**Feb 18th Region Americas meeting (01:00 PM EST)**

* Discussion points
- Define invited speakers shortlist (add your 4 chosen speakers below so we can work on the final list)

DANIELA'S LIST:
~~- Bethanie Stadler (S,F,USA)~~
- Gabriel Lavorato (Y,M,Argentina,Phys-Chem)
- Santiago J.A. Figueroa (Y,M,Brazil,Synchrotron)
- Rachel Nickel (Y,F,Canada)
- Valentina Martelli (Y,F,Brazil)

Alberto's list:
- Liuyan Zhao (Y,F,USA) [This work](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-021-01408-8)
- Nadya Mason (S,F,USA) [This work](https://aip.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/5.0009445)
- Laura Lewis (S,F, USA) [Group webpage](https://web.northeastern.edu/nanomagnetism/research/)
- Collin Broholm (S,M,USA) [Google scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=Cw5asK0AAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate)

David's list:
- [] Sujoy Roy UC Santa Cruz, Lawrence Berkeley National lab USA (Synchrotron)
- [] Hendrik Ohldag, UC Santa Cruz, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab USA (Synchrotron)
- [] Sophie Morley https://als.lbl.gov/sophie-morley-research-scientist/ (Synchrotron)
- [] Mi-young Im https://www2.lbl.gov/msd/people/investigators/im_investigator.html (Synchrotron)

Condensed Matter Vote:
- []Can-Ming Hu (S,M,Canada,Cavity spintronics, magnonics, )
- []Robert Stamps (S,M,Canada)
-~~ [] Michael Harder (Y,M,Canada, Cavity spintronics, magnonics, )~~
- [1] ALBERTO P. GUIMARÃES (S, M, Brazil, Micromagnetic simulations)
- [] José Darío Agudelo (Y,M, Colombia)
- [4] Sinead Griffin Lawrence Berkeley National Lab USA (Theory)

Device Vote:
- [3] Jean Anne Incorvia (Y,F,USA,Device/engineering): neuromorphic computing
- [2] Jian-ping Wang (S,M,USA,devices): materials for ultrafast MTJ switching
- [1] Kerem Çamsari (Y,M,USA,Device/engineering): probabalistic MTJs for stochastic computing

Synchotron Vote:
- [3] Sujoy Roy UC Santa Cruz, Lawrence Berkeley National lab USA (Synchrotron)
- [] Hendrik Ohldag, UC Santa Cruz, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab USA (Synchrotron)
- [] Sophie Morley https://als.lbl.gov/sophie-morley-research-scientist/ (Synchrotron)
- [] Mi-young Im https://www2.lbl.gov/msd/people/investigators/im_investigator.html (Synchrotron)
- [1] Santiago J.A. Figueroa (Y,M,Brazil,Synchrotron)

Nanoparticle Biomedical Vote:

- ~~[] Gabriel Lavorato (Y,M,Argentina,Phys-Chem)~~
- [] Enio Lima (Y,M,Argentina,Phys-Chem)
- [ ] Oscar Moscoso Londoño (Y,M,Colombia)
- [4] Sarah Briceño (Ecuador)
- [1] Fanny Béron
- [] Flavio Gracia (Y, M, CBPF Brazil)

Sam's list:
- [3] Jean Anne Incorvia (Y,F,USA,Device/engineering): neuromorphic computing
- [2] Jian-ping Wang (S,M,USA,devices): materials for ultrafast MTJ switching
- [1] Kerem Çamsari (Y,M,USA,Device/engineering): probabalistic MTJs for stochastic computing

- Enio Lima (Y,M,Argentina,Phys-Chem)
- Michael Harder (Y,M,Canada,Spintronics)
- Valentina Martelli (Y,F,Brazil,Condensed matter)

Syed List

- Fanny Béron (Y, F, Brazil, Low temperture Magnetism)
- Sergio Machado Rezende (S, M, Brazil, magnetization dynamics/spin pumping)
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Alternate backup for condensed matter:
- [1] Liuyan Zhao (Y,F,USA) (Probing, understanding, and controlling electronic and magnetic phases in 2D and 3D quantum materials using optical spectrosopy and microscopy)
- [] Michelle E. Jamer (Y,F,USA) (Multiferroic and Heusler alloy growth and characterization, strain-controlled effects)
- [4] Valentina Martelli (Y,F,Brazil) (Thermal transport in quantum materials, synthesis of topological insulators, characterization of insulators and semimetals)
- [] Josefina M. Silveyra (Y,F,Argentina) (Synthesis and characterization of soft magnetic materials)

Notes for final list:
- Synchotron and magnetic nanoparticles is popular topic
- Samuel Yick mentioned that we might need a device person
- Simulations/theory as last topic

> Final list:
> - Synchotron: Mi-young Im (S,F,USA)
> - Nanoparticle/biomedical: Gabriel Lavorato (Y,M,Argentina)
> - Devices: Jean Anne Incorvia (Y,F,USA)
> - Condensed matter/theory: Michael Harder (Y,M,Canada)
>
> Backups:
> - Synchotron: Sujoy Roy (S,M,USA)
> - Nanoparticle/biomedical: Sarah Briceño (Y,F,Ecuador)
> - Devices: Jian-ping Wang (S,M,USA)
> - Condensed matter/theory: Valentina Martelli (Y,F,Brazil)
>
> Topics:
> - Condensed Matter (2D magnetic materials, Modeling…)
> - NPs/Synthesis/Phys-Chem
> - Eng. Magnetic materials
> - Spintronics
> - Device/engineering
> - Synchrotron/Neutron Characterisation

- Contact the final invited speakers for AM region (who contacts who?)
- Define a substitute list in order to gather speakers if people from the prime list can't participate
- Upload the lists to the thread and vote in the drive
~~ - What is the deadline to get response from the invited speakers?
- We can make a formal email body (maybe from previous events), and use it for invitation. ~~

NEXT CHAIR: Syed
**Meeting 24/02/22:**
The regional weekly meeting was held at 13hrs (GMT-3), the members discussed the following points:
- All the communication with the invited speakers will be formal (like a signed invitation letter by the chair/co-chair ).
- Every member of the region Americas will vote in the other regions for the invited speaks list (Google Drive).
- We have also discussed, who is going to contact the invited speaks of the region Americas.
- David suggested that, if some member knows personally the invited speaks, he could contact with him/her
personally and convince him for the event before the formal invitation. All the members agree with his suggestion.

NEXT CHAIR: Alberto
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