Sanibel Symposium

The Sanibel Symposium is an international scientific conference in quantum chemistry, solid-state physics, and quantum biology. It has been organized by the Quantum Theory Project at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, Florida every winter since 1960. It was founded by Per-Olov Löwdin who was involved in its organization every year from 1960 to his death in 2000. From 1960 to 1978, the symposium was held on Sanibel Island, but later symposia have been held in Palm Coast and St. Augustine. In 2005, the Symposium moved to St. Simons Island, Georgia. [ [http://www.qtp.ufl.edu/~sanibel/history.html History of Sanibel Sumposium] Last Accessed January 10, 2007 ]

The Symposium is noted for its long history and for the breadth of both the participants and the presentations. The 2007 meeting covers "Forefront theory and computation in quantum chemistry, condensed matter and chemical physics, nanoscience, quantum biochemistry and biophysics". [ [http://www.qtp.ufl.edu/~sanibel/poster.pdf 47th Sanibel Symposium poster] Accessed January 10, 2007 ] The Sanibel Symposium is described as a "highly respected regular conference" in a history of the Gordon Research Conferences. [ [http://chem.iupui.edu/rcc/grccchist.html A Brief History of the Gordon Research Conference on Computational Chemistry] Accessed January 10, 2007] ]

The Sanibel Coefficients, used for example in calculated spin densities, were named after the Symposium where they were widely discussed in the 1960s.

Lectures and posters presented at the meeting can be published in the peer-reviewed journal, the International Journal of Quantum Chemistry as one or more issues of the journal. Before 1996, the papers were published in special supplements of the journal for quantum chemistry and quantum biology.

External links

* [http://www.qtp.ufl.edu/~sanibel/index.html 47th Sanibel Symposium, 2007]

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