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Cyberinfrastructure / LHC Data Challenge
Organizers: Gillian Hayes, Andrew MacFadyen and Gao Weiguo

CHAIR: Cyberinfrastructure Cecilia R. Aragon, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - presented by James Landay, University of Washington	-Abstract  -Presentation
SPEAKER:  Ultra-massive distributed virtual reality platform and its applications Li Sheng, Peking University	-Abstract  -Presentation
SPEAKER:  Cyberinfrastructure / LHC Data Challenge Kyle Cranmer, New York University	-Presentation

Design/Protein Structure
Organizers: Theresa Reineke, Wu Jia-Wei and Zhang Jian

CHAIR: Drug Design and Protein Structure Lai Lu-Hua, Peking University	-Abstract  -Presentation
SPEAKER: Drug Design/Protein Structure Chai Jijie, National Institute of Biological Sciences	-Abstract  -Presentation
SPEAKER: Development of Nucleic Acid Antagonists and Glycopolymer Carriers for Disease Treatment Theresa M. Reineke, Virginia Tech	-Abstract  -Presentation

Epgenetics / Disease
Organizers: Kirsten Hagstrom and Zhang Jian 

CHAIR: Epigenetics / Disease Sun Fanglin, Tsinghua University Medical School	-Presentation
SPEAKER:  An atlas of open chromatin spanning diverse human cell types in health and disease Jason Lieb, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill	-Abstract  -Presentation
SPEAKER:  Reading/Deciphering and Maintenance of Epigenetic Information Wong Jiemin, East China Normal University	-Abstract  -Presentation

Gamma-Ray Bursts
Organizers: Andrew MacFadyen and Ji Jianghui

CHAIR: Gamma-Ray Bursts --- A Rapidly Developing Field Huang Yongfeng, Nanjing University	-Abstract  -Presentation
SPEAKER: Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Swift and Fermi era Wu Xuefeng, Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences	-Abstract  -Presentation
SPEAKER: The Gamma-ray Burst and Supernova Connection Alicia Soderberg, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	-Abstract  -Presentation

Life in Extreme Environments / Early Life
Organizers: Artyom Kopp and Hongbo Su

CHAIR: Life in Extreme Environments/Early Life David Fike, Washington University	-Abstract  -Presentation
SPEAKER: Merging systems biology and evolutionary biology to understand early life on Earth Jason Raymond, University of California - Merced	-Abstract  -Presentation
SPEAKER: Deep sea hydrothermal vent ecosystem Xiang Xiao, Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration	-Abstract  -Presentation

Neural Plasticity / Sleep
Organizers: Valery Kalatsky and Wu Li

CHAIR: Cortical plasticity Mriganka Sur, Massachusetts Institute of Technology	-Abstract  -Presentation
SPEAKER: Self-organizing neural plasticity Bi Guoqiang, University of Science and Technology of China	-Abstract  -Presentation
SPEAKER: The scientific exploration of sleep function Marcos Frank, University of Pennsylvania	-Abstract  -Presentation

Organic Devices in Energy and Electronics
Organizers: Liu Baoli and Samer Banna 

CHAIR: Organic devices a solution to today’s energy challenge? Yueh-Lin (Lynn) Loo, Princeton University	-Abstract  -Presentation
SPEAKER: Organic Semiconductor Devices for Energy Conversion and Sensing Max Shtein, University of Michigan
SPEAKER:  Hybrid organic/inorganic photovoltaic cells with ordered nanostructures Chen Hongzheng, Zhejiang University	-Presentation

Quaternary Climate Change / Paleoecology
Organizers: Thorsten Becker, Artyom Kopp and Zheng Yuanrun 

CHAIR: Quaternary Climate changes and paleoecology Weng Chengyu, Tongji University	-Abstract  -Presentation
SPEAKER: The origin, expanding, and impact of agriculture in East Asia Li Xiaoqiang, State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology	-Abstract  -Presentation
SPEAKER: The Last Great Global Warming:  Ecological Insights from the Last Deglaciation, ca. 21,000 to 6,000 Years Ago Jack Williams, University of Wisconsin	-Abstract  -Presentation

The Chinese-American Kavli Frontiers of Science symposia are sponsored by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.  Major support in the U.S. is provided by the Kavli Foundation with additional support from the National Academy of Sciences.