will be awarded to

 Abhishek Dhar

Theoretical Physics Group

Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, India

 and

 Zhong Fang

Center for Quantum Simulation Sciences

Institute of Physics, Beijing, China

 on

 Friday, January 9, 2009

in the Main Lecture Hall of the ICTP Leonardo Building

at  08:50 hrs.

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08:50            Welcome address by Professor K.R. Sreenivasan, Director

Presentation of the 2008 ICTP Prize

09:35            2008 ICTP Prize Lecture by Zhong Fang

            LDA+Gutzwiller Method for Correlated Electron Systems

10:10            2008 ICTP Prize Lecture by Abhishek Dhar

            Green-Kubo Formula for Heat Conduction in Open Systems

All are most cordially invited to attend.