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INTERNATIONAL UNION OF MATERIALS RESEARCH SOCIETIES

284 MRS BULLETIN • VOLUME 34 • APRIL 2009 • www.mrs.org/bulletin

Many exciting materials conferences are
being planned in 2009 and beyond by the
International Union of Materials Research
Societies or its adhering bodies. And many
of these conferences are collaborative
efforts across the various adhering bodies. 

The European Materials Research
Society (E-MRS) will hold its 2009 Spring
Meeting in Strasbourg, France, on June 8–12.
The conference chairs are A. Jaeger-Waldau
(European Commission), H. Meixner (Max
Planck Institute), J.R. Morante (University
of Barcelona), and M. Stuke (Max Planck
Institute). The meeting includes technical
sessions on materials for energy, materials
issues for oxide electronics, semiconductor
materials, biomaterials, advanced func-
tional materials, and diagnostics. Work -
shops will feature carbon dioxide as a new
material for energy storage; the challenges
for materials research in photovoltaic
technologies, which is seen as a Euro-
pean strength; and the strand in the
European Commission’s program known
as Com plexEIT [European Institutes of
Tech nology] that focuses on nanotechnol-
ogy for energy applications. To register
for the Meeting, e-mail to emrs@
emrs-strasbourg.com. 

The E-MRS 2009 Fall Meeting will be
held in Warsaw, Poland on September
14–18. The abstract deadline is May 11,
2009. Details on symposium topics and
abstract submission can be accessed at
Web site e-mrs.org/meetings/fall2009.
E-MRS is also accepting symposium topic
proposals for the E-MRS IUMRS Inter -
national Conference on Advanced Mate -
rials which will be held in 2011; the
deadline is November 21, 2009. See the
E-MRS Web site for details at www.
emrs-strasbourg.com.

MRS-Singapore is the host this year of
the IUMRS International Conference in
Asia (ICA). ICA is being combined with
MRS-Singapore’s International Conference
on Materials for Advanced Technologies
(ICMAT) on June 28 to July 3. The techni-
cal sessions include two industrial sym-
posia, one on nanoimprint lithography
and one on microwave processing of
materials. Other broad topics include bio-
materials and medicine, nanomaterials,
and materials education. Plenary speakers
include Nobel laureates Peter C. Doherty
(“Living in an Evidence-Based World”),
Albert Fert (“Spintronics: The Electron
Injects Its Spin into the Computer and
Telephone Technologies”), and Hartmut

Michel (“Biofuels: Can They Help to
Reduce Global Warming or to Solve the
Energy Crisis?”). The conference chair is
B.V.R. Chowdari (National University of
Singapore), with principal advisor Choon
Fong Shih (NUS). Registration at reduced
rates is available through April 23, with
online registration at standard rates avail-
able until June 15. Attendees can also reg-
ister on-site. More information can be
accessed at Web site mrs.org.sg/
icmat2009/.

The XVIII International Materials
Research Congress 2009 will be held in
Cancun, Mexico on August 16–20. These
meetings have been organized annually
and will provide an interactive forum for
discussing numerous topics including
advances in synthesis, characterization,
properties, processing, applications, basic
research trends, and corrosion prevention,
all related to the area of materials science
and engineering. The program includes a
Women in Science luncheon. The efforts of
several societies, colleagues, sponsors, and
exhibitors allow a multidisciplinary forum
that provides a valuable opportunity for
research scientists to learn about new
directions in materials research and tech-
nology, as well as to share and exchange
ideas with some of the best experts in the
field. This is the first year that the
Materials Research Society is holding joint
symposia with MRS-Mexico, including
topics on energy, water purification, and
ion beams and nanomaterials. MRS and
MRS-Mexico are also holding an Energy
Forum. Registration at reduced rates is
available until July 18. More information
can be accessed at www.mrs-mexico.org.
mx/webimrc09.

The IUMRS 11th International Con -
ference on Advanced Materials (ICAM)
will be held on September 20–25, 2009, in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The conference is
hosted by MRS-Brazil, and chaired by
Guillermo Solórzano (Pontifícia Univer -
sidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro). Sym -
posium topics include nanoscience and
nanotechnology, health and biological
materials, energy and environment, func-
tional and electronic materials, structural
materials, theory and phenomena, mate -
rials education, and advances in engineer-
ing mate rials. An E-MRS innovation
workshop will be held, as well as a work-
shop on the Global Nanotechnology
Workshop. The conference will also feature
an IUMRS Energy Forum. Registration at

reduced rates is available until July 15.
More information can be accessed at
www.icam2009.com.

The Second World Materials Summit on
Advanced Materials for Energy Appli -
cations and Sustainable World Develop -
ment, a collaborative effort by the Chinese
Materials Research Society (C-MRS),
E-MRS, MRS, and IUMRS, will be held on
October 12–15 in Suzhou, Jiangsu
Province, China. The conference theme is
on advanced energy materials and sus-
tainable development of society. The
summit will invite about 100 distin-
guished scientists, governmental officials,
and entrepreneurs from all over the world
to present the current industrial status,
recent research achievements, and govern-
ment policies in the field of advanced
materials for energy application and to
discuss the development policies and the
future of advanced energy materials. This
summit will be significant to the sustain-
able development of the modern society.
Symposium topics include solar energy and
photovoltaic cell materials, nuclear energy
materials, hydrogen energy-related mate-
rials and fuel cells, environment-friendly
battery materials, and materials for bio-
mass energy. Kuangdi Xu, the president of
the Chinese Academy of Engineering, is
the chair of the conference; the co-chairs
are Boyun Huang, president of C-MRS,
and Paul Siffert, general secretary of
E-MRS. More information can be obtained
from the IUMRS Web site.

The first announcement has also been
issued on the First International Con fer -
ence on Materials for Energy to be held on
July 4 – 8, 2010 in Karlsruhe, Germany.
This is a separate energy conference from
the Summit being held this year in China.
Co-sponsors of the Karlsruhe’s conference
include E-MRS and MRS. The program
will cover current topics and recent
progress in the science and technology of
energy and new materials, including the
nanoscale origin of macroscopic proper-
ties. In detail, all aspects of materials for
energy production and conversion, energy
storage, energy transport, and energy sav-
ing will be addressed. Further information
can be obtained from Web site http:
//events.dechema.de or by e-mailing to
tagungen@dechema.de. 

Upcoming Conferences Sponsored by IUMRS or 
Adhering Bodies Involve InterSocietal Collaborations

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