As in previous years, we encourage all Psi-k members to attend the annual "March Meeting" of the German Physical Society

DPG Spring Meeting of the Condensed Matter Division

The next meeting will be in

Dresden, 19-24 March 2017

With more than 6,000 expected participants this is by far the largest European physics conference, covering all aspects of condensed-matter and materials physics, including surface science, magnetism, soft and biological matter, and more. The conference language is English. In the versatile program, a special symposium will feature Psi-k interests and activities:

Frontiers of Electronic Structure Theory: New Concepts and Developments in Density Functional Theory and Beyond

http://th.fhi-berlin.mpg.de/meetings/DPGSym2017/

The symposium, organized by John Perdew, Angel Rubio, and Matthias Scheffler, comprises invited and contributed talks as well as posters.

Due to the large size of the meeting, early registration and accommodation reservation is strongly encouraged. The deadline for abstract submission is December 1, 2016. The website for abstract submission for the DPG Spring Meeting is: http://dresden17.dpg-tagungen.de/programm/abstract.html. To submit an abstract for this symposium, choose “O: Surface science division”, and later, as topic: “Focus Session: Frontiers of Electronic Structure Theory - New Concepts and Developments in Density Functional Theory and Beyond”.

Following tradition, the Psi-k community will organize a special evening

"Psi-k Scientific Get-Together"

on Tuesday, 21 March 2017, 19:00 – 22:00 h in the Alte Mensa, hosted by the Psi-k Chairman and past Chairman. Beer and food will be served, sponsored by Psi-k.org. We expect about 400 Psi-k members and friends gathering together.

We are looking forward to seeing you in Dresden. Let us make DPG Spring Meeting THE European condensed-matter conference!

Risto Nieminen          Peter Dederichs

Psi-k Chairman         Honorary Chairman