About the conference
The conference is an extended edition of the workshop “Intermolecular Interactions: New Challenges for Ab Initio Theory” (with the latest workshop taking place in 2023) and is dedicated to memory of Bogumił Jeziorski, who was an organizer of several recent editions of this workshop. The present conference, in addition to the subject of intermolecular interactions, includes topics such as accurate calculations for few-body systems, precision metrology of fluids, and theory of electron correlation.
The workshop “Intermolecular Interactions: New Challenges for Ab Initio Theory” started in 2006 as part of a Telluride Science Research Center series. The first workshop was organized by Małgorzata Szczęśniak and Krzysztof Szalewicz, later the organizers included Grzegorz Chałasinski, Bogumił Jeziorski, and Berta Fernández Rodríguez. The workshop initially was taking place every other year in Telluride, but recently every other workshop is organized in Europe. The last workshop took place in Telluride on March 20-24, 2023 and was organized by Bogumił Jeziorski, Berta Fernández Rodríguez, and Krzysztof Szalewicz.
Topics of the conference include
1. Fundamentals of intermolecular interactions
2. New developments of density functional theory (DFT) and its applications in theory of intermolecular interactions
3. Theory of electron correlation including coupled cluster methods and post-DFT approaches
4. Methods applying explicitly-correlated basis sets
5. Ultra-high accuracy methods for few-body systems
6. Intermolecular interaction in ultra-cold physics and chemistry
7. Nonreactive nuclear dynamics of van der Waals clusters
8. Open-shell van der Waals clusters
9. Applications to systems with dozens or hundreds of atoms
10. Applications to soft condensed matter
Important dates
The conference is scheduled for 1-5 July, 2025
Registration closes on: May 1, 2025
Abstract submission deadline: May 10, 2025
Payment deadline: May 30, 2025
Registration
To register for the conference please follow this LINK.
You will be redirected to a form where you can fill all necessary information (including the data needed to issue an invoice).
If you encounter any problems during the registration, do not hesitate to write to m.lesiuk@uw.edu.pl.
Conference fee
The conference fee amounts to 450 USD per participant (roughly 430 EUR or 1800 PLN). It includes:
1. Conference materials;
2. Lunches on 1-5 July (will be served on site);
3. Conference banquet (in a building nearby);
4. Coffee breaks and refreshments.
Please note that no accommodation is provided by the organizers, albeit a list of suggested hotels in the vicinity of the conference venue is given below.
The payment must be issued by bank transfer using the information given below.
Bank Name and Branch: Bank Millenium S.A.
Bank account holder: Uniwersytet Warszawski
Bank account holder address:
Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28, 00-927 Warszawa
IBAN Code: PL49 1160 2202 0000 0000 6084 9283
BIC/SWIFT Code: BIGBPLPWXXX
In the title of the transfer please enter (important!):
NCAITMS2025 [Name and surname]
Once your payment is registered (may take several days), the invoice will be issued using the data you provided in the registration form. You can pick up the invoice in paper form during the conference.
Speakers
We are pleased to announce the final list of invited speakers:
Millard Alexander, University of Maryland, USA
Ad van der Avoird, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Zlatko Bačić, New York University, New York, USA
Rodney Bartlett, University of Florida, USA
Tucker Carrington Jr., Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Attila G. Császár, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
María Pilar de Lara-Castells, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid, Spain
Piotr Froelich, Uppsala University, Sweden
Martin Head-Gordon, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Teresa Head-Gordon, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Gerrit C. Groenenboom, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Trygve Helgaker, University of Olso, Norway
Piotr Jankowski, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
Georg Jansen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Kenneth Jordan, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Tatiana Korona, University of Warsaw, Poland
Nancy Makri, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Edit Mátyus, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
Alston J. Misquitta, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
Robert Moszyński, University of Warsaw, Poland
Monika Musiał, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
Hiroshi Nakatsuji, Kyoto University, Japan
Jozef Noga, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
Marcel Nooijen, University of Waterloo, Canada
Konrad Patkowski, Auburn University, USA
Krzysztof Pachucki, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Jiří Pittner, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czechia
Rafał Podeszwa, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
Michał Przybytek, University of Warsaw, Poland
Joachim Sauer, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
Lyudmila Slipchenko, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA
Alexandre Tkatchenko, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Michał Tomza, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Piotr Wcisło, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
Hans-Joachim Werner, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Weitao Yang, Duke University, Durham, USA
Dominika Zgid, University of Michigan, USA
Piotr Żuchowski, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
Call for abstracts
We ask each participant (including the invited speakers) to submit the abstract of their talk/poster presentation. The abstracts can be submitted either in TEX or DOCX formats (click to follow the link to templates for both options). Please send the abstract by email (m.lesiuk@uw.edu.pl). We encourage to additionally attach PDF file generated by you to check the parsing/quality.
