CMDS 2018 GROUP PHOTO

ABOUT

Welcome to The 9th International Conference on Coherent Multidimensional Spectroscopy

CMDS 2018 is an international forum for discussion of the latest and most important results in multidimensional spectroscopy. The meeting brings together scientists from different fields and serves as a venue for exchanging ideas between theorists and experimentalists.

CMDS 2018 is the ninth conference of a series started in 2002 and follows the meetings held in Seoul (Korea), Madison (USA), Rigi-Kulm (Switzerland), Kyoto (Japan), Minneapolis (USA), Berlin (Germany), Eugene (USA) and Groningen (Netherlands).

CMDS has become the premier event for researchers developing and applying state-of-the-art multidimensional optical, infrared, and THz spectroscopic methods to address problems in chemistry, biology, physics, and material science.

CMDS 2018 will be held in Seoul, Korea, from June 25, Monday to June 29, Friday, 2018.

Date & Venue

Date: June 25-29, 2018
Venue: Korea University, Seoul, South Korea

Contact Info

For general inquiries, please contact Susan Tak.

Tel +82-2-3290-4735
Fax +82-2-3290-3886

Important dates

January 10, 2018

Registration opens

March 31, 2018

Abstract submission deadline

April 30, 2018

Notification of abstract acceptance

May 18, 2018

Last day of early registration

May 31, 2018

Online Registration closes

June 25, 2018

Conference starts

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PHASETECH

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Local Organizers

Cho, Minhaeng (co-chair, Korea University, mcho@korea.ac.kr)

Kwak, Kyoungwon (co-chair, Korea University, kkwak@korea.ac.kr)

Shim, Sang-Hee (co-chair, Korea University, sangheeshim@korea.ac.kr)

Organized by

IBS Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Korea University

The Institute of Basic Science Korea University

Organized by	IBS Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Korea University
	The Institute of Basic Science Korea University

International Organizing Committee

Cho, Minhaeng (Korea University)

Elsaesser, Thomas (Max-Born-Institute, Berlin)

Hamm, Peter (University of Zurich)

Jansen, Thomas L.C. (University of Groningen)

Jonas, David (University of Colorado, Boulder)

Khalil, Munira (University of Washington, Seattle)

Miller, R. J. Dwayne (University of Toronto and CFEL, Hamburg)

Mukamel, Shaul (University of California, Irvine)

Tanimura, Yoshitaka (Kyoto University)

Tokmakoff, Andrei (University of Chicago)

Tominaga, Keisuke (Kobe University)

Wright, John (Chair, University of Wisconsin, Madison)

Zanni, Martin (University of Wisconsin, Madison)

Local Organizing Committee

Ahn, Tae Kyu (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea)

Joo, Taiha (POSTECH, Korea)

Kim, Jeongho (Inha University, Korea)

Kim, Taekyu (Pusan National University, Korea)

Kim, Yung Sam (UNIST, Korea)

Lim, Manho (Pusan National University, Korea)

Pang, Yoonsoo (GIST, Korea)

Tanimura, Yoshitaka (Kyoto University, Japan)

Wang, Jianping (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

Zheng, Junrong (Peking University, China)

PROGRAM

Day 1 : Monday, June 25

Time	Program
15:30 – 18:00	Registration
18:00 – 19:30	Reception

Day 2 : Tuesday, June 26

Time	Program
8:00 – 8:50	Registration
8:50 – 9:00	Opening Remark
9:00 – 9:30	Invited	Chair
9:30 – 10:00	Invited	Chair
10:00 – 10:20	Contributed
10:20 – 10:40	Coffee Break
10:40 – 11:10	Invited	Chair
11:10 – 11:40	Invited	Chair
11:40 – 12:00	Contributed
12:00 – 12:10	Conference Photo
12:10 – 13:30	Lunch
13:30 – 14:00	Invited	Chair
14:00 – 14:30	Invited	Chair
14:30 – 14:50	Contributed
14:50 – 15:10	Contributed
15:10 – 15:30	Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:00	Invited 25	Chair
16:00 – 16:20	Contributed
16:20 – 16:40	Contributed
16:40 – 17:00	Coffee Break
17:00 – 17:30	Invited 28	Chair
17:30 – 18:00	Invited 29	Chair
18:00 – 18:30	Contributed 23
18:30	Dinner (on your own)

Day 3 : Wednesday, June 27

Time	Program
9:00 – 9:30	Invited	Chair
9:30 – 10:00	Invited	Chair
10:00 – 10:20	Contributed
10:20 – 10:40	Coffee Break
10:40 – 11:10	Invited	Chair
11:10 – 11:40	Invited	Chair
11:40 – 12:00	Contributed
12:10 – 13:30	Lunch
13:30 – 14:00	Invited	Chair
14:00 – 14:30	Invited	Chair
14:30 – 14:50	Contributed
14:50 – 15:10	Contributed
15:10 – 15:30	Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:00	Invited 26	Chair
16:00 – 16:20	Contributed
16:20 – 16:40	Contributed
16:40 – 17:00	Preparation For Poster Presentation
17:00 – 18:30	Poster Session I
18:30	Banquet

Day 4 : Thursday, June 28

Time	Program
9:00 – 9:30	Invited	Chair
9:30 – 10:00	Invited	Chair
10:00 – 10:20	Contributed
10:20 – 10:40	Coffee Break
10:40 – 11:10	Invited	Chair
11:10 – 11:40	Invited	Chair
11:40 – 12:00	Contributed
12:10 – 13:30	Lunch
13:30 – 14:00	Invited	Chair
14:00 – 14:30	Invited	Chair
14:30 – 14:50	Contributed
14:50 – 15:10	Contributed
15:10 – 15:30	Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:00	Invited 27	Chair
16:00 – 16:20	Contributed
16:20 – 16:40	Contributed
16:40 – 17:00	Preparation For Poster Presentation
17:00 – 18:30	Poster Session II
18:30	Dinner with Speakers

Day 5 : Friday, June 29

Time	Program
9:00 – 9:30	Invited	Chair
9:30 – 10:00	Invited	Chair
10:00 – 10:20	Contributed
10:20 – 10:40	Coffee Break
10:40 – 11:10	Invited	Chair
11:10 – 11:40	Invited	Chair
11:40 – 12:00	Contributed
12:10 – 13:30	Lunch
13:30 – 14:00	Invited	Chair
14:00 – 14:30	Invited 24	Chair
14:30 – 14:50	Contributed
14:50 – 15:10	Contributed
15:10	Closing Remarks

PROGRAM

Venue: Crimson Lounge (12F), Media hall

Date	Monday, June 25
17:00 – 18:00	Registration
18:00 – 19:30	Reception

Venue: Global Conference Hall (B109), Centennial Memorial Samsung Hall

Date	Tuesday, June 26	Wednesday, June 27	Thursday, June 28	Friday, June 29
8:00	Registration
8:50	Opening Remark
	Chair: John C. Wright	Chair: Kevin Kubarych	Chair: Dongho Kim	Chair: Kyungwon Kwak
9:00	Nicholas Lewis	Vivek Tiwari	Malte Oppermann	Franco Camargo
9:20	Poul Petersen	Maxim Pchenitchnikov	Jens Bredenbeck	Donatas Zigmantas
9:50	Thomas Elsaesser	Shaul Mukamel	Graham R. Fleming	Keith A. Nelson
10:20	Coffee Break	Coffee Break	Coffee Break	Coffee Break
	Chair: Igor V. Rubtsov	Chair: Jeffrey Davis	Chair: Megan C. Thielges	Chair: Yoonsoo Pang
10:40	Joen Hermans	Lukas Bruder	Kyungwon Kwak	Marco Allodi
11:00	Keisuke Tominaga	Howe-Siang Tan	Munira Khalil	Thomas la Cour Jansen
11:30	Kevin Kubarych	Tönu Pullerits	John C. Wright	David Jonas
12:00	Conference Photo	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
12:20	Lunch
	Chair: Howe-Siang Tan	Chair: Keisuke Tominaga	Chair: Donatas Zigmantas	Chair: Ho Jae Lee
13:30	Dongho Kim	Megan C. Thielges	Jeffrey Davis	Carlos Baiz
14:00	Lev Chuntonov	Igor V. Rubtsov	Wei Xiong	Paul Donaldson
14:30	Tobias Brixner	Mischa Bonn	Steven Cundiff	Tahei Tahara
15:00	Coffee Break	Coffee Break	Coffee Break	Coffee Break
	Chair: Amber Krummel	Chair: Jens Bredenbeck	Chair: Carlos Baiz	Chair: Sang-Hee Shim
15:20	Lipeng Chen	Magnus Ringholm	Aritra Mandal	Rebecca Ingle
15:40	Mark Berg	Amber Krummel	Elad Harel	Peter Chen
16:10	Gregory S. Engel	Roger Loring	Majed Chergui	Peter Hamm
16:40	Coffee Break	Preparation for Poster Presentation	Preparation for Poster Presentation	Award Ceremony
	Chair: Shinji Saito	Preparation for Poster Presentation	Preparation for Poster Presentation	Closing Remarks
17:00	Adriana Huerta Viga	Poster Session I	Poster Session II	IBS CMSD Lab Tour
17:20	Frantisek Sanda
17:50	Yoshitaka Tanimura
18:20	Dinner (on your own)	Banquet (Crimson Lounge 12F, Media hall)	Dinner for Invited Speakers	After-Conference Event

Download Abstract book (pdf)

Conference Photo

SPEAKERS

Bonn, Mischa (Max Planck Institute)

Bredenbeck, Jens (University of Frankfurt)

Brixner, Tobias (University of Würzburg)

Chergui, Majed (EPF-Lausanne)

Cundiff, Steven (University of Michigan)

Elsaesser, Thomas (Max Born Institute)

Engel, Gregory (University of Chicago)

Fleming, Graham (University of California-Berkeley)

Hamm, Peter (University of Zurich)

Harel, Elad (Northwestern University)

Jansen, Thomas L.C. (University of Groningen)

Jonas, David (University of Colorado)

Kubarych, Kevin (University of Michigan)

Khalil, Munira (University of Washington)

Krummel, Amber (Colorado State University)

Loring, Roger (Cornell University)

Mukamel, Shaul (University of California-Irvine)

Nelson, Keith A. (MIT)

Petersen, Poul (Cornell University)

Pchenitchnikov, Maxim (University of Groningen)

Pullerits, Tönu (Lund University)

Rubtsov, Igor (Tulane University)

Tahara, Tahei (RIKEN)

Tan, Howe-Siang (Nanyang Technology University)

Tanimura, Yoshitaka (Kyoto University)

Thielges, Megan (Indiana University)

Tominaga, Keisuke (Kobe University)

Wright, John (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Zigmantas, Donatas (Lund University)

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

The abstract submission deadline is March 31st, 2018.
Please select your preference for oral presentation or poster presentation.

Presenters should print and bring the poster to the conference site.
The poster size should be 800mm(W) x 1200mm(H).

Download Template

Submit your abstract

REGISTRATION

Registration Fees

	Early Registration (Before May 18, 2018)	Late Registration (After May 18, 2018)
Student	400,000 won	500,000 won
Regular	650,000 won	750,000 won

1000 won = 0.90 USD = 0.75 euro (Updated on 06 March, 2018)
Registration fee includes a reception, a banquet and 4 lunches.

Online Registration Closing Date: May 31, 2018

On-site registration is available at the registration desk during the conference.
(Cash and credit card payments are available.)

For more questions, contact heather.jung@cpmg.co.kr.

Registration Cancellation and Refund Policy

For cancellation received before June 15, 2018, we will refund the paid amount minus a 20% administrative fee.
No refunds for cancellations received after June 15, 2018.
An exception will be made if your visa application is denied, we will then refund the entire amount.

PAY REGISTRATION FEE NOW

VENUE

Korea University, Seoul, South Korea

Conference: Centennial Memorial Samsung Hall – Global Conference Hall (B109)
Reception: Media hall – Crimson Lounge (12F)

Location
– Address : Anam-ro 145, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, Korea (02841)
– Google map coordinates : 37.589512, 127.034355

Transportation to the conference site
– 5 mins from exit 1 of Korea Univ. Stn. (Subway Line 6)
– 3 mins from bus stop (Bus No. 144, 173, 7211)

TRAVEL

1. Airports → Korea University

From Incheon International Airport

By Subway: Take Airport Railroad, transfer to Line 6 at Gongdeok Station, and exit at Korea University No. 1
By Limousine Bus: Take bus no. 6101 and get off at Korea University or Sungrye Elementary School stop

From Kimpo Airport

By Subway: Take Airport Railroad, transfer to Line 6 at Gongdeok Station, and exit at Korea University No. 1
By Limousine Bus: Take bus no. 6101 (heading for Surak Terminal) and get off at Korea University or p Sungrye Elementary School stop

2. Incheon Airport → Ramada Encore Dongdaemun

By limousine bus (Recommended)

From Terminal 1

Buy a ticket at ticket boxes near GATE B
Take a “6002 Airport limousine bus” at the bus stop 5B
Get off at the stop “Sinseol-dong Station”
Less than 5mins to the hotel by walk

See Details

From Terminal 2

Buy a ticket at bus terminal entrances
Take a “6002 Airport limousine bus” at the bus stop 29
Get off at the stop “Sinseol-dong Station”
Less than 5mins to the hotel by walk

See Details

By airport train & subway

Go to Airport Express(AREX) in the airport
Buy a ticket to Sinseoldong Station
Take AREX at Incheon Airport(for Seoul Station) and get off at Seoul Station(last station).
Transfer to subway Line 1(For Soyosan) to City hall and get off at Sinseoldong Station
Less than 5mins to the hotel by walk

See Details

By taxi

Take a taxi at GATE 6C (Seoul Taxi Station) to Ramada Encore Dongdaemun

See Details

Accommodation

Following 5 hotels offer special room rate for CMDS Participants.
Please fill the downloaded reservation form and send it by email using the following contact information.

Ramada Encore Dongdaemun

Location

98-24, Sinseol-dong, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, Korea

Contact Information

Homepage: http://www.ramadaencoreseouldongdaemun.com/US/MAIN/
Tel: +82 2-2116-6021
E-mail: eunjis1130@ramadaencoreseoul.com

To the conference site

About 20mins by bus
Bus 7211, Sinseoldong station → Korea Univ. fare : 3,100 KRW (approx.)
About 30mins by Subway
ui-LRT Sinseoldong → Transfer to line 6 at Bomun → Korea Univ.
About 15mins by Taxi
fare : 3,100 KRW (approx.)

The Summit Hotel

Location

198 Jangchungdan Road(100-391), Jung Gu, Seoul, Korea

Contact Information

Homepage: http://www.summithotelseoul.com/_ENG/index/index.asp
Tel: +82 2-2285-0540
E-mail: rsv@summithotelseoul.com

To the conference site

About 30mins by bus
Bus 144, Jangchung-dong/Dongguk Univ. Entrance → Korea Univ.
About 35mins by Subway
Line 6 Chung-gu station → Korea Univ.
About 20mins by Taxi
fare : 6,300 KRW (approx.)

Grand Ambassador Seoul Associated With Pullman

Location

287 Dongho-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul

Contact Information

Homepage: http://www.ambatel.com/grand/seoul/en/main.do
Tel: +82 2-2270-3112
E-mail: ambres@ambatel.com

To the conference siteme

About 40mins by bus
Bus 144, Jangchung-dong/Dongguk Univ. Entrance → Korea Univ.
About 35mins by Subway
Line 3 Dongguk Univ. → Transfer to Line 6 at Yak-su → Korea Univ.
About 22mins by Taxi
fare : 6,200 KRW (approx.)

The Shilla Seoul

Location

249 Dongho-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul, Korea

Contact Information

Homepage: http://www.shilla.net/seoul
Tel: +82-2-2230-3335
E-mail: ych.jeong@samsung.com

To the conference site

About 35mins by bus
Bus 144, Jangchung gymnasium → Korea Univ.
About 40mins by Subway
Line 6 Yak-su → Korea Univ.
About 25mins by Taxi
fare : 6,500 KRW (approx.)

JW Marriott Dongdaemun Square Seoul

Location

279, Cheonggyecheon-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Korea

Contact Information

Homepage: http://www.jwmarriottddm.com/index.asp
Tel: +82 2-2276-3141
E-mail: julie.han@marriott.com

To the conference site

About 35mins by bus
Bus 173, Cheonggye 6-ga/Ogansugyo Bridge → Korea Univ.
About 40mins by Subway
Line 1 Dongdaemun → Transfer to Line 6 at Dongmyo → Korea Univ.
About 15mins by Taxi
fare : 4,700 KRW (approx.)

MAPS

TOUR & RESTAURANTS

Gyeongbok-gung

Gyeongbokgung was the main royal palace of the Joseon dynasty. Built in 1395, Gyeongbokgung served as the home of Kings of the Joseon dynasty, the Kings’ households, as well as the government of Joseon.

Dongdaemun Design Plaza

The Dongdaemun Design Plaza, also called the DDP, is a major urban development landmark designed by Zaha Hadid And Samoo. The landmark is the centerpiece of South Korea’s fashion hub and popular tourist destination.

Myeong-dong

Myeong-dong is mostly a commercial area, being one of Seoul’s main shopping and tourism districts. Over 1 million shoppers pass through this area each and every day. To international visitors, Myeong-dong is a stunning shopping district with countless shops and restaurants.

Insa-dong

Insa-dong, located in the heart of the city, is an important place where old but precious and traditional goods are on display. There is one main road in Insa-dong with alleys on each side. Within these alleys are galleries and traditional restaurants, teahouses, and cafes.

Gangnam

Gangnam Subway Station area is the prime district for those living south of the Hangang River. Many people tend to gather at Gangnam Subway Station, as the location is geographically and commercially suitable as a meeting point for social gatherings, events or personal engagements.

COEX Mall

Coex mall is a shopping mecca for global brands in fashion, accessories, beauty, lifestyle, and others. It also has a large movie theater complex and a wide variety of fine dining establishments. You can also have special experiences at tourist sites like Coex Aquarium, Hallyu Studio and Starfield Library.