Program

Monday, June 29

8:00–9:00	Registration
9:00–9:10	Opening Remarks
Session 1 – Solvation and Reaction Dynamics Chair: Hannes Jónsson
9:10–9:40	Michael OdeliusStockholm University Theoretical Studies of Reaction Pathways in Homogeneous Photocatalysis
9:40–10:00	Elisa BiasinPacific Northwest National Laboratory Ultrafast X-ray Studies of Solute–Solvent Hydrogen-Bond Dynamics
10:00–10:20	Ali HassanaliInternational Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste From Hydrogen-Bond Defects to Hydrated Electrons: Ultrafast Pathways in Liquid Water
10:20–10:40	Adam SapnikTechnical University of Denmark Structural Dynamics of Photo-Aquation in [Fe(CN)₆]⁴⁻
10:40–11:10	Coffee Break
11:10–11:40	Luis BañaresUniversidad Complutense de Madrid Conformational Chemistry by Resonant Coulomb Explosion Imaging
11:40–12:00	Marcos DantusMichigan State University Disruptive Probing of Ultrafast Ion Dynamics: From Alcohol Clusters to Roaming-Mediated H₃⁺ Formation
12:00–12:20	Vít SvobodaUniversity of Chemistry and Technology Prague Femtochirality: Following Chiral Dynamics of Chemical Reactions
12:20–13:30	Lunch
Session 2 – Polariton Dynamics and Nonlinear Spectroscopy Chair: Siim Pikker
13:30–14:00	Markus KowalewskiStockholm University Photochemistry in Optical Cavities: Strong Light–Matter Coupling and Collective Effects
14:00–14:30	Jussi ToppariUniversity of Jyväskylä Polaritonic Chemistry – Polaritons or Optical Illusions
14:30–14:50	Ágnes VibókUniversity of Debrecen Dissipative Molecular Cavity Quantum Dynamics
14:50–15:10	Franco CamargoInstitute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies, Milan Connecting Many-Body Kinetics and Higher-Order Nonlinear Signals in Ultrafast Spectroscopy
15:10–15:40	Coffee Break
Session 3 – Frontiers in Ultrafast Science at Large Scale Facilities Chair: Janne Ihalainen
15:40–16:10	Sakura PascarelliEuropean XFEL New Scientific Opportunities at the European X-ray Free Electron Laser
16:10–16:30	Morten HaubroTechnical University of Denmark Ultrafast THz-Induced Lattice Dynamics in Prototypical Solid State Electrolyte LLZO
16:30–16:50	Tiffany WalmsleyCentral Laser Facility, UK Resolving the Inner-Shell Ionization and Fragmentation of Selenophene Using 3D Momentum Covariance Analysis
16:50–17:00	Light Conversion Jonas Berzinš & Kazimieras Nomeika
17:00–18:30	Poster Session 1

Tuesday, June 30

Session 4 – Ultrafast X-ray Science Chair: Klaus Braagaard Møller
9:00–9:30	Adam KirranderUniversity of Oxford Mapping Electrons and Electron Dynamics by X-Ray Scattering
9:30–10:00	Simon WallAarhus University Coherence and Disorder in Photon and Phonon Induced Phase Transitions
10:00–10:20	Kerstin MittererTechnical University of Denmark Ultrafast Structural Dynamics in and around a Photoexcited Organic Chromophore in Aqueous Solution Visualized with Time-Resolved X-Ray Scattering
10:20–10:40	Madhusree Roy ChowdhuryUniversity of Kassel Core-Level Electron Transfer Mediated Decay in Hydrated Pyrimidine
10:40–11:10	Coffee Break
Session 5 – Electronic and Attosecond Dynamics Chair: Basile Curchod
11:10–11:40	Francesca CalegariDESY & University of Hamburg Attosecond Charge Migration and Chiral Control
11:40–12:00	Thomas SchnappingerStockholm University Attosecond Spectroscopy Uncovers a 1.5-fs Delay in Population Transfer
12:00–12:20	Marco MarchettaUniversity of Trieste Dynamical Symmetries and Selection Rules in High-Harmonic Generation Spectroscopy of Nonlinear Molecules
12:20–13:30	Lunch and group photo
Session 6 – Theoretical and Computational Modelling for Ultrafast Dynamics 1 Chair: Elvar Örn Jónsson
13:30–14:00	Emmanuel FromagerStrasbourg University Density Functional Theory Beyond the Born–Oppenheimer Approximation: Molecular Kohn–Sham Formalism with or without Exact Factorization
14:00–14:30	Henrik KochNorwegian University of Science and Technology Nonadiabatic Dynamics Using Coupled Cluster Theory
14:30–14:50	Oliver KühnUniversity of Rostock BSE@GW-Based Spin-Vibronic Quantum Dynamics of Transition Metal Complexes Using the Linear Vibronic Coupling Model
14:50–15:10	Darius AbramavičiusVilnius University Simulation of Excitation Dynamics in Molecular Complexes: From Excitons to Polarons
15:10–15:30	Giulia Dall'OstoElettra Sincrotrone Trieste Time-Dependent Open-Quantum Approach to Two-Dimensional Electronic Spectroscopy within a GW/BSE Active Space
15:30–17:00	Poster Session 2
18:00	Reception and conference dinner in Harpa

Wednesday, July 1

Session 7 – Ultrafast Dynamics in Biosystems Chair: Darius Abramavičius
9:00–9:30	Juergen HauerTechnical University of Munich Two-Dimensional Fluorescence Excitation Spectroscopy (2D-FLEX): Experimental Approaches and First Insights
9:30–9:50	Janne IhalainenUniversity of Jyväskylä Chromophore Isomerization and Ultrafast Protein Response after Photoexcitation in a Bacteriophytochrome – A Time-Resolved Fluorescence and IR Study
9:50–10:10	Miroslav KlozThe Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC, Czech Republic Excited-State Manifold of Retinal and Its Derivatives Analyzed by Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy
10:10–10:30	Lukas GrunewaldUppsala University Shining Light on Phytochromes: Ultrafast Photosignalling Captured by Time-Resolved Serial Crystallography
10:30–11:00	Coffee Break
Session 8 – Ultrafast Dynamics in Solids and Catalysis Chair: Kristoffer Haldrup
11:00–11:30	Martin BeyeStockholm University Towards Femtochemistry X-Ray Studies of Catalysis on Surfaces under Operando Conditions
11:30–11:50	Tero-Petri RuokoTampere University Photochemical n-Doping of Organic Semiconductors
11:50–12:10	Yanmei HeLund University Dimensionality-Dependent Electronic and Vibrational Dynamics in Low-Dimensional Organic–Inorganic Tin Halides
12:10–12:30	Marius NavickasLaser Research Center, Vilnius University Time-Resolved Visualisation of Photopolymerisation Dynamics in SZ2080™
12:30–13:30	Lunch
Session 9 – Theoretical and Computational Modelling for Ultrafast Dynamics 2 Chair: Gianluca Levi
13:30–14:00	Basile CurchodUniversity of Bristol On the Description of Photoexcitation in Nonadiabatic Molecular Dynamics
14:00–14:20	Francesco SegattaUniversity of Bologna Unveiling the Ultrafast Relaxation of Solvated Thymidine with XUV-TRPES Experiments and Simulations
14:20–14:40	Mathilde GoullieuxDESY Ultrafast Radiation Chemistry of Glycine in Aqueous Solution
14:40–15:00	Léon CigrangUniversity College London Quantum Dynamics in Explicit Environments
15:00–15:10	Closing Remarks