Conference venue
The conference will be held at:
Biological and Chemical Research Centre
University of Warsaw
Żwirki i Wigury 101
02-089 Warsaw, Poland
Click here to check the location on Google Map
Accessibility note: The building is adapted and accessible to people with motor impairments.
Travel information: by plane
There are two airports located near Warsaw:
Warsaw Chopin Airport (ul. Żwirki i Wigury, 00-001 Warsaw)
This is the nearest and recommended airport for accessing the conference venue. You can get there from the airport by taking bus 175 or 188, with a travel time of around 18 minutes. If you prefer to take a taxi, it is advisable to use the licensed taxi services available at Chopin Airport, such as Ele Taxi, Sawa Taxi, or Super Taxi. There is also an official Uber pick-up point at the airport.
Warsaw Modlin Airport (ul. Generała Wiktora Thommée 1a, 05-102 Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki)
To travel from Modlin to Warsaw, you may want to consider taking a bus or train. Modlin is a smaller airport located 35 km from Warsaw, primarily serving budget airlines. The most convenient way to get to Warsaw from this airport is by using the Modlin Bus, which operates 24 hours a day and takes about 50 minutes. Taking a taxi from Modlin to Warsaw is not recommended, as it is costly and takes just as long.
Travel information: by train
The closest railway station is Warszawa Zachodnia (Warsaw West Railway Station). However, due to ongoing construction at this station, we recommend arriving at Warszawa Centralna (Warsaw Central Railway Station) instead. You can find the locations of both stations by following the links below:
Location of Warsaw Central Railway Station on Google Maps
Location of Warszawe West Railway Station on Google Maps
Commuting within the city
Warsaw has robust public transport services. You can check the available connections on Google Maps or using a dedicated “JakDojade” webpage: http://jakdojade.pl/warszawa/trasa/. Tickets can be purchased in vending machines (located on many bus stops and in every tram/bus) or through mobile apps. The list of supported apps is HERE. Both cash and credit cards are accepted in vending machines. You can choose between 20-, 75- or 90-minute tickets.
The official currency in Poland is Polish Zloty (PLN). The current exchange rate can be found on government website http://www.nbp.pl, but usually fluctuates around 1 USD = 4 PLN. Currencies other than PLN are usually not accepted in shops. Debit/credit cards: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, are widely accepted and you can pay by card almost everywhere.
Accommodation
As mentioned above, accommodation for the participants of the conference is not provided by the organizers. Nonetheless, to help you with selecting a proper place to stay, we assembled a list of suggested hotels located reasonably close to the conference venue. Moreover, some of the hotels offer special discounts for the participants of the conference (see below). However, please remember that it is in no way mandatory to take the suggested list into account and you are welcomed to search for alternative accommodation opportunities on your own. For example, booking platforms such as Booking.com or Trivago are very popular in Poland and sometimes offer considerable discounts. Independently of your choice, we suggest to book early because the conference takes place during peak season.
Warning! We have already received information that some participants of the conference have been contacted by external companies offering “help” in securing the accommodation. These offers are very likely fraudulent and/or predatory. This has become very common in recent years and we strongly recommend to ignore such offers. The organizers of the conference do not collaborate with any external companies regarding the accommodation for the participants and will not offer any accommodation opportunities other than given below.
On the left you can see a rough map that includes locations of the suggested hotels, as well as location of the conference venue and some other key waypoints (airport, railway stations, etc.) The hotels are marked by the symbols H1, H2, … and will be listed below in the same order. You can access the interactive version of this map by following this LINK. The interactive version additionally includes addresses and links to webpages of the hotels.
H1: Radisson Blue Sobieski (4* hotel)
Hotel website and location on Google Maps. Distance to conference venue is about 1.5 km (13 min with public transport).
Special rate for conference participants (about 35% discount): 520 PLN/night (approx. 125 USD) for a single room (1-5 July 2025).
The price includes breakfast and taxes. The offer is valid until 23 May 2025.
To book a room please contact the hotel directly by sending email to: reservation.sobieski.warsaw@radissonblu.com.
In the email please indicate that you are eligible for a discount by giving the code: NCAITMS25.
H2: Novotel Warszawa Airport (4* hotel)
Hotel website and location on Google Maps. Distance to the conference venue is about 3.0 km (18 min with public transport).
Special rate for conference participants:
380 PLN/night (approx. 90 USD) for a single room
440 PLN/night (approx. 105 USD) for a double room
The prices include breakfasts and taxes.
To book a room please contact the hotel directly by sending email to h0527-re@accor.com
In the email please indicate that you are eligible for a discount by giving the code: NCAITMS2025.
H3: Crowne Plaza Warsaw – The HUB (3* hotel)
Hotel website and location on Google Maps. Distance to the conference venue is about 2.1 km (16 min with public transport).
Discount of 10% for the conference participants for booking any type of room (including breakfasts). The offer is valid until 15 May 2025.
To book a room please contact the hotel directly by sending email to reservationcp.warsawhub@ihg.com.
In the email please indicate that you are eligible for a discount by giving the code: “University of Warsaw“.
H4: IBIS Warszawa Reduta (3* hotel)
Hotel website and location on Google Maps. Distance to conference venue is about 2.2 km (13 min with public transport).
Special rate for conference participants:
380 PLN/night (approx. 90 USD) for a single room
400 PLN/night (approx. 95 USD) for a double room
Optional parking place cost 79 PLN per day. The prices include breakfast and taxes. The offer is valid until 12 June 2025.
To book a room please contact the hotel directly by sending email to H7125-RE@ACCOR.COM.
In the email please indicate that you are eligible for a discount by giving the code: NCAITMS25.
H5: IBIS Budget Warszawa Reduta (1* hotel)
Hotel website and location on Google Maps.
Distance to conference venue is about 2.2 km (13 min with public transport).
H6: Hotel Campanile Varsovie (3* hotel)
Hotel website and location on Google Maps.
Distance to the conference venue is about 3.0 km (12 min with public transport).
H7: Hotel Première Classe Warszawa (1* hotel)
Hotel website and location on Google Maps.
Distance to the conference venue is about 3.0 km (12 min with public transport).
H8: Holiday Inn Warsaw City Centre (3* hotel)
Hotel website and location on Google Maps.
Distance to the conference venue is about 2.3 km (17 min with public transport).
H9 and H10: guest houses Hera and Sokrates (student dorms)
Locations on Google Maps: Hera and Sokrates. Websites: Hera and Sokrates.
These are guest houses for, e.g. international students on short-term visits.
To book a room you have to write email to the address given on the website.
In the email please specify that you are a participant of a conference organized by University of Warsaw.
Organizing committee
Grzegorz Chałasiński, University of Warsaw, Poland (chalbie@chem.uw.edu.pl)
Berta Fernández Rodríguez, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (berta.fernandez@usc.es)
Michał Lesiuk, University of Warsaw, Poland (m.lesiuk@uw.edu.pl)
Krzysztof Szalewicz, University of Delaware, USA (szalewic@udel.edu)
Please note that all communication with the participants of the conference will be carried out using the official mail addresses of the University of Warsaw (domains @uw.edu.pl or @chem.uw.edu.pl) or using the personal e-mail addresses of the organizers (given above). Keep this in mind to avoid scammers that regularly target participants of such events. Additionally, organizers of the conference will request only one payment for the specified conference fee.