QRS 2024
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Highlights · 24–28 June 2024

Thank you for being part of QRS 2024

The 17th Quantum Reactive Scattering Workshop brought the community to Yıldız Technical University for five days of science, discussion and Istanbul.

QRS 2024 group photo · Yıldız Campus, Istanbul · 24 June 2024Download photo

A word from the organizers

From 24 to 28 June 2024, the Quantum Reactive Scattering community gathered in Istanbul for the 17th edition of the workshop series initiated by David Clary in 1990 — and, for the first time, in Türkiye.

We are deeply grateful to our invited speakers and to every participant who travelled to Istanbul and filled the Yıldız Campus auditorium with five days of science and discussion. Our thanks also go to the Yıldız Technical University Rectorate for hosting us on the historic Yıldız Palace grounds, to our sponsors and partners, and to the helping hands who made every day run smoothly.

It was an honour to welcome you. We hope you left Istanbul with new ideas, new collaborations and good memories.

Organizers of QRS 2024: Murat Kılıç and Niyazi Bulut

Days
524–28 June 2024
Invited speakers
56from 16 countries
Edition
17thseries since 1990
Venue
IstanbulYıldız Technical University

Photos

Snapshots from the workshop — the talks first, then coffee breaks, the tour of the historic peninsula, the Bosphorus and the conference dinner. 46 photographs from the week.

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Messages we received

More than twenty participants wrote to us during and after the workshop, and we keep these messages with gratitude. A few are shared here word for word — only the names of the senders are left out.

From an invited speaker · 30 June 2024

Many thanks for such an excellent conference! Everything was perfect and the programme was first rate. Istanbul provided an excellent venue and the weather was very good. You continued the fine tradition with the QRS series.

From an invited speaker · 1 July 2024

I would like to express my most sincere gratitude for your infinite kindness. The QRS edition you have been organized has been fantastic, an experience that we would keep in our memories and hearts forever. Congratulations.

From an invited speaker · 11 July 2024

Some days have elapsed since QRS2024. It is not important, I just want to express once more how delighted I have been to know Turkey and attend your beautiful meeting. Thank you for having invited me.

From an invited speaker · 3 July 2024

I had a wonderful time in Istanbul to see so many old friends, enjoyed many excellent talks and various food. Thank you so much for all of your efforts to make 17th QRS a great success!

From an invited speaker · 29 June 2024

I come back home with a feeling of gladness, because I have enjoyed it very much, but also of sadness because it is already over.

From an invited speaker · 10 July 2024

Thank you very much for your help and for organising such a great conference. I really enjoyed both the conference and the social programme!

From an invited speaker · 28 June 2024

Thank you for organizing such a wonderful conference and showing us the beauty of Istanbul.

From an invited speaker · 1 July 2024

I would like to thank you for your hospitality and, again, for the invitation and the excellent organization of the workshop.

From an invited speaker · 26 August 2024

I still keep very nice memories about the excellent QRS you organized.

From a poster presenter · 15 July 2024

Thank you for your diligent efforts in organizing such a memorable conference.

From an invited speaker · 3 July 2024

Thank you for your great effort to make such a wonderful workshop!

From an invited speaker · 1 July 2024

Thanks for your invitation and it was a great conference to attend.

From a featured speaker · 28 June 2024

I had a wonderful time in Istanbul. Thank you very much for your efforts.

From an invited speaker · 25 July 2024

… enjoyed the stay in Istanbul very much. Thanks again for everything!

Participant feedback

After the workshop we sent participants a short feedback survey. 23 of them answered it, and 17 of those 23 (74%) agreed that their comments could be published online. Their answers appear below with their names, word for word.

23participants answered the survey
100%rated QRS-17 overall as Excellent (23 of 23)
74%allowed their comments to be published (17 of 23)

Based on responses from the 23 participants who answered the survey; the figures do not describe participants who did not respond.

David ClaryUniversity of Oxford, United Kingdom

Liked most

Well planned programme.

Suggestion
More posters
Comment
Well done to all who made the conference a great success.
Tomás González-LezanaCSIC Madrid, Spain

Liked most

Besides the scientific content the way we have been treated by the organizers has been superb

Liked least
Hard to find something negative to mention
Stephen KlippensteinArgonne National Laboratory, United States

Liked most

The large number of high quality talks, the helpful nature of all the support staff, and the strong organization of the meeting. All in all it was an excellent meeting.

Liked least
Some of the days were a bit long.
Manabu KannoTohoku University, Japan

Liked most

Everything

Liked least
Nothing
Suggestion
Travel support for students may be good to have more student participants, if possible.
Comment
This was a perfectly organized workshop! Thank you for all the efforts you made for us.
Peter SaalfrankUniversity of Potsdam, Germany

Liked most

Good variety of talks, some from experiments, most from theory. The location was excellent.

Liked least
Minor point: One might want to not start a final session on a Friday afternoon after lunch because then the number of participants is already limited.
Viktor TajtiUniversity of Szeged, Hungary

Liked most

It's hard to decide. This was my first time in Istambul, so I liked the most the Bosphorus Tour and the Gala Dinner.

Liked least
The poster session was short.
Suggestion
The poster session could be repeated twice or be longer. A timer near the slide would be useful for the talkers.
Pablo Garcia JambrinaUniversity of Salamanca, Spain

Liked most

The scientific program and the venue

Liked least
I liked everything, but I would say the Gala Dinner (even though the place was pretty!)
Comment
Thank you very much for all the hard work. I enjoy it a lot !!!!
Dong Hui ZhangDalian Institute of Chemical Physics, China

Liked most

invited a number of good experiments to talk in the meeting

Liked least
a little bit too many talks
Suggestion
slightly shorten talk time for young speakers
Saulo A. VázquezUniversidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Liked most

Excellent scientific program and organization

Liked least
I have no complains
Boutheina KerkeniTunis El Manar University, Tunisia

Liked most

the organisation and the diversity of the program

Liked least
full days conferences
François LiqueUniversity of Rennes, France

Liked most

The friendly atmosphere

Liked least
The very dense program
António J.C. VarandasUniversity of Coimbra, Portugal

Liked most

Almost everything

Liked least
Not significant
Toshiyuki TakayanagiSaitama University, Japan

Liked most

Scientific sessions

Liked least
Nothing
Yajian ShuDalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Liked most

It must be the Istanbul landmarks tour.

Annarita LaricchiutaNational Research Council Bari, Italy

Liked most

scientific programme

Ransheng WangChinese Academy of Science, China

Liked most

The workshop

Survey results

Based on responses from the 23 participants who answered the post-workshop survey — not on every participant of the workshop. Answers are counted together and shown without names. Percentages are rounded.

How would you rate QRS-17 overall?

23 responses

Excellent
23 · 100%
Good
0 · 0%
Fair
0 · 0%
Poor
0 · 0%

Organization (sessions, time management, venue)

23 responses

Excellent
21 · 91%
Good
2 · 9%
Fair
0 · 0%
Poor
0 · 0%

Program structure (session sequencing, breaks)

23 responses

Excellent
17 · 74%
Good
4 · 17%
Fair
2 · 9%
Poor
0 · 0%

Communication and networking with other participants

23 responses

Excellent
22 · 96%
Good
1 · 4%
Fair
0 · 0%
Poor
0 · 0%

Were the materials (program booklet, abstracts) sufficient?

23 responses

Completely
22 · 96%
Mostly
1 · 4%
Partially
0 · 0%
Not enough
0 · 0%

Were the social events sufficient?

23 responses

Completely
22 · 96%
Mostly
1 · 4%
Partially
0 · 0%

May we publish your comments online?

23 responses

Yes
17 · 74%
No
6 · 26%

With thanks to

Host
Yıldız Technical University
Sponsors
Gaussian · TÜBİTAK · Q-Chem · CompecTA
Partners
Turkish Airlines · Fırat University · TRUBA · Turkish Chemical Society · UHeM (National Center for High Performance Computing) · ELFED · Üstün · Conrad Istanbul Bosphorus · Serenity Hotel · Cheya · Airalo
Helping hands
Joanna Kozłowska · Bensu Sıla Çelik · Gökalp Elaçmaz
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Murat Kılıç & Niyazi Bulut

Organizers, QRS 2024