prizes will be awarded for the three best posters.

Image Contest

Enter your best AFM image in the Forum image contest. An iPod Nano will be awarded for the best image that represents innovative science and has the “cool” factor. Please submit your images (jpg, TIFF, png) with a brief description via email to conference@atomicforce.de .

Program

Wednesday, 1 July

• Evening registration and Welcome Event with guided city tour in double decker bus and visit to a beer garden

Thursday, 2 July

• Registration
• Lectures
• Instrument Workshop
• Poster Session, Image Contest
• Conference Dinner at Schloss Nymphenburg Themed: “Feel like a king!”

Friday, 3 July

• Lectures
• Instrument Workshop

Instrument Workshop

In Hands-on Workshops scientists will be trained in small groups on a variety of AFM topics. Attendees may sign up for two workshop topics. Biology/Life Science will be alternating with Materials Science topics.

Tentative Topics Include:

• Cell imaging
• AC mode imaging in liquids made easy
• Force spectroscopy
• Dual AC Mode
• Electrical Characterization
• IGOR Pro
• High resolution, fast scanning at 20 Hz line rate

Accommodation

Hotel rooms at special rates can be booked through Atomic Force before May 15. Please email us to place your reservation. Please note that after May 20, attendees are responsible for making their own hotel reservations directly with a hotel at normal rates.

Hotel König Ludwig II,
Bügerplatz 3
99 EUR single room

Hotel am Park Garching GmbH,
Bürgermeister-Amon-Str. 2
75 EUR single room

Hotel Gasthof Jagerhof
Schleißheimer Straße 83
66 EUR single room

Gästehaus Rosengarten
Kreuzstraße 30
63 EUR single room

Ibis München Garching
Daimlerstraße 5
85 EUR Single Room

Hotel Caro
Heideweg 1
69 EUR single room

Hotel Hoyacker Hof
Freisinger Landstr. 9a
77 EUR single room

Conference and Workshop Program

Time	Thursday, July 2nd
09:00	Invited Talks Plenary Session 1 - Material Science
10:20	Coffee Break
10:50	Submitted talks Material Science	Workshop Session 1 Biology/Life Science - Imaging of cells Session is full! - Imaging in liquids made easy Session is full! - Force Spectroscopy Session is full! - High Resolution Imaging in liquids Session is full! - Force Spectroscopy
11:50	Submitted talks Biology/Life Science	Workshop Session 2 Materials Science - Nanoindentation - EFM/KPFM/ORCA Session is full! - DualAC - IgorPro for advanced data analysis - High Resolution Fast Scanning Session is full!
12:50	Lunch Break	Lunch at IMETUM
13:50	Invited Talks Plenary Session 2 - Biological Topics
14:40	Coffee Break
14:55	Invited Talks Plenary Session 3 - Biological Topics
15:45	Coffee Break
16:05	Submitted talks Material Science	Workshop Session 3 Biology/Life Science - Imaging of cells - Imaging in liquids made easy - AFM/optical Image Overlay Session is full! - High Resolution Imaging in liquids - Force Spectroscopy Session is full!
17:05	Submitted talks Biology/Life Science	Workshop Session 4 Materials Science - Nano-TA (LTA) - MFM, Variable Field - DualAC Session is full! - IgorPro for advanced data analysis - High Resolution Fast Scanning Session is full!
18:05	Poster Session and Image Contest
20:00	Conference Dinner

Time	Friday, July 3rd
09:00	Invited Talks Plenary Session 4 - Biological Topics
10:20	Coffee Break
10:50	Submitted talks Material Science	Workshop Session 5 Biology/Life Science - Imaging of cells - Imaging in liquids made easy - Force Spectroscopy - High Resolution Imaging in liquids - Local Thermal Analysis on Biological Samples
11:50	Submitted talks Biology/Life Science	Workshop Session 6 Materials Science - Nanoindentation - EFM/KPFM/ORCA Session is full! - Force Spectroscopy - IgorPro for advanced data analysis Session is full! - High Resolution Fast Scanning Session is full!
12:50	Lunch Break	Lunch at IMETUM
13:50	Invited Talks Plenary Session 5 - Material Science
14:40	Coffee Break
14:55	Invited Talks Plenary Session 6 - Material Science
15:45	Coffee Break
16:05	Submitted talks Material Science	Workshop Session 7 Biology/Life Science - Imaging of cells - Imaging in liquids made easy - AFM/optical Image Overlay Session is full! - High Resolution Imaging in liquids - Force Spectroscopy Session is full!
17:05	Submitted talks Biology/Life Science	Workshop Session 8 Materials Science - Nano-TA (LTA) - MFM, Variable Field - Force Spectroscopy - IgorPro for advanced data analysis - High Resolution Fast Scanning

Contact

For any questions or hotel booking, please contact:

Beate Rauch-Goschke
+49-621-762117-0
Atomic Force F&E
conference@atomicforce.de

Terry Mehr
+1-805-696-6466
Asylum Research
terry@asylumresearch.com

Registration

Conference registration fees per person, incl. VAT, lunch breaks, and the conference dinner are 119 € for students before June 15, and 238 € for faculty/industry/post docs. To keep the workshop effective, seats are limited and early registration is recommended! Online-registration will start on Tuesday, 14th of April 2009. Note that attendees are responsible for their own travel and accommodations. Hotel rooms at special rates can be booked through Atomic Force before May 15th. Afterwards, reservations can only be made with the local hotels at normal room rates.