Dear Colleagues, collaborators and friends, I would like to keep you updated about our International Workshop on

Approximate quantum methods in the ab initio world, to be held in Beijing November 6 to 13, 2016 in the new Beijing Computational Science Research Center (CSRC): http://www.csrc.ac.cn/en/about_csrc/directors_message/

The program will start with a 2 day Hands-on-DFTB-Tutorial, Nov. 6-8th

followed by a 2 and one half day Workshop 8-11th and finally the

DFTB developer meeting 11th/12th

Workshop-homepage:  http://www.csrc.ac.cn/en/event/workshop/2016-03-02/65.html

We in particular encourage Young Researchers to participate, learn about the basics of DFTB and recent ongoing developments for improving accuracy and efficiency and interesting applications.

We hope to welcome you in Beijing, on behalf of the organizers, Thomas Frauenheim.