CCL: QMC Workshop, Tuscany, July 2007

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                     WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT
          "Quantum Monte Carlo in the Apuan Alps III"
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               Sat 21st - Sat 28th July 2007
          The Towler Institute, 22 via del Collegio,
               Vallico Sotto, Tuscany, Italy
        http://www.tcm.phy.cam.ac.uk/~mdt26/tti/tti.html
         HI-RES POSTER FOR THE WORKSHOP AVAILABLE HERE:
    http://www.tcm.phy.cam.ac.uk/~mdt26/tti/qmcitaa_07/tti.jpg
 Continuing the tradition of alternative and very informal meetings at this
 venue, the Cambridge University Theory of Condensed Matter group is
 organizing a third International Workshop to discuss the development and
 application of the continuum quantum Monte Carlo method in condensed matter
 physics and quantum chemistry. The conference will take place in our 16th
 Century monastery in the high mountain village of Vallico Sotto (in the
 Tuscan Apuan Alps near the beautiful Italian city of Lucca). The normal
 format for these events involves formal presentations being restricted to
 the mornings, with the afternoons and evenings left free for relaxed
 discussion whilst participating in mountain walks and other healthy outdoor
 activities.
 This year's conference will involve up to 30 people, all accommodated on
 site. Given the limited space most speakers will be specifically invited,
 but anybody who feels they have something to contribute and wishes to
 attend the event is very welcome to contact Mike Towler (mdt26 at
 cam.ac.uk) for further details.
 Confirmed speakers : Richard Needs, Lubos Mitas, Neil Drummond, Pablo Lopez
 Rios, Alexander Badinski, Mike Towler, Matthew Foulkes
 A PRELIMINARY PROGRAM, AND DETAILS AND PHOTOS FROM PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS
 ARE ACCESSIBLE ON THE TTI WEB PAGE - CLICK THE 'PUBLIC EVENTS' LINK.
 TTI CURRENTLY TAKING BOOKINGS FOR THE HOSTING OF CONFERENCES, SCHOOLS AND
 GROUP MEETINGS IN EASTER/SUMMER 2007. Enquiries to mdt26 at cam.ac.uk .
 PS: Following suggestions from previous guests, the monastery's chapel
 will this year be the venue for a new venture : the 'TTI amateur evening
 concerts'. Participants with musical skills are encouraged to 'dust off
 their instruments' and take part. Anyone willing to donate a grand piano
 so that rising opera star Antonio Badinski can be properly accompanied
 please contact the management, as should anyone with ideas about how to
 get it up the mountain